ftatt gaptts.
DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS
RELATING TO THE
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
DURING THE PERIOD OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
FROM 1TT6 TO 1783;
Including the Constitution of New-Hampshire, 1776; New-Hampshire Declaration for
Independence ; the " Association Test," with names of Signers, &c. ;
Declaration of American Independence, July 4, 177G;
the Articles of Confederation, 1778.
PUBLISHED EY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE OF XEW-IIAMPSHIRE.
VOLUME VIII.
COMPILED AND EDITED PY
NATHANIEL BOUTON, D. D.
Corresponding Secretary of the New-Hampshire Historical Society.
CONCORD, N. H. :
EDWARD A. JENKS, STATE PRINTER.
1874.
NOTICE
JOINT RESOLUTION, passed by the Legislature of New-Hampshire.
Resolred by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened, That His Excellency the Governor be hereby authorized and
empowered, with the advice and consent of the Council, to employ some
suitable person, and fix his compensation, to be paid out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to collect, arrange, tran-
scribe, and superintend the publication of such portions of the early
State and Provincial Records, and other State Papers of New-Hamp-
shire, as the Governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred
copies of each volume of the same be printed by the State Printer and
distributed as follows: namely, one copy to each City and Town in the
State, one copy to such of the Public Libraries of this State as the
Governor may designate, two hundred copies to the New-Hampshire
Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the
State Librarian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for
similar publications issued by other States.
Approved July 6, 1866.
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
Readers of this volume will please understand that the
"Provincial " history of New-Hampshire terminated with the
publication of Volume VII, 17G6-1776. This volume is a con-
tinuation of documents and papers relating to New-Hampshire,
after it assumed government and took the name, first, of Colony.
and then of State of New-Hampshire. The Colonial period
continued about one year. Why it was called a " Colony " the
editor has found no declared reasons ; though it appears that all
the other Provinces, Colonies, or States assumed the same de-
signation, and were spoken of during the early part of the Revo-
lution as the United Colonies of America, as they were claimed
to be colonies of Great Britain.
This volume will be found to be of great value, as containing
the First Constitution that was adopted by authority of the
people of New-Hampshire, 1776, which is claimed and under-
stood to be the first that was adopted in any State or Colony in
the Union. It contains, also, the New-Hampshire Declaration
for Independence, — the "Association Test," as it was called, — in
which are found the names of all the male inhabitants of New-
Hampshire; above twenty-one years of age, — about 8,199 in
number, — who signed it, and the names also of 773 who refused
to sign it.(l) Readers will take notice that the names attached
to the Association Test are not repeated in the Index.
Although, under advice, the editor has found it necessary to
omit from the proceedings of the General Assembly much mat-
(1) The above statement was made by the late John Farmer, Esq., but a careful
count may, perhaps, vary the sum total.— Ed.
iv EDITOR S PREFACE.
ter relating to personal and town affairs, yet he has carefully
copied and included in this volume whatever records, docu-
ments, and correspondence he could find relating to the part
which New-Hampshire took in the Revolution. In this regard
New-Hampshire has a proud history: she furnished her full
quota of men from time to time, and her officers and soldiers
did noble service for liberty.
The editor regrets that the undue size of this volume, — with
matter which could not be omitted, — renders it necessary to
defer the proceedings of the Conventions which were called to
settle a form of government for the State, and which resulted
in the adoption of a new Constitution in 1783. He hopes, how-
ever, to find ample space for the same in a subsequent volume.
The editor desires to express, publicly, his acknowledgments
to their Excellencies, Governors Ezekiel A. Straw and James
A. TVestox, for the interest they have taken in this publication,
and the encouragement which, by their counsels, they have
given him in his work.
GENERAL CONTENTS.
VOLUME VIII.
1776.
Jan.
Journal of the House ....
New-Hampshire takes the name of a Colony
Takes up Civil Government ....
Petition of Inhabitants of Newtown
Councillors chosen for each County
Letter from Pierse Long, Esq.
Pules for the House of Representatives .
Justices and other officers appointed
Dissent and Protest from Portsmouth, &c, against tak
ing up Government
More justices & County officers appointed
Letter from General Washington .
An anonymous letter — offensive
Letter from Thomas Wk AVTaldron .
County officers
Letter to and from General Washington
Letter from General Sullivan
Note, relating to the name of Hobart .
Condition of the people at Gosport
Letter from General Sullivan, relating to Quebec
Order from Gen. Sullivan ....
Letter frem General Washington .
Letter from John Hancock — Resolves of Congress
Letter from Gen. Sullivan ....
Letter from Meshech Weare to Gen. Washington
Letter to Gen. Washington ....
Orders from Committee of Safety to Joseph Wait
Orders to Israel Morey & John Bellows
Letter from Josiah Bartlett, in Congress
Pages
1-67
1-3
2-4
4
8
10,11
14-17
18
22
25-27
28
28,29
30-35
30-32
32
34
36,37
38
38
39-41
42
42
43
46
46
48,49
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1776.
Jan.
Feb.
Oaths to be administered
Complaint against Adam Stuart, of Londonderry
Instructions to Committee to visit Gen. AVashington
Letter from Gen. Sullivan
Justices of the several Courts ....
Letter to the Continental Congress, with documents an
petition
Correspondence
Letter from General Washington, relating to certain ac
counts ........
Petition of Capt. Titus Salter ....
Letters to certain towns to return census
Letter to Col. John Bellows
Letter to Col. Morey and Maj. Bellows — instructions
Letter from Stephen Moylan, relating to Col. John Stark
Letter of Acknowledgment made by Col. Stark
Court of Inquiry relative to Col. Stark's conduct
Petition to Congress for Continental troops .
Letter to Hon. John Hancock
Letter from Committee of Safety to Col. Morey
Letter from Col. John Langdon to Comtee of Safety
Letter to the Committee of Safety from a French gen
tleman
Letters from Hon. Josiah Bartlett, in Congress .
Letter from Hon. Win. Whipple, in Congress
Letter from Hon. John Langdon .
Journal of the House, resumed
List of Members [see Index of Names] .
A regiment of 300 men to be raised
Orders from Gen. Washington, on Dorchester Heights
Gen. Howe to leave Boston
Letter from Col. Morey to the Committee of Safety
Letter from Col. Bedel to the Committee of Safety
Instructions to Col. Henry Gerrish
Letter to Col. Bedel
Letter from Meshech Weare to Gen. Washington
Letter from Gen. Washington to Meshech Weare
Letter from Capt. Titus Salter, a guard at Fort Point
Letter from Gen. Sullivan, with a list of Col. John Wal
dron's regiment
On making Copper Coin ....
PAGES
50
52, 53
51
55
61-64
67
68-77
68
70
70
71
71
72
72
73
74
75,76
76
77
F8-114
78-S
87,
92,
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1776.
Feb.
Apr.
May.
June.
Regimental officers appointed
Price of Salt petre
Letter from Col. John Goffe, relating to fish .
Memorial and Petition of Dr. Hall Jackson .
Certificates relating to Dr. Jackson ....
Permission to Capt. Eliphalet Ladd to sail for West
Indies
A Proclamation by the Council & Assembly .
Letter from Capt. James Osgood
Letter from Col. Timothy Bedel
Letter from Thomas Johnson
Appointment of a Commissary
Correspondence
Hanover Committee, relating to counterfeit money
Letter for Gen. Sullivan
Orders to Capt. Titus Salter, and his return .
Letter to Gen. Ward, and answer ....
Letter from Hon. William Whipple ....
Order to Col. David Gilman
Instructions to Pierse Long, Esq. .....
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, with Resolves of Con-
gress
Letter from Col. David Gilman, relating to officers and
soldiers
Letter from Meshech We are to Hon. Thomas Cushing
Letter from John Hancock, with resolves of Congress
Letter from Wm. Whipple
Resolve of Congress for the Colonies to take up Gov
eminent
Orders to General Folsoni
Resolves of Congress, relating to supplying Militia, &c,
Letter from John Hancock
Letter from our delegates in Congress .
List of Representatives [see Index, Names]
Pages
94
98
99
100,101
101
Journal of the House, resumed
Business to be transacted
Order to Capt. Henry Gerrish
A bridge to be built at New Castle
Letter from Col. David Gilman
102
103
104
104
105
109
115-132
115-117
117-119
119, 120
120
121
121
121
122
123
123
124
125
126
126
127
128, 129
129
130, 131
(1)133
134
134
136, 164
138
(1) On p. 133, for James Bellows, read James Bettou.— Ed.
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1776. PAGES
June. Committee to draft a Declaration of Independence 139
Civil officers appointed 139, 140
Letter from Selectmen of Hanover .... 140
Address and Petition of Maj. James Hackett . . 142
County officers appointed — Acts passed . . (1)143, 144
Letter from Hon. John Hancock to the General Assem-
bly 146,147
Letter from our delegates in Congress .... 147
Letter from Hon. Josiah Bartlett 147, 148
Declaration of Independence 149
Letter to Hon. John Hancock 151, 152
Letter from Josiah Bartlett to John Langdon . . 152
Letter from Commissioners in Canada, relating to Col.
Bedel, &c 153
Kesolve of Congress, relating to clothing for soldiers . 153
Persons inimical to the Country 156
Proclamation of Admiral Howe 159
Letter from Admiral Howe to Gov. John Wentworth 160
Letter to General Schuyler, relating to hard money . 161
Major Robert Rogers, suspected ..... 163
Letter from John Hancock, with resolves . . . 165-167
Bills to be emitted, form of 169, 191
Letter from Col. Jacob Bailey— note .... 171
Alarms in Coos County, petition, &c 172, 173
Letter from Col. Benja Bellows, asking for arms, &c. . 173
County officers appointed 174, 175
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weare to Gen. Ward . 17S
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weare to General Court of
Massachusetts 178,179
Alarms at Walpole 180
Petition from Plymouth 181
July. Powder to sundry towns 185
Regiments for the reinforcement in Canada . . . 186
Order of Gen. Folsom to Capt. James Gage . . 186
Order of Gen. Folsom to Capt. Stephen Peabody . 187
Letter from the Selectmen of Wakefield ... 187
Letter from Gen. Schuyler 188
Letter from the Selectmen of Rochester . . . 188
Letter from Gen. Sullivan 189
Hand-bills issued— call for soldiers .... 192
Court Maritime Fees 198
(1) On p. 143, for Benjamin Baker, read Barker.— Ed.
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1776.
July. Declaration of Independency, U. S.
PAGES
. 200-203
Returns of the "Association Test," 1776.
[Returns from towns in the order in which they are
printed in the following pages
jtgg^ Names not repeated in the Index. — Ed.]
204-296
i\r0M-
Non-
Signt r$.
Siyncrs.
Sinners.
Ni<jrwrs.
Amherst
201
4
Hinsdale
35
10
Allenstown
21
1
Hopkintown
161
14
Alstead
66
4
Keene
133
13
Acworth ~)
32
0
Kensington
118
20
Lemster(l) >
24
0
Kingstown
150
14
Unity ' )
26
4
Lebanon
87
0
Atkinson
97
0
Exeter? [imperfec
tl 48
Barn stead
37
0
Leavittstown (Effingham)
Barrington
200
12
17
0
Bedford
87
1
Lee
142
14
Boscawen(2)
108
1
Londonderry
375
15
Bow
63
0
Loudon
69
0
Brentwood
160
18
Meredith
48
0
Canterbury
128
0
Monadnock No. 5
(Marlboro')
Claremont
84
16+31
50
5
Chester
221
0
New Boston
108
0
Chesterfield
139
13
New Castle
57
4
Concord
156
0
Newington
67
3
Conway, &c.
55
0
Newmarket
164
38
Deer-field
157(3]
20
North Hampton
116
0
Deering
33
2
[Newport — see p.
282.]
Derryfield
47
0
Northwood
61
1
Dublin
57(4)
0
Nottingham
104
25
Dunbarton
59
10
Nottingham W. (Hudson)
Dunstable [no return 1
118
1
Canaan )
24
0
Packersfield (Nelson) 38
1
Enfield |
13
0
Pembroke
129
9
Epping
209
11
Peterborough
84
0
Epsom
68
o
Piermont(o)
35
0
Exeter — [no con
iplete
Portsmouth
509
46
returns ; see p.
248.]
Raby (Brookline)
23
0
East Kingston
78
3
Richmond
156
12
Francestown [nc
) return]
Rindge
150
0
Gilmanton
115
32+21
Rochester
198
22
Gilsom
42
0
Rye
123
0
Hampton
174
2
Salem
171
36
Hampstead
97
21
Salisbury
83
2
Hampton-falls [
Hawke (Danvilh
10 return]
Sanbornton
80
1
i) 74
4
Sandown
103
7
Henniker
51
22
Sandwich
37
9
Hillsborough
35
1
(1) 111 Lempster, for the name Trin/race, read Freegrace.
(2) In Boscawen, for Willm Welch, read Mirick ; and for Jerome Little, read Friend.
(3) By error, 101.
(4) By error, 22.
(5) Dorchester was classed with Piermont.— Ed.
lA
GENERAL CONTENTS.
Signers.
Newport ") 36
Croydon > 31
Saville S 18
Society Land (Antrim)
25
South Hampton 85
Stratham 131
Snrry 42
1776.
July.
Kon-
Sigm rs.
0
4
0
0
4
42
0
Temple
Wakefield
Weare
Westmoreland
Wilton
Winchester
Wyndham
Signers.
84
62
131
130
128
103
Correspondence
Alarm on the Frontiers. Meeting in Hanover
Petition from Lebanon asking assistance
Letter from J. Hurd, Esq. Appeal for help
Petition from Conway for assistance
Letter from Capt. Ira Allen
Orders to Benja Giles
Portsmouth instructions to Representatives .
Commission for Col. Isaac Wyman
Orders to Capt. David Woodward
Letter from Committee in Kittery
Letter to the Selectmen of New Market
Letter from Capt. Robert Parker
Letter to Capt. Jeremiah Eames — instruction
Letter from Maj. Jonathan Child
Letter from Committee in Moultonborough .
Letter to Hon. John Hancock
Letter from Capt. William Barron
Letter from Col. John Hurd
Order respecting Samuel Dyer, of Berwick .
Orders to Col. Joshua Wingate .
Direction for Col. Jacob Bailey for raising men
Letter from Portsmouth Committee about Capt. Roach
Letter from Portsmouth Committee relating to Mrs
Livius
Order to Brig. Gen. Stark ....
Letter from Benja Giles ....
Letter from Col. Hurd ....
Letter from Col. Joshua W entworth .
Letter from Col. John Bellows
Complaint of Zacheus Clough, of Poplin
Certificate for Zacheus Clough, of Poplin
Non-
Signers.
3
0
41
6
o
15
(1)3
Pages
297-318
297
298
29S
299
300
300
301
302
302
303
303
303
304
304
305
305
306
306
308
309
310
310
311
311
311
312
312
(1) Persons who add the above returns may find a different sum total from that stated
in the text, p. 204.— Ed.
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1776.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Pages
Petition from Warren for fire-arms, &c. . . . 313
Letter from Col. David Oilman 313
License for Mrs. Livius to go to Quebec . . . 313
Letter to Benj11 Giles 314
Orders to Lieut. John Oilman ..... 314
Letter from Col. John Hurd 314
Letter from M. S. Metcalf to Col. Bailey ... 316
Letter from Col. Wait to Col. Kurd .... 316
Letter from Col. Hurd to Meshech Weare . . . 317
Letter from Eleazer Russell to Meshech Weare . . 317
Proclamation by Gon. Howe . 318
Journal of the House, resumed .... 319-357
List of members [see Index — "Names"] . . . 319-321
Massachusetts Resolves, relating to the ship Raleiijh . 322
Report of Committee, and papers relating to Asa Porter 324-331
New Hampshire assumes the name of Stale of New-
Hampshire ........ 332
Special Convention, proceedings of
Form of oath to be taken by Representatives
Form of precept for calling a new House
Special Convention, proceedings of
Resolve of Congress for raising an army during the war, 349
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, relating to enlistments, 351
Pay-roll of members of the Convention, . . . 356
Correspondence
Letter from Charlestown Committee to Gen. Gates
Letter from Col. Moulton to N. H. Committee of Safety
Letter from Col. Jacob Bailey ....
Letter from Col. Thomas Stickney
Letter from J. Brackett, relating to ship Prince Geor
Letter from Portsmouth Committee, relating to
billiard table 361
Letter from John Hancock, relating to an attack on
New York 361
Letter from Selectmen of Charlestown to N. H. Com,
of Safety 362
Letter from Eleazer Russell, on Maritime fees . . 363
Letter from Col. David Oilman, on being superseded, 365
Resolution of Congress, relating to gunpowder, . . 366
Orders to Col. Benjamin Bellows, jun. . . . 366
337, (1)338
341
. 342,343
. 349-351
358-396
358
359
360
360
360
(1) On p. 338, for Capt. Sutler, read Salter.— Ed.
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1776.
Oct. Letter from Col. Hurd, relating to Rangers at Cohos
Letter from General Washington, on exchange of
prisoners, ........
Letter from N. H. Committee of Safety to Gen. Ward
Petition in favor of Lt. Abraham Perkins
Col. John Langdon's return of enlisting men
Letter from Col. Bailey, relating to affairs in Canada
Resolves of Congress, relating to blankets, &c.
Letter from Gen. Ward ......
Letter from Andrew Colburn to Matthew Thornton
Letter from Col. Wigglesworth, relating to sickness at
Crown Point .......
Resolves of Congress, relating to Physicians, &c. .
Letter from Hon. John Hancock on same subject .
Petition of Joshua Heath, of Conway .
Resolves of Congress, relating to the army .
Letter from Hon. John Hancock on the same
Letter from Joseph Whipple, relating to roads, &c
Representation relative to Capt. Jere. Eames
Tories sent from New York to New-Hampshire — names
Letter from France to N. H. Committee of Safety
Instructions to Committee sent to Ticonderoga .
Introduction to Gen. Washington
Letter from Col. Thomas Tash to Com. of Safety
Letter from Col. Joseph Welch ....
Letter from Hon. John Jay, of New York, relatii
tories ........
Order of Col. Rob' Van Ransilaer about tories
Letter from Col. Blanchard relating to raising men at
Ticonderoga for the army .
Col. Blanchard's Report of Commissioned officers, &c
Letter of thanks from Gen. Gates to N. H. officers and
soldiers .
Inlisting orders to Capt. Joshua Abbot
Action of N. H. Com. of Safety relative to New York
tories
Certificate &c, relating thereto ....
Letter from Hon. Wm. Whipple relating to the anny
Resolve of Congress for a supply of shoes for the army
Nov. Journal of the House — resumed ....
List of members — names [see Index — " Names"] .
367
368
368
369
369
370
370
371
371
372
373
373
374-376
377
377
378
379-384
385
386
387
388
388
389
390
390
391, 392
393
393
394
395
396
397-427
397-400
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1776.
Nov.
Dec.
1777.
Jan.
County officers appointed .....
Restrictions on tory prisoners ....
Letter from Col. Jacob Bailey, relating to Indians
Resolves of General Assembly of Massachusetts .
Resolves of General Assembly of Rhode Island
Letter from Governor Trumbull, of Connecticut .
Letters from Gen. Charles Lee to Gov. Bowdoin .
Letter from Col. Anthony Wayne to Col. Hurd .
Letter from Gov. Cooke, of R. I., to N. H. Assembly, &c
Letter from Gov. Cooke to Gov. Bowdoin, of Mass.
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weare to Gov. Bowdoin
An embargo ordered ....
Names of muster-masters, &c.
Letter from Gen. Schuyler
Day of Fasting and Prayer
Letter from John Man, a prisoner .
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weare to our Delegates in
Congress relating to troubles in Grafton County, &c,
in Hanover, Lyme, Haverhill; also, in Acworth, Ches
terfield, Mar low, &c, &c
Letter from Gen. Geo. Measam, commissary of cloth
ing, with Resolves of Congress ....
Letter from Gen. Washington on exchange of prisoners
Journal of a new House of Representatives
List of Members [see Index — "Names"]
Affairs in Rhode Island — Gov. Cooke .
Letter relating to New York prisoners in Exeter .
Letter from Doct. Peter Green, of Concord .
Col. Asa Porter — reward offered for his apprehension
Delegates to Congress chosen ....
Letter from Capt. Eliphalet Daniels
Letter to Hon. John Hancock ....
Letter to our delegates in Congress
Letter from Col. Pierse Long, relating to the schooner
George
Letter from Capt. Thomas Thompson — on the same
Letter relating to Washington's victory at Trenton
Letter from Gen. Heath on the same
Letter from Hon. Matthew Thornton .
Letter from Col. Peirse Long, — explanatory
Officers of the schooner George placed in Concord
Letter from John Jay, on New York prisoners
Pages
401
403
405
406
406
407
407, 410
410, 411
411
411
412
412
415
417
419
419
420-425
426
426
428-471
428-430
431, 432
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
443
444
444
445
445
446
447
448
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1777.
Jan.
Report on affairs in Grafton comity
Certificates of money sent to New-Hampshire
Prices of sundry articles fixed ....
Letter relating to John Powell, a deserter .
Letter from Gen. Schuyler, relating to Ticonderoga
Letter from Hon. John Hancock on the same
Letter from Gen. Ward
Resolves of Massachusetts, concerning Ticonderoga
Propositions relating to couriers for New England
Report relating to Continental battalions, &c.
Military officers appointed
Letter from Col. John Langdon, relating to lead and
flints
Prisoners of war to be exchanged ....
Correspondence
Letter from Col. Peirse Long ....
Letter from Gov. Bowdoin of Mass., relating to
privateer
Letter from Timothy Walker, jun., relating to tories
Letter from H. Wentworth on the same
Commissary orders to Nichs Gilman
Orders to Capt. John Haven about prisoners
Letter from Joshua Gidney, a prisoner .
List of British prisoners sent from N. H. to R. I.
Letter from Gen. Schuyler, relating to Ticonderoga
Letter from Col. Long to the Committee of Safety
Letter from Comtee of Safety to Capt. Osborne
Letter from Hon. John Langdon to Comtce of Safety
Petition of Josias Eltinge, a New York prisoner .
Letter relating to clothing for Col. ScammelPs regiment
Letter from Thomas Thompson on enlistment of marines
Letter from Thomas Thompson ....
Letter from Capt. Osborne on same subject .
Application to Gen. Ward for fire-arms
Letter from Gen. Washington ....
Letter from Hon. Sam. P. Savage, of Mass., on sendin
a vessel to sea . . .
Certificates of money sent to New-Hampshire
Invoice of money and certificates sent .
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, relating to money
Pages
450
453
455, 471
458
460
460
462
462
462
464
466
467
468
472-502
472
473
473
474
474
474
475
476, 477
480
480
480
481
481
482
482
484
484
485
485
486
4S6
487
487
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1777.
Jan.
Mar.
Instructions to James Betton andWm. Gregg in regard
to money
Letter to Capt. Osborn about enlistments
Letter from Gen. Washington ....
Letter from Gov. Trumbull, of Conn. .
Letter from Gen. Sullivan
Letter from the Council in Massachusetts
Letter from Lieut. Worthen relating to Ticonderoga
Letter from Gen. Schuyler to Nichs Gihnau .
Letter from Gov. Cooke, of Rhode Island, on counter
feits
Order relating to New York Prisoners .
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, with Resolves .
Letter from Capt. Thomas Thompson, respecting a pris
oner
Letter from Comtec of Safety to Gen. Washington.
Letter from Comtee of Safety to Gov. Trumbull
Letter from Comtee of Safety relating to N. Y. prisoners
Letters from Capt. House, Win. Trumbull, and Enoch
Bartlett
Letter from Francis Worcester relating to a tory .
Letter from John Langdon about rum .
Orders relating to the seizure of rum .
Letters from Tho's Wk Waldron on N. Y. prisoners
Petition from Mrs. Sarah Elliott, for her husband
Letter from James Martin on casting cannon shot
Commission of Capt. Isaac Fry — note .
Journal of the House — resumed .
Names of new members ....
Letters from Elijah Grout, Commissary
Letters from Col. John Stark
Order for arrest of Col. Holland and Moore
Letter N. Y. Convention to Comtes of Safety
Letter from Col. Bedel on defence of Coos, &c.
Orders to Gen. Folsora for raising troops
Letter from Noah Emery, Jun., relating to stores
Complaints against certain tories .
Letter sent to Col. Langdon about blankets, &c.
Coi. Stark's letter of resignation
Report of Committee on N. Y. prisoners
Letter from Col. Stark
Letter from Maj. George Reed to Col. Stark
&c.
489
489
490
490
492
492
493
494
494
495
496
497
497
498
499
499
500
501
501
501
502
503-542
503
504
505, 506
507
508
510
512
514
515
517
518
519
521
521
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1777.
Mar.
Letter from Maj. Jona. Child on enlistments, &c. .
Report of Comtee on date of Commissions
Officers appointed in different regiments
Letter from Gen. Schuyler
Resolve from Rhode Island — aid asked .
John Taylor Gilinan to receive soldiers' Certificates, &c,
Litigations discouraged
Letter from Elijah Grout, Commissary .
Correspondence between April 12 and June 4, 1777
Letter from Gen. Wayne, at Ticonderoga
Letter from Col. Enoch Hale on enlistments
Letter from Col. Enoch Hale in favor of Jon. Parker
Jun. . . . . . . .
Daniel Fowle and Benja. Dearborn summoned
Compliments from Robert Fowle ....
Certificate given to Robert Fowle
Petition from Hollis Committee ....
Letter from N. H. Committee of Safety to Gen. Prescott
Letter from Gov. Trumbull to Meshech Weare
Letter from Gov. Trumbull to Meshech Weare
Letter from Hon. John Langdon, on military stores
Letter from Gen. Sullivan, relating to losses at Dan
bury, Conn.
Wages of guard on the sea-coast ....
Letters from Hon. Josiah Bartlett on dangers of our
country, raising men for Ticonderoga, &c.
Letter from Maj. Jona. Child, on mustering men .
Letter from Gen. Washington — Resolve of Congress
Letter from Comtee of Safety to Col. Langdon
Letter from Londonderry, asking for powder and lead
Letter from Comtee of Safety, Doct. Silas Hedges accused
Memorial of Lt. John Colcord
Letter from Gov. Cooke, of Rhode Island
Orders to Gen. Folsom for Colonels ....
Letter from Gen. Sullivan, about Danbury .
Letter from Jethro Hurd, of Dover . .
Certificate to persons named therein ....
Letter from Comtee of Safety, relating to counterfeiters
Orders to Gen. Folsom
Letter from Jacob Treadwell to Maj. Geo. Gains .
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(1) The name " Nath'l " Gilman should be Nicb..— ED.
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TAGES
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Mar. Letter from Col. Scammell to Committee of Safety .
Proceedings at a meeting in Hampton .
Letter to our delegates in Congress, asking for aid
Postmasters and post-riders exempted from military
duty; a prize ship at Portsmouth— certificate for . JJJ
Paul Hale, a counterfeiter "
Boscawen applies for arms, &c
Memorial of prisoners at Portsmouth .
The sloop Friends Adventure .
Letter from Hon. John Bell, of Londonderry . • o™
Deposition of Adam Dickey •
Letter from Dr. Richard Bartlett, of Pembroke . • °™
Letter from Noah Emery, jun ^
General staff of the army, 1775-1777 .
Letter from Massachusetts relating to an expedition to ^
St. John's, in Nova Scotia
Letter from Gov. Trumbull to Meshech Wearo . . ™>
Letter from Nicholas Pike, relating to Col. Asa Porter &w
- j , . 568, 50U
Sundry letters referred to '
Petition of Jacob Sheafe of Portsmouth
June. Journal of the House, resumed . %\~3ll
List of members [see Index— "Names,"] . • ■ ba °'
Letter from Capt. Thompson of the ship Raleigh
576
577
578
County officers appointed; providing for troops -
j^eiier ii urn v^cijju. j-ii^."r — i
Letter from Gen. Enoch Poor, at Ticonderoga
Letter from Gen. Horatio Gates . . • • ■
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weare to John Parker, sheriff 5i 7
Vote for apprehension of Col. Asa Porter
Tories arrested by Col. Thomas Stickney; proceedings
at Portsmouth relating to tories .... 580, 581
Letter from Gen. Schuyler
Votes relating to tories &c. in gaol . £>b-' ° '
Letter from Gen. Sullivan, relating to Gen. Howe . &^
Committee of Safety; tories Ill
Petition of Capt. Wm. Scott • . • ^
Order from the Board of War °°'
Instructions to our delegates, soliciting aid ... 5bb
Petition to Congress for money .
Letter, intercepted, relating to tories .
An Act for taking up, &c, persons dangerous to the State oJ^
Depositions and orders of Justices, in the county of
Cheshire, relative to tories 594-598
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1777.
Pages
June. Regiments of N. H. militia divided into three brigades 600
Letter from Gov. Cooke of Rhode Island; answer
thereto 601,602
Military officers appointed ...... 605, 612
Justices of the Peace and civil officers appointed . . 609
Letter from Noah Emery, jun., commissary . . . 611
Expedition to St. John's, — Massachusetts proceedings 613
Correspondence : between June 28th and July 17th,
1777 614-628
Letter from Gen. Schuyler, relating to Ticouderoga . 614
Certificate of Jn° O'Neil 615
Application of Epping Committee for salt . . . 615
Letter from Keene, asking help for Ticonderoga . . 615
Letter from Vermont, — the Militia of that State . 610
Letter from Col. Seth Warner, of Vermont . . 616
Letter from Meshech Weare, relating to salt for Epping 617
Letter from Col. Joseph Badger, relating to Ticonderoga 617
Letter from Col. Ebenr Smith to Committee of Safety 618
Letter from Gen. St. Clair, Ticonderoga evacuated . 618, 619
Letter from Gen. Washington, relating to Gen. Howe 620
Letter from Comtee of Portsmouth on ship Raleigh . 621
Letter to Gov. Trumbull — evacuation of Ticonderoga . 621
Letter from officers at Bennington — evacuation of Ti-
conderoga 023
Letter from officers of New-Hampshire regiments —
evacuation of Ticonderoga ..... 623
Orders to Capt. Thomas Gilman, of Exeter gaol . . 021
Letter from Maj. Stephen Peabody — battle of Castleton 625
Letter from Col. Benj. Bellows — our losses and dangers 625
Letter from Col. Timothy Walker on persons returning
from the army 626
Letter from Col. Enoch Hale in gaol at Charlestown . 626
Private letter from Gov. John Wentworth . . . 627
Private letter to Gov. John Wentworth . . . 62S
July. Special Session— Journal of the House . . . 629-639
Report of Committee on business 629, 630
Letters from Ira Allen, Esq., of Vermont . . . 031
Letters from Gen. St. Clair 631-633
Letters from N. H. Committee of Safety to Massa . 631
N. II. Militia divided into two Brigades . . . 635
Persons inimical to the American cause to be disarmed.
Militia may be drafted 638
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1777.
July.
Pages
640-GSO
640
Gil
642
G42, 643
644
Correpsondexce between July 19th and Sept. 17th, 17
Letter to General Stark on the condition of the army
Letter from Col. Seth Warner to N. II. Committee
Orders to draft men. Advance of British troops
Letters from Beza Woodward, Col. John Hurd, &c.
Letters from Col. Jacob Bailey and Col. Morey .
Letter from Gov. Cooke, of R. I., on appearance of a
fleet 645
Committee of Safety to Gen. Ward .... 645
Orders to Militia Colonels to draft. Letter from ( ien.
Schuyler. Defence of Portsmouth .... 640
Letter from Gen. Folsom 647
Letter from New York Council of Safety on their tri-
als, &c 647
Letter from Gen. Wra, Williams to Gen. Stark . . 648
Resolves of Congress, relating to evacuation of Ticon-
deroga 649
Instructions for Gen. Stark ...... 650
Letter from Gen. Stark to Comtee of Safety . ... 650
Resolves of Congress for raising recruits . . . 651
Letter from Geu. Washington to Gen. Putnam relating
to the British fleet ........ 652
Letter from Comtee of Safety to Wm. Weeks, Esq. . 653
Letter from Gen. Washington to Gen. Putnam relating
to Gen. Howe's movements 653
Letter from Gen. Stark, relating to stores at Charles-
town, &c. Return of said stores. Letter to Gen.
Stark 654,655
Resolves and order of Congress 656
Letters from Jona. Gove and John Stevens, prisoners
at Exeter 656
Letters from Gen. Gates, asking for troops, and from
Hon. John Hancock. Order of Gen. Stark, &c. . 657
Gen. Burgoyne's orders to inhabitants of Castleton . 658
Gen. Schuyler's address to the same .... 658
Letter from Gov. John Wentworth to his father . . 659
Letter from Gen. Washington on army regulations . 660
Proclamation by Gen. Burgoyne ..... 660
Letters, &c, relating to Gen. Stark's command . . 662, 663
Gen. Burgoyne's instructions to Col. Baum . . . 664
Letter from Maj. Jona. Hale to Col. Morey . . . 666
Letter from persons in the army belonging to New Ipswich 667
XX GENERAL CONTENTS.
*■'«'• PAGES
July. Vermont Council of Safety to Col. Marsh ... C68
Gen. Stark's first engagement at Bennington; trophies
of war sent to New-Hampshire 669
Gen. Stark's account of the battle at Bennington, 16th
August, 1777; notes, &c 670,671
Letter from Gen. Stark; order of Committee of Safety;
Col. Nathan Hale to be arrested .... 672
Resolves of Congress, relating to Quakers . . . 673
Letter from our delegates in Congress . 673
Resolve of Congress, relating to military stores, &c. . 675
Petition of William Vance for relief from prison . 675
Remonstrance against release of Col. Holland . . 675
Letter from Jere. Clough, in Exeter gaol, to his father 676
Letter from Plymouth, relating to counterfeiters . . 676
Resolution relating to Mark Hs Wentworth . . . 677
Movements of Gen. Lincoln ; the battle of Brandywine 678
Letters from Gen. Stark and Gen. Gates ... 679
Orders to Col. Stephen Evans to march to Bennington 679
Letter to Gen. Stark desiring him to remain in the
service 680
Journal of the House— resumed .... 681-699
List of members, towns, and distance .... 681-6S3
Report of Committee on a new proportion of taxes . 085-689
Letter from Capt. Thomas Thompson, of the ship
Raleigh 690
Report of Committee on paper currency . . . 691
Report of New England Convention at Springfield, Mass. 691
Letter from Capt. Paul Jones 692
Letter from Col. Stephen Evans, order to march . . 693
Resolve relating to driving cattle, &c, out of the State 696
A prison-ship to be provided for prisoners ... 697
Gen. Whipple to command the Northern army . . 697
Letter from Gen. Jacob Bailey 697
Letter from Gen. Bailey 69S
Letter from Peter Labaree, Esq 698
Orders from Charlestown Comtee of Safety about prisoners 698
Vote for calling new members of the Assembly . . 699
Sept. Correspondence, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 23, 1777 . 700-711
Letter from Col. John Hurd, relating to Capt. Thornton 700
Letter from Comtecof Safety in Newington, about Benj.
Adams 701
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1777.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Red
Letters from Col. Goffe and Hon. Nath1 Folsom
Orders to Gen. Whipple to re-inforce the Northern army
Thanks by Congress to Gen. Stark
Letter relating to a flag of truce from R. I.
Reply to said letter
Letter from Stephen Holland to be allowed bonds
Letter from Comtee of Safety to Gov. Trumbull .
Letter from Dr. Silas Hedges about counterfeiters
Court-martial, — Maj. Gen. Sullivan
Letter relating to the above from Hon. John Hancock
Orders of Committee of Safety to Noah Emery, Jun.
Letter from Gen. Sullivan— battle of Germantown
Letter from Gen. Folsom relating to Gen. Howe's army
Letter from Gen. Wm. Whipple .
Letter from Gen. Win. Whipple relating to Burgoyne's
army
Account of the British army under Burgoync
Prisoners taken at Saratoga .
Ordnance and Stores taken at Saratoga
Letter from Col. Evans relating to a part of his
ment
Deserters from Col. Evans's regiment, names of
Journal of the House — resumed .
Vote in relation to Quakers .....
Form of Oath and Declaration to be taken .
General Thanksgiving for Victory, &c. .
Affairs in Grafton County— Asa Porter
Embargo Act repealed .....
Appointment of Civil officers ....
Act relating to taxes in unincorporated places
Letter from Gen. Bailey ....
Act relating to persons suspected of treason
Encouragement for manufacture of paper
Abstract of proceedings of the Assembly from the 19th
to the 29th of November
Correspondence from Nov. 1 to Dec. 17, 1777 .
Letter from Col. Bailey relating to suspected persons
Resolves of Congress, relating to North River passes
Letters from Col. Morey and Geo. J. Trumbull. Arti-
cles of agreement relating to manufacture of powder
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XX11 GENERAL CONTENTS.
1777. pages
Nov. Letter from Col. Senter. Richard Peters. Resolve of
Congress relating to outstanding bills, &c. Letter
from Gen. Heath about Canadian prisoners . . 728
Resolves of Congress relating to prosecution of the Avar 728-732
Letters from Londonderry, relating to Col. Holland 732
Resolves of Congress, relating to an enterprise under
Gen. Stark 733,734
Letter from Londonderry, relating to Robert Fulton 734
Letter from Gen. Poor about N. H. troops. Note . 735
Dec. Journal of the House — resumed .... 736-746
List of members of the House [see Index — " Names"] 736-739
List of members of the Council 739
Rules of the House 740
Petition of Comtce of Safety in Chesterfield ... 741
Letter from Gov. Cooke of R. I. John Robertson. Hon.
Henry Laurens. Answer to Gov. Cooke, and report
and resolution relative to aid for Rhode Island . 742
Gen. Sullivan in the battle of Brandywine. Letter
from Gen. Sullivan 743
Act relating to persons inimical to the States . . 745
Report on public affairs ...... 746
Articles of Confederation 747-753
Letter from Hon. Henry Laurens relating to said articles 754
Letter from Hon. Nath1 Folsom relating to the same . 755
Hon. Josiah Bartlett and Wm. Whipple, delegates to
Congress. Nicholas Gilman, treasurer and receiver-
general 756
Directions for calling a free representation in conven-
tion to form a new constitution ..... 757, 758
Order respecting New York tory prisoners at Amherst 759
Wyseman Clagett. Note ...... 759
1778.
Jan. Military and civil officers appointed .... 761
Return of numbers wanting to complete the Continental
troops — Resolves of Congress 764, 765
Feb. Journal— continued 766
List of Representatives and of the Council [see Index
—"Names"] 766,767
Notice to absentees and deserters from the army, by
Gen. Poor 769
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1778
Feb.
Mar.
Au£.
Oct.
Board of "War appointed
Samuel Livermore, Esq. Note ....
Exeter the place of Rendezvous for soldiers
Report on calling a Convention at Concord, to form a
constitution .
Act to dissolve the marriage relation of Robert and
Elizabeth Rogers
Report on the manufacture of wool cards
Resolution to adopt the Articles of Confederation
Vote to raise money, issue notes, &c.
Delegates to Congress chosen ....
Play at cards by members of the house offensive .
Notes by the editor
Journal of the House — continued
List of members of the House [see Index — " Names,"]
List of the Council
Delegates to Congress, appointed ....
Vermont controversy. Note ....
Prisoners at Exeter, — report upon
Committee of Safety, appointed, &c.
Case of Stephen Holland of Londonderry. Note
Defence of Piscataqua harbour ....
Rhode Island volunteers
Manufacture of paper
Resolve to confiscate property of tories, &c. .
Naval and civil officers. Thanks to Gen. Sullivan
Damages and losses at New Castle — estimated
Packs
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772
770, 773
774, 775
777
777
778
779
7S0, 783
783
7S0
787-815
7S7, 788
788
789, 790
790
791
792
793
797
800
802
803, 808
805
806
Public Acts: (1) To prevent the return of certain
deserters, who have joined the British. (2) To con-
fiscate the estates of such persons .... 810-814
Dec. Proceedings of General Assembly from Dec. 18 to
Dec. 24 815, 816
Resolves of Convention relating to New Hampshire
Grants 817,818
Journal of General Assembly from Dec. 26, 1778 to
Apr. 3d, 1779 819-826
List of Representatives [see Index — "Names,"] . .819-821
List of Council, Rules, &c 821
1779
Mar. Sale of Gov. John Wentworth's estate (in part) . . 822
XXIV GENERAL CONTENTS.
1779. PAGES
Mar. Vote of thanks &c. to Col. Joseph Cilley ... 823
Committee of Safety. Civil officers .... 825, 826
June. Address of Congress to the people of the United States 827
Civil officers appointed 828, 829
Raising soldiers for the Continental service, and, pro-
portion for Rhode Island 830
Oct. New-Hampshire Grants. Tory families in Dunbarton,
Goffstown, &c 833, 834
Nov. Field officers for the 9th regiment . . , . . . 835
Stores at No. 4 to be disposed of 836
Civil officers appointed. Soldiers to be supplied with
clothing, &c 837,838
Dec. List of Representatives [see " Names" and Index] . S39-841
Members of the Council 841
Re-enlisting Continental troops. Bounty . . . 842
Samuel Livermore, Esq., delegate to Congress . . 844, 845
17S0.
Jan. Committee of Safety S45
Implements for counterfeiting found .... 847
Depreciation money ....... 848
Rule of estimation for inventory of estates . . . 849-851
Instructions to Committee of Safety .... 854
April. Supplies for the Continental army. Gov. Wentworth's
farm at Wolfeborough ...... 855, 856
Table of depreciation of currency .... S58
June. Members of the Council. Sale of Gov. Wentworth's
estate 860, S61
Rule for proportioning men to be raised from the militia
in the State 862, 863
Estates of absentees to be sold 864
Proportion of men to be stationed at Portsmouth, and
on the Western frontier 865
Proportion of officers and men for the Continental army 866
Militia of the State to be in four Divisions . . . 867
Correspondence 868-873
Letter from Col. Moses Nichols relating to our troops in
the Highlands, N. Y 869
Letter from Gen. Washington on distressed condition
of the army 870
Letter relating to the troops in Coos .... S72
GENERAL CONTENTS. XXV
1780. PAGES
June. Letter — appointment of Col. Jabez Hatch, Dep. Qr.
Master 872
Letter from the President of Congress on arrangements
for the army 873
Oct. Jourxal — resumed 884
Precept for calling a new Assembly, and also a Conven-
tion to settle a Plan of Government .... 875
Nov. Officers of the tenth Regiment of militia, and civil offi- .
cers 878,879
List of Towns discounted for money advanced for boun-
ties to soldiers 880
1781.
Jan. Rev. Israel Evans — note 882
Letter from Gen. John Stark 883
Instruction to delegates in Congress respecting the New-
Hampshire Grants 885
Report of Committee on calling a Convention . . 885
Report of Committee on pay of soldiers in the army dur-
ing the war ........ 886
Votes relating to delegates for Congress . . . 887
Scouting parties on the Western frontiers. Committee
of Safety 888
Mar. Names of members of the Council 890
Votes relating to N. H. soldiers in the Massachusetts
service, and to depreciation of currency . . . 892
Report on Petition of Gen. James Reed — supplies for
the army 893
Votes relating to Ecclesiastical difficulties in Goffstown,
to a representative from Hollis, to a Convention in
Concord for settling a form of Government, to milita-
ry offices in the State, soldiers not to be imprisoned
for debt 894,895
Apr. Phillips Exeter Academy incorporated .... 895
Estates of Absentees to be confiscated. Dartmouth Col-
lege lands. Western frontiers 896
Resolve for calling a Convention, at Concord, to form
a Constitution. Yeas and nays .... 897
Letter relating to the sale of Stephen Holland's lands . 899
June. List of members of House of Representatives . . 900-903
Appointment of 650 men for the army — field officers . 904, 905
2a
GENERAL CONTENTS.
1781.
June.
Aug.
Nov.
Dec.
1782.
Mar.
June.
Sept.
Nov.
1783.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Table of depreciation of currency .
Letter from Lt. Bezaleel Howe
Letter from Capt. Ebenezer Webster
Filling up our quota of the Continental army-
Appointment of civil officers .
Release of persons imprisoned at No. 4
Rules of the House ....
Names of members of the Council
Delegates to Congress ....
An armed force for the western part of the State.
portion of men to be drafted therefor, &c.
A tax, to raise £110,000
Batteries at Piscataqua harbour .
Meeting of the General Assembly at Concord
List of Representatives and of the Council, 1782
Courts opened in Grafton county. Appointment
civil officers . ...
Defense of Piscataqua harbor ....
Celebration of the birth of the Dauphin of France
Resignation of Chief Justice, Hon. Meshech Weare
Resolution relating to certain towns in Vermont
Hon. Samuel Livermore appointed Chief Justice .
Hon. John Sullivan, Attorney General
Companies for defense of the frontiers .
Letter from Capt. Isaac Frye ....
Towns classed for representatives
Votes relating to Mrs. Holland, wife of Stephen H.
Ferry over Merrimac river
Appointment of civil officers .....
Payments to civil officers and others
Address to the Commander of the French forces
Portsmouth
Pro
of
Letters from Hon. John T. Gilman
Articles of Peace signed at Versailles .
Letter from Hon. John Sullivan. Delegates to Com
Form of Inventory for taxes
Estate of John Tufton Mason ....
Resolution relating to the existing form of government
Appointment of civil and military officers .
Names of sick or wounded soldiers
Pages
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963
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970, 972
973-975
GENERAL CONTENTS. XXV11
1783. PAGES
April. Enlistments suspended 970
Report of a committee of Congress, relating to the
inhabitants in the several States for taxation . . 97G
June. A ferry over Saco river. Phillips Exeter Academy . 977
Civil officers appointed. Custom House at Portsmouth 978
Address to the people of New-Hampshire, relating to
the eighth article of confederation .... 980-983
Thanksgiving for Peace,— a Proclamation . 984
Names of the Honorable Councilors in Neiv-Hampshire, under
the Constitution, from 1776 to 1783.
1770. MESHECII WEARE,
MATTHEW THORNTON,
WILLIAM WHIPPLE,
JOSIAH BARTLETT,
NATHANIEL FOLSOM,
THOMAS WESTBROOK WALDRON,(l)
EBENEZER THOMPSON,
WYSEMAN CLAGETT,
JONATHAN BLANCHARD,
SAMUEL ASHLEY,
BENJAMIN GILES,
JOHN HURD.
1777. NICHOLAS GILMAN,
GEORGE ATKINSON,
TIMOTHY WALKER,
MATTHEW PATTEN,
BENJAMIN BELLOWS.
1779. MOSES NICHOLS,
JACOB ABBOT.
1780. GEORGE ATKINSON,
JOHN McCLARY,
(1) It does not appear from the records that Thomas W'k Waldron took his seat as
a councilor, but that Hon. John Wentworth -was in his stead as councilor from
Stratford Co.
XXV111 GENERAL CONTENTS.
1780. TIMOTHY FARRAR,
SAMUEL HUNT,
ENOCH HALE,
CHARLES JOHNSTON.
1781. WOODBURY LANGDON,
GEORGE FROST,
JOHN HALE,
WYSEMAN CLAGETT,
BENJAMIN BELLOWS,
FRANCIS WORCESTER.
1782. TIMOTHY FARRAR,
JACOB ABBOT,
THOMAS SPARHAWK,
CHARLES JOHNSTON.
1783. FRANCIS WORCESTER.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE
STATE PAPERS,
VOLUME VIII.
REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD.
Journal of the House of Representatives,
A Journal of the House of Representatives of the Colony
of New-Hampshire, who Convened at Exeter as Delegates
From the Several Towns, Parishes & Places in said Colony
on the Twenty first day of December A: Dom 1775, and
Continued A Congress, untill the Fifth day of January A :
Dom 1776, and Then (by leave of the Honble The Con-
tinental Congress) Resolved themselves into a House of
Representatives or Assembly for the Colony of New-Hamp-
shire.
In Congress Friday November 3d 1775.
The Congress taking into Consideration the report of the
Committee on the New-Hampshire Instructions — Resolved,
That it be recommended to the Provincial Convention of New-
Hampshire to Call a Full and Free Representation of the
People, and that the Representatives, if they think it Neces-
sary, Establish Such a Form of Government, as in their
Judgment will best Produce the Happiness of the People, &
most Effectually Secure Peace and good order in the Province
2 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
During the Continuance of the Present Dispute between Great
Britain & the Colonies.
Extract from the Minutes Chas Thompson Seer'7 By order
of Congress John Hancock, President A true Copy Att Noah
Emery Depty Secr^.
In Congress at Exeter Janry 5th 1776.
Voted That this Congress Take up Civil Government for
this Colony in manner and Form Following viz.
We the members of the Congress of New-Hampshire
Chosen and Appointed by the Free Suffrages of the People of
said Colony, and Authorised and Impowered by them to meet
together, and use such means and Pursue Such Measures as
we Should Judge best for the Public Good ; And in Particu-
lar to establish Some Form of Government, Provided that
Measures should be recommended by the Continental Con-
gress; And a Recommendation to that Purpose having been
Transmitted to us From the Said Congress; Have taken into
our Serious Consideration the Unhappy Circumstances, into
[p. 2.] which this Colony is Involved by means of many
Grievous and Oppressive Acts of the British Parliament,
Depriving us of our Natural & Constitutional rights & Privi-
leges ; To Enforce Obedience to which Acts, A Powerful Fleet
and Army have been Sent into this Country, by the ministry
of Great Britain, who have Exercised a Wanton & Cruel
Abuse of their Power, in Destroying the Lives and Properties
of the Colonists in many Places with Fire & Sword ; Taking
the Ships & Lading from many of the Honest and Indus-
trious Inhabitants of this Colony Employed in Commerce,
agreeable to the Laws & Customs a long time used here, The
Sudden & Abrupt Departure of his Excellency John Went-
worth Esqr our Late Governor, and Several of the Council,
Leaving us Destitute of Legislation, and no Executive Courts
being open to Punish Criminal Offenders ; whereby the Lives
and Propertys of the Honest People of this Colony, are Lia-
ble to the Machinations & Evil Designs of wicked men ;
Therefore for the Preservation of Peace and good order,
and for the Security of the Lives and Properties of the In-
habitants of this Colony, We Conceive ourselves Reduced to
the Necessity of establishing A Form of Government to Con-
tinue During the Present Unhappy and Unnatural Contest
with Great Britain ; Protesting & Declaring that we Never
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 3
Sought to throw off our Dependance upon Great Britain, but
felt ourselves happy under her Protection, while we Could
Enjoy our Constitutional Rights and Priviledges, — And that
we Shall Rejoice if Such a reconciliation between us and our
Parent State can be Effected as shall be Approved by the
Continental Congress in whose Prudence and Wisdom we
confide Accordingly Pursuant to the Trust reposed in us, We
do Resolve That this Congress, Assume the Name, Power &
Authority of a house of Representatives or Assembly for the
Colony of ISFeiv- Hampshire. And that Said House then Pro-
ceed to Choose Twelve Persons being Reputable Freeholders
and Inhabitants within this Colony, in the Following manner
viz, Five in the County of Rockingham, Two in the County of
Strafford, Two in the County of Hillsborough, Two in the
County of Cheshire, and one in the County of Grafton, To
be a Distinct and Separate Branch of the Legislature, by the
Name of A Council for this Colony, to continue as Such un-
till the Third Wednesday in December next ; any Seven of
whom to be a Quorum to do Business. That Such Council
appoint their President ; and in his absence that the Senior
Councellor Preside.
That a Secretary be appointed by both Branches, who may
be a Councellor, or otherwise as they shall Choose.
[p. 3.] That no act or resolve Shall be Valid & put
into Execution unless agreed to, and passed by both Brandies
of the Legislature.
That all Public Offices for the Said Colony, and Each
County, for the Current Year, be appointed by the Council
& Assembly, Except the Several Clerks of the Executive
Courts, who shall be appointed by the Justices of the respec-
tive Courts.
That all Bills, Resolves, or votes for Raising Levying &
Collecting money Originate in the House of Representatives.
That at any Session of the Council and Assembly, Neither
Branch Shall Adjourn for any Longer time than from Satur-
day till the Next Monday without Consent of the other.
And it is further Resolved, That if the Present unhappy
Dispute with Great Britain Should Continue longer than this
present year, & the Continental Congress Give no Instruc-
tion or Direction to the Contrary — The Council be chosen
by the People of Each respective County in such manner as
the Council & house of Representatives shall order.
That General & field officers of the Militia, on any Vacan-
cy, be appointed by the Two houses and all Inferior officers
be chosen by the respective Companys.
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That all officers of the Army be appointed by the Two
houses, Except they should Direct otherwise in case of any
Emergency.
That all Civil officers for the Colony & for Each County
be appointed, & the time of their Continuance in office, be
Determined by the Two houses, Except Clerks of Courts, &
County Treasurers, & recorders of Deeds.
That a Treasurer and a recorder of Deeds for Each County
be Annually Chosen by the People of Each County Respec-
tively ; The votes for Such officers to be returned to the re-
spective Courts of General Sessions of the Peace in the Coun-
ty, there to be ascertained as the Council & Assembly Shall
hereafter Direct.
That Precepts in the name of the Council & Assembly
Signed by the President of the Council & Speaker of the
House of Representatives, shall Issue Annually at or before
the first day of November, for the Choice of a Council and
house of Representatives to be returned by the third Wed-
nesday in December then next Ensuing, in such manner as
the Council & Assembly Shall hereafter Prescribe.
Upon reading the Petition of the agents for the Town of
Newtown against Joseph Bartlett, Esq' (being Present before
the House) ordered that the Parties be heard thereon before
this house on the 18th day of January Current if the Assem-
bly be then Sitting and if not then on the Second day of
their Sitting after that time.
Petition of Inhabitants of Neivtown.
[MS. State Pap. Vol. III., p. 1.]
To the HonbIe Gent" of the Congress for the Collony of New-Hamp-
shire Holden at Exeter on Jany Instant 1776 —
The Petition of us the subscribing agents for the Town of Newtown
in sd Province: Humbly sheweth — That a Greeable to an express ree'd
from the Committee of Safety of the 20th of April last, a number of the
inhabitants being together on a Publick fast it was thought expedient
by some after service without any further notice to appoint some per-
son to repair immediately to Exeter & join in Congress in consulting
measures for the Public Safety — Upon which Joseph Bartlett Esq1 was
nominated & chosen — who according to his appointment repaired to
Exeter, — who upon his return among other intelligences Gave the
surprising a Count that he was to continue in office for six months
from ye 17"1 of May last — thus things continued for some time — at
length a different a Count was circulating that the former Congress was
desolved, & that we ought to have been notified & made a new choice
& that the reason why we ware not Notified was not owing to deficien-
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 5
cie in Congress, but suttlefcy in our delegate — upon this the town grew
uneasy, & a Petition from a great number of the Inhabitants was sent
to Exeter to be Presented in Congress. But previous to its being
Lodged it was thought Proper to propose a mode of settlement to
sd Bartlett who was then setting in Congress to which he a Greed to
the acceptance of those intrusted with s'1 Petition which occasioned its
not being Presented in Congress. Since which sd move of settlement
Proving ineffectual for the purposes designed makes it necessary for
this Application to this Hbnble Congress, earnestly asking your attention
to this affair at such a time as your honours in your wisdom may sett
apart for that purpose — not doubting but that we shall be able to make
it fully Appear that the sd Bartlett had no right to represent this town
in Congress Since the 17th of May last — & consequently that we have
no right to be taxed with his services. The election of a delegate to
represent us especially in this difficult day we look upon a great Privi-
lege & to have it rested from us by artificial methods adds a peculiar
pungencie to ye grief & makes it tedious to Beare — we only further ask
thatif on finding our cause right & just & the sd Bartlett the faulty
cause of all this trouble you give us cost. Thus we in the Name &
Behalf of our a Grieved Brethren the inhabitants of Newtown shall
ever pray, &c.
Stephen Bartlett
Robert Stewart
Timothy Favour
Abraham Kimball.
Voted That the HonbIe Matthew Thornton Esqr be Speaker
of this House.
Voted That Ebenezer Thompson Esqr be Clerk of this
House.
Voted That Noah Emery Esqr be Assistant Clerk of this
House.
Adjourned till Tomorrow morning 9 o'Clock.
[p. 4.] Saturday January 6th 1776.
The house met according to Adjournment.
Voted That the last book of records of the Court of Pro-
bate be returned to William Parker, Esqr in order for him to
Compleat the Records.
Voted That the Several Muster rolls of Cap* Salter & Cap'
Daniel be paid Agreeable to return of the Committee for Ex-
amining Muster rolls, Stopping out Such Stoppages as are
mentioned in their report thereon.
Voted That the Matrosses under Command of Capt Salter
& Capt Daniel be paid off monthly for the future.
Voted That the Account of the Select men of North-
hampton amounting to seven pounds nineteen Shillings (for
blankets) be allowed & paid out of the Treasury.
6 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Yoted That the Treasurer & Deacon Samuel Brooks be a
Committee to receive and pay off for all the Blankets that
may be Collected in this Colony for the Continental Army
and to make report thereof to this house.
Then the House Proceeded to choose Twelve Councellors
for this Colony and Voted That the Honbfe Meshech Weare
Esqr be first Councellor for this Colony — The HonMe Matthew
Thornton Esqr (Second) William Whipple Esqr (third)
Josiah Bartlett Esqr (fourth) Nathaniel Folsom Esqr (fifth)
Councellors for the County of Rockingham, Thomas West-
brook Waldron Esqr (Sixth) & Ebenezer Thompson Esqr
(Seventh) for the County of Strafford, Wyseman Clagett
Esqr (Eight) & Jonathan Blanchard Esq1 (ninth) for the
County of Hillsborough, Samuel Ashley Esqr (Tenth) &
Benjamin Giles Esq1" (eleventh) for the County of Cheshire
and John Hurd Esqr (Twelfth) for the County of Grafton,
for the Current year.
Voted that Ebenezer Thompson Esqr be Secretary for this
Colony For the Current year Then the Hon"6 the Council &
Secretary left the house.
Whereupon the house Voted That Clement March Esqr be
Chairman of this House, P. T.
Voted That Samuel Cutts Esqr have an order on the
Treasury for Three hundred Pounds to be by him accounted
for. Adjourned to Monday next at 3 o'clock afternoon.
Letter from Pierse Long, Esq.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 19.]
Portsm0 January 6th 1776.
Sir—
Mr. MeCIure Tells me there was some difficulty respecting the
Roles, which prevented the Moneys from being paid. I sincerely wish
every obstiele may be Removed, and their wages may Immediately
come down, For I heartily wish to see the time for to get the Troops
of. Mr. Ayres whom you have appointed waggon master, says he can't
make it convenient to undertake for more than Cap18 .Bearings, Wiggins
& Brewster's Companys, as the others Lives far out of his way, and
consequently his Expenses in making preparations will be large; I think
in order to save all that Expense those several Captains had better pro-
vide carriages for themselves and men. as they will be able to deter-
mine the hour perhaps they will go from their Rendezvous. There is
one Mr. Beal of this Town an officer of Col. Poor's Regiment, who is
Inlistingmen from out of the companies down here, to serve during the
War. There is a Resolve of Congress dated I think 16'h Sept. last,
which no Doubt you have, which he thinks authorises him.
The prisoners who are set at Liberty by virtue of your Vote, are
without Money or friends, wandering about within their limits, Reflect-
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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
ing on us for making no provision for them. I have been obliged to let
some of them sleep in the Barracks, otherways they would in all proba-
bility have perished this Inclement season. I had forgot to mention
that Mr. Beal has applied to me for a Barrack & other necessarys for
his men. I would Likewise inform yon That I have paid all the Car-
penters who wrought on the new Barracks and on the Bridge, and have
purchased near a Sloop Load of Wood at 4 dollars per cord, for the
Forts and Troops, which leaves in my hands about one hundred
pounds Of the sum of Two Hundred & Thirty five pounds Received
of Col°Langdon; and must add theres not one stick of wood now
either at the Barracks or Forts, excepting a small matter at Capt Sal-
ters. I am this day a going again to find where I can purchase any.
For tliey cant do without. I must Intreat your attention to the poor
prisoners, who are continually at my house in Droves, Begging for pro-
visions to be made. The Staff Role will be handed to you by Mr. Mc-
Clure. Have nothing further to add, But am, Sir, your m' hum Sev1
Pierse Long.
P. S. After I have purchased some more wood I will call on you and
settle the above ace13 .
Indorsed— "Col. Long's letter to ye President, Jan* 6th 1776."
Monday Jany 8th 1776.
The house met according to adjournment, and the Chair-
man not being present, Voted that Phillips White Esqr be
chairman pro Tempore.
Voted That this House Proceed to the choice of a Speaker,
and that he be Chosen by Ballot, and the Votes being Count-
ed it appeared That Phillips White Esqr was Chosen Speaker
of this House, who took the Chair accordingly.
Voted that Noah Emery Esqr be Clerk of this House.
Voted to Choose a Committee of Five Members of this
house to draw up Rules for the order of this house — & that
Cap* Giddings, Cap* Long, Majr Downing John Dudley, Esqr
& Col Walker be the Committee for that purpose & to report
as soon as may be.
[p. 5.] Janry 8th 1776— P. M.
Voted that Precepts be sent out to the several Towns &
Places in this Colony (whose Representatives are advanced
to the Council) to Choose New Members to Represent them
in this Assembly.
The Clerk of this House being Necessarily Called out of
the house, Voted That Samuel Cutts Esq1 be Clerk pro Tem-
pore.
8 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Voted to Choose Two Monitors, and that Israel Morey
Esqr & Doc* Levi Dearborn be Monitors of this House.
Adjourned to 9 O'Clock Tomorrow morning.
Tuesday Jany 9th 1776.
The house met according to adjournment. The Commit-
tee appointed yesterday to draw up Rules for the order of
this house, made report of Twelve rules following, which be-
ing Distinctly read & Considered, Voted that the Same be ac-
cepted, adopted, and made rules for the order of this house,
and are as Follows, Viz4.
1st That Whoseoever shall by any Misbehaviour in Speech or action
Justly offend any of the members of the House, Shall for the first of-
fence be admonished and for the Second be Fined as the house shall see
meet.
2d That no member Speak twice to any matter in Debate before the
House — Until every member have Liberty to Speak once to the Same
matter if he Should see Cause.
3'1 That every member Direct his Speech to the Speaker, and not
one to another, and when any member has a mind to Speak to any mat-
ter in Debate he shall Stand up and ask leave of the Speaker, and not
Speak without his Consent, and shall be Silent at his Command; But if
the member Speaking think such Command unseasonable or unreason-
able, the Speaker Shall take a Vote of the House thereon, To which
Such member Shall Submit on Paiu of Forfeiting Such Sum as the
House Shall Determine.
4th That Whenever it happens that there are as many Votes on the
one Side of a Question as on the other without the Speaker, That
then the Speaker make the Casting Vote.
5lh That If the Speaker be absent, the House may choose a Speaker
pro Tempore That the business of the House may be Carried on with-
out Delay.
6lh That if any member, after being Qualified & Entered, Shall ab-
sent himself at any time without Leave from the House, he Shall be
Liable to be fined at the Discretion of the House.
7th That if any member of this House Shall by the major part of the
House Be thought unfitt; and not Qualified for Said Place, It shall be
fp. 6.] in the Power of the House to Dismiss Such Person, Giving
Notice to the Town or Towns, Parish or Parishes where he belongs
to Choose another to fill up such Vacancy.
81' That Every Bill to be passed in this House, Be read Three times,
and that there be Two adjournments of this House before any Bill be
Passed into An act.
9th That the Speaker & Thirty of the members returned, be a House
to do Business.
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10th That no Vote that is passed in this House shall be reconsidered
by a Lesser Number than were Present when Passed.
11th That no Vote Shall be Valid unless Passed by a majority of the
members Present —
12th That no member make any new motion untill that which is un-
der Consideration is Determined or Postponed.
Voted, That Col0 Morey be Excused from being a Monitor
to this house, and That Samuel Cutts Esqr be Chosen & Ap-
pointed in his room —
Voted That Cap Long, Col0 Morey & John Dudley Esq, be
a Committee of this House to Confer with a Committee of
the Honble Council and report to this house what Business is
Necessary to be Immediately Entered upon.
General Folsom Came down from the board & Informed
the House that the Honble Council had appointed a Commit-
tee to join the Committee of this house to Confer & report
what Business Shall be Immediately Entered upon, and the
Committee of this house Immediately Attended them accord-
ingly.
The House adjourned to 3 o'clock P. M.
The house met according to Adjournment.
Voted, That John Dudley Esqr Col0 Walker, John Mo-
Clary Esqr Col0 Evens & Cap4 Prentice be a Committee to
Draft an Act to Confirm the Proceedings of the late Con-
gresses— Excepting what relates to the pay of the members
of this House.
Voted, That Noah Emery & Samuel Cutts Esqr & Col0
David Gilman be a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Council To Revise the System of Laws
Lately in force in this Colony, and to Report what Altera-
tions additions & amendments of them are Necessary to be
made in our Present Circumstances, For the Guidance of
the Executive Officers of Government. Sent up for Concur-
rence.
The honble Council Joined to the above Committee the
Honble Matthew Thornton, Ebenezer Thompson & Wyseman
Clagett Esqr—
Voted, That Mr Secretary Thompson & Co1 Baker be De-
sired as soon as may be to procure Two books for records.
10 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
The one for the Honble Council and the other for this House,
and that the Treasurer be Directed to pay for them. Sent
up for Concurrence. Then the House adjourned to Tomor-
row morning, 9. o'clock.
[p. 7.] Wednesday Janry 10th 1776.
The House met according to Adjournment.
The Clerk of the house being Necessarily Called away —
Voted That Timothy Walker Junr Esqr be Clerk pro Tem-
pore.
Voted, That John Dudley Esqr. Capt Prentice, Mr. Baldwin
& Mr. Chase be a Committee to State the wages of the Present
House of Assembly & the Hon.bIe Council, and make report to
this house as Soon as may be.
Voted, That the Clerk of this House Apply to the Honble
Meshech Weare Esqr, Clerk of the Late House of Assembly
of this Colony for the journals & files of said late Assembly.
Voted, That Co1 Morey, Co1 Gerrish, Major Bellows & Capt
Prentice be a Committee to State the Quantity & Quality of
fire arms Necessary to be Purchased by this Colony, and
make report to this house as soon as may be. —
Voted, That Col0 Nicholas Gilman Esqr Be and hereby is
appointed Treasurer & Receiver General for this Colony for
one year from the Twenty first day of December last, and to
Continue after that Time untill a New Appointment of the
General Assembly, he giving bond with two Sufficient Sure-
ties in the Sum of one hundred Thousand Pounds to the
Speaker of this house, for the time being, in behalf of the
Colony for the faithfull Discharge of his Trust.
Sent up to the board by Co1 Gilman & Capt Moulton. Vot-
ed, That the Town of Allenstown, being Taxed the last year
the Sum of <£3 . . 6 . . 1, more than their proportion, with other
towns in this Colony, The Said Town be abated that Sum.
Sent up by Co1 Gilman & Capt Moulton. —
Voted that the HonbIe Meshech Weare Esqr— be Chief Justice
of the Superiour Court of Judicature for this Colony. That
Matthew Thornton Esqrbe Second Justice, Leverett Hubbard
Esqr third Justice and Elisha Pain Esqr Fourth Justice of
Said Court. Sent up by Col0 Gilman & Capt Moulton —
Adjourned to half after 2 o'clock P. M.
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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 11
Jany 10 P ra.
The house met according to Adjournment. Upon a mo-
tion made by Sam1 Sherburne Esqr Voted that he wait on the
Houble Council and Enquire whether they have received any
Publick Letters — Mr. Blanchard Came down from the board
& Informed the House that the Hon"" Council had received
no Public Letters but what they had Communicated to the
house.
Voted That Thomas Sparhawk Esqr be Judge of the Pro-
hate of Wills and for Granting administration of the Estates
of Persons Deceased in & for the County of Cheshire, and
that Iehabod Fisher Esqr be register for that County.
Voted That Samuel Ashley Esq be first Justice of the In-
feriour Court of Common pleas for the County of Cheshire ;
Benjamin Bellows Junr Esqr Second Justice, Samuel Chase,
Esqr third Justice and Enoch Hale, Esqr the fourth Justice of
said Court.
Voted, That Benjamin Bellows Jur Esqr be Recorder of
Deeds & Conveyances for the said County of Cheshire.
Voted, That Samuel Hunt Esqr be Sheriff of the County of
Cheshire.
[p. 8.] Voted, That Thomas Sparhawk Esqr be County
Treasurer for the County of Cheshire.
Voted, That Matthew Patten Esqrbe Judge of the Probate
of Wills & for granting administration of the Estates of Per-
sons Deceased in and for the County of Hillsborough.
Voted, That Jonathan Lovewell Esqr be first Justice of the
Inferiour Court of Common pleas, for the County of Hills-
borough, Jeremiah Page Esqr Second Justice, Timothy Far-
rar Esqr third Justice and Henry Gerrish Esqr fourth Justice
of said Court.
Voted, That James Underwood Esqr be Register of the
Court of Probate for sd County of Hillsborough.
Voted, That Moses Nichols" Esqr be recorder of Deeds &
Conveyances for the County of Hillsborough.
Voted That Deacon Nahum Baldwin be County Treasurer
for the County of Hillsborough.
Voted, That Moses Kelley Esq1 be Sheriff of the County
of Hillsborough.
The foregoing Eleven Votes for officers were Sent up to the
honUe Board.
The house adjourned till tomorrow 9 O'Clock forenoon.
12 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Thursday Jany 11th 1776.
Met according to Adjournment.
Voted, That William Parker, Esqr one of the Paymasters
to our Forces have an order on the Treasurer for Three hun-
dred & thirty five pounds, Seven Shillings & five pence, to
pay off the rolls yet unpaid, and that the President of the
Council give his warrant on the Treasurer for the Same, Ac-
cordingly. Sent up to the board.
Voted, That Theophilus Gilman & Cap* Charles Rundlett
be added to the Committee for Examining accounts against
this Colony.
A Petition of Sundry Members of this house being read —
Voted that it lay upon the Table for Consideration.
Adjourned to 3 o'clock afternoon.
The house met according to Adjournment.
A Copy of an anonimous Letter was bro't into the house
by one of the members & ordered to be read (by the Speak-
er) whereupon the Clerk of the house read the same, and is
as follows —
Portsmouth Jan» 11th 1776 —
Dear Sir, as the Committee Chosen yesterday by this Town are
just agoing to Exeter, with a Petition & remonstrance to the Congress
Against their Proceedings, I thought I would Just Inform you of it.
For I think it gives a Silley Cast to all their Doings. I hope they will
not Comply with their request. The Objections was first Started in
the Committee at the work-house, the night before last, and the Town
meeting Call'd yesterday, the meeting was Very thin, not above Forty
or Fifty persons in it. Every one in the meeting Voted for it. Though
I believe they were actuated by different Motives. They have Voted
to Send Circular Letters to all the Towns, that they may remonstrate
likewise. It was proposed I think by designing men, on purpose to
make a Division in the Colony, and I believe will go near to Effect it
unless the Wisdom of the Congress Prevents it. I am &c
Veritas.
[p. 9.] Read a Petition from Sundry members of this
house and also a remonstrance or Petition of the Town of
Portsmouth.
[The petition of members of the House is not preserved: See Re-
monstrance of the Town of Portsmouth, on a subsequent page. Ed.]
The House Examined Several Gentlemen lately from Lon-
don, about the State of Affairs there Concerning America.
Voted, That the Petition from the Town of Portsmouth
lay for Consideration.
Voted, That the Petition of Fourteen members of this
house be Dismist.
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Voted, That Co1 Walker be added to the Committee for
Examining Muster-rolls in the room of Phillips White Esq1
our Speaker.
Voted, That John Unrd Esq1 be Recorder of Deeds &
Conveyances Ac for the County of Grafton.
Voted, That Israel Morey Esqr be Judge of the Probate
of Wills & for Granting Administration of the Estates of
Persons Deceased, in the Comity of Grafton.
Voted, That Elisha Pain Esq' be register of Probate for
the County of Grafton.
Adjourned to tomorrow morning 9 O'Clock.
Friday Jan17 12th 1776.
Met according to adjournment.
Voted, That John Hurd Esqr be first Justice of the In-
ferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton,
and that Bezaleel Woodward, Esqr Israel Morey Esqr & Sam-
uel Emerson Esqr be Justices of Said Court.
Voted, That Jotham Cummings Esqr be Sheriff of the
County of Grafton.
Voted, That Cap' George Turner's Company of Artillery
be paid out of the Treasury the Sum of one hundred & fifty
Pounds towards their wages in the Service of this Colony,
and that the President of the Councill give his Warrant on
the Treasurer for the Same. Sent up for Concurrence.
Adjourned till half past two o'clock P m.
Met according to Adjournment.
Voted That Timothy Walker & William Parker Esq" be a
Committee to join with The secretary by Leave of the
Honble Board To prepare & Correct the Plan or Form of
Government for this Colony and fit it for the Press. Sent
up for Concurrence.
Voted, That the Account of John Hart Jur Amounting to
<£13: 1: 3. be allowed & Paid out of the Treasury, and that
the President of the Council give his Warrant on the Treas-
urer for payment thereof. Sent up to the board.
Voted, That the ballance of the account of Benjamin
Chadbourne Amounting to £ 76: 15: 10. be allowed and Paid
out of the Treasury, and that the President of the Council
give his Warrant on the Treasurer for payment thereof.
Sent up to the board —
14 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
[p. 10.] Voted, That the account of Jonathan Flood
amounting to Nine Shillings, be allowed & paid out of the
Treasury and that the President of the Council give his War-
rant on the Treasurer for payment thereof. — Sent up.
Voted, That the ballance of the account of George Hart
amounting to £190: 10: 3. be allowed and paid out of the
Treasury and that the President of the Council give his War-
rant on the Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent up.
Voted, That the ballance of the account of Elisha Hill
amounting to £80: 14: 3£. be allowed & paid out of the
Treasury and that the President of the Council give his
Warrant on the Treasurer for payment thereof — Sent up —
Voted, That the account of John Hopkinson amounting in
the whole to £56: 15: 8— after Deducting £14: 3: 11. over
Charged as by report of the Committee appointed to exam-
ine & adjust accounts against this Colony, making the bal-
lance to said Hopkinson £42: 11: 9. be allowed.
Cap* Long and Mr Sherburn brot in the Following Dissent
& Protest which was read, and is as follows, viz,
We the Subscribers chosen by the People of several Towns in the
Colony of New-Hampshire to represent them in the Congress of said
Colony, Held at Exeter on the 21st day of December 1775, Beg Leave
to Enter our Dissent to and Protest against the Present Plan of Tak-
ing up Government. For the following Reasons —
First That the Vote of the Continental Congress Countenancing the
Same was obtained by the Unwearied Importunity (both within Doors
and without) of our Delegates there, as appears by their Letter.
Second, That the Said Vote does not appear to have been unanimous,
but we have reason to think Very otherwise.
Third, Because the Colonies of New York & Virginia which are in
Similar Circumstances with us, are much Larger & more oppulent, and
we Presume much Wiser (to whom we would pay all Due Deference)
have not attempted anything of the Kind, nor as we Can Learn, Ever
Desired it.
Fourth, Because we have no ground on which to pretend to make a
Councill, as our Neighbours of the Massachusetts, who act by Charter
Never Vacated on any Legal Trial. —
Fifth, Because it appears assuming for so Small & Inconsiderable a
Colony to take the Lead in a Matter of So great Importance.
Sixth, Because our Constituents never Expected us to make a New
Form of Government, But only to set the Judicial & Executive wheels
in Motion.
Seventh, Because the Congress, as such, Could have done what was
Necessary, and their Power could not be Enlarged by any Act of their
own.
Eight. Because the expense of the Colony is greatly augmented
thereby —
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Ninth, Because it appears to us too much like Setting up an Indepen-
dency on the Mother Country. January 10"' 1776. [Signed]
North Hill, Levi Dearborn, Kensington Ezekiel Worthen,
Newington Richard Downing, Stratham Benjamin Barker,
Portsmouth Sam1 Sherburne, Rochester James Knowles,
Dover Stephen Evans, Sandwich, & Moultonborough —
Portsni0 Peirce Long, Daniel Beede.
Rye Nathan Goss, Lee Hercules Mooney.
Dover, Otis Baker,
Entered according to the original on file.
Attest Noah Emery, Clerk D. Rep5-
[p. 11.] A Committee from the Town of Portsmouth bro't
into the House a request from the Town of Portsmouth,
which was read and is as Follows — Viz'-
Culmiy of I At a Town meeting held at Portsmouth this 12th day
New Hampe | of Jany 1776,
Voted Unanimously That Ammi R. Cutter Esqr George King
Esqr and Cap' George Wentworth be a Committee to write a Letter
to the Congress — requesting to be favored with the Original of an
Anonymous Letter, read in Congress this day. — The said Committee ac-
cordingly returned with the Following Draught, which was Voted to be
forthwith Sent to the Congress — and is as follows — Portsmouth 12th
Jan^ 1776. To the Honble"the Congress at Exeter. — May it please
your hons — The Committee appointed to Preferr the Petition of this
Town, of the 10th Instant having acquainted us, That after they had
Preferr'd the Same & had retired, they were Informed that a Letter
Subscribed, Veritas, was read before your hon8 Purporting that it
was Voted at a very thin meeting, with other Assertions Utterly False,
Scandalous, and Derogatory to the Honour of the Town. It is our Duty
to Acquaint your Hons that there were upwards of Two hundred Per-
sons Present, who Unanimously Voted therefor, and we Earnestly re-
quest That your hons will indulge us with a Sight of the Original Let-
ter of which that was a Copy, in order that the author who has been
guilty of this Scandalous Falsehood, may receive the reward of his Just
Demerit. Portsmouth Janr» l2lh 1776.
A true Copy attest John Penhallow Town Clerk.
Entered according to the Original, attest N. Emery Ck D. Rep8,
The Petition of the Principal Inhabitants of Southhamp-
ton, relating- to the Estates of Elijah Brown & Moses Brown,
Praying that this House would make Some Effectual Act or
lay some barr so they may not squander away their Estates
without the knowledge of the Town, &c. Being read, or-
dered that it lay for further consideration.
The Committee to draw a Plan for Providing fire arms for
a Colony Stock Report as follows viz.
That for every good firearm Manufactured in this Colony, made after
the following manner (viz) a Barrell, three feet nine Inches long to car-
ry an ounce ball, a good Bayonet, with blade Eighteen inches long, Iron
16 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1770.
ramrod with a Spring to retain the Same, the makers name Engraved
on the Lock, Which Shall be delivered at Exeter to Nicholas Gilman
Esqr receiver General on or before the first of May next, the owner of
Such firearms, receive Three pounds for Each, of said receiver General,
after having Tryed said gun in the Presence of the said receiver Gen-
eral with four Inches & a half of Powder well wadded, at his the owner's
own Risque, and that there be appointed one Good man well approved,
[p. 1*2.] in Each County to receive any firearms so made in said County
on the Same Condition (as before mentioned for the recr General to re-
ceive them) and the Persons so appointed, to receive the money for the
Number of Guns so Delivered;
Which report being read & Considered, Yoted that the
Same be received and Established as a resolve of this house —
and Voted That Col0 Evans for the County of Strafford, Sam-
uel Emerson for the county of Grafton, Major John Bellows
for the County of Cheshire & Deacon Nahum Baldwin for
the County of Hillsborough, be receivers of fire-arms agree-
able to the aforesd resolve. Sent up Jany 20th.
The Memorial & Remonstrance of the Freeholders & In-
habitants of the Town of Portsmouth, being bro't into the
house was read, and is as follows —
Colony of New Hampshire, Portsmouth Jan? 10lh 1776 —
To the Honble Congress now Sitting at Exeter in and for said Colony —
The Memorial and Remonstrance of the Freeholders & other Inhabi-
tants of the Town of Portsmouth in Legal Town meeting Convened,
Humbly Shews : — That your memorialists are Greatly Alarmed by the
Information of their Delegates — That they together with the other Dele-
gates of the Several Towns in said Colony were about to Dissolve their
Existence as a Congress & assume that of a House of Representatives,
and to proceed to an Election of Twelve Counsellors, who are to act as
another Branch of Legislation for the future Government of this Colo-
ny, Which measure your Memorialists with all Decency, Tenderness &
respect, beg Leave to Remonstrate against for the Following Weighty
reasons. —
First as we are of opinion that the Inhabitants of the Colony, do not
Generally approve of this measure, We would Therefore have wished
to have had the minds of the People fully Taken on Such a Momentous
Concernment, and to have Known the Plan, before it was Adopted, &
carried into Execution, which is Their Inherent right.
Secondly we humbly conceive that Such a measure is an Open
Declaration of Independency, which we can by no means Countenance
untill we Shall know the Sentiments of the British Nation in General —
We have hitherto Viewed the Controversy as with the Ministry & Par-
liament only, and our Enemies are Stiled the Ministerial Army & Navy,
and we have considered them as Acting Contrary to the Voice of the
Nation. — We have just received Certain Advices That our Friends in
Great Britain are at this very Time Exerting themselves & Uniting in
their Petitions for a redress of our Grievances, and in all Probability
will make a Powerfull Division in our Favour, and will Finally Prevail
1770.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 17
[p. 13.] if it is once fully believed that we are not aiming at Indepen-
dency, but when they Perceive we are Setting up a New Form o£
Government, they will be Exasperated against us and losing Sight of
their former Friendship, & affection will be filled with resentment &
charge us with Duplicity —
Thirdly, We have the Highest opinion of the upright Disposition of
the Congress, and that what they have done is Intended for the General
Good, but at the same time must beg leave to Suggest our apprehen-
sions that this Measure will have a Tendency to Disunite us, which is a
most alarming Consideration as being a Circumstance which we are well
Informed our Enemies Greatly Expect & would be rejoiced to hear of.
We would be Cautious of Prolixity in Addressing your Honours, but
must begg leave to repeat that the ministry among other Deceptions
have asserted that the Rebellious War, (as they Term it) " now Levied
*' is become more General and is manifestly Carried on for the Purpose
" of Establishing an Independency. " This our friends in Great Britain
utterly deny. While we are Governed by a Congress they have a right
so to do, because Necessity Compells us to the Measure, but they will
Certainly make a very wide Distinction between Necessity and what
will be called Usurpation, The Consequences of which Deserve Due
Weight. — We therefore Humbly pray that the Assumption of Govern-
ment may at Least be Suspended for the Present, & that Some regula-
tion may be adopted for the Preservation of Property Under Such Re-
strictions as the Congress in their wisdom Shall think Proper, and your
Memorialists as in duty bound shall ever Pray. Portsmouth Janry 10th
1776 A true Copy attest John Penhallow Town Clerk. —
Entered according to the original Presented to the House
Attest N. Emery Ck D Reps—
Portsmouth Toivn meeting.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 41.]
New^ELamp1' \ At a Town meeting held at Portsmouth Monday the
15th day of January 1776,
The Question being put to the meeting whether the Town will choose
a Committee to go to Exeter to inforce the Petition from this Town
now laying before the Congress at Exeter, for suspending taking up a
new form of government for the present —
Voted, That they will send a Committee to Exeter for said purpose.
Voted That John Pickering Col° Joshua Wentworth & John Wendell
Esqrs be and hereby are a Committee to go to Exeter to speak to the
Petition now laying before the Congress from this Town, & to make
report thereof at the adjournment of this meeting.
Portsmouth January 16th 1776.
a true Copy, attest,
John Penhallow, Town clerk.
Voted, That Moses Nicholls Esq1' be an Assistant to the
Clerk of this House. Voted That Matthew Patten Esqr of
18 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Bedford, Jonathan Lovewell Esq1' of Dunstable, Jeremiah
Page Esq1' of Dumbarton, Timothy Parrar Esq1' of New
Ipswich, Henry Gerrish Esq1' of Boscawen & Moses Nicholls
Esq1' of Amherst be Justices of the peace for the County of
Hillsborough. —
Voted that Daniel Emerson Jur of Hollis and Samuel
Kimball of Henniker be Coroners for the County of Hills-
borough.—
[p. 14.] Voted That John Hurd Esq1' be County Treasurer
for the County of Grafton. —
Voted, That Samuel Cutts, Timothy Walker & David Gil-
man Esq1' be a Committee of this house to Confer with a Com-
mittee of the hon1,le Board about the adjournment of the
Council and Assembly, and to make report at what time &
to what time the Hon1jle Board think best to adjourn. Sent
u-p by Mess1'8 Cutts & Walker. Adjourned for a Quarter of an
hour, then met according to Adjournment.
An Act for Confirming & Establishing the Votes, Resolves
& Proceedings of the Several late Congresses of the Colony
of New Hampshire, was read a Second Time.
Mr. Blanchard Came from the Council & Informed the
house that the Honble Board had appointed a Committee to
Confer with the Committee of this house about Adjourning.
Voted, That Cap1 Peirce Long be paid out of the Treasury
the sum of one Hundred Pounds, towards his account as
Barrack Master, to be by him accounted for and that the
President of the Council give his Warrant on the Treasurer
for the payment thereof. Sent up by Mr. Baldwin. —
Voted, That the Members of the Honble Council, and the
Honble the Justices of the Superiour Court of Judicature, be
Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum throughout this
Colony.
Voted, That the Justices of the Inferiour Court of Com-
mon pleas in the County of Cheshire be Justices of the Peace
for that County.
Voted That Col° Benjamin Bellows Be a Justice of the
Peace & of the Quorum throughout this Colony.
Voted, That Francis Smith Esq1' of Plainfield be a Justice
of the peace for the county of Cheshire.
Voted, That Samuel Trott Esq1' be Coroner for the Coun-
ty of Cheshire.
Voted, That Samuel Cutts Timothy Walker & David Gil-
man Esqrs — be a Committee of this House to join a Commit-
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tee of the Hon*16 Council to Draw up a Recommendation of
Mr Johnson (an Indian Preacher) to the Indian Nations.
Sent up by Mr. Cutts.
Adjourned till to morrow morning 9 o'clock A M.
Saturday Jan? 13th
Met according to adjournment, and made a Collection in
the house for the rev'1 Mr Joseph Johnson, of £5. 2. 6.,
Presented him by M1' Cutts —
Voted, That James Underwood Esq1' of Litchfield and
Isaac Andrews Esq1' of Hillsborough be Justices of the peace
for the County of Hillsborough.
Voted, That the Revd Doctor Eleazer Wheelock of Han-
over and Israel Morey Esq1' of Orford be Justices of the
Peace and of the Quorum for the County of Grafton.
[p. 15.] Voted That Bezaleel Woodward Esq1' of Hanover,
Samuel Emerson Esq1' of Plimouth, Daniel Brainard Esqrof
llumuey, John Wheatly Esq1' of Lebanon and Joseph Pev-
erly Esq1' of Northumberland, be Justices of the Peace for the
County of Grafton.
Voted, To Choose a Committee to Collect the Evidence of
Losses Sustained in this Colony since the shutting up of our
Ports.
Voted, That John Giddings Esqr and Cap* John Emery he
a Committee of this house to Join a Committee of the
Hon1,1' Council to collect the Evidence of all Losses Sus-
tained in this Colony since the Shutting up of our Ports.
Voted, That the Staff Roll of Col1 Wingate amounting to
Seventy three pounds Nineteen Shillings & four pence be al-
lowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President
of the Council Give order on the Treasurer for Payment
thereof
Sent up by Col1 Baker
Upon Reading the Petition of the Town of Dover, Voted
that they be heard thereon on thursday next if this house be
then Sitting, and if not, then on the Second day of their
Next Session. The Petition from Greenland, and that from
Portsmouth to be heard on the Same day.
Voted That Col1 Walker, Col1 Morey, Cap* Prentice, Cap*
Long & Mr Sherburne be a Committee to Draft a Letter in
answer to the request of the Comtee of Portsmouth
Adjourned to Monday next at 3, o'clock afternoon
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Monday January 15th 1776.
Met according to Adjournment.
The Bill for Confirming & Establishing the Votes, resolves,
& Proceedings of the Several late Congresses of the Colony
of New Hampshire, having been read a third time, Voted
that it Pass to be Enacted. — Sent up by
Voted That Cap1 Abijah Learned be allowed & paid out of
the Treasury the Sum of Twenty three Shillings & four
pence, (being So much Short allowance to him in the Late
pay roll of the Congress) and that the President of the
Council give his Warrant on the Treasurer for payment
thereof Sent up by
Upon reading the Petition of the Selectmen of Newington,
Voted That they be heard thereon on Thursday next if the
General Assembly be then Sitting and if not, then on the
Second day of the next Session of the Assembly.
[p. 16.]" Voted, That the Members of the Honble Council,
and the Members of this house receive Five Shillings per day
for their Attendance on the General Assembly Sundays In-
cluded, and Two pence per mile Travel to andj'rom their
homes. Excepting Such members as live within fifteen miles
of the Place where the Gen1 Assembly Sitts who shall receive
pay for their Travel to and from their Homes, & have no pay
for Sundays : and that Each member living more than fifteen
miles from Court shall receive pay for their Travel on every
adjournment of the assembly for a Longer time than from
Saturday till monday ; Excepting the Travel on one Late
Adjournment from Saturday till Tuesday, on which adjourn-
ment they are to receive pay for Sunday & monday ; and that
they receive their pay at the End of Every Session, out of the
Publick Treasury on a pay roll to be Certified by the Secre-
tary and the clerk of the House, respectively, and Lodged
with the Treasurer. — Sent up for Concurrence Jany 22d-
Adjourned till tomorrow morning 9 o'clock.
Tuesday Jan1* 16th 1776.
Met according to Adjournment.
Voted, That Col1 Evans, Cap1 Wait & Cap* Prentice be a
Committee to Examine into & allow Such Muster-rolls as may
be laid before them, and report thereon.
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Voted, That Major James Ilackett Forthwith repair to
Portsmouth and to the Fortresses at Fiscal aqua harbour,
and muster the Artillery men & Matrosses, and make return©
to this house as soon as may lie. —
Voted, That Mr Speaker," Col1 Walker, Col1 David Gilman
& Cap1 Moulton he a Committee to Enquire into the Struc-
ture & the cost of a Powder Mill, and make report to this
house as soon as may he.
Voted, That Andrew Savage Crocker, John Sloane, Cap*
Edward Buckman, & Deacon Francis Worcester, he Coroners
for the County of Grafton.
Voted, that Samuel Moore, Cap* Ehenezer Webster &
Enoch Page he Coroners for Ihe County of Hillsborough.
Voted that Moses Chase Esq1' & Samuel Hills he Coroners
for the County of Cheshire.
Voted That Joseph Bean Esqr of Salisbury he a Justice of
the Peace for the County of Hillsborough.
Voted, That Col1 Evans, Cap* Prentice & Major Bellows be
a Committee of this house to join a committee of the Honble
Council to prepare & bring in a hill to Enable the Moderator
of any Town or Parish meeting in this Colony to administer
the oath of office to the Town or Parish Clerks, and also to
Enable the said Clerks to Administer the proper oaths of of-
fice to all other Town or Parish officers. Sent up by
Adjourned to half past 2 o'clock P. M.
[p. 17.] The house met according to Adjournment.
Voted, to choose a Committee of Safety to consist of three
members of this House and of the Council. To transact
the Business of this Colony in the recess of the General As-
sembly.
Voted to build a Galley at the charge of this Colony, to
Cruise on our Sea Coast and to be used for the Benefit of
Defending oar Harbours and of annoying our Enemies.
The Petition of the Town of Rochester being read, Voted
that the Petitioners be heard thereon on thursday next, if
this house be then Sitting, and if not, Then on the Second
day of the next Session of this Assembly.
Voted That Phillips White Esqr Cap* Josiah Moulton &
Cap* Peirce Long be a Committee of this house to join a
Committee of the Honble Board and in conjunction to act as
22 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
a Committee of Safety for this Colony in the Recess of the
Gen1 Assembly — and that they have the same powers and
authority as the Late Committee of Safety appointed by the
Late Congress had — Sent up by
Voted, That the muster-roll of Cap* John Brewster
amounting to £84 : 8 : llf be allowed & paid out of the
Treasury, and that the President of the Council give his
Warrant on the Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent up
by
Voted That a Letter of Recommendation & of Direction
be Presented to the revd Mr Joseph Johnson, to be signed by
the Speaker of this house and by the President of the Coun-
cil. Sent up by Major Kellcy.
Voted That Cap* John Bell, Cap* Hercules Mooney &
Co1 Timothy Walker be a Committee to join a Committee of
the Honb,e Board to write & forward a Letter to Gen1 Sulli-
van concerning Adam Stuart late of Londonderry, being a
person Suspected of being Enemical to this Country. Sent
up by
Voted That the account of Cap* Jacob Tilton amounting
to <£10 : 17 : 4 — be allowed & paid out of the Treasury, and
that the President of the Council give his Warrant on the
Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent up by
Voted That Noah Emery Esqr Cap* Stephen Harriman &
Cap* Prentice be a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Council to Prepare & bring in a bill for
Establishing the fees of the Several offices in this Colony.
Sent up by
Voted That Samuel Cutts, Israel Morey & John Bellows
Esq1" be a Committee of this house to join a Committee of
the IIonllle Council to Consult about firearms, and to prepare
a Letter in answer to a Letter from his Excellency General
Washington respecting the Same. Sent up by
Adjourned to tomorrow morning 9 o'Clock.
Letter from General Washiyigton to Mattluio Thornton.
[Amer. Ar. 4 Ser. Vol. IV. p. 072.]
Cambridge, January 13, 1776.
Sir: — I am sorry that I should so often trouble you respecting this
army, and that I am under the necessity of applying to you again.
To my great surprise, Sir, I find that, notwithstanding I have taken
the utmost pains to prevent the soldiers that would not reinlist in the
new army from carrying away their arms, or such of them as were
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 23
good, the whole number collected amounts to only one thousand, six
hundred and twenty, of which there are no more than one hundred and
twenty now in store, the rest being delivered to the recruits who have
come in.
I also find, from the Report of the recruiting officers that few men
are to be inlisted who have fire-arms in their hands, and that tiny are
reduced to the disagreeable alternative of getting men without any, or
no men at all. What is to be done? Must not these Governments ex-
ert themselves in procuring them from the several towns, or in such
other manner as to them shall seem most effectual and speedy.
To account minutely for this great deficiency would Joe tedious, and
of no importance. I shall only say, that it has arisen from two causes,
to wit: the badness of the arms of the old army, which the inspectors
and appraisers did not think worth detaining, and to the disobedience
of some Regiments carrying theirs away, in a manner, by stealth, not-
withstanding every order I could issue, and even solemn threats of stop-
ping the pay for the months of November and December, of those that
should.
The prospect of getting imported arms is so remote and uncertain
that I cannot depend upon it. I therefore, request the favor of you to
inform me, whether you have any, and what number belongs to the
government, as also, if you will be able to procure more, in what time.
If you have any or can get them. I shall be glad to take them on ac-
count of the United Colonies. They must be had if possible. I have
wrote to the Honorable General Court of this Province about the same,
but have not received their answer. Should any of your Militia be
here when I get your answer, will it be prudent to apply to them for
their arms? Leaving it optional in them cannot be amiss; but, will
the necessity of the case justify an involuntary detention of them? I
ask for information. I am, Sir, with great esteem, &c.
George Washington.
To the Hon. Matthew Thornton, Esq.
President of the Convention of New Hampshire.
[p. 18.] Wednesday Jan1^ 17th 1776.
The House met according to adjournment.
Voted That Phillips White Esq1' be Judge of the Probate
of Wilis & for Granting Administration of the Estates of
Persons Deceased within the County of Rockingham.
Voted That William Parker Jun1' Esq1' be Register of Pro-
bate for the County of Rockingham.
Voted That Samuel Cutts Esq1' be first Justice of the Infe-
rior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham,
and that John Dudley Esqr David Gilman Esq1' & Josiali
Moulton Esq1' be Justices of said Court.
Voted, That Joseph Peirce Esqr be the recorder of Deeds
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& Conveyances for the County of Rockingham, and that the
Office be kept at Exeter.
Yoted That Deacon Samuel Brooks be County Treasurer
for the County of Rockingham.
Yoted That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Common
pleas for the County of Rockingham be Justices of the Peace
for said County.
Voted That Ilunking Wentworth. Jonathan Warner, Sam-
uel Penhallow, William Weeks, Walter Bryant, Benjamin
Rowe & Phillips White Esq1' be Justices of the Peace and of
the Quorum for the County of Rockingham.
Yoted That Henry Prescott, Richard Downing, Noali Em-
ery, William Parker Jun1', Samuel Dudley, Richard Bartlett,
Samuel Emerson, Nathan Batchelder, Nathaniel Batchelder,
Josiah Gage, Timothy Walker, Jun1', D1' Samuel Moore, Rob-
ert Wilson, Ebenezer Stevens, Samuel Little, John M'Clary,
Nicholas White, Joseph Welch, Timothy Ladd, James Belton,
Benjamin Butler, Edward Russell, David Lawrence, Josiah
Moulton, <fc William Moore Esq1'* be Justices of the Peace
for the County of Rockingham.
Yoted, That George Gains & Samuel Folsom Esqre — Amos
Coffin, Huburtus Neal, Jonathan Swain, Nehemiah Wheeler,
Jonathan Eastman, Jeremiah Eastman, Jonathan Eaton, Ben-
jamin Little, & Simmonds Secomb, be Coroners for the Coun-
ty of Rockingham.
Adjourned to half past 2 O'clock afternoon.
Met according to adjournment.
The Petition of a Number of the Freeholders of the Parish
of Brintwood being read, Yoted that the Petitions be heard
thereon Tomorrow if they See Cause.
Upon reading an Ignominious Scurrilous & Scandalous
Piece Printed in the New Hampshire Gazette & Historical
Chronicle N° 1001, of Tuesday "Jany 9th 177G— Directed or
Addressed to the Congress at Exeter :
Voted That Daniel Fowle Esq1' the Supposed Printer of said
Paper be forthwith Sent for and ordered to Appear before this
house and give an account of the Author of said Piece, and
further to answer for his Printing said piece, So much De-
rogatory to the Honour of this Assembly, as well as of the
Honble Continental Congress and Injurious to the cause of
Liberty Now Contending for. Sent up by Capt Waite.
1770. ] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 25
From the N. II. Gazette, JanV 9, 1776. No. 1001.
To the Congress at Exeter.
Gentlemen— In quarrels between countries as between individuals,
when they have arisen to a certain height, they no lunger regard their
interest or advantage, but the gratification of their wrath; when anger
has arrived to this Pitch, the most inflammatory measures arc esteemed
the wisest ; and moderation, prudence and virtue are degraded to the
place of baseness and cowardice. Is not this the case now? We be-
gan the controversy on this principle, to seek Redress of Grievances :
since, we have lost sight of the object, and are in quest of what will
terminate most certainly in our ruin and destruction; I mean, Inde-
pendency upon Great Britain ; a step that the public are exceedingly
averse to; but the public in general are ignorant of the design and
tendency of the conduct of their Representatives; I hope I am mis-
taken myself, but from circumstances, I cannot help drawing conclu-
sions : However, if I am so, I have erred on the safe side; and at most
it is but a fault that may be remedied: If I am right, it may serve to
open people's eyes, and put the unwary on their guard. The grounds
for my conclusions, are the following: The grand Congress have de-
clared they will give no Proportion towards the National expence,
without the application of it. Now, by the Constitution, we acknowl-
edge the application of all monies lays in the Crown. 2dlv. They say,
that they will regulate the internal practice of the Colones ; now
in their last Session they never asked this, but consistently with the
Constitution gave it up desiring only one condition as at the close of
the last war, when the Crown had a negation upon all our acts. 3dly.
They, on an application from this Province recommended to them to
assume a new Form of Government. Many other circumstances might
be mentioned, but they are artfully blended with the necessity of the
times, that I fear to offend the public ear in mentioning them.
If these are not the homely ugly features of that horrid Monster In-
dependency,— marks and signs never refer to originals; — some people
may think otherwise, so apt are mankind to reject everything that does
not coincide with their prevailing passions ; soon will they see it arise in
order before their eyes, attended with all its hellish pageantry, so close-
ly connected with other seeming necessitous measures; that to oppose
the one, you must a multitude of others ; so that no prudent man can
withstand it ; it will appear dressed with every ornament to hide its
ugly form.
" It is monster of so horrid mien
As to be hated, needs but to be seen."
Oppose it, Gentlemen, in the beginning; a little delay may be fatal;
and like a neglected wound, it may mortify, and corrupt the whole
body.
Every step towards Independency, I said would be ruinous and de-
structive in its consequences: now I will prove it. The question turns
on these two points: 1st. Can we gain Independency? 2d. If we gain
can we support ourselves in it?
1st. We have for six or eight months past opposed but a part of Great
Britain; 6000 land Forces is not an exertion of British power, — they
have been divided; and consequently irresolute and inconsistent in
their plans: every man who knows history must acknowledge that the
26 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
ill success of the British arms at the opening of last war was in conse-
quence of popular clamor against the Ministry ; and their success after-
ward to their union; and as long as we feed this party, shall we be
successful. It is a party that acts from the noble principle of Inter-
est, they esteem us part of the same body, and what affects one part
will extend itself thro' the wliole. Every tyrannical arbitrary measure
exercised over us, may in their turn be exercised over them; they op-
pose it, not for our interest, but for their own. But a disjunction
disunites our Interest likewise, and they will not assist us to their
own loss: say they, the Americans are making us an instrument
to ruin ourselves; we heard they had been misrepresented, as captious
and impatient of government; and now it is true, they under a specious
pretence of Liberty, are shaking off that government they in Congress
solemnly swore to support. They are deceitful men ; they told us, they
would pay their Quota toward the national Expence, & now will not give
a penny, & we must pay their taxes, and protect their trade in War and
Peace, and they only rail and revile us afterward. We have in their in-
fancy nourished and brought them up, and now they have lost their nat-
ural affection. Then let us one and all unite against these Rebels and
subdue them ; else we shall lose all our Debts and trade. The Minis-
try, continue they, are right to tax them, as they would not tax them-
selves, and pay any thing toward our defending them thro' this long
Peace from any sudden Excursion of the enemy both savage & civilized;
this will be the united language of all Great Britain & Ireland. Say
France and Spain, if we join in this American quarrel Great Britain
will offer any terms to the Colonies, let them alone, they will weaken
themselves more by our Neutrality, than Interposition, and be no ex-
pence to us neither. That old British love & the affection for each
other, will rouse itself if we intermeddle ; — foreigners always disgust
them ; and our finances were so exhausted by the late war, that we are
not able, (a very able reason) therefore France and Spam are not for
us, consequently according to Squire * * * * they are against us. The
case then stands thus: all Great Britain united to subdue us, France
and Spain neuter tho' Esq. * * * * says God Almighty never made a
neuter, — we depend wholly on ourselves — that is, a Continent of 1000
miles sea coast defending themselves without one ship of war against
500 Rattle ships completely manned and fitted : A country that can pay
but 30 thousand men, at war with a nation that has paid and can pay
150 thousand; A country of three millions of Inhabitants, fighting with
a Nation of 15 millions; — a country that can raise but 1 million of
money at war with a nation who can raise 20 Mils, in specie, — a country
without arms, without ammunition, without trade, contending with a
Nation that enjoys the whole in the fullest latitude. They have con-
quered France, can't they conquer America? I said Avithout ammuni-
tion; but the making of Salt Petre has made such rapid progress, es-
pecially at Portsmouth, where both clergy and Laity are employed six
days in the week & the Seventh is seasoned with it, that I beg leave to
subtract that : Now cast the balance which side is heaviest, — "we are
gone in a minute " — then we cannot gain Independency.
If we gain Independency, can we support it V Will any nation pro-
tect us for our trade? No nations manufacture such articles as we con-
sume but Great Britain, & these manufactures except a few articles are
very clear and coarse: therefore we cannot trade with any foreign power
177G J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 27
sufficiently to reimburse them for their protection. Can we manu-
facture for ourselves? We cannot make sufficient of Paper for ready
consumption; and we have learnt the art long ago, and we must buy
English paper, except we would choose to write on Bark or wax. The
reason is plain, we consist in this country of Fanners, Planters and
Fishermen: we have not men sufficient for manufacturing; and Great
Britain has made their emigrations a capital offence. This is the first
objection to a state of Independency.
A second is, that no nation would take a great part of our Produce,
because they come so much dearer from us, than other nations ; and to
encourage us Great Britain has given bounties upon sundry articles to
the amount of £200,00(3 sterl. that we might be able to export them to
their merchants. A 3d objection is, That was the Continent a foreign
state we should be obliged to pay what taxes they please on their Man-
ufactures toward raising a Revenue. 4th objection, we must be obliged
to garrison the Provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia in war and peace,
which will cost us 500,000 sterling, which we never did, nor never can
raise. A 5th objection is, We must maintain a Fleet equal to that of
Great Britain, to defend our sea-coast, and our Trade, which will cost
us 2 or 3 Millions; if we cannot raise one now, can we raise these five
years hence? On a moderate computation, our Taxes would be tenfold:
Now which is most eligible, to be independent, and pay 15 Dollars tax,
or to be in the condition we were in 1762 and pay one? Who will
it please but ambitious men ? The only way to make men do right is
to put it out of their power to do wrong. The gentlemen of Pennsyl-
vania have given instruction to their Representatives, that no congress-
man should be a Place-man, it is a tempting bait, the offices of Treas-
urer, Recorder, and other lucrative posts to do wrong. I speak this,
because I hear there is a debate whether the officers of government shall
be chosen from and by the Provincial Congress: they all go by Scrip-
ture maxims ; they condemned a number of people on this text: uThey
who are not for us are against ws," on a learned explanation of it in this
wise, that a man must approve or disapprove any measure that is taken
altogether, say they ; if lie uses one exertion he must another.
Now the rule fixed for the choice of Officers is this: " Choose your
governors and Nobles out of yourselves: the Laws of God are the only
rule since the dissolution of the Laws of the land, and they will abide
by them till they can make theni better." However I have degressed
too far; it is as certain if you establish a new Form of Government,
as that you will have all the posts of profit, that we should have all
the force of Great Britain, and every Ally, that interests or gratitude
can gain, on our backs; and picture to yourselves the consequences.
I know of no more direct step you could take to answer the Designs of
the Ministry ; and every advocate for it is worthy a pension; I forgot
to draw my consequences from the things I proposed ; but any man
who can distinguish right from wrong may see any step toward Inde-
pendency is ruinous and destructive in its consequences.
Was any man to see his neighbor's house in flames, would he fold his
arms and silently sit at home: — it would be madness ! — such is my case;
and tho' I burn my fingers in the attempt I will try to extinguish it,
lest the whole city be in flames. JUNIUS.
28 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
[p. 19.] Voted, That the HonWo John Wentworth Esqr of
Summersworth be one of the Councellors for the County of
Strafford, in the room of Thomas Westbrook Waldron, Esqr,
who was chosen but did not accept. Sent up —
Letter from Thomas Wk Waldron, Esq.
[MS. State Papers, Revn Vol. III. p. 39.]
To the Honorable Congress or General Assembly of New Hampshire:
Gentlemen :
While my Heart gratefully glows with Thankfulness on the distin-
guished mark of respect shewn me by your vote of the 6th Instant
handed hither by Ichabod Rollins Esqr the evening of the same day I
beg leave to acquaint you that I have been little able to leave home for
three Winters successively, that accepting the Honorable arduous &
Intense Duty proposed without a prospect of attending thereto (which
I have not) would be but to prevent the appointment of a suitable Per-
son to assist in the Now critical Councils of the Colony, and that
an Address giving Notice of my Inability & Imploring your Excuse
would have been forwarded last week had not one of your Honorable
body consented to convey this.
Please to forgive my saying that to prevent the effects of late uncon-
stitutional measures many Colonies appointed Congresses as their
General Assemblys were subject to the adjournments Prorogations &
Dissolutions of Governors &c. & that while Congresses as such man-
aged the momentous affair the Friends of America in England &
elsewhere approved the Exertion, and we may reasonably hope will
continue still so to do as it seems to me.
But as the fertile field before me begins to rise ideas too important
for my steril Pen to marshal I take leave with only adding that I wish
you Divine Direction & am with great truth & sincerity
Honourable Sirs,
your respectful & most
Dover, Jan? obliged humble servant
16th 1776. Thos Wk Waldron.
Voted, That Ichabod Rollins Esq1' be Judge of the Probate
of Wills & for Granting Administration of the Estates of
Persons Deceased, in the County of Strafford.
Voted that John Wentworth of Dover be register of the
Probate for said County.
Voted That George Frost Esq1' be first Justice of the Infe-
rior Court of Common pleas for the County of Strafford, and
That Otis Baker Esq1' John Plummer and Moses Carr Esq1' be
Justices of Said Court.
Voted That Col1 Stephen Evans be Sheriff of the County
of Strafford.
Voted That Thomas Westbrook Waldron Esq1' be County
Teasurer for said County.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 29
Voted Tli at Thomas Westbrook Waldron Esq1' be recorder
of Deeds and Conveyances in and for the County of Straf-
ford.
Voted That John Gage Esq1' of Dover, Ebenezer Tibbetts
Esq1' of Rochester, John Horn of Wakefield, John Cate of
Barrington and Jacob Brown of Moultonborough be Coroners
for the County of Strafford.
Voted, That Ichabod Rollins Esq1' & John "VVentworth
Esq1' be Justices of the Peace.
Voted That Joseph Badger Esq1' be a Justice of the Peace
& of the Quorum for the County of Strafford.
Voted That Ebenezer Smith, Daniel Beede, Joseph Senter,
Thomas Parsons, Simeon Dearborn, Miles Rendall, and Paul
Hayes Esq1'* be Justices of the Peace fur the County of Straf-
ford.
Voted, That John Hogg of Dunbarton, be a coroner for
the County of Hillsborough. Sent up by
Voted that the Billeting Roll of Cap* Moses Leavitt,
amounting to Eighty Seven Pounds Twelve Shillings & nine
pence, be allowed & paid out of the Treasury, and that the
President of the Council give his Warrant on the Treasurer
or paymaster for the payment thereof. Sent up by D1' Dear-
born.
Adjourned till tomorrow morning, 9 o'clock.
Thursday January 18, 1776.
Met according to adjournment.
Voted That Co1 Baker, Col1 Walker & Col1 Morey be a
Committee of this house to Join a Committee of the Honbl°
Council to wait on John Langdon Esq1' at Hamptonfalls, or
wherever they may meet him, and Desire him to repair to
this House as Soon as lie Conveniently can. Sent up by
[p. 20.] A Letter prepared by the Committee of Both Houses in
answer to one recd from General Washington respecting Fire
arms &c. being read, Voted that the same be Transcribed
and Sent to his Excellency Gen1 Washington as Soon as may
be— Sent up by M1' Clough.
30 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Letter to General Washington.
[Amer. Ar. 4 Ser. Vol. IV. p. 709.]
Colony of New Hampshire, Exeter, January 17, 1776.
Sir—
Your Excellency's letter of the 13th instant, setting forth the
difficulty of providing fire-arms for the army, came to hand yester-
day. The General Court, now sitting, immediately took the contents
under consideration, and line! that all the publick arms of the Colony
have been delivered out to the soldiers in the Continental Army, and
at our Garrison in Portsmouth.
Upon a return lately made from the several towns in the Colony,
we find that not more than two-thirds of the inhabitants capable of
using arms are furnished therewith, and many of them such as would
not be thought fit to be trusted to in the Continental Army.
The scarcity of workmen, as well as steel, has hitherto prevented
our having any considerable number made in the Colony; for which
reasons, together with the apparent need of our keeping a considera-
ble body of troops to defend our sea-coasts, brings us to the disa-
greeable necessity of informing your Excellency it is not in our power,
at present, to supply any arms for the purpose you mention. We
are fearful that the detention of the arms of the Militia, (now at the
Camp) against their consent, will create such an uneasiness in their
minds, that it would hinder their exerting themselves if called upon
hereafter.
In consequence of a former request from your Excellency, we have
procured one hundred and forty blankets, which we shall forward to
the camp immediately; and if any more can be obtained, they shall
be sent along without delay.
In behalf of the Council and Assembly, I am, with great esteem
and respect, your Excellency's most humble servant,
Meshech Weare, President.
To his Excellency General Washington.
Letter from Gen. John Sullivan.
[State Pap. Rev'1 Vol. III. p. 63.]
Winter Hill, Jan? 17th 1776.
Much respected Gentlemen—
I inclose to you a letter from General Washington requesting Two
Kegiments of men from New Hampshire to keep on the Lines till the
first of April next, Each Regim1 to consist of Eight Companies.
Those Companies to consist of one Captain, Two Lieut8, one Ensign,
four Sergeants, tour corporals, one Drummer one Fifer and seventy
six privates, all to be on the Lines by the first of February next. I
need not inform you of the necessity we are under as our making the
Requisition is sufficient evidence of that. I can venture to assure
you that our force now on the Lines including the Militia does not
amount to 12.000 although the Continental Congress ordered 22,000.
The people in general seem to have an aversion to a campaign of 12
months. Though I presume they will be forward enough to enlist for
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two months, Especially as the time will expire sufficiently early for
them to look after their springs work; the encouragement is to be a
penny for mile travel in & out and the same wages as the Rest of the
army. 1 have had much trouble to keep fair weather with your
militia lately sent. I had to supply many with arms & to give my
Obligations for ammunition which I dealt out to them Individually,
took Receipts & must receive it in from them & Return it into the
Store to redeem my obligations; but this was not all. The Congress
had neglected to send along money, the military chest was empty
and the soldiers complaining aloud for want of Cash, as well those
who were about to leave us as those who agreed to tarry on the
Lines one Fortnight longer. I at the General's request drew up En-
listments & gave to the Captains to try their men & after tryal they
Returned 75 men only. This alarmed me much for I feared that our
Province would loose that credit which they by their conduct have
so justly des;erved; to save which and to prevent the Lines from be-
ing deserted I procured money sufficient to pay 3 Dollars pr man to
those who would Tarry the 15 Days Required. I then had them
Drawn up & endeavoured every Avay to Induce them to tarry and
finally prevailed on all but about 350 who were determined to quit
us at all Events. These worthless scoundrells though willing to sac-
rifice their Liberties could not sutler the least delay of payment for
their service, they had heard the Continental Chest was empty and
could by no means be brought to believe there was any thing Less
than a contrivance to cheat them of their wages. I well knew that
General Washington had promised me they should be paid oft" when
the time was expired. I promised the same to the Committee of
Safety & they to the men, by which means I well knew the Commit-
tee who had done every thing that men could do towards sending
them would be censured & condemned; to prevent which and to do
all in my power for the honour of the Government I Borrowed the
money from more than 20 persons & paid off all those who were go-
ing home & shall do the same to the others when their time is out.
Though it pleases me to find our men tarry all to 350 & so far exceed
the inhabitants of other Colonies in their zeal & spirit, yet it gives
me pain to inform you that not near half the Massa militia could be
prevailed upon to tarry & many of them went off one Day before
their time was out. To prevent Delay with our men I made up most
of the 31 pay Rolls with my own hands as some were from each
company and with the assistance of Majr Scammel & Mr. Sherburne
paid them all off between Day-break and 12 o'clock and hope they
have Returned contented.
I must now Entreat you gentlemen to exert yourselves in forward-
ing the forces wrote for by the General. Mass" has agreed to furnish
seven Regiments, Connecticut four & hope our two' will be on the
spot as soon as theirs. Rhode Island being continually surrounded
by ships of war can furnish none. Connecticut over and above the
four Regiments has sent 1500 men to guard New York, so that our
proportion is by no means extravagant. I have hit upon an expedi-
ent of Raising one of the Regiments here which I hope will prove
agreeable, viz. as there are now 31 companies here already officered
by you I am about to select 11 officers, three of which 'to be field
officers & eight to be Captains of Companies. Those Captains to
32 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
choose subalters from different companies & in that way I hope to
compleat one of the Regiments proposed. This will in great measure
Facilitate the Raising the other Regts & secure men upon the lines
though yours should not arrive in season. I cannot but promise my-
self your approbation of this measure; if I should find a probability
of being disappointed in this attempt shall send an Express to you
immediately, but am well convinced it will succeed.
I would in the appointment of officers beg leave to recommend men
who will do credit to the government: I have a very high opinion of
the held officers you appointed to Guard the Harbour of Piscataway,
if they are not needed there I should be fond of them here; but this
I leave to your wisdom & discretion.
I was favored with your Letter respecting the affair of Col0 Stark
& Col" Hubbard (1) which I immediately laid before the General.
He shew me your letter to him with a copy of Col0 Hubbard's to
you & a tryal would immediately have taken place but Col0 Stark
had gone into the country recruiting, he is now returned & a Court
of Enquiry will sit upon him to-morrow or next day. You may de-
pend that notwithstanding I esteem Stark as a worthy good officer I
will do every thing in my power to punish any Insult he may have
been guilty of offering to the Colony. I repeatedly told Col° Hub-
bard the Eve after the affair happened when I found him and Stark
together at my house on my return from Head Quarters that I would
confine Stark Immediately if he desired it and even his whole Regi-
iment if necessary but he chose to omit it.
I have thought of an expedient to save the money to the Colony
at all events; which is this, viz. for the General Court to give notice
in all the news-papers that a number of Bills of such a Date, namely
Nov. 3d, numbered from 2771 to 2825 were stolen & that any persons
possessed of those numbers should forward them to the Receiver
General within one month to be Exchanged fro Silver, with a proper
account how he came by the Bill or Bills & if not sent up by that
time never to be redeemed in future, for which purpose an act should
be passed & if the thief should have parted with any of this money
(which by the way is not probable) the matter being fresh you may
trace it up to his door. But if (as is by far the most probable) he
should have delayed to pass it for fear of Discovery it must die in his
hands & the Province not loose a farthing. This method, Gentle-
men, I beg leave to Recommend for the Interest of the Colony ; — let the
Tryal here turn out as it may. I beg you to excuse my freedom &
believe me to be with gratitude and Esteem, Gentlemen,
your much oblidged Humble
Sev1
Jn° Sullivan.
To the Honorable the General Court of New Hampshire.
(1) It appears that the mode of spelling the name Hobart was not settled. The gen-
tleman here referred to was Samuel Hobart, Esq., pay master of the troops, who also
bore the title of Colonel. Notjonly did General Sullivan mis-spell the name, but in
the report of the battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777, General Stark speaks of a
" Col. Hubbard," and the same spelling is found in Belknap's history of that battle.
Hence has arisen a confusion; and the inquiry been raised "Who was Colonel Hub-
bard that Genl Stark commends?" The proper answer is, Col. David Hobart, who
was of Plymouth, N. H. though a native of Hollis, and probably a relative of Samuel
Hobart, Esq. whom Stark offended. See Better's Mil. Hist, in Adj. Gen. Rep. Vol. II.
1866, p. 320. Ed.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 33
Voted that Majv Barker, Mr Gibson & Cap* Wait be a
Committee to Join a Committee of the Honble Council to take
into Consideration what method is best to be Taken to Ob-
tain Security for Debts in Civil Cases, and how far the Same
shall be prosecuted, & Carried into Execution as to the recov-
ery of such Debts. Sent up by Deacon Baldwin.
Upon reading the Petitions of the Committee from Newton
in behalf of s'1 Parish, Voted that John Dudley Esq'', Cap4
Prentice, Mr. Balsh, Mr. Gibson, Capt Wait, James Betton
Esq1' & Major Bellows be a Committee to Examine into the
matters of the Complaint, and make report thereon as Soon
as may be.
The said Committee made the following report thereon
viz* upon " Considering the prayer of the within Petition, &
" hearing the Evidences on both sides find that the within
" named Joseph Bartlett Esq1' was not Legally chose by the
" Town of New Town to represent them in Congress on May
" 17th 1775."
Per order Nath11 Balch, Chairman.
The Petition from the Towns of Portsmouth, Dover, New-
ington, Rochester, Stratham, North Hampton, Rye, New
Market, Kensington, Greenland, and a part of Brintwood,
against Taking up Government in the New Form Established
by this House, being read <fc Considered (by both houses,
being come together in the Town house) and fully argued by
Mr John Pickering, Counsel for the Petitioners (1). The
house adjourned till tomorrow 9 O'clk a m.
Friday January 19th 1776.
The house met according to adjournment.
Voted, to Choose a Committee of Five Persons, to consult
with Some of the Members of the Committee of Safety of
Portsmouth and report to this house what they think best to
be done respecting removing the People from Gosport and
that D1' Levi Dearborn Capt Wait, Col1 Evens, John McClary
Esq1' and Capt Moulton be the said Committee.
Voted, That Col1 Morey, Col1 David Gilman & Col1 Evans
be a Committee of this house to Confer with a Committee of
(l) "With the exception of the Petition from Portsmouth, the petitions here referred
to have not been found. Ed. .
34 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [177G.
the lionble Council, about Laying our Plan of Government
before the Honble the Continental Congress and Taking their
Advice thereon and to make report to this house as soon as
May be.
[p. 21.] Voted, That the account of Deacon Samuel Brooks,
amounting to <£14 : 14: 84 be allowed & paid out of the
Treasury, and that the President of the Council give his or-
der on the Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent up by Col.
Walker.
The Committee appointed to consult about removing the
People from Gosport made report to the house as Follows
viz.
The Committee appointed for the above sd Business beg leave to re-
port That it is our Opinion That the Inhabit*8 of Gosport on the Isle of
Shoals remain there untill further orders from this House, and that
they be allowed to Purchase any Necessaries of Life Sufficient for their
own Families at Rye harbour or Little Boars head in North Hampton
on making pay for the same in Cash or good Fish. Provision to be
made by Some Two persons near said Harbours for the above purpose,
or by a Committee for that Purpose, in behalf of the Colony, And that
the said Inhabitants be forbid going to or trading in any Other Har-
bour or Harbours — which report being read & Considered,
Voted, That the Inhabitants of Gosport remain on that
Island till further orders of this house.
Voted, That Cap* Moses Harriett of Londonderry be &
hereby is Impowered to take and Certify Depositions for
Adam Stuart & against him, concerning the complaint and
Information of the Committee of Safety of Londonderry.
The Honble Board sent down the Following Vote of Coun-
cil viz1 —
Colony of New Hampshire, In Council Jan1? 19th 1776 — Upon reading
the Letter from his Excellency General Washington, & General Sulli-
van requesting recruits for the Continental Army, The Board are of
Opinion that the requisition ought Speedily to be attended to, and
would Therefore recommend a Vote to be passed for the raising one
regiment, and more if General Sullivan Should fail in raising a Regi-
ment out of our Militia now in the Service, and that a Committee of
the Honble House be appointed to join with a Committee of the Board
and fully authorized to carry the same into execution. Voted that the
foregoing be Sent to the Honble House. Albert E. Thompson, Seer?
Copy of the Original Attest N Emery C1 D Reps
General Washington's Letter is as follows viz —
Cambridge Jan? 16th 1776.
Sir — the alarming and almost Defenceless State of our Lines occa-
sioned by the Slow Progress in raising recruits for the New army, and
the Departure of a great Number of the Militia, which had been called
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 35
in for their Support till the 15th Instant, rendered it Necessary for me
to Summon the General Officers in Council, to Determine on proper
means to be adopted tor their Preservation: For this purpose they met
at Head quarters yesterday and to-day & finding that it was with the
[p. 22.] utmost difficulty & Persuasion, that Such of the latter, as are
now here, have been prevailed on to continue tiil the Last of the
month, after which there is not the remotest probability of their Stay-
in.;' a moment, they have Judged it expedient and absolutely necessary
that thirteen Regiments should he forthwith raised equal to those of
the New Establishment to be officered according to the usual mode of
their respective Governments; which are to repair to this Camp by
the last Instant if Possible, to be in readiness to act in such manner
till the first of April, as Circumstances may require, — of this number
they apprehend, the Massachusetts Should Furnish seven, Connecticut
Four & your Government Two, being agreeable to the Proportion Set-
tled by Congress In order that each Regiment may consist of a proper
Number of officers & men, I have Enclos'd you a List for their legula-
tion, and of the Continental Pay. I must earnestly Sollicit your atten-
tion & regard, to arms, ammunition, Blankets, Kettles, & Clothing,
that they may come as well Provided with these Necessaries as Possible,
Particularly the first, as from the amasing Deficiency here, I shall not
have it in my Power to supply them. The situation and Exigency of
our affairs Calling for this assistance, I have the most pleasing assur-
rance that your Honorable body, will Exei't themselves for complying
with this requisition with all Possible Dispatch. — I am Sir, with much
Esteem & regard your most obed Serv'.
Honble Matthew Thornton Esq. G. Washington.
Another letter from his Excelly General Washington.
Cambridge Jan>' 21st 1778
Sir — In the Hurry of my last Dispatches to you of the 19th inst. I
forgot to Intimate that for the Encouragement of the Regiment Destin-
ed for Canada, a months advance pay will be allowed officers & soldiers
by me, in behalf of the Congress. At the same time I think it but
right, that you Should be apprised of the Intention of this Govern-
ment to advance their Regimts another months Pay to Enable the men
to provide for So long and Fatigueing a march, and in the meantime
leave something for their Familys to subsist upon During their Ab-
sence.— I have no doubt but that this Last advance will be pleasing
enough to Congress, and that the money will be Speedily refunded, but
as I have no authority to Direct it, and would not appear by any act of
mine to put the Three regiments of Canada upon a Different Footing
than those who have been raising for the army, I only give you a hint
of the Intention of this Government, That if you think proper, the
Regiments from your Colony may be placed upon the same footing, as I
know all kind of Distinctions are considered by Troops with an evil &
[p. 23.] jealous Eye. Such Necessaries as are absolutely requisite for
the march of this Regiment, you will please have provided, upon the
best Terms you can, & regular accounts with Vouchers thereof kept,
that payment may be made. — The Importance of Dispatch will I am
persuaded, appear in so urgent & pressing a Light to you, that I need
add Nothing on this Head; but shall be glad to hear what Progress you
36 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
make in the business, being with the Sincerest regard & Esteem — Sir,
your most obcd1 Humble Serv* —
G. Washington.
Entered according to the original per N. Emery C1 D Reps
The House adjourned to 2 o'clock afternoon.
Letter from General Sullivan — relating to the defeat at Quebec,
fie.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 70. J
Winter Hill, Jan> 18th 1776.
MUCn ESTEEMED GENTLEMEN—
It is with the most sensible pain I sit down to write you the
melancholy tidings of our army's being defeated at Quebec, on the
31st of Decemr with the Loss of 150 killed and wounded (according to
the best accounts we can collect) & between three & four hundred
taken prisoners; among the Latter are a number of our intrepid New
Hampshire Friends who marched from hence with Col0 Arnold. The
whole of his party Except himself and some few that retired with
him when he was wounded are either killed or taken prisoners. The
Brave the Intrepid, but alas Too unfortunate General Montgomery
Fell and with his departing spirit courage and Resolution forsook the
Troops he commanded. He attacked the Lower Town of Quebec at
the Point Diamond on the opposite side Col0 Arnold with his party
attacked a place called La Roche, & after an hours Engagement car-
ried a Two gun Battery with the Loss of about 20 killed and wound-
ed. They then attacked a Second Battery & carried it sword in hand
but gaining the Second Battery proved their defeat for by possessing
themselves of that they advanced beyond Palace Gate that leads from
the upper Town to the Lower, from which the enemy Immediately Is-
sued and falling on their rear drove them into the Lower Town from
whence they could not Escape as the Enemy were possessed of the
passage through which they Entered, and on the opposite side the un-
fortunate Montgomery's party were defeated & had Retired so that
the victors turning round to oppose brought the small but brave and
Resolute party between two Fires. They took possession of the Lower
Town about 7 in the morning and though exposed to a fire in front &
rear as I mentioned as also to a fire in flank from the upper Town,
they bravely maintained their ground till night when despairing of
succour & growing weary of slaughter they surrendered themselves
prisoners of war. The Brave Montgomery with his aid-de-camp were
killed the first fire, and 1 believe that struck such a damp on his par-
ty that little more was done by them. Col0 Livingston with his party
of Canadians made a feigned attack on the Upper Town to favour the
Real attack on the Lower, but this was extremely ill executed. You
will soon Learn more particularly about the matter and how the whole
country is in motion to assist our friends there; all the people west of
Springfield are gone. Col0 Warner with his Green Mountain Boys
marched Immediately to join the party which they had left, by being
(as they thought) ill used by General Montgomery. You will find
by the Enclosed Letter that the General Council have determined
1776. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 37
that a Regiment from each of the Frontiers of New IIampr Mass*1 and
Connecticut are to march with all possible expedition to secure our
Conquests & if possible retrieve the honor of the American anus.
This Resolution induced us to Release one of the Regiments wrote for
in my last to serve here two months, and Instead thereof for New
Hampshire to furnish one here, and one for Canada enlisted for
twelve months. I have a prospect of raising one for this place from
among the Recruits here in the manner I formerly mentioned. So
you need give yourselves no other Trouble about that, but advancing
upon the Credit of the Continent a months pay advance which beg
you to do. The party going for Canada I suppose General AVashing-
ton has called upon you to furnish them with money &c. Upon my
soul it gives me pain to find that our Continental chest is so often
empty & that parsimony and Indolence which has destroyed so many
powerful States is but too likely to destroy ours. To this alone was
owing that total Defeat at Quebec as the deceased Montgomery Let-
ters will fully show, for he seemed to prophesy his defeat from the
want of money to pay off the Troops.
I have selected officers for the Regiment to be stationed here as I
mentioned, Cap1 Waldron, Chesley & Place to take the command as
field officers, and have taken some of the best Captains and subal-
terns. I should rejoice if Cap' Mooney would in conjunction with the
Bearer Lieut. Clough & two subalterns appointed by you or them un-
dertake to bring in a Company. The Residue I can furnish myself
without giving you any trouble except what I mention. With re-
spect to the Reg4 bound to Canada you will excuse my suggesting
the necessity of Raising that in the western parts of the Colony.
Col0 Win. Stark now happens to be in Camp & says he can undoubt-
edly Raise the men; he is well acquainted with the country and with
the nature of such a march, I would therefore for the good of the
service beg leave to recommend him unless you have some other per-
son more suitable in view. I have directed him to wait on your
Honours & receive your Commands. Captain John Parker Avho was
here some days since was soliciting license from General Washington
& myself to raise four or five Companies & march to Canada. We
knowing of no necessity therefor refused him; perhaps he may now
be of some advantage in Raising men, but many among you know the
man §• his communications ; all these hints I throw out for the good of
the service. I have no particular person in view barely for his own
sake. The good of my country is what I mean to promote; where I
mistake the proper means to ' attain that Desirable End you will
please to correct me as an ignorant offender, and believe me to be (as
I really am) a true friend to my country, & your much oblidged
Humble Servant
Jn° Sullivan.
Hon. Gen1 Assembly of New )
Hampshire. j
The General has inclosed you copies of most of the Important Let-
ters from Canada. Yrs J. S.
P. S. My extreme hurry will, I hope, apologize for incorrectness.
J. S.
38 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Order from Gen. John Sullivan.
[State Pap. Revu Vol. III. p. 61.]
To Join Waldron $■ AlpJieus Chesley, Es rs.
A requisition being made upon the Colony of New Hampshire for a
regiment of men consisting of seven hundred & Twenty Eight Includ-
ing all the officers, I have after consulting his Excellency Gen1 Wash-
ing! on thought proper to raise and officer a Regiment out of the of-
ficers & soldiers lately come in from that Colony to remain in the
Continental service until the first day of April next. I have named
Eight Captains & have nominated you the said John Waldron as
Chief Co1 of said Regiment & you the said Alpheus Chesley as Lieut.
Col" thereof & have wrote to the Gen1 Assembly upon the measure I
have adopted & requested them to furnish one months pay advance
for said regiment upon the credit of the Continent. You are there-
fore requested Immediately to repair to the Gen1 Assembly, wait on
them with my compliments & these orders, receive their commands
& Immediately proceed to compleat the Regiment Proposed, & Return
to head Quarters by the first day of February next. You will please
to pay strict obedience to the commands of that Assembly & on all
occations give notice of your proceedings to your
Hum1 serv'
Jn° Sullivan,
B. Gen1 of the Continental Congress.
Winter Hill, Jan? 19th 1776.
Letter from General Washington.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 76.]
Cambridge, 19 Jan-V, 1776.
Sir—
The Inclosed herewith sent convey such full accounts of the sad re-
verse of our affairs in Canada as to render it unnecessary for me in
my present hurry to add aught to the tale.
Your spirited Colony will, I have no doubt be sufficiently impressed
with the expediency of a vigorous exertion to prevent the evils which
must follow the repulse of our Troops. It does not admit of a doubt,
but that General Carlton will improve this advantage to the utmost;
and if he should be aide to give another current of sentiments to the
Canadians and Indians, than those they seemed inclined to adopt,
words are unnecessary to describe the melancholy effect that must
inevitably follow.
I am persuaded therefore, that you will exert yourselves to the ut-
most to throw in the reinforcements (by the rout mentioned in Gene-
ral Schuyler's letter) that is now required of your Colony, as the doing
of it expeditiously may prove a matter of the utmost importance.
You will perceive by the minutes of the Council of War (Inclosed)
that the Regiment asked of you for Canada is one of the Two applied
for in my letter of the 16 Inst, and that the only difference with re-
spect to the requisition is the length of time and place of service; as
no good would result from sending Troops to Canada for a shorter
1770.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 39
period than the Continental arrny is raised for, — to wit, till the first
of Jan1? 1777.
I am with very great esteem.
Sir, your most obed' H. serv*.
(copy) —
Hon. Matthew Thornton.
Indorsed, ''General Washington.
Regiment for Canada."
Notb. On the 19th January, 1776, the Continental Congress issued General Orders or
ra.tli.-i- Resolutions to expedite the raising of forces for Canada,— advancing 12,500 dol-
lars to each ol the General Assemblies or Committees of Safety of the Colonies in which
troops were raised, for the purpose of recruiting their respective regiments. These
Resolutions were forwarded to the General Assembly of New Hamps-hiie, followed hy
a letter from Hon. John Hancock, as follows. Ed.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock relative to Troops to be raised
for Oanadai
[State Pap. Vol. Ill, p. 31.]
Philad8 Jan? 12, 1776.
GrENTLEMEN,
The repeated proofs which our enemies have given of their rage
and malice, leave no room to doubt that they will exert their utmost
endeavours to effect our destruction. Through the favour of Provi-
dence our success in Canada has prevented them from employing the
savages against our parties.
But as there is reason to apprehend they will attempt in the spring
to recover the possession of that country, the Congress have resolved
to support nine battalions for its defence, this year.
One, of Canadians under Colonel J. Livingston; two, to be em-
ployed of those brave Troops serving there, — an honour due to their
bravery and merit, to have an opportunity of defending a Country,
which their valour has rescued from Slavery; three, from Pennsyl-
vania & New Jersey, of which two are under marching orders; and
the remaining three to be raised to the eastward, viz. one in your
Colony, one in Connecticut, and one in New York, as you see by the
enclosed Resolve.
As the arrival of the troops in due time will greatly conduce to the
preservation of that country and defeat the designs of our enemy,
and as the month of February, which is fast approaching, is the best,
indeed the only time before summer, of crossing the lakes, the Con-
gress rely that you will, according to your usual zeal, exert your ut-
most endeavours, to have the battalion from your Colony raised and
sent forward with all possible expedition.
I am, gentlemen,
your obed1 humble serv4
John Hancock, Presid4.
A Battalion to consist of 8 companies, each Company of 1 Cap4, 2
Lieut* , 1 Ensign, 4 Sergeants, 4 corporals, a Drum & Fife, & 70 pri-
vates, Adjutant, Quarter master & Surgeon.
To the Committee of Safety &c.
New Hampshire.
40 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Resolves of American Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. III. p. 23.]
In Congress, Jan>' 8th 1776.
Resolved, That to make up the Battalions voted for the defence of
Canada, one battalion be immediately raised in New Hampshire, one
in Connecticut and one in New York.
Extract from the Minutes
Chas Thomson, Sec'?.
Order'd to be Transmitted to the Committee of New Hampshire.
John Hancock, Presd4.
In Congress, Jan^ 8, 1776.
Resolved, That the governor of Connecticut, the General Assem-
blies of Massachusetts bay and New Hampshire & the Convention of
New York, be wrote to forthwith by the delegates of said Colonies
respectively to furnish General Schuyler with the account of the
money paid to any persons in the army under his command, specify-
ing the names of those to whom the money was paid by their order.
Extract from the minutes.
Chas Thomson, Sec^.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock.
[State Pap. Vol. III. p. 80.]
Philad* January 20th 1776.
Gentlemen—
In addition to the resolutions of Congress passed the 8th Inst, for
the defence of Canada, I have now to add sundry others which the
advices lately received and the repulse our troops met with in their at-
tempt on Quebec, rendei absolutely necessary to be carried into exe-
cution with all possible expedition.
There is evei'y reason to hope that a timely reinforcement will not
only secure our friends and retrieve our losses, but put us in posses-
sion of Quebec before success can reach our enemies.
I am therefore directed most earnestly to press you with all possi-
ble expedition to levy and forward the battalion ordered to be raised
in your Colony, and as you lie the most contiguous I trust your
wonted zeal will be the first to carry relief and succour.
You will easily conceive what life, spirit, and confidence the arrival
of but one company will give our friends there, especially when they
understand it is quickly to be followed by more forces: You will
therefore with the utmost despatch forward the first that can be got
ready.
To prevent any delay, I send inclosed by order of Congress blank
Commissions for the field officers, Captains & subalterns, which you
will please to fill up with such gentlemen as you shall judge best
qualified & proper for the service.
The money for defraying the expence of the battalion will be for-
warded by your delegate with all dispatch. The encouragement giv-
en to the men will, I hope, facilitate your business, and I trust your
zeal will not be wanting in the defence of our common liberties.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 41
Time will not permit me to enlarge, I must therefore beg leave for
other matters to refer you to the enclosed extracts only reminding
you that the battalion is to consist of eight companies, each company
of a captain, two lieutenants, one ensign, four sergeants, four corpo-
rals, a drum & fife & 70 privates. The staff officers, a surgeon, a
quarter master, an adjutant & a chaplain for every two battalions with
the pa}- of 33$ dollars.
I have the honor to be
Gentlemen,
Your most obed' serv*
John Hancock, Preside
Resolves.
In Congress, January 17, 1776.
Resolved, That the Colonels of the several Battalions ordered to be
raised, do immediately order their officers on recruiting service, to
such parts where they are well known and have the greatest proba-
bility of success.
That the recruiting officers ought to be careful to enlist none but
healthy, sound, and able bodied men, not under sixteen years of age.
That the Colonels of the several battalions aforesaid appoint some
place or places of rendezvous to which the recruits may be sent, and
where the battalions may be quartered.
That the greatest attention ought to be paid to the behavior of the
troops in quarters, that they may give no reasonable cause of com-
plaint.
That the quarters of the troops be duly discharged once a week.
That an allowance of ten shillings per man be made to the recruit-
ing officers in lieu of their expenses in recruiting, exclusive of
the subsistence money allowed them, and that in case any men be
inlisted contrary to the foregoing regulations, the pay they may
have received and the subsistence-money that may be paid for them
shall be stopped from the pay of the recruiting officer.
That the Colonels of the several Pennsylvania Battalions be sup-
plied with money for the recruiting service by the Committee of Safe-
ty of Pennsylvania, and disburse the same to the several recruiting
officers, the Colonels and other officers to be accountable for what
they shall receive, and all arrears they may fall into be stopped from
their pay.
That no bought indented servants be employed on board the fleet
or in the army of the United Colonies, without the consent of their
mas ters.
(Extracts from the Minutes.)
Charles Thomson, Sec^.
1ST. B. The Physicians appointed by the Committee of Safety to
examine the young gentlemen who design to offer themselves as Sur-
geons in the New Battalions, have fixed Tuesday the 13th of Febru-
ary for that purpose.
42 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Letter from General Sullivan.
[State Tap. Vol. III. p, 82.]
Winter Hill, Jan? 20th 1776.
May it Phase your Honours :
The bearer hereof Mr. Adjutant Peabody of Col0 Reed's Regiment
earnestly desiring to go to the relief of our Distressed Brethren in Can-
ada, I beg leave to recommend him to the office of a second Lieutenant
& adjutant in the Reg1 bound there which offices he has voluntarily re-
signed here & cheerfully undertakes the fatigues of a long march to Re-
lieve our worthy friends at Quebeck. I can assure you that lie has
ever behaved well and been highly esteemed here as well for his con-
duct in the common Business of his office as for his courage & Intrepid-
ity at Bunkers Hill. Any favour you will please to show him shall be
gratefully acknowledged by your much oblidged Humble serv1
Jn° Sullivan.
To the Hon. General Assembly.
Letter from Meshech Weare to General Washington.
[State Pap. Vol. III. p. 90.]
Colony of N. II. Exeter 21st Jan? 1776.
Sir—
Your Excys favor of the 19th curr4 with the several Inclosures came
to hand yesterday noon bringing us the melancholy advices of ye Defeat
of our Army before Quebec & the Death of ye brave General Mont-
gomery, with a number of our Friends & fellow-soldiers — a sad Re-
verse this indeed of our affairs in Canada, wdl we are extremely sorry
for and regret.
Our Council and Assembly were just upon the point of adjourning
to Monday, when your Excell>'s pacquet was bro't us, wch determined
us upon setting again in the afternoon : ye subject of ye Letters was
immediately taken into consideration. The Assembly very readily &
cheerfully agreed to & resolved upon raising a Regiment in the western
Frontiers as therein recommended, to march directly into Canada, for
the reinforcement of our Brethren there.
The Regiment to consist of ye number derected in the Continental
Establishment. The Command is assigned to Col" Tim" Bedel who
having approved himself well at the siege of St. Johns is just returned
from Canada, & we think will readily enter on ye Duty.
The other Field officers being residents near Conn' River, well ac-
quainted with the people and Country, we doubt not will be able soon
to raise the whole N° of men. The Lt. Colonel J. Waite, one of our
Assembly is already set out & carrys with him enlisting orders & mon-
ey for yc purpose, the Assembly having voted to pay each man two
months wages adve for their encouragement.
Directions are also gone out for ye procuring provisions & other
necessarys requisite for their march from Con* River over to Onion
River. We trust yr Excels will give Govr Schuyler timely advice that
he may forward what prov" may further be necessary to meet the
Troops at Onion River. In our last to y1' Excels we mentioned our
having in readiness 160 Blankets to forward to Head Quarters which
were just going off, when upon receiving these last advices 'twas thou't
1770.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 43
absolutely necessary to stop them, that they might be sent westward
for the use of this Regiment as 'tis impossible to provide any Q'ty of
Blankets in that part of the Country.
We are truly sensible of the expediency of a vigorous Execution to
prevent the Evils wch may follow y Repulse of our Troops in Canada,
and you may depend. Sir, we shall not fail to do our utmost to forward
this Re-inforcem*.
In behalf of the Council & Assembly,
1 am with great Esteem & respect
your Excellences,
most obed' humb1 serv4,
M. W. President.
To his Excellency
General Washington.
Letter to General Washington.
[State Pap. Vol. III. p. 94.]
Exeter 22d Jan? 1776.
Sir—
AVe have just recd y1' Excellencys Favor of yesterday's Date, for
answer to wch we beg leave to refer to our Letter forwarded herewth
in w,h it may be observed our Assembly had taken up the matter of
advance wages to the soldiery destin'd for Canada in the same manner
as intimated by the Mass3 Government.
We shall duly note yr Excellency's kind intention of refunding to
this Colony the money they advance as soon as the General Congress
may remit you a sufficient supply, & we shall give the necessary Direc-
tions that all accts respect- these matters may be correctly kept, and
proper vouchers produced for the same.
I am in behalf of
the Council and Assembly
yr Excell-Vs
most humb serv'
(Copy.)
Met according to Adjournment.
Voted That the account of the Committee of Safety of
Exeter amounting to seventy nine pounds thirteen Shillings
be allowed out of the Treasury, and that the President of
the Council give his order on the Treasurer for payment of
the Same. — Sent up to the Board by Col1 Walker.
The Information & Complaint of the Committee of Safety
of Londonderry against Adam Stuart, being read & Consid-
ered in the House, Voted that the Parties be heard thereon
on Tuesday next afternoon.
Voted That there be an Assistant Clerk of this House,
and that Noah Emery Esq1' the Present Clerk have liberty to
Appoint Said Assistant.
44 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Voted, That the Account of Samuel Connor, Amounting
to six pounds one Shilling & one penny be allowed and paid
out of the Treasury, and that the President of the Council
give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof.
Sent up by Col1 David Gilman.
Voted That the Committee for Examining Accounts be
& hereby are Directed to Advertise all persons that have ac-
counts open against this Colony, to bring them immediately
to said Committee for Allowance.
Voted, That John Dudley Esq1— Samuel Dudley Esqr
Cap1 Prentice, James Betton, Esq & Major Bellows be a
Committee of this house to join a Committee of the Honble
Council to Examine into & report what wages or Pay Each
Committee man, that have been employed by the late Con-
gress and by this house, ought to receive for their services,
and to make report to this house thereof.
The house adjourned till tomorrow morning 9 O'clock —
Saturday Jan>" 20th 1776.
The House met according to Adjournment.
Voted, That Nicholas Gilman Esq. Treasurer of this Col-
ony be Desired to Forward the Blanketts Collected for the
Continental army, to Head Quarters as soon as may be, with
an account thereof to the Generall, and to receive the mon-
ey for them on a receit from the Commissary Generall.
Voted, That the Muster roll of Cap* James Merrill,
amounting to £4: 5: 3. be allowed & paid out of the Treas-
ury, and that the President give his order on the Treasurer
for payment thereof.
[p. 24.] Voted that Col1 Walker, John McClary Esq. & Sam-
uel Sherburne Esq be a Committee of this house to join a
Committee of the honble Board to make report to this house
what pay D1' Hall Jackson ought to receive for his past ser-
vices to this Colony and what Establishment he shall have
in future.
Voted that Cap* Moulton, Col1 Daniel Gilman and Major
John Bellows be a Committee of this house to join a
Committee of the Honble Board to consult about appointing
the Field officers of the Regiment this day Voted to be rais-
ed for the Continental Army and for further Carrying the
Said Vote into Execution, and make report to this house.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 45
Voted to raise one Regiment of Soldiers Forthwith to
Consist of Eight Companys, Each Company to Consist of one
Captain, Two Lieutenants, one Ensign, four Sargeants, four
Corporalls, one Drummer, one Filer, and Seventy six pri-
vates, all to be on the Lines at the Continental army by the
first day of February next, and to Continue in the Service
untill Uie first day of April next, on the Establishment of the
Continental Army : and also to raise more men So as to
make up another regiment of the Same Number in Case
General Sullivan Shall Fail of raising a full regiment out of
our Militia now in the Serviee, and that a Committee of this
house be appointed to join with a committee of the honble
board and be fully authorized to Carry this vote into Execu-
tion, Saving to the Council and Assembly the right of ap-
pointing the field offieers.
Voted That Joseph Wait Esq be Colonel of the Regiment
Voted to be raised in this Colony for the Continental army,
and that Henry Gerrish Esq1', be Lieutenant Colonel and
Isaac Butterfield Esq be Major of Said Regiment.
Voted That the Regiment this day Voted to be raised in
this Colony to Continue in the Service untill the first day of
April next and to be on the Lines of the Continental Army
by the first day of Feby next, on the Establishment of the
Continental Army Shall be Instead of that Service Enlisted
for the Service in the Northern Army, Commanded by Gen1
Schuyler, now at Canada, to continue in that Service Untill
the first day of January next, unless Sooner Discharged, and
to be on the Same Establishment with the Other Officers and
Soldiers in the said Army, and that Col1 Timothy Beedle
Command the said Regiment as Colonell, That Joseph Wait
Esq be Lieutenant Colonel and Isaac Butterfield Esq be Ma-
jor of Said regiment, and that Each officer and Soldier that
Shall Enlist in said Service, shall receive Two months ad-
vance pay upon their being Mustered : and in Case the said
[p. 25.] Major Butterfield shall be by any means rendered
Incapable of Proceeding in said Service, that a Blank Com-
mission be given to Col1 Beedle or Col1 Wait to appoint Some
, Other person to be major in his Stead this Vote notwithstanding.
Voted that the Muster-roll of Capt Elephalet Daniel
amounting to £31 : 14 : 6. be allowed & paid out of the
Treasury, and that the President of the Council give his or-
der on the Treasurer for the payment thereof.
Adjourned to three o'clock afternoon.
46 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Orders to Joseph Wait, Esq.
[State Pap. Vol. III. p. 80.]
In Committee of Safety, Jan? 21st 1776.
To Joseph Wait, Esq,
You being appointed Lieut. Colonel of a Regiment of Rangers to
be commanded by Tim0 Beedle Esq. to serve in the Northern Continen-
tal Army; you are hereby authorized & desired Immediately tct proceed
on yu Inlisting the said Regiment, the several companysto consist of 86
able bodied effective men including 4 serg*8, 4 corporals, 1 Drummer &
fifer well accoutred with arms & Blanketts, nntill the first Day of
Janv next unless sooner Dismissed; and you may assure them they
shall have the same pay as the other continental Troops.
By order of the Committee.
Orders to Israel Morey $■ John Bellows, Esqrs.
[State Pap. Vol. III. p. 88.]
In Committee of Safety, Jan* 21st, 1776.
Gent11
You are desired immediately to procure on the best terms, the fol-
lowing Articles for the use of the Regiment now raising on the
Frontiers of this Colony to march into Canada under the command of
Col. Timv Bedel, there to join the Northern Continental Army, and to
deliver to each soldier his proportion of the same — of the Provisions at
the rate of one pound of Pork one pound of bread & half a pint of
pease each Day for their march from Connecticut River thro' the Woods
to Onion River, which it is estimated will be fifteen days at least; — and
you are to keep an exact account of the delivery of the whole.
12.(M)0llb salt Pork
400 bushels of wheat to be ground into flour
500 pr of mens shoes
50 Moose skins for mogasons
720 pr Rackets or snowshoes
688 hatchetts or tomahawks.
688 blanketts at 15/ to be allowed each soldier, if the blanket cost
more the soldier to pay the overplus, if less to be made up to him.
120 Tin camp kittles
Gunpowder
Musket Balls
Flints
Ground Ginger
200 Gallons Rum
Yards Coarse cloth for Indian Leggings
Coarse cloth for shirting
Coarse cloth for mens Coats
By order of the committee
M . Weare, Chairman.
Israel Morev | -p
& John Bellows, { ^W' (Copy.)
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 47
Met according to adjournment.
Voted that D1 Hall Jackson Mr Sherburne & Capt Long
be a Committee to procure one hundred & fifty stand of
arms, now in Portsmouth, belonging to the Massachusetts
Colony, and all the Duffells for Blanketting that the)' can
Procure at Portsmouth, and Transport them to Exeter as
soon as may be. Sent up by Co1 Morey.
Voted that Co1 Morey be appointed to Procure four hun-
dred Hatchetts, and also snowshoes for the use of the Regi-
ment going to Canada, Sufficient for their Service.
Voted that Mr Richard Champney be Desired to Procure
& Deliver to the Treasurer one hundred & Seventy good
Tinn Kettles as soon as may be for the use of the Regiment
going to Canada.
Voted That Co1 Morey & Major Bellows, be Mustermasters
of the Regiment going to Canada and also paymasters of
their advance Wages, when they are Mustered at Coos or
Elsewhere.
Voted that the account of Ezekiel Worthen, Joseph Wait
& John Bellows amounting to Fifty Eight Shillings and two
pence be allowed & paid out of the Treasury, and that the
President of the Council give his order on the Treasurer for
payment thereof.
Voted that Joseph Wait Esq1' receive out of the Treasury
Seventy Pounds to be by him accounted for, and that the
President of the Council give his Warrant on the Treasurer
for the same. Adjourned to Monday next at 9 o'clock in the
morning.
Monday Jany 22d
Met according to Adjournment.
Voted, That whereas by a Vote of Saturday Last Col1
Morey & Maj1' Bellows were appointed Mustermasters & pay-
masters to the regiment going to Canada, & were Directed to
pay their advance wages when mustered at Coos or else-
where.— It is now further Voted that the said paymasters
Deliver one half of said advance pay to the Field officers to
be paid to the Soldiers upon their Enlistment, and the other
half to be paid upon their Passing Muster — Sent up by Cap*
Moulton.
48 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
[p. 26] Voted that the account of Caleb Greenleaf Adams,
amounting to Fifteen pounds three shillings & Ten pence, be
allowed & paid out of the Treasury, and that the President
of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment
thereof. Sent up by Capt Moulton.
Voted That Co1 David Oilman James Betton Esq1' & Cap*
Prentice be a Committee of this house to Confer with a
Committee of the Honble Board Concerning Gen1 Sullivan's
Appointing officers for a new Regiment, and his requisition
to this assembly Concerning said Regiment, and to make re-
port to this house as soon as may be.
Voted That Col1 Nicholas Gil man Capt Josiah Moulton &
Capt Ezekiel Worthen be a Committee of this House to join
a Committee of the Hon1,le Board to hire or agree with a
Person or Persons to build for the use of this Colony, a Row
Galley, agreeable to a Plan or Draught Presented to this
house by Major Hackett. Sent up by Capt Worthen. Ad-
journed to half past 2 o'clock afternoon.
Met according to Adjournment.
Voted That there be Added to the pay of Each of the
members of the Honble Council & of this house one Shilling
per day for their Attendance in Congress & on this Assem-
bly for six months from the first Sitting of the Congress on
the Twenty first of December last.
M1' Champney reported to the house That he had pro-
cured Seventy three Six quart Kettles at Portsmouth, and
that Thirty more will be ready at Newbury Port on Wednes-
day Night next, and that Thirty more can be ready at New-
bury Port by Saturday night next.
Voted, That Col1 Evans, John Dudley Esq & Ichabod
Rawlins Esq1" be a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to confer upon the Expediency of
Choosing Delegates or a Delegate for this Colony to Repre-
sent us at the Grand Continental Congress at Philadelphia
for the year ensuing.
Letter from Hon. Josiah Bartlett, Delegate in Continental
Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. III. p. Si.]
Philadelphia, Jany 20th 1776.
Gentlemen —
The Congress on the 8th inst. voted to raise one Regiment in the
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 49
■western parts of our Province for the service in Canada. The news of
the misfortune at Quebeck arriving here last Thursday, they Voted
yesterday to give the men a Bounty of forty shillings and one months
pay advance, to encourage the speedy inlisting & sending forward said
Regiment, and I hope you will do every thing in your power to hasten
it, as the taking & securing Canada this Winter or early in the Spring
before the arrival of British troops, will be ,of almost infinite advantage
to the Continent, more especially to New England and to our Colony
in particular. One Regiment will begin to march from this place for
Canada in a few days, and one Regiment from New Jersey in 8 or ten
days; Orders are also given to raise as soon as possible for the same
service (Beside those in New Hampshire) one more Regiment in Penn-
sylvania, one Do. New Jersey, one Do. on the western parts of New
York, and one Do. in Connecticut; and this Day I expect one will be
ordered to be raised in Massachusetts for the same purpose; no cost or
pains must be spared to secure the important Province of Canada.
1 beg Leave to renew my request that Delegates may be appointed
& sent here as soon as may be, as in my opinion the Representation of
a Colony at this important Crisis is too weighty and important to be
intrusted to any one person. That you may see the necessity of a
larger Representation of our Colony I would inform you, that Beside
Committees for special purposes that are frequently chosen, there are
four or five standing Committees appointed, some for secrecy, some for
dispatch, some of which Committees are Entrusted with large powers,
and that there may be no cause of complaint, those Committees con-
sist of one delegate from each Colony, sometimes two, sometimes 3, of
those Committees set at the same time, so that tho' I attend some of
the Committees almost every night and morning before and after Con-
gress, yet some business of consequence is transacted by them without
our Colony being represented, and sometimes the Committees set
while the Congress is seting so that our Colony must be unrepresented
in Both. 1 have been here almost five months a great part of the time
without a colleague. I really find that I never knew what confinement
with Business was before; and that I want more exercise of Body &
less of mind, at least for some time: I please myself with hopes 1 shall
soon see Delegates here from our Colony and that I may return to my
family, and with my domestick affairs relax and unbend my fatigued
mind.
The sum of 12,500 Dollars which the Congress ordered to be sent to
you to be used in raising our Regiment for Canada, I shall send for-
ward as soon as I can. Please to acquaint me with the Publick affairs
of our Colony as often as convenient, and in particular of your success
from time to time in raising the Regiment. As the Congress have
entrusted you with appointing the officers, I know you will do the best
you can to appoint proper persons, and hope you will be so fortunate
as to give general satisfaction.
I am, gentln your
most obedient servant,
Josiah Bartlktt.
The Provincial Committee of Safety
of New hampshire.
50 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
"Voted That Wyseman Clagett Esq1* be Attorney Generall
For this Colony For the Current Year.
Sent up by the Clerk.
"Voted That Col Timothy Walker Esq — Go to headquarters
as soon as may be and Enquire what Number of Troops are
Enlisted there, belonging to this Colony to be in the Service
untill the first of April next, and what officers they Choose
to Command them and to make any further Enquiries Con-
cerning the State of our Troops there, and to make Report
thereof to this house or to the Committee of Safety as soon
as may be.
Adjourned to 9 o'clock Tomorrow morning.
[p. 27.] Tuesday Jan1* 23d 1776.
Met according to Adjournment.
Voted That Co11 Walker, Capt Prentice & Coll David Gil-
man be a Committee of this house to join a Committee of
the Honble Board to Confer together and make report to this
house as soon as may be, what may be best to be done in
respect the Regiment Now raising for the Continental Army,
and Commissioning them. Sent up by Col Walker.
Voted, That Major Downing, John Dudley Esq & Col
Morey be a Committee of this house to Confer with a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board about Nominating Three Dele-
gates to Represent this Colony at the Continental Congress
at Philadelphia. Sent up by Col Morey.
Voted, That Col Timothy Walker, Capt Josiah Moulton,
Capt Prentice, M1* Jacob Abbot, Col Evans & Col Morey be a
Committee of this House to Confer with a Committee of the
Honble Council about the appointment of the Civil officers in
this Colony. Sent up by Col. Walker.
The Following Vote of Council was bro't down from the
Honble Board viz : —
In Council 23d Jan1? 1776.
Whereas by Law, all Persons Annually appointed to offices in Towns
& Parishes in this Colony, are required to take an Oath for the faith-
full Discharge of their Duty therein, and as Difficulties have, & often
may arise by reason of No Magistrate attending Town or Parish
meetings, nor being appointed in Some Towns or Parishes, For Rem-
edy Whereof, It is Now Resolved That the Moderator of any Such
Town or Parish Meeting which may be held in this Colony, Be & is
hereby Impowered to Administer the oath appointed by Law, to any
Clerk of such Town or Parish, and afterward Such Clerk is hereby
Impowered to Administer the Oaths Appointed by Law, to all other
Town or Parish officers. Read and ordered to be sent down to the
Honble House for Concurrence. M Weare President.
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 51
In the House of Representatives Jan? 23'1 1776. This Re-
solve being Read Voted That this House Concur therewith.
P. White Speaker.
Entered according to the original. N. Emery C1 D Reps. .
Voted That Deacon Nahum Baldwin receive out of the
Treasury Thirty Jive pounds to Purchase Fire Arms for this
Colony, and to be by him accounted for. And that the
President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for
payment thereof. Sent up by Mr. Baldwin.
Voted to Send one of the members of this house (being
of the Committee of Safety) and one of the Honble Council
whom they shall appoint, as a Committee to Treat with his
Excelly General Washington about officering the regiment
now raising for the Continental army and that Said Commit-
tee have full power to settle those matters with the Generall
And that Capt Josiah Moulton be the Committee from this
house. Sent up by
[p. 28.] Voted That Mr. Rawlins Mr. Cutts & Col1 David
Gilman be a Committee of this house to Join a Committee
of the Honble Board to Enquire into the State of the Treas-
ury, & also to report what further sum of bills of Credit is
Necessary to be Emitted on the faith of this Colony for our
Present Exigencies, and in what manner to be emitted.
And also to receive of the Treasurer all such bills as are on
Interest, now in the Treasury, and to bring the same to be
burnt to ashes before the Genl Court. Sent up by Mr. Cutts.
Voted, That Capt John Calfe be, and is hereby appointed
to countersign the bills of Credit now lying in the Treasury,
not countersigned. Sent up by Mr. Cutts.
Voted That John Dudley Esq Ichabood Rawlins Esq Col
David Gilman, Saml Cutts Esq Samuel Sherburne Esq Jn°
M'Ciary Esq & Major Tash be a Committee to Examine into
the matters of complaint of the Committee of Londonderry
against Adam Stuart who is suspected of being Enemical to
this Country, and to make report thereon to this house as
soon as may be.
Voted That Josiah Bartlett John Langdon and William
Whipple Esq1' be & hereby are Appointed Delegates to Repre-
sent this Colony in the Continental Congress at Philadelphia,
for the term of one year from this Time, any one of Them
(in the absence of the others) to Have Full Power to repre-
sent the Colony, and That not more than two of them
Attend at one time. Sent up by Cap. Worthen.
52 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Voted To Choose a Committee to Confer with a Commit-
tee of the Honble Board and make report to this house, in
what manner and in what Name, Such writs, Warrants &
Precepts as may be Necessary to be Issued, in Cases of Tres-
passes, assaults and other Breaches of the Peace, and also
for Collecting of Taxes, Shall be Issued; and thatDoct Levi
Dearborn Cap* Mooney & Cap1 Calfe be the Committee of
this house for that Purpose.
Sent up by M1' Emerson.
Voted that the report of the Committee appointed to hear
& Examine into the matter of Complaint of the Committee
of Londonderry against Adam Stuart, be received & filed,
and ordered That Capt Long, Mr. Rollins & Mr. Emerson
write a Letter to the Genl Court at Waterton to advertise
them of the Trial of said Stuart, before a Committee of this
house, and that they have adjudged him to be Enemicai to
the Cause of American Liberty.
Report of above said Committee.
[MS. State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 59.]
The Committee to examine into the matters of Complaint of the
Committee of Londonderry, against Adam Stuart, Beg leave to Re-
port, viz : —
That we have carefully & impartially heard the Evidences against
Adam Stuart, and in his own defence, and are of opinion, upon the
whole of the Evidence, that the said Adam Stuart, has in several
instances (in conversation) discovered himself, as an enemy to Ameri-
can Liberty ; therefore ought not to have the full Liberty of a True
Friend to this Country. John Dudley, Chairman.
Jany 23*, 1776.
Note. The depositions, evidences, &c, on which the foregoing report was founded,
are found in " State Papers, Rev'n, Vol. Ill," pp. 49-59. The following are a part of
them. Ed.
Londonderry, Jan^ ye 15th 1776.
We the Committee of Safety for Londonderry agreeable to the
orders of the Congress of this Colony, Now Resolved into a house and
Councill have made this Return to your Honnours that the Evidences
here Inclosed Appeared Before us the Subscribers and made solem
oath to the Inclosed. The said Adam Stuart we are informed is in
Cambridg in the Massetusetts Goverment.
Mos Barnett,
John MTveen,
Sam1 Allison,
Robert MacMurphy,
John Gilman,
John Nesmith,
John Bell.
To the Honble the House of Representatives
now Convened at Exeter.
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 53
Deposition of John Wiear.
Some time Last August I was at Loud Derry where I had some con-
versation with Mr. Adam Steuart Wherein he made light of my saying
I hoped our troops would soon be in Boston. Likewise the whole of
his conversation was on the Dark side of our unhappy Differince with
our mother country. With other expressions of the like Nature — all
which gave me ground to conclude him inimical to his country cvver
since. Jn° Wiear.
Dated at Hampstead
the 22d of Jan* 1776.
The Deposition of Mrs. Mary Ferrin of Lawfull age Testifieth &
says, That sometime in the month of Novr last she heard Mr. Adam
Stuart uttering the following words: That he would Fight under the
colors of King George & that he could command a number of men out
of Boston that would drive a great part of the country, as they were
more Expert and Better Disciplined and more used to Fighting than
the undisciplin'd country, &c. Likewise heard ye said Stuart use many
Expressions which I looked upon to be in favour of the King and
against the country, and that there was a commition laid for him
when he went down, and further sayeth not.
Londonderry Jan^ yc 22d, 1776.
her
Mary X Ferrin.
mark.
Whereas Adam Stuart leat of Londonderry has ben long suspected
as being Enemical to his country and strong evidences hath been sworn
before us the Comity of Safety against said Stuart, this is therefor to
Require Every true subject to his contrey to aprehend the said Adam
Stuart and covey him imediately before the Congrace at Exeter so that
he may be dealt witli as his crime desarves and as we hear that said
Stuart was in Londonderry yesterday seeking after debts and least
that said Stuart should escape, this therefor Requirs the mor Hast
from the Comity of Safety. Moses Barnett,
John McKeen,
Sam1 Allison,
John Nesmith.
Londonderry January ye 19th, 1776.
Upon the application of Daniel Jackson for Liberty to Sail
as a Privateer against our Enemies, Voted that Ichabood
Rawlins & John McClary Esq & Mr. Barker be a Committee
of this house to Join a Committee of the Honble Board, to
Consult on that matter & Commission him in such manner
as they shall think best, and lay the same before this house
for their approbation.
Adjourned till to-morrow morning 9, O'clock.
54 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
[p. 29.] Wednesday Jan1* 24th 1776.
Met according to adjournment.
Voted To Direct our Delegates at the Continental Congress
to Purchase & send here on Freight One Thousand Barrells
of Flour on account & Risque of this Colony at the best &
Cheapest rate they can.
Voted, That Col Morey, Col Gerrish, & Dr. Dearborn be
a Committee to View & try twenty firearms Procured for the
use of this Colony by Mr. Moses Parsons.
Voted That Dr Joshua Brackett be Judge of the Court of
Admiralty for the Colony of New Hampshire, & that Samuel
Penhallow Esq. be Register of said Court.
Sent up by Mr. Cutts.
Voted That Col Walker & Saml Sherburne Esqr be a Com-
mittee of this house to join a Committee of the Honble Board
to Consult & Draw up Such Rules & Regulations for the
Court of Admiralty to be governed by, as may appear to be
Legal & Necessary at this time, and to make report to this
house as Soon as may be. Sent up by Mr. Cutts.
Voted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the honble Board To draw up Instructions for the
Committee Voted to be Sent to Genl Washington about offi-
cering the Regiment now raising for the Continental Army —
and that Col. Walker & James Betton Esq be the said Com-
mittee from this house. Sent up by Mr. Cutts.
Instructions to the Committee appointed to wait on General
Washington.
[MS. State Pap. Rev" Vol. Ill, p. 96.]
To the Honhle Matthew Thornton, Esq. § Josiali Moulton Esq.
You being appointed a Committee to wait on his Excellency General
Washington, on the subject of his requesting a Regiment from this
Colony to assist in guarding the Lines 2 months: You are therefore
desired to proceed to the Camp and Enquire what number of men are
there Inlisted or likely to Ingage in the Regiment officered by Gen1
Sullivan for said purpose, and if they are not and cannot be raised
there, under the proposed officers, to consider whether the officers
appointed by this Court will be likely better to effect the purpose of
raiss the Reg'.
Likewise wait on General Washington and lay before his Excellency
all the letters recd from General Sullivan on that subject and represent
to him the Difficulties that have, & likely may arise, by General Sulli-
van's doing things that this Colony suppose ought to be done by their
Legislative authority. And if it is absolutely necess^ to advance a
months pay to said Reg4 you may engage it. You are desired to en-
quire whether the people that came in on the Lexington alarm are
177G.J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 55
likely to be paid by the Continent; also in what name Commissions
& Processes Issue in the Massa*8 Colony.
(Copy.)
Letter from Gen. John Sullivan.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. Ill, p. 100.]
W inter Hill, Jan-V 2Gth, 177G.
May it please your Honours —
I have this Day had the pleasure of seeing the worthy Gentlemen
you were pleased to appoint as a Committee. They relieved me much
when they informed That you had Voted to advance the money for the
new Regiment and that you approved of my plan for Raising it; which
by Informations recd before I thought was not the case. I had not
time before, nor have I even now to assign all the Reasons for such an
attempt — one weighty Reason was that all the new Troops that came
in are bound to pay a Tax to the climate by sickness; this the present
Militia have gone through & therefore will much better endure the
severities of the next campaign. I hope to have a great part of the
Regiment from those, but least a deficiency should happen I obtained
leave to Furlough some officers for the purpose of enlisting some in
the Country. I have now no doubt upon my mind about compleating
the Regiment by the time, Since you have been kind enough to advance
the months pay. This money I entreat you to put into the hands of
Major Coffin that he may forward it to Waldron & Chesley as soon as
possible, and I will be answerable for the Disbursement. After the
Regiment is on the ground shall send you a List of the men & officers
and beg you to grant the Commissions, and in this & every other mat-
ter shall chearfully acquiesce in your Determinations & exert myself to
obey any of your commands.
Gentlemen, I am with much respect,
y1' most obed1 serv1,
Jn° Sullivan.
Hon. Gen1 Assembly of New Hampr.
Voted, That the Honble Matthew Thornton Esq1- & Capt
Josiah Moulton receive out of the Treasury Six pounds, to be
by them accounted for, and that the President of the Council
give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof.
Sent up by Capt Moulton.
Voted, That the Draft of a Commission for Capt Daniel
Jackson as Master and Commander of the Privateer Enter-
prise, bro't by Mr Clagett into this house, by order of Coun-
cill, is acceptable to the house, and that the same be Sealed
up in a Letter & Sent to the Committee of Safety of Ports-
mouth who are to take bond of said Jackson for his faithfull
Discharge of his Trust, in case the Same measure is adopted
by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay, the bond to
be for one thousand Pounds.
Sent up by Mr. Emerson.
Adjourned to half past 2 o'clock P. M.
56 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Met according' to adjournment.
Voted That in case the Regiment now raising for the Con-
tinental Army be raised at the lines or elsewhere, or Nearly
filled up under the officers appointed by Genl Sullivan,
that the same officers Stand according to his appointment.
Otherwise that the Committee of this house Nominate Six
persons as candidates, Three of which to be Field officers of
said Regiment viz Coll William Stark, Major Thomas Tash
& Major David Copp, Coll Jonathan Burnam, Col Henry
Gerrish and Capt Hercules Mooney. Sent up by Capt
Moulton.
[p. 30.] Voted, That the Sum of Eleven hundred Twenty
Eight Pounds & fifteen Shillings in paper bills on Interest,
Received out of the Treasury by the Committee of both
Houses be Forthwith burnt to Ashes in Presence of Both
Houses, And that the said Committee be & hereby are Dis-
charged in full from the rcceit thereof. Sent up by Mr.
Cutts.
Voted That the Ballance of the account of Amos East-
man for guns, amounting to Thirty two pounds Sixteen Shil-
lings be allowed & paid out of the Treasury, and That the
President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for
payment thereof. Sent up by Mr. Clough.
Voted, That Capt Richard Emms now a Prisoner of Hon1'
at Portsmouth, receive out of the Treasury Fifteen pounds
toward his subsistence, to be by him accounted for, and that
the President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for
payment thereof. Sent up by Capt Long.
The Vote of this house of Jan^ 15th 1776, relating to the
pay of the members of the Honble Council and of this house,
being Sent up to the Honble Board, and being sent down to
this House (by Mr. Giles) Concurr'd with this amendment
viz: "that the money drawn out of the Treasury by Each
" Member of the House of Representatives for their attend-
" ance Shall be added to the next Tax bill of the Constituents
"of Each respective Member," which being read <fe Consid-
ered: Voted that this House adhere to their former Vote.
Sent up by John Dudley Esq.
Adjourned to 9, O'clock to-morrow morning.
Thursday Jan^ 25th 1776.
Met according to adjournment.
Voted That the ballance of the account of Mr. Moses
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 57
Parsons amounting to five pounds Nineteen Shillings be
allowed & paid out of the Treasury, and that the President
of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment
thereof. Sent up by Col Morey.
Voted That John Dudley & James Betton Esq1': be a Com-
mittee of this house to Confer with a Committee of the
Honble Board Concerning Settling the Dispute between Col
Hobart and Col Stark, & make report thereon to this house
as soon as may be. (1) Sent up by James Betton Esq.
Voted, That Col David Gilman & Capt Prentice be added
to the Committee of Safety for the Purpose of Fitting out
e Regiment under Coraman
Sent up by Col D. Gilman.
Voted that the Committee of Safety proceed to Fit out &
Send off to Canada the Regiment under the Command of
Col Beedle, the Sitting of the Genl Assembly Notwithstand-
ing. Sent up by Col Gilman.
Voted that Col Walker, Mr. Gibson & Capt Bell be a Com-
mittee of this House to conferr with a Committee of the
Lion'11'' Council about an adjournment of the Council & House,
and to make report as soon as may be. Sent up by Col
Walker.
Voted to Send no answer to Col Hobart' s Message by Mr
Gray.
[p. 31.] Voted That Samuel Cutts Esq Commissary, re-
ceive out of the Treasury Five hundred Pounds to be by him
accounted for, and that the President of the Council give
order on the Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent up by
Mr Cutts.
Voted, the Committee of Safety of New Market their ac-
count for five rafts, amounting ta Thirty nine pounds six
Shillings & three pence halfpenny be allowed & paid out of
the Treasury, and that the President of the Council give
order on the Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent up by
Maf Tash.
Voted That John Dudley Esq Otis Baker Esq. Mr Jacob
Abbot, Capt Prentice and Mr Emerson be a Committee to
join with a Committee of the Honble Board to Nominate
proper persons in the respective Countys in the Colony to
administer an oath to the respective officers of each County
in said Colony, and to Nominate a Committee in each County
(1) See subsequent " Correspondence."— Ed.
58 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
to receive Bonds of the recorders of Deeds & Conveyances
Registers of Probates & County Treasurers in the Respect-
ive Counties in this Colony also to Nominate a Committee in
each County to remove the records of Deeds and Convey-
ances, and of Probate, to the places where they are to be
kept in the Respective Counties. Sent up by Capt Prentice.
Adjourned to 9, O'clock to-morrow morning.
Friday Jan^ 26th 1776.
Met according to adjournment.
Voted That Matthew Morley a Prisoner here, Receive out
of the Treasury Twelve pounds towards his Subsistence, to
be by him accounted for, and that the President of the Coun-
cil give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent
up by M1' Rollins.
Voted that John Dudley Esq1" Maj : Barker Capt Prentice,
Capt Worthen, John McClarey Esq & James Betton Esq, be
a Committee to join a Committee of the Honble Council about
Setting the Wages of both Houses.
Voted That Capt Long Maj1- Downing & Deacon Knowles
be a Committee of this House to join a Committee of the
honble Council to consider of the Petitioning the Honble The
Continental Congress with regard to the Settling one or more
Battallions of Soldiers at Portsmouth or any other part of
this Colony for the Defence thereof upon the Continental
Charge & Establishment. Sent up by Capt Long.
Voted That Phillips White Esq & Noah Emery Esqr For
the County of Rockingham, Col1 Baker & Ichabod Rollins
Esq for the County of Strafford, Moses Nichols Esq and
Matthew Patten Esq. for the County of Hillsborough ; Thom-
as Sparhawk Esq and Benjamin Bellows Jun Esq1' for the
County of Cheshire, Samuel Emerson Esq & Daniel Brainard
Esq1' for the County of Grafton, Be and hereby are appointed
Committees in Conjunction with a Committee from the Honble
Board in the Respective Counties to Administer an oath of
office to the Several Persons Chosen into office in the afore-
said Counties ; also to take Bonds of the Respective Record-
ers of Deeds & Conveyances, & County Treasurers in a Re-
spectable Sum to Phillips White Esq1' Speaker of the House
of Representatives, or the Speaker for the time being Faith-
fully & Impartially to Execute their Office; also to remove
[p. 32.] the Records of Deeds, and of the Probate offices,
and those of the Secretary and Deliver them to the Persons
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 59
Now Appointed to keep those offices. Also upon the Death
or Incapacity of any of the aforesaid officers where records
are kept, that they in their Respective Countys be Impow-
ercd b> take such records, and Safely keep them untill the
then next Sitting of the General Assembly. Sent up by Jn°
Dudley Esqr.
Voted That Capt Prentice <fc Capt Hercules Mooney be a
Committee of this house to join a Committee of the Honble
Council to prepare a form of an oath or oaths to be taken by
the Several officers of the respective Counties in this Colony.
Sent up by M1' Clough.
Voted that Col Walker & Capt Long be a Committee of
this house to join a Committee of the Honble Council to Con-
sult about the most convenient Method of obtaining Flour
from abroad. Sent up by Col1 Walker.
Voted that Col1 Oilman & Col1 Evans be a Committee to
Procure Seventy Axes, for the use of the Regiment Destined
for Canada, on the best Terms they Can get them.
Sent up by Col Gilman.
Upon reading the Vote of the Honble Council, that the pay
due to the several members of the General Assembly be
drawn out of the Treasury at the end of this Session, accord-
ing to the Votes of the House, And the Question whether the
Same be replaced in the Treasury by the Constituents of each
member, as well as the future wages, be put off untill the
Second Wednesday of the Sitting of the General Assembly
after the adjournment, Voted not to Concur. Sent up by
Capt Harriman.
Voted That Noah Emery Esq be allowed & paid out of the
Treasury Six Shillings per day for each days attendance, in
the Late Congress and in the house of Representatives for
his Service as Clerk of said houses, over and above his wages
as member of the Same. Sent up by N. Emery Esq1". Voted
that the Justices of the Peace through this Colony and of
the several Counties within the Same, be hereby Directed to
try no actions in Civil Cases untill further order of the Gen-
eral Assembly — That after the first day of April next the
Several Courts of General Sessions of the Peace Sit in the
respective Counties, at the Term heretofore appointed by Law
and not before — That the Justices of the Peace make use of
the same forms in the Issuing their Processes in Criminal
Cases, as has been Legal Formerly — That the Several Courts
of Sessions at their Meeting Take up & Determine all matters
60 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
that lay Unfinished by the Last Court of General Sessions
held in such County. That the Superior Court of Judica-
ture &c, and the several Inferior Courts of Common [p. 33.]
pleas in their Respective Countys he not opened till further
orders of the General Assembly — That the Justices of the
Peace be Guided by the laws of this Colony in Determining
Criminal matters, till otherways Determined by the General
Assembly. That the Laws of this Colony Printed in the late
Edition thereof, Originally made & passed by the Legislative
authority of this Colony may at Present (untill a more Care-
full revision and amendment of them) be a Guide to all
Executive officers of this Colony and be Considered as Law —
Except An Act requiring Persons to take an Oath of Alle-
giance, (in the first Page) All Clauses Respecting the Gov-
ernor & Council Sitting or acting as a Court of Appeals, — the
Clause Allowing an appeal to the King in Case &c. The act
for fixing Triennial Assemblies, an act Laying an Excise on
Spirituous Liquors. Sent up by Mr. Emerson.
Resolved That there be Emitted Twenty Thousand &
Eight Pounds Sixteen Shillings Lawful money upon the
Credit of this Colony, for the use and Service thereof in bills
of the Following Denominations viz. —
3176 bills of Six Dollars
3176 bills of Five Dollars
3176 bills of Four Dollars
3176 bills of Three Dollars
3176 bills of Two Dollars
3176 bills of One Dollars
And that the Same Shall be redeemed by a Tax on the Polls
& Estate of the Inhabitants of this Colony in the following
manner viz*
,£5.000 by the 26th day of January in the year of our Lord
£5.000 more by the 26th of January— 1781 [1783
£5.000 more by the 26th of January— 1785
£5.008 16 Shillings more by the 26th of January— 1786
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. Gl
Colony of New ) Dollars Dollars
Hampshire j N° ( ) January 26th 1776
The Possessor of this bill Shall be paid by the Treasurer
of this Colony . . . Dollars by the .... which bill shall
be received for the aforesaid Sum in all payments at the
Treasury, and all other payments, by order of the Coun-
cill & Assembly
Dollars Dollars
\ Committee
[p. 34.] That Josiah Moulton Jim1' Joseph Gilman & Phil-
lips White Esq1' or any Two of them be a Committee to Sign
said Bills.
That Meshech Weare Esq1' & Doct1' Levi Dearborn be a
Committee to Procure paper and Superintend the Press,
while the money is Printing and to Deliver the Same to the
Treasurer and Take his receit therefor — All which bills
after their redemption Shall be burnt to Ashes in Presence
of the Council and Assembly. Sent up by Dr. Nichols.
Voted that the Persons hereafter Named be and hereby
are Chosen and Appointed to the Respective offices Follow-
ing viz —
Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature for this Colony —
The Honble Meshech Weare Esq1' Chief Justice.
! Matthew Thornton Esq1' )
Leverett Hubbard Esq1' \ Justices.
John Wentworth Esq1' )
Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County
of Rockingham.
The Honble Josiah Bartlett Esq1' 1st ^
Nathaniel Folsom Esq1' 2d I , . .
George King Esq1' 3<l > Justices
John Dudley Esq1' 4th J
Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum.
Hunking Wentworth, Jonathan Warner, Samuel Penhal-
low, William Weeks, Walter Bryant, Richard Downing, Ben-
jamin Rowe, Phillips White Esq1'8.
62 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Justices of the Peace.
John Dudley, David Gilman, Josiah Moulton, Samuel Cutts,
Henry Prescott, Noah Emery, William Parker Jr, Samuel
Dudley, Richard Bartlett, Samuel Emerson, Nathan Bachel-
der, Nathaniel Bachelder, Josiah Gage, Timothy Walker,
Ju1', Jeremiah Clough, Archelaus Moore, Samuel Moore,
Robert Wilson, Ebenezer Stevens, Samuel Little, John Mc-
Clary, Nicholas White, Joseph Wellch, Timothy Ladd, James
Betton, Benjamin Butler, Edward Russell, David Lawrence,
William Moore, John Webster of Chester, and John Leavitt,
Esq1*.
Coroners. George Gains, Samuel Folsom, Amos Coffin,
Hubartus Neal, Jonathan Swain, Nehemiah Wheeler, Jona-
than Eastman, Abraham Batchelder, Jeremiah Eastman,
Benjamin Little, Jonathan Eaton, Simonds Seccomh, & John
Nutter Esqrs.
[p. 35.] Judge of Probate &c, Phillips White Esqr.
Register of Probate, William Parker Ju1' Esq1'.
Recorder of Deeds &c, Joseph Pierce.
County Treasurer, Samuel Brooks.
Sheriff, John Parker Esq1'.
For the County of Strafford.
Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas.
The Honble George Frost, Esq1' ^
Otis Baker, Esq1' I Justices
John Plummer Esq1' [
Moses Carr Esq1' J
Judge of Probate, Ichabod Rawlins Esq1'.
Register of Probate, — John Wentworth — Esq1'
County Treasurer, Thomas Westbrook Walden Esq1'
Recorder of Deeds &c, Thomas Westbrook Walden Esq —
Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum, Joseph Badger,
Esq.
Justices of the Peace, Ichabod Rawlins, Ebenezer Smith,
Daniel Beede, Joseph Senter, Thomas Parsons, Joseph Sias,
Solomon Emerson, Simeon Dearborn, Miles Rendall, Paul
Hayes, John Wentworth Jun1' Esq1'*. Coroners — John Gage,
Ebenezer Tibbetts, John Horn, John Cate, Jacob Brown,
and Edward Gilman.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 63
For the County of Hillsborough.
.Ins; ices of llic Inferior Court of Common Pleas. —
The Honble Jonathan Lovewell Esq1 1
James Underwood Esq' lJustices#
Timothy Farrar Esq1 (
Jeremiah Page Esq1' J
Justices of the Peace, Matthew Patten, Jonathan Love-
well, Jeremiah Page, Timothy Farrar, Henry Gerrish, Moses
Nichols, James Underwood, Isaac Andrews, Joseph Bean, &
George Jackman.
Judge of Probate, — Matthew Patten Esq1' —
Register of Probate — Jonathan Blanchard Esq —
Recorder of Deeds &c — Moses Nichols, Esq1' —
County Treasurer — Nahuni Baldwin Esq1' —
Sheriff — Moses Kelly, Esq — Coroners — Daniel Emerson,
Jim1' Samuel Moore — Ebenezer Webster, Obadiah Parker,
[p. 36.] For the County of Cheshire.
Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas.
The Honble Samuel Ashley, Esq1- ^
Benjamin Bellows Jr Esqr — I t , .
Samuel Chase Esq1' — f
Benjamin Giles Esq1' — J
Judge of Probate &c, Thomas Sparhawk, Esqr —
Register of Probate, Ichabod Fisher Esq —
Recorder of Deeds, Benjamin Bellows Jim1' Esq1' —
County Treasurer, Thomas Sparhawk Esq1' —
Sheriff, Samuel Hunt, Esq1' — Justices of the Peace and
Quorum, Benjamin Bellows Esq1' Justices of the Peace,
Benjamin Bellows Jim1', Samuel Chase, Enoch Hale, and
Francis Smith Esqrs. Coroners — Moses Chase, Samuel
Trott, & Samuel Hills Esq18.
For the County of Grafton.
Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas.
The Honbl° John Hurd Esq ^
Elisha Pain Esq1' lT ..
Bezaleel Woodward Esqr f Jusllces-
Samuel Emerson Esq1' J
Judge of Probate, Israel Morey Esq1'
Register of Probate, Elisha Pain Esqr.
Sheriff, Jotham Cummings Esq1'.
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County Treasurer, John Hurt! Esq1'.
Recorder of Deeds, &c John Hurd Esqr.
Justice of the Peace <fe of the Quorum, Israel Morey Esqr.
Justices of the Peace, Bezaleel Woodward, Daniel Brain-
ard, John Wheatly and Joseph Peverly Esq1"53.
Coroners, Francis Worcester, Andrew Savage Crocker,
& Edward Buckman, Esq1"8.
That the Members of the Council be Justices of the Peace
and of the Quorum throughout the Colony.
That the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas
in the several Counties Be Justices of the Peace and of the
Quorum in their respective Countvs.
Sent up by Col Walker & Col Morey—
Adjourned to 9, O'clock To-morrow morning.
[p. 37] Saturday Jan^ 27^ 1776.
The House met according to Adjournment.
Voted That the Honble Council & House of Representa-
tives shall be adjourned From this day to the First Wednes-
day in March next, to meet at the town House in Exeter at
three of the Clock Afternoon. Sent up by Mr. Abbot.
Voted That Mr. Secretary Thompson shall receive three
Shillings per day for sixteen days attendance on the late
Congress as Secretary, over and above his wages as a mem-
ber of said Congress (out of the Grant made yesterday to
Noah Emery as clerk of Said Congress) and that he receive
Six Shillings per day for his services, as Secretary to the
Colony, over and above his wages as a Councillor. Sent up
by Mr. Abbot.
Voted That Capt Ezekiel Worthen be Chief Commander
of the Forces at & near Piscataqua Harbour, and that he
with the Soldiers there Erect Such Batterys on & near Great
Island as shall be Necessary to Prevent the Enemy from
landing there, and that he receive a Major's Commission &
have Major's Pay — Sent up by Capt Wilson.
Voted, That the Roll of Capt William Prescott, amount-
ing to One hundred Twenty-one pounds fourteen Shillings &
five pence half penny be allowed & paid out of the Treasury,
and that the President of the Council give order on the
Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent up by Capt Wilson.
Voted, That the account of Joshua Wiggin amounting to
five pounds three Shillings & Eleven pence be allowed & paid
1770.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 65
out of the Treasury, and that the President of the Council
give order od the Treasurer for Paymenl thereof. Sen1 up
by Dr. Nichols.
Voted. That the account of Capt Matthew Thornton,
amounting to Seven pounds Eleven Shilling & sixpence be
allowed & paid out of the Treasury, and that the President
of the Council give order on the Treasurer for payment
thereof. Sent up by Dr. Nichols.
Voted, That the oath to be Taken by the several Justices
of the Peace in this Colony Shall be the same as that in the
last Edition of the Province Law book, and that all other
Officers be sworn Dilligently, faithfully & Impartially to Ex-
ecute the offices to which they are appointed. Sent up by
Col Walker.
Adjourned one hour & then met.
Voted, That William Whipple Esq1' our Delegate to the
Continental Congress Have and receive out of the Treasury
One Hundred Pounds, to be by him accounted for, and that
the President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for
payment of the same. Sent up by Col Walker.
Voted that the receiver General & Samuel Brooks receive
all the Blankets offered to them from this day untill the
first day of the Next Session of this assembly, and Pay for
them out of the Treasury. Sent up by Doct1' Nichols —
[p. 38.] Voted, That the Committee of Safety be Directed
to write to the Continental Congress, and lay the Plan of
Government, Taken up by this Colony, before them, and Let
them Know that a Number of the Members of this House
Dissented to & Protested against the same; Supposing it
breathed too much of the Spirit of Independence; and to
know the judgment of the Congress thereon. Sent up by
Col Walker.
Letter of the Committee (as above ordered) to the Continental
Congress.
Colony of New Hampshire :
To the Honourable Congress of the United Colonies of North
America :
[Araer. Ar. Vol. IV, (4th ser.) p. 997.]
The Committee of Safety of said Colony, pursuant to an order of
the Council and Assembly, beg leave to lay before you some difficulties
that have arisen among them, and request your determination thereon,
being assured that your opinion on the premises will quiet the minds
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66 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
of those dissatisfied, and that all will acquiesce therein. "We are very
sorry that any misunderstandings among ourselves should lay us under
the necessity of diverting your minds from the important concerns
which engross your attention. But no expedient could be found to
satisfy many among us, but the laying the whole matter before your
Honours. Soon after the commencement of hostilities by the King's
troops at Lexington, the people in several of our Counties were so
enraged against many of the Executive officers, supposing them to be
inimical to the liberties of the country, that they would not suffer the
Courts to sit, so much as to try criminal offenders. And the Congress,
in the Summer past, finding the Courts under the officers in commis-
sion could not be held, and many complaints coming before them
against persons for high crimes, agreed to instruct their Delegates to
request some direction from your Honours, relative to the regulating
our Civil Police. Before the dissolution of the Congress, and previous
to the reception of your recommendation about Government, a gen-
eral plan of Representation was agreed on, to consist of eighty-nine
persons, and precepts issued in consequence thereof: a copy of which
we transmit herewith. After the meeting of the new Congress, the
members appeared to agree in the necessity of assuming Government,
but differed in the mode; after setting fifteen days, viz. on the 5th of
January, the Resolve for assuming Government passed by a majority
of near two to one, a copy of which accompanies this; and the next
day chose the number proposed for a Council, who took their seat and
proceeded on business according to the plan. A number of the mem-
bers of the House being dissatisfied with the measures adopted, pro-
tested against them, — a copy of which we also send herewith. Our
brethren in the town of Portsmouth were also much concerned lest the
proceedings should hurt the common cause; disaffect our friends in
Great Britain — as savouring of independency. They wrote circular
letters to a great number of towns, expressing their fears of the con-
sequence of our taking up Government; soon after which the towns of
Portsmouth, Dover, Rochester, Newington, Greenland, Rye, Stratham,
Northampton, Kensington, New Market, with a number of individuals
in the town of Brentwood, petitioned the General Court, setting forth,
that they were greatly alarmed at the proceedings of the Congress in
taking up Government, supposing it looked too much like setting up
for independency; were exceeding fearful of the consequence ; that we
should lose the assistance of our friends abroad, and create a disunion
among ourselves, and prayed that the two Houses would reconsider
the Resolve for taking up Government, and proceed to business as the
late Congress had done. The House of Representatives thinking it
absolutely necessary, for the well being of the Colony, to proceed
agreeable to the Resolves, concluded to let the petitions lay. But, at
the request of the Petitioners, it was agreed to have the proceedings
laid before your honourable Body: And this Committee under real
expectation that your determination will settle the difference of opin-
ion among us, humbly request you to transmit the same.
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, your most humble servant.
By order of the Committee,
Meshech Weare, Chairman.
[Note. The above communication was sent with a letter to the New Hampshire
delegates in Congress, as follows. Ed.]
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 67
Exeter, February 10, 1770.
Gentlemen — Enclosed in this packet you will find a representation
of the taking up Government, and difficulties that have arisen in the
several counties relating thereto. We desire you would lay them
before Congress, and endeavour to obtain their opinion thereon, as we
expect uneasiness "will remain until the same is obtained, which we
hope will settle the dust, and desire you will be assiduous in getting it
decided and forwarded as soon as may be.
To the Hon. Josiah Bartlett and
William Whipple, Esq8.
[The documents in the packet sent are all found in their place in the
Journal of the House — ante — on pp. 12-17]
Voted, That Capt Turner be and hereby is Discharged
from the service of this Colony as Captain of a Company of
Artillery, and also his said Company, and that Major Ezekiel
Worthen take the Command of said Company.
Sent up by Mr Saml Moore.
Voted, that the Committee of Safety receive out of the
Treasury Nine Shillings per day for their past service & for
every day of their sitting in Future, in the Recess of the
General Court, they paying their Expenses, and that they be
allowed the Same Travel as the members of the General
Court have. Sent up by Capt Harriman.
Voted that the Following Petition be sent to the Conti-
nental Congress, viz*.
To the Honourable Coyigress of the United Colonies of North
America, Humbly Sheweth —
The Council & Assembly of the Colony of New Hampshire:
That by reason of their Vicinity to the Town of Boston, the Ene-
mies Ships of Warr often hovering round their Coast & Harbour,
They have been for many months past Kept in perpetual Alarms.
Have been at a very Great Expence in preparing to Defend themselves,
at Least Thirty Thousand Pounds L vcJ in Erecting Batteries, mount-
ing Cannon & supporting Soldiers, having had Fourteen hundred men
under pay at one time — Exclusive of Two hundred Matrosses to
Guard the Metropolis and Expect the ensuing spring, to be under the
Necessity of Raising a much Greater Number ; and as you have been
pleased to order a Number of Battalions of men to be raised to Guard
other Colonies, and as this is by far the Poorest Colony on the Conti-
nent, according to the Number of Inhabitants —
We most humbly pray your Honours would order such a Number
of men to be raised and Stationed at Portsmouth, (and in case of any
Emergency to assist our Neighbour Colonies) as you in Your Wisdom
Shall see fit.
The House adjourned to the first Wednesday in March
next, to meet then at the Town house in Exeter at three of
the Clock Afternoon.
CORRESPONDENCE, &c.
[Between the time of adjournment and the meeting of the House of Representatives,
March 6th, 1776. Ed.]
Letter from General Washington.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. Ill, p. 110.]
Cambridge, 27th Janua^" 1776.
Sir—
There were three accounts exhibited against the United Colonies by-
different persons in your Province;
One by Jonathan Burnham, for
One for Horse hier &c. by Sam1 Hobart,
One by yourself for sundry exp8
£40 :
0:
26 :
5
o
5
5
£74
14
10
I think it will be more regular, that the accounts above mentioned
should be settled by agents that will doubtless be appointed by the
Congress to settle the accounts that are or may be depending with the
different Provinces: This is the reason that I do not at present enter
upon an examination of these accounts. I am,
Sir, your most Hb serv1,
G°. Washington.
William Whipple, Esqr.
Petition of Capt. Titus Salter.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. Ill, p. 108.]
The Petition of Titus Salter of Portsm0, to the Honble Councill and
House of Representatives for the Colony of New Hampshire now
convened at Exeter, — Humbly shews :
That your Petitioner has an account against this Colony amounting
to Ninety six pounds four shillings & 3$ Lawf ' money, Being for sun-
drys supplyed the People at Different Times, who wrought (gratis) on
the Battery lately erected on Pearce's Island, so called : That at the
time your Petitioner began to supply said People there was no Com-
missary appointed by said Colony, and at every other time that the
charges were made the Commissary had not the necessarys required.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. G9
Your Petitioner desires his account may be properly examined.
After which, if it is found to ho Right (which lie is ready to aver) that
an order for payment may issue, — And your Petitioner as in Duty
Bound will ever pray. Titus Salter.
January 26th, 1776.
Copy of Letters written to the Selectmen of Amherst, Dunbarton,
Hillsborough, Lyndeborough, Raby, Society Land, New Castle, San-
borntou, Moultonborough, Tamworth, Hinsdale & Charles Town.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. IK, p. 112.]
In Committee of Safety, Janry 31st, 1776.
Gextlemen —
We have received Intelligence from our Delegates at Philadelphia
that if the numbers of all the People in each Town are not speedily
sent, we run the hazard of being Doomed much beyond our proportion
of the Continental Expences. As yours is not come to hand, we pray
you to Dispatch it with speed according to the request made last Fall.
If you have sent & it hath miscarried we must intreat your sending
again.
By order of the Com*. I am, yrs
P. S. Pray let the Return be made on Oath.
M. W.
Letter to Col. John Bellotvs.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. Ill, p. 114]
Exeter, Janry 31st, 1776.
Sir—
We have just received a Packet from the Continental Congress, In-
forming us nine Regiments are to be sent forthwith to Canada, all
which are Raising & some on their march by this time; desiring our
Regiment may be forwarded with all speed, and that when any one or
two Company s are Ready to march forward, they likewise direct forty
shillings L. M. to be given each soldier well accoutred as a Bounty,
and one months pay in advance. Therefore you may assure all the
men that you muster, that forty shillings of the money you pay them
is a Bounty, & the other one months pay advance. Pray do every-
thing to forward the men & hurry Col. Wait as much as possible.
The Necessaries are gone & going from Exeter to Cohos. Coll. Bedel
will set off from here we expect to-morrow; 3 or 4 companies at Ply-
mouth & Cohos are enlisted.
In behalf of the Committee of Safety,
I am your m't humb servt, M. W.
Major Bellows.
P. S. Pay the Commission officers 2 months wages.
Instructions to Col. Morey and Major Bclloivs.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. Ill, p. 114 ]
To Israel Morey & John Bellows, Esqrs, as you by vote of the Coun-
cil and Assembly of this Colony are appointed Muster Masters, & Pay
Masters to the Regiment raising for Canada, you are hereby directed,
70 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
out of the money you have received from the Treasury to pay each
soldier whom you shall Muster, being an able bodied Effected man &
well accoutred, Forty shillings L M as a Bounty & Two months wages
to each commissioned officer, & also one months pay to each non-com-
miss'1 officer and soldier at the Rates Established by the Continental
Congress, and assist in providing for and forwarding the Regiment
with all speed, & make return of your doings as soon as may be to the
General Court of this Colony or Committee of Safety. You are like-
wise to observe that the soldiers that Receive the Colony Guns are to
be informed that they are to allow One dollar for the use of the same,
and should they not be returned at the end of the Campaign they are
to take care that the above stoppages are to be made upon making up
the muster Rolls.
By order Committee.
M. W.
Committee Safety, Jan? 31, 1776.
Letter from Stephen Moylan relating to Col. Stark.
[MS. State Pap. Vol. Ill, p. 118.]
Cambridge, 7th Februa7, 1776.
Sir-
As you presided at the Honorable Convention, when a Complaint
was made against Col. John Stark, by his Excellency's command I
address myself to you upon that subject. A Court of enquiry has
been held, in the process of which Colonel Stark has seen that lie was
very blameable, and sent an acknowledgment of his fault in writing,
which I have the honor to inclose you. His Excellency wishes that
this may prove satisfactory to the members of your Honourable Con-
gress, as the Colonel is a good officer, who understands & does his
duty; but if you & the Gentlemen who have been ill-treated upon this
occasion, insist that he should be brought to a trial by Court martial,
His Excellency will, on receipt of your answer to this, order one to
try this affair, tho' as I before mentioned, it would give his Excellency
great satisfaction that it was made up in an amicable manner.
I have the Honour to be, Sir,
your most obed4 serv4,
Stephen Moylan,
P. T. S.
The Honble Matthew Thornton, Esq.
Aclcnoioledgment made by Col. Stark.
[MS. State Pap. Vol. Ill, p. 120.]
"Whereas on the 30th Day of Decr last, some Persons belonging to
my Regitn1 without orders or Warrant from me for so doing, Proceed-
ed under arms from their Barracks on Winter Hill to the Lodging of
Samuel Hobart, Esqr, at Medford & there assaulted & took him pris-
oner and brought him to my Encampment at Winter Hill, and I being
at that time much Perplexed with Business, and not knowing the many
aggravated circumstances attending said assault, and not considering
at that time the Dangerous Tendency of such an Insult offer 'd to him,
while in the execution of his office as paymaster of the Troops from
1770. J CORRESPONDENCE. 71
the Colony of New Hampshire, Neglected to confine & punish those
Offenders, but being before wearied with their complaints for want of
pay, and much perplex'd with other Business, hastily and inconsider-
ately threw out some warm & illiberal Reflections upon some of the
members of the Congress in that Colony, for which 1 am sincerely
sorry, and heartily ask their forgiveness, and beg leave to assure them
that those Reflections proceeded only from heat & Passion, and not
from any settled Design to Slander or defame them.
John Stark.
Head Quarters, Cambridge, Feb^ 6, 1770.
[Copied from American Ar., 4th ser., Vol. IV, p. 979.]
The Court of Inquiry, whereof General Greene was President, ap-
pointed to inquire into the complaint of Colonel Hobart, Paymaster
General of the New Hampshire forces, against Colonel Stark: The
Court have reported the state of the evidences given in before them,
by which it appears that Col. Hobart's complaints were well founded.
All further proceedings are suspended, Colonel Stark having made
such acknowledgments to the injured parties, as will, in all probability,
be accepted as satisfactory.
The Colonel, or officer commanding each Regiment, is to examine
minutely into the quantity and condition of their ammunition, and
make report of the average number of rounds they are possessed of to
their respective Brigadiers without delay, and immediately thereupon
the Brigadiers to lay this, their report, before the General.
The armourers are required to be very exact and diligent at their
business. If they are known to do work for any others than those of
the Army, they will be brought to the severest punishment; or if they
presume to charge a soldier for any repair done to his arms, they will
also be called to a strict account.
An exact report to be made of all the cartridges in the different
Magazines. Those now employed in making cartridges are to be con-
stant and diligent at their work.
The arms which have been delivered out of the publick stores are
not to be put in the hands of commissioned officers. The Colonels of
the several Regiments are to be answerable that this order is duly
attended to.
Petition to Congress for Continental Troops.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. Ill, p. 120.]
Colony of \ To the Honble Congress of the United Colonies
New Hampr. \ of North America.
The Council & Assembly of said Colony of N. Hampshire Humbly
shew: That by reason of the vicinity of the Port of Boston (the Gen-
eral Rendezvous of our Enemies) to this Colony, and their men-of-
war often Hovering round our Harbour, have been, ever since the
destruction of Falmouth, kept in continual alarms, which hath occa-
sioned a Prodigious expence in erecting fortifications and keeping a
large Body of men in pay to guard our sea-coast & metropolis, some
part of the time upwards of 1400. Being sensible our Enemies have a
particular view in getting possession of our Harbour, as it is very
72 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
commodious for their shipping, and if once in their possession will
prove of the greatest consequence to them in annoying the Eastern
country; and this Colony, ever dependant on the more southern ones
for a considerable part of their Bread, and in shipping off Lumber to
raise money to pay therefor, are now very much distressed. Where-
fore as you [have] been pleased to order several Battalions to defend
our sister Colonies, we humbly pray you would direct so many men to
be raised for our defence as you in your wisdom shall see fit': — And we
shall ever pray.
By order of the Council & Assembly —
M. Weare, President of the Council.
Exeter, Feb? 8, 1776.
Letter to the Hon. John Hancock.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 122.]
Sir—
Before the reception of your letters of the 12th & 20th of Jan?, an
account of the unfortunate affair at Quebeck came to hand with a
Requisition from his Excellency General Washington for this Colony
to raise a Regiment for that service, which was Imediately attended
to, The Field officers appointed, and orders for Enlisting the men given
out. As so great a proportion of the men in the Eastern & Middle
part of the Colony were Engaged at the Grand Army and to Guard
the Sea-Coast, it was Judged best to Endeavor the raising this on the
Western Frontiers, and every thing that was tho't Exped1 has been
done to forward the purpose. We hear some companies have marched
& Expect the whole Battalion, consisting of the number desired, will
follow them in a few days. Before our desigu of Raising this Reg'
was known in the Western parts, upwards of one Hundred men from
this Colony had enlisted under officers appointed by Coll. Warner of
the Green Mountain Boys, and March'd, and are, we suppose, before
this time at Quebeck.
By order of the Committee.
I have the Honr to be your m* hum. Serv',
(Copy.) [No date.]
Hon. John Hancock.
Committee of Safety to Col. Morey.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. Ill, p. 121.]
In Committee of Safety, Feb^ 10th, 1770.
To Coll0 Israel Morey —
We send you by Coll. Bedel seven Hundred and Eighty-five Pounds
L M to pay off the Troops. Likewise, Coll. Bedell's Roll; the balance
due to each man you are to pay, with the price of Rations as set down
to the Lieuts. Palmer & Nelson; you will observe that the balance due
to each man Includes his coat money and blanket. We also transmit
the Roll of Lieut. Wheeler's men, the balance of which you will pay
to each man. The Staff Roll of Coll. Bedel you will also pay what is
due, viz., the adjutant, Quarter master, surgeon and sergeant major,
their respective balances, & price of Rations. In Captain Osgood's
Roll you will take notice that against these names where it is wrote pd
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 73
to Capt. Osgood, the whole is paid; and those names where it is wrote
against " Order on the Treasury for all but the coat money," you will
pay to them their coat money only, they having rec*'1 their wages; and
make return of your Payments together with the Rolls, as soon as
possible, that the accounts may be forwarded for payment.
By order of the Committee,
I am your m* humc serv',
M. "W., Chairman.
Letters from Col. Jno. Langdon to Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 128.]
Portsm0, Feb? 17th, 1776.
Gen*:
I 've just Recd a letter from Philada, Informing me of one of the ves-
sells belonging to the Continental service, havs arrived with sixty Tons
of salt petre, thirteen Tons of powder, 1300 stand of good arms; on
which important news I have the honor to congratulate you. My letter
is dated the 3d Instant; the vessel arrived the day before.
I am with all due respect,
Gen* your most ob* serv',
Jn° Laivgdon.
57 Tons Sal. Petre, 1st time.
60 Do. Do. 2 d°.
117 equal to — say 150 Tons powder.
33 Tons before.
13 now.
196 Tons — no small qt with which to scare away that
frightful Independence.
Portsm0, Feby 22d, 1776.
Gent—
I've just enroled near one hundred of men in the ship yard, have
order'd every man to attend the muster at an appointed day with a
good fire arm, powder and ball, some of which are already completely
equipp'd; but as there is no powder to be had only what is in publick
stores, would submit it to the consideration of the HonbIe Committee,
whether it would not best to order that those men who are not sup-
plied already be furnished by the publick, when occasion requires, or
if tho't best for each to appear with one half pound powder in his
horn, for which a receipt to be taken, and if its not Return' d or made
use of against the enemy, to pay double of the value at this time,
which I will stop out of their wages, which I think will effectually pre-
vent wast, and put those who have no powder upon the same footing
with those who have bro't their own amunition.
I think I may with safety, serve the Colony in this matter, and not
the least interfere with the Continental business. Should be glad to
have some answer from the Honble Committee relative to this matter,
74 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
as I 've order'd every man to be ready for musters at such a day, and
should be glad to have every man furnished.
In case of failure } I am with great Respect,
they are to be Dis- [- Gen* your most obd serv4,
mist the yard. ) Jn° Langdon.
To the Hon1 Committee of Safety
for the Colony of New Hampshire.
Letter to the Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. HI, p. 131.]
[Note. The letter which follows is contained in Amer. Archives. 4th ser., Vol. IV,
p. 1134, under the head " Monsieur Begozzat to New-Hampshire Committee of Safe-
ty," and is dated " St. Pierre, Martinico, February 14, 1776." The copy of the letter
found as above, among our State Papers, is here transcribed verbatim, and, as may ap-
pear ou comparison, differs in orthography and other respects from the printed copy
in the Amer. Arch. Ed.]
To the Honorable Committee of Safety for the Province of New
Hampshire :
Gentlemen —
As I never considered the American affairs otherwise, but the in-
deavors of tyranny against the Liberty of Mankind ; & looking upon
the North America as the sacred Asyle contrived in this age by the
Divine Providence against the Despotic power who filled the three
parts of this world with Misery & Poverty, I think i am honoured by
being imployed in serving so Noble a Cause, it is in these Principals
Gentlemen I take the Liberty to write you by the opertuuity of Capt.
Robert Parker to offer my service to your Committee. Ye may be
Certain that Nobody will serve your interest with so much zeal as I.
I gave Capt" Robert Parker a very short Expidition. I intend every
Day to send away Capt" Peverly, these two vestles will carry away ten
thousand of Gun Powder. I am loading Now two Vestles which I
hope will depart very soon. We are expecting every Day a vestle
Departed from old France with about twenty thousand of Gun Pow-
der, & I am in hopes that what we will Receive from france this Month
will amount to 60,000. I'll advise you Every month the Quantity ex-
pected. Warlike Provisions are not common as they ought to be, on
the account they have Rumoured in Europe that the Affairs of Amer-
ica would be stlled this Winter. Some Vestles brings no Amunition,
but by letters Departed the 20th of January last, Advising the war
continuing this year in America, there will be Plenty in the Months of
May & June. Amunitions are not the only Articles wanted by the
Americans. Woolen & Linen Cloaths, Drugs, Rushia Ducks, twine, a
great Quantity of goods at the most Necessary in Private use of life
are wanting greatly, & ye may be provided of these Articles here.
The Designe of this Letter is to desire that ye may send the Patterns
of every thing wanting to ye here, & I '11 send them to old France, &
our Markets will be well Provided with them in four or five months
time. I sent a Memorial to the French ministry concerning the trade
we can settle with New England; but as your Articles we usually con-
sume here. viz. fish, Lamp oil, Spermacity, Candles, Pork, beef, Staves,
boards, Hoops, cannot amount to a great sum of money, I asked in my
Memorial to ship from hence to old France, Potashes, haver, lamp oil
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 75
in casks of 00 gals, well hooped to goe to old France: these Articles
added to these that Martinico consume Will produce a sufficient sum
of money to Maintain your exchange here.
In the Southern Colonies I Have asked that Virginy Tobaco of which
we consume thirty or forty million pounds every year, be introduced
to France by the way of Martinico. This article is very valuable &
will pay here ;i ureal Quantity of goods wauling in America. Carolina
Indigo will find likewise a great advantage in french trade. Ye may
be certain Gentlemen that Continental Vestles will always find good
Protection in our ports, you will se by the Report I send you of the
frigate Argus wiling to visit a Continental Vestle Loading with gun-
powder, any Continental Vestle coming here will be safe. If ye have
any Particular a secret Demands to our Government send them to me.
I do promise to return you a Positive Answer.
I think proper to advise you that the Sloop Molly, Capt. Conway
master Loading with Flower, coming from Mery-land on the account
he was Pursued by an English Man-of-war, not only obtained to an-
chor here, but to sell his Cargoe. Give your Vestles a letter for me,
& I'll procure you all that they will want, or to be introduced, or to
sell, or to Purchase their goods.
You may assure your Country men they Have good friends in this
Country. We think that the sacred fire of Liberty stands no where
else now but in the North America, & that the Brave people to whom
the Divine Providence hath trusted it, will continue it alive for the
Future Generation.
I am, Gentlemen,
your most humble,
Respectfull servant
Beyorral ? (1)
22 of February 1776. I send this by Capt. Peverly, we are expect-
ing many vessels from old France, many of them have gun-powder.
A vessel from Provence will have fifty thousand on board. Since eight
days we have received about Ten Thousand.
Letter from Hon. Josiah Bartlett.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 136.]
Philadelphia, Feb? 26th, 1776.
Sir—
The Enclosed order of Congress of the 23d inst I am Directed to
transmit to our Colony, and I make no doubt (if they have not already)
they will speedily comply with the Recommendations.
The necessity of arms & ammunition for our Defence and the Dan-
ger of a Disappointment, shows the necessity of using our utmost
efforts to be supplied as much as may be within ourselves. And tho'
I can with pleasure inform you that large Quantities of Powder and
salt petre have arrived here, and more is Dayly expected, yet as we
have reason to believe that as soon as the spring opens, our harbors
will be much infested with the British cruisers, who have orders to
seize all American vessels, and as large Quantities of military stores
(1) The editor is not sure that the name is correctly written ; but he cannot make
— of it.
76 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
"will be wanted for sea, as well as land service, I humbly conceive it
will be prudent to endeavor to supply ourselves with the necessaries of
life & Defence within ourselves and leave as little to the uncertainty of
winds, weather & Enemies as possible, at least for the present.
You will please, sir, to see that the several orders of our Convention
or assembly for manufacturing arms, gunpowder & saltpetre be trans-
mitted to me, and an account of what has been done in consequence of
such orders, as it is necessary the Congress should know as soon as
may be, the true state of all the Colonies with regard to their supply-
ing themselves with these necessary articles; And when our Assembly
meets, you will please to lay these resolves before them, and, in the
mean time, communicate them to the Council, or Committee of Safety,
or whoever they have left to transact Business in their Recess.
I am your most obed' servant,
JOSIAH BARTLETT.
To the Honble Meshech Weare, Esq.
Letter from Hon. Josiah Bartlett.
[State Pap. Rev* Vol. III. p. 131.]
Philadelphia, March 2d, 1776.
Sir—
Yours of the 8th ult., pr Col. Whipple, I Recd the 28th, and am glad
to be informed of the spirited behaviour of our Colony in raising a
Regiment for Canada without waiting for the order of Congress.
The several matters relative to our Colony affairs, as soon as a deter-
mination is had I hope to be the bearer of them myself to you.
I am very sorry for the unhappy Difficulties in our Colony at a time
when we have nothing to expect from our inveterate Enemies but war
and Bloodshed, notwithstanding their hipocritical pretences of treating
& Reconciliation to amuse us. I pray God we may not be taken in the
snare.
I am your most
obed' servant,
Josiah Bartlett.
P. S. I should have written more largely, but the Post this minute
is setting off. J. B.
The Honble Meshech Weare, Esqr.
Letter from Hon. William Whipple.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 138.]
Philadelphia, March 2d, 1776.
Sir—
I arriv'd here ye 28th Ult0, the Roads were so extreem bad it was
impossible for me to get here sooner. The Papers which Capt. Long
gave me sealed up & directed to the President, I delivered on my
arrival ; they were yesterday read in Congress & referr'd to a Commit-
tee. My Colleague talks of leaving in about a fortnight; by that time
I hope shall be able to forward the determination of Congress on the
Petition for a Battalion. If your delegates could have been furnish'd
with an estimate of the Colonial expences they might have improved
them to advantage; but you may be assur'd we shall do the best we
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 77
can without them; but I beg the ace* may be sent forward as soon as
possible, or if the ace' cannot be got ready let me be furnished with
an estimate both of the Continental & Provincial charges.
I was much surprised to find there was no instructions among the
Papers given me by Capt. Long — not a word about the Purchasing the
Flour winch was so much talked of when I was last with the Commit-
tee. If anything of that sort is to be done I sho'd be glad to be ad-
vised of it as soon as possible, for no doubt the Risque increases with
the advancement of the season. The Congress have appointed six
more Brigadier Generals, four for the Southern and two for the Middle
Department. Its probable General Lee will have the command of the
Southern Army. I have nothing new that I can communicate; when I
have you may be assured I shall be very particular, & I hope shall hear
from you often. All the Delegates except from New Hampshire are
furnished weekly with all the transactions of their respective Colonies,
& really wish to be on a footing with them in that respect.
1 shall write to you again shortly. In the mean time give me leave
to assure you that I am,
With greatest Respect,
your most ob{ & Faithful Serv1,
Wm. Whipple.
The Honble Col0 Weare.
Letter from the Hon. John Lang don.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. Ill]
To the Honble the Speaker, and the Gentlemen of the Assembly for the
Colony of New Hampshire:
Gent. —
I 've received advice of my having the Repeated honour of being
appointed one of the Delegates for the Colony to the Continental
Congress.
Nothing can give greater satisfaction than to have the approbation
(of your Honourable House) of having done my duty as far as my
poor abilities would admit of. I think myself under every tie of Hon-
our and Gratitude to strain every Nerve in my Country's Cause at this
important day, more especially when I Receive such Repeated honour
from my Country.
When I shall have finished the business in which I have the honour
to be immediately employed by the Continent, or have it in such for-
wardness to leave, shall, when my duty calls me, attend in my place,
at the Gen1 Congress, where it will be my greatest Pride to serve (in
any way that may be in my power) this Colony in particular and the
Continent in general.
I lament that my abilities are not greater. All I can say is, I shall
employ such as I have (to the utmost) in the service of my Country.
You'll please, Sirs, to accept my hearty Thanks for the Honour done
me; should have done myself the pleasure of waiting on the Honble
House in person, but my Publick Business, which calls for immediate
attention, I hope will plead an Excuse.
I am with great Respect,
Gent, your most obl serv',
John Langdon.
Portsmouth,
6 March, 1776.
78
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
A JOURNALL of the Proceedings of the Honble the House
of Representatives of the Colony of New Hampshire,
begun & held at the Town House in Exeter, on Wednesday,
the sixth day of March, Anno Domini 1776, by adjourn-
ment.
A List of the 3£embers of the House of Representatives of the
Colony of New Hampshire, Convened at Exeter, by ad-
journment, On Wednesday, the Sixth day of March, A
Horn 1776.
Towns and Places sending
Members.
Names of the Representatives.
•
■» 6
V
<■+
o >
Sh
Q-2
8
16
16
14
15
14
15
14
15
22
16
22
6
20
15
14
16
8
15
6
15
10
4
15
11
17
12
16
3
14
8
15
4
16
7
15
16
16
17
14
20
13
35
15
22
2
18
16
5
16
30
13
26
15
40
14
8
15
40
16
22
15
50
24
15
12
8
18
16
18
8
15
11
12
15
Pay.
Southampton, 3
Exeter,
Portsmouth, 4
Londonderry, 2
Chester, 2
Hampton, 1 ,
North Hampton, 1
Greenland, 1 ,
Newington, 1
New ( lastle, 1
Rye,
Stratham
New Market,
Kingston,
Kensington,
Plaistow & Atkinson,. . .
Hampstead,
Salem,
Pelham
Candia,
Raymond & Poplin,
Brintwood,
Pembroke,
Wyndham,
Concord,
Epping,
Canterbury & London.,..
Deerrield & Northwood,
Bow & Dunbarton,
Chichester, Epsom,& Al
lenstown,
Nottingham, ...
Dover,
Lee,
Durham,
Phillips White, Esq., Speaker.
| Noah Emery, Esq., Clerk,
\ John Giddinge, Esq.,.
< Samuel Cutts, Esq'r,
Samuel Sherburne, Esq.,
/('apt. Pierce Long,
| John Bell,
\ Moses Barnett,
I Stephen Morse,
(Robert Wilson, Esq.,
Josiah Moulton,
Dr. Levi Dearborn,
Clement March, Es.fr,
Richard Downing, Esq'r,
Henry Prescott, Esq'r,
Nathan Goss,
Benjamin Barker, Esq'r,
Thomas Tash, Esq'r
Samuel Philbrick. Esq'r,
Capt. Ezekiel Worfchen,
Samuel Kimball,
John Calfe,
Caleb Dustin,
James Gibson,
Moses Baker,
John Dudley, Esq.,
Samuel Dudley, Esq'r,
David Oilman, Esq'r,
James Betton, Esq'r,
Timothy Walker, Esq.,
Neheniiah Wheeler,
Thomas Clough,
Jeremiah Eastman,
Capt. Caleb Page,
John McClary, Esq.,
Thomas Bartlett
| Stephen Evans, Es.fr,
I otis Baker, Esq'r
('apt. Hercules .Mo.mev,
John Smith, 3d
£5: 4: 0
4: 16: 0
4: 0
4: 0
4: 0
15: 4
3: 4
8: 8
10: 0
18: 0
16: 0
14: 0
1: 0
8: 0
7: 0
18: 0
0: 0
17: 0
13: 4
15: 8
16:
13:
14:
A
0
1: 0
0: 0
9: 0
9: 4
18: 0
1: 4
9: 4
10: 0
16: 0
14: 0
0: 0
1: 0
1: 9
1776.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
79
LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES— Continued.
Towns and Places sending
Members.
Names of the Representatives
Pay.
~i
Summersworth
Rochester
Barrington,
Gilmanton & Barnstead,. . ,
Sanhornton & Meredith,..
Leavitts Town, "Wakefield I
and Middleton, I
Moultonborough, Sand- 1
wich & Tamworth, J
New Durham, the Gore, I
& Wolfborough, I
Amherst,
Dunstable,
Hollis,
Weare,
Hopkinton,
New [pswich
Mason & Raby,
Litchfield and Notthig- )
ham West, )
Merrimac & Bedford,
Derrytield ami Goffstown,.
Boscawen and Salisbury,..
Temple and Peterborough.
Wilton, Lindsboro', Mile I
Strip, & Duxbury Farm, J
Heneker, Deering, Hills- I
borough & Society Land, J
New Briton, Warner, Per- {
rystown& Fishersfield, I
Frances Town and New (
Boston, j
Winchester,
Westmoreland,
Richmond,
Claremont,
Keen,
Walpole
Charlestowu,
Hinsdale & Chesterfield,.. .
Dublin and Monadnock )
No. 5, |
Marlow, Surrey, and Al- )
Stead, )
Packersf'd, Limerick, |
Cambden & Gilsum, )
Cornish, Plainfield, Pro- )
tectworth & Grantham, )
Rindge, Jaft'rey, & Peter- i
boro Slip, )
Swanzey, and Fitzwilliam
Unity, Acworth, Lemster )
Savill, ]
Croydon & Newport,
New Chester, Plimouth, )
Cockerm'th & Alexan- >
dria, )
Rumney, Holderness, )
Campton it Thornton, j
Lyme, Oxford, Warren,)
Dorchester, Wentworth >
& Piermont, )
Haverhill, Bath, Lyman,)
Gunthwait, Landaff, & [
Morriston, )
[chabood Rollins, Esq'r,.,
Dr. James Knowles,
Samuel Hay,.-
Joseph Badger, Esq'r,
Ebenezer Smith, Esq.,
Nathaniel Balch,
Daniel Beede, Esq'r,
f Moses Nichols, Esq
[Dr. Nahum Baldwin,
Jonathan Lovewell, Esq'r,
Stephen Ames '
John Worth,
Stephen Harrimau,
William Shattuck,
Dr. Amos Dakin,
Asa Dayis,
Matthew Patten. Esq.,.. . .
Moses Kelley, Esq.,
Henry Gerrish, Esq.,
Samuel Moore,
Jacob Abbot,
Capt. Joseph Simonds
Dr. Heber Millar,
Timothy Ellis, Esq'r,.
John Bellows, Esq.,..
Mr. Elijah Grout,
Archibald Robinson, .
Eliphalet Stone,
Nath'l Sartel Prentice
Moses Chase, Esq., . . .
Samuel Emerson, Esq.,.
Daniel Brainard, Esq., .
Israel Morey, Esq.,
£4: 11: 0
5: 10: 4
5: 15: 0
3: 19: 4
4: 3: 4
5: 18: 8
7: 0: 0
6: 15: 4
6: 10: 4
G: 13: 4
80 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES— Continued.
[1776.
Towns and Places sending
Members.
Names of the Representatives.
^|
Pay.
Lebanon, Hanover, Rel-
han, Canaan, Cardigan
& Grafton,
Apthorp, Lancaster,
North Uinberland,
190
16
£8: 11: 4
Colburn, Conway,
Sherburne, &c, &c,
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
Hon. Meshech Weare,
Matthew Thornton,
William Whipple,
Josiah Bartlett,
Nathaniel Folsom,
Ebenezer Thompson,
Wyseman Claggett,
Jonathan Blanchard ,
Samuel Ashley,
Benjamin Giles,
Thomas Westbrook Waldron, John Hurd, Esqrs.
[p. 54.] Wednesday, March 6th 1776, P. M.
The House met according to adjournment.
A Petition of a number of the Inhabitants of Brintwood
called Baptists, being Read,
Voted, That it lay for consideration.
Adjourned till to-morrow morning 9 o'clock.
Thursday March 7th, 1776. Met.
Voted, To choose a Committee to make some Necessary
additional Rules for the order of this house, and Jonathan
Lovewell Esq. John Dudley Esq. Joseph Badger Esq. Dr.
Levi Dearborn & John McClary Esq1' be the Committee for
that purpose.
A Petition of a Number of the Inhabitants of Derryfield
concerning Propagation of Alewivcs in great Cohass brook
&c, being read,
Voted That the Petitioners be heard thereon before this
house on the 19th day of March current, if this house be
then sitting, & if not, then on the second day of their next
sitting afterwards, and that the Petitioners Notify John
Goffe Esq. to Appear & shew cause if any he hath why the
Prayer thereof should not be granted.
1770.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 81
Voted Thai the select men of Mason be cited to appear
before this House on the 19th day of March current if this
house be then sitting & if not then on the second day of their
sitting afterwards, to Answer for their conduct in not re-
turning the Precept sent to them by the laic Congress,
requiring them to send a member to represent the Towns oi
Mason & Rabyin said Congress.
Adjourned to 3 o'clock afternoon.
P. M.
Yoted That Deacon Amos Dakin have a seat as a mem-
ber of this House untill the Matter of the choice be heard &
Determined by this House.
Voted That the account of John Folsom charged against
Andrew McClary for expenses Arc. amounting to Twenty six
Shillings be allow'd & paid out of the Treasury and that the
President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for
payment thereof. Sent up by Dr. Dearborn.
V^ted That the account of the Selectmen of Sandown for
blanketts, amounting to nine pounds be allowed & paid out
of the Treasury, and that the President of the Council give
order on the Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent up by
Mr. Philbrook.
Voted That Samuel Cutts, Esq. Jonathan Lovewell Esq1'
& John Dudley Esq1' be a Committee of this House to join a
Committee of the Honbl Board to confer together, and make
report to this house, What Business is most necessary to be
Entered upon Immediately. Sent up by Mr. Cutts. [Messrs.
Thornton, Folsom and Blanchard, joined.]
[p. 55.] Which Committee made report as follows :
The Committee of both Houses appointed to report the business
Necessary to be acted upon at this Session beg leave to Report as
follows : —
That the Superiour Court be opened (as soon as may be) for pun-
ishing Criminals and Trespassers: — That the Courts of General Ses-
sions of the Peace for the several Counties be in future opened and
held as usual, Likewise the Inferior Courts for the Tryal of Tres-
passers only — That 500 men Including officers and those under the
command of Capt. Salter & Daniels, be raised and be on the lines at
Portsmouth by the first day of April next, and the Company of Artil-
lery be Revived and to be Reckoned a part of said number, their
wages to be the same as those in the Colony service the last year —
That there be one Gentleman appointed to act as a General Officer to
command all the Troops in case of an Alarm or Attack — That proper
measures be taken to compleat the several minute Regiments — That
no officer Inlist any man for the service of this Colony who hath not a
82 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
good fire arm — That Provision be made for the 500 men & such of the
militia as may be called in — That the resolve giving & confirming to
the several Constables & Collectors the same Power and authority for
Collecting of Rates & Taxes they formerly held by Law, be printed in
hand-bills and Distributed — That Proclamation be made of the Form
of Civil Government lately established in this Colony, and the List of
Civil officers, that all persons may conform accordingly — That in case
of an alarm or attack, when the Council & Assembly, or Committee of
Safety are not sitting, the General officer call in the Militia for the
Defence of this Colony — That a Proclamation Issue for a General Fast.
Signed. Matthew Thornton, Chairman.
Which report being read & Consid'd, Voted that the same
be receiv'd, accepted & established as a Resolve of this
House.
Adjourned to half past 8 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Friday March 8th, 1776.
[p. 56.] A Petition of Leonard Whiting, Benja Whiting,
Samuel Cummings & Thomas Cummings relative to their
being summoned before the Committees of Safety of Hollis,
Dunstable, Merrimac & Litchfield being read,
Voted and Ordered that the Petitioners he heard thereon
on the twentieth day of March Instant, if this house be then
sitting, &c.
Voted That Jonathan Lovewell Esqr, Joseph Badger Esq1*,
Dr. Levi Dearborn, Capt. Nathaniel Sartel Prentice & Mr.
Elijah Grout be a Committee of this House to join a Com-
mittee of the Honbl Board to revise and correct the Tal >le of
Fees for the several officers of this Colony, and to make re-
port to this House as soon as may be. [Concurred, and
Messrs. Claggett, Giles and the Secy. joined.]
Voted, That Moses Nichols Esqr Col. Walker & Mr. Bald-
win be a Committee of this house to join a Committee of the
Hon1'1 Board to confer together and make a Proclamation of
the Publick officers appointed for this Colony, and of the
opening of the Several Courts of Justice, and also for a
Publick Fast throughout this Colony, and to make report
thereon to this house as soon as may be. Sent up by John
McClary, Esq1'. [Concurred: Mr. Thornton and Claggett
added.]
Adjourned to half past 8 to-morrow morning.
[p. 57.] Saturday, March 9th, 1776.
Voted, That Timothy Walker, David Gilman & Stephen
Evans Esqrs be a Committee of this House to join a Com-
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 83
mittee of the Hon111" Board to Hear, Examine & adjust ac-
counts and Demands againsi this Colony, by way of Petition
or otherwise, A: to make report thereon to this House. Sent
up by Col. Walker.
Voted To choose a committee of this House to join a
Committee of the Honble Board to confer, & consult about
the Besi method to secure the Powder Vessels expected soon
on this Coast & to report thereon to this House as soon as
may be, and that Capt. Long, Mr. Sherburne & Ichabod
Rawlins, Esq1 be the Committee for that purpose. Sent up
by Capt. Long. [Concurred — Col. Wentworthi, Col. Folsom
& Mr. Blanchard added.]
Which Committee, being joined by a Committee from the
Board, viz., The Committee appointed to Devise ways and
means for the security of the expected Powder Vessels, beg
leave to make the following Report :
That it is adviseable to send a small vessell to all the Eastern Ports
to give them intelligence that two of the Enemy's Privateers are hov-
ering about our Harbour, which we have reason to apprehend are cruis-
ing after our Powder vessels now expected, and beg them to apprize
the Captains thereof, if they should go into their Ports; Likewise that
a Committee be appointed to Look out for a suitable vessel to fix as a
Privateer to be employed to cruise after our Enemies, and to make an
Estimate of the costs and make return of their doings as soon as may
be. (Signed.) Nath1 Folsom, Chairman.
Voted to choose a Committee to look out for a proper ves-
sel of warr to guard our Coast and make an estimate of the
cost & expence of such vessell & to confer with the Captains
of the Privateers now in Piscataqua Harbour about taking
the armed vessells now hovering on this Coast, and also to
Dispatch a small vessell (if they think necessary) to the
Eastward to acquaint the People there of the said armed
vessells, and make report as soon as may be, and that Mr.
Cutts, Capt. Long & Mr. Sherburne be the Committee for
that purpose.
Adjourned to Monday next at 3 o'clock afternoon.
Monday, March 11th, 1776, P. M.
[p. 58.] Voted To choose a Committee of this House to
join a Committee of the Honble Board to confer and consult
about some method respecting opening the Civil Courts, and
what Restrictions they shall be laid under : and Col0 David
Oilman, Jonathan Lovewell, Esq1' and Matthew Patten Esqr
84 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
be the Committee for that purpose. Sent up by Col° Gil-
man.
Toted To choose a Committee of this House to join a
Committee from the HonbIe Board, to write an answer to
General Washington's Letter and desire him to return the
Powder lent him, and that Capt. Long & Col0 Badger be the
Committee for that purpose. Sent up by James Betton, Esq.
Voted to raise a Regiment consisting of seven hundred &
Twenty-five men, Including officers to be raised in any part
of the Colony Excepting from the Towns of Portsmouth,
Rye, North Hampton, Hampton, Greenland, Newington and
Stratham, to be on the Lines at Piscataqua as soon as possi-
ble— Also to raise one Company of Artillery consisting of
Forty-two men Exclusive of officers to be on the lines imedi-
atly, and to continue in the service untill the Last of Decem-
ber next unless sooner discharged, and that their pay be the
same as the Provincials had the year past.
Voted to raise three Companies consisting of one hundred
men Each (Including officers) out of each of the following
Regiments, viz. Portsmouth, Dover, & Hampton, to be on
the lines at Portsmouth Immediately with arms & ammuni-
tion compleat, and there to continue till further orders, their
pay to commence at the time of their marching, and to be
[the] same as the Provincials had the year past, and that
Col0 Stephen Evens be Colonel of said Regiment, Lieutenant
Col° Joshua Went worth be Lieutenant Colonel, and Major
Enoch Page be Major of sd Regiment. Sent up by Major
Barker. Adjourned.
Tuesday, March 12th, 1776.
Voted That Mr. John Smith lie and hereby is appointed to
join with Doctr Nichols and Mr. Baldwin (in the room of
Col0 Walker) as a Comittee to join a Comtee of the Honble
Board to confer together to make a form of a Proclamation
for a Publick Fast thoughout this Colony ; — Also a Procla-
mation of the Public officers appointed for this Colony.
Sent up by Dr. Nichols.
[p. 59.] The Council sent down the following Vote of
Council from the Board, viz.
In Council, March 12th, 1776.
Voted, That a Regiment of men consisting of three hundred, be
raised with all speed to be stationed at or near Portsmouth and to be
continued in the service (unless sooner Discharged) until the last Day
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 85
of December next: The Persons appointed to Enlist the men to be so
chosen as that the men may be as equally Taken as Possible out of the
Towns in the Counties of Rockingham, Strafford and Hillsborough,
to be paid the same wages as the officers and soldiers in this Colony
service received last year :— Also that a Field Artillery Company at
Portsmouth (of the same Number as that which serv'd last Fall) be
rais'd Iinediately. — That Lieut. Col. Wentworth, Col" Evens, Col°
Moulton, and Col" Oilman be directed to Warn all the Militia under
their command to Hold themselves in Readiness to March at a Minutes
warning properly Equipt, and with five days Provision, which Militia,
in case" of their going into actual service, are to be paid as other
Troops. — That Sentrys be fixed at New Castle & Hampton, who, on
appearance of the Enemies Fleet are to give the Speediest Notice. —
Also that persons be agreed with to hold themselves in readiness, on
order from proper authority to Notify General Washington, & alarm
the Country in case of the Enemy's appearance. Likewise that an
Express be sent off to Cambridge to gain Intelligence of Gen1 Howe's
movements, and request a restoration of the Powder lent General
Washington.
Sent down for Concurrence.
E. Thompson, Sec>\
Iii the House of Representatives, March 12th, 1776.
The above Vote of Council being read, Voted that the
same he and hereby is Concurred.
P. White, Speaker.
Entered according to the original.
Pr. N. Emery CI. D. Rep.
Orders from General "Washington, relative to Dorchester
heights.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 170.]
Cambridge, 9th March, 1770.
Sir—
I have it in command from his Excelb' General Washington to inform
you that in consequence of his determination to possess himself of the
heights at Dorchester, a Cannonade and Bombardment was begun on
Saturday night last on the town of Boston & continued on Sunday
night & on Monday night a vast number of shot & shells wrere thrown
into that town, under the cover of which the intended purpose was
effected; on the enemy perceiving next morning that we had taken
post, they were all hurry & bustle, embarking their troops as was ex-
pected & wish'd for to attack us; but the violent storm which came on
that day prevented them, & disappointed us, who were prepared to give
them a warm reception.
The possession of these heights are preparatory to our forming a
Fort upon Nooks hill which commands the South of Boston, & to
which their shipping will be much exposed; this they seem to be well
aware of and are now making every preparation for moving off.
8b COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Captain Irwin of Salem escaped from town the night before last,
assures us that this is their intention; it is corroborated by a message
from the selectmen in that town to his Excellency, a copy of which
you have inclosed.
These informations will not prevent the General from proceeding in
his advances to the town; so that if they do not move off he is deter-
mined to force them to a battle by making that town so hot that they
will have but little rest therein.
His Excellency has good reason to imagine that New York will be
the place of their destination ; but lest that should not be the case it
behooves every place where a Fleet can lie to be upon their guard; the
General therefore recommends the utmost vigilance may be observed
by the good people of your Province, & if they should make an attempt
to land therein he doubts not every opposition will be given thereto &
an Express sent off immediately that he may come or send to your
assistance. I have the honour to be
Sir, your most obed1 serv',
Stephen Moylan,
Adj.
To the President of the Assembly
of the Province of New Hampshire.
Testimonial relative to Gen. Howe leaving Boston.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 162.]
As his Excellency General Howe is determined to leave the Town
with the Troops under his command, a number of the respectable In-
habitants being very anxious for its preservation and safety have applyed
to General Robertson for this purpose, who at their request has com-
municated the same to his Excellency General Howe, who has assured
him that he has no intention of destroying the Town unless the Troops
under his command are molested during their Embarkation or at their
departure by the armed force without; which declaration he gave Gen1
Robertson leave to communicate to the Inhabitants. If such an oppo-
sition should take place we have the greatest reason to expect the Town
will be exposed to intire Destruction. As our fears are quieted with
regard to Gen1 Howe's intentions, we beg we may have some assur-
ances that so dreadfull a calamity may not be brought on by any meas-
ures without. As a Testimony of the truth of the above, we have
signed our names to this Paper carried out by Messrs. Thomas & Jona-
than Amory & Peter Johonnot, who have at the earnest Intreaties of
the Inhabitants through the Lt. Governor solicited a Flag of Truce
for this purpose. John Scollay
Tjmothy Newell
Thomas Marshall
Sajiuel Austin.
Boston, March 8th, 1776.
Voted that Col0 Walker, Mr. Cutts, Cap1 Worthen, Deacon
Knowlcs, Capt. Harriman, Dr. Nichols, Col0 Badger & Major
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 87
Tash be a Committee of this House to join a Committee of
of the Honble Board to consult about officering & Commis-
sioning the Regiment now to be raised, & make report to this
House as soon as may be. Sent up by Dea. Knowles.
[p. 607.] Upon reading a Petition of the Majority of the
North Company of Newmarket for removing Lieut. Col0
Folsom from his office, &o.
Voted That the Petitioners be heard thereon tomorrow
afternoon before this House, and that the Petitioners at their
own cost serve the said Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Folsom with a
copy of the Petition & order thereon, that he may appear to
shew cause if any he have why the prayer thereof should
not be granted.
Upon reading the petition of the Inhabitants of New Mar-
ket praying that Lieut. Coll. Folsom may be dismis* from his
office, &c.
Voted That the Petitioners be heard thereon tomorrow at
three o'clock afternoon before this house, and that the Pe-
titioners at their own cost serve the said Lieut. Col0 Jeremiah
Folsom with a copy of the Petition & order thereon, That
he may appear & shew cause if any he have why the Prayer
thereof should not be granted.
Voted To choose a Committee of this House to join a
Committee of the Honble Board to confer together on the
expediency of sending a Comittee to Coos to examin about
the Troops raised for Canada &c. and that Col0 Badger,
Capt. Long, Dr. Dearborn & Dr. Nichols be the Committee of
this House for that purpose. Sent up by Col0 Badger. [Con-
curred, and Messrs. Folsom, Hurd and Thompson added.]
Letter from Col. Israel Morey to the Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 164.]
Orford, March 7th, 1776.
Gentlemen —
I am to inform you that many difficulties has arisen since I left you
about raising this Regiment of Colonel Bedels, too many to mention
at present. I shall only say that many independent Companys have
Inlisted which has occasion'*! the long delay of the Comp^5 both here &
Col0 Waits party, some Recruiting officers from Col° Warner's party
has inlisted a considerable number of fine men ; they had the money
to pay down — Forty Shillings Bounty only for about Three months
service, which was much easier than to get men for one year. I am
also to inform you that Capt. Town that told you & Colonel Bedel that
88 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
lie had his men all ready has wholly Failed & taken Sixteen pounds,
that is two months advance pay to himself, as the Hon0 Jonathan
Blanchard will inform you, & a great difficulty on account of Gunns
which I have been obliged to buy many and must more or they will be
obliged to go without, which I should think would by no means do,
although ther was som few gunns there Last Fall, by what I can learn
they Avill be taken up before our men can get to Canada. There is a
Regiment of Canadians Raising in Canada. I find with the money I
can buy about one hundred very good Gunns, which will cost nigh a
Thousand Doll™. I have likewise to inform you that I have purtchased
by Colonel Bedel's order about £70 worth of Medicines for the Regim*.
I have likewise a Bill of Doctor Cranes for medicine that Docr Barker
had of Colonel Bedels Regiment last year, about £20, to pay all which
I shall lay before you & as soon as may be. I am ordered to provide
Two horses and a Slay to carry the Medicines to Canada. I am fur-
ther to Inform you that its impossible ever to march the Company
without some advance pay, cloathing &c. I wish, Gentlemen, I was
master of words sufficient to describe the want of ye men to fix them-
selves for a long & tedious march & to Leave a small matter for the
support of their families while absent. I fully expect I shall want
about Two Thous'1 Dollrs more before the Regiment can be compleated
for Guns &c. Lieuts. Grant and Thurber march't off last week with a
party of 44 belonging to Capt. Grant Everitt's Company; about Forty
more marches to-morrow & about as many more soon. None yet from
Capt. Osgood's Company; all this way to march next week. I shall
be obliged to send down for more money before the whole can com-
pleat their march, unless you think to send me a sum of money by
some safe hand. I can assure you that no man has as yet wanted one
hour for any Business on my part, & I am fully determined they shall
not. I have ben carcfull to keep every thing on my part Ready, noth-
ing shall be wanting that is in my power to provide; all the guns that
was bought I have got them appraised & what Gunns that I have Purt-
chased by them that are good judges of Guns & money answers all
things. If that be wanting the Voyage of consequence must fail.
I am, Gentlemen, your most hum1 serv',
Israel Morey.
P. S. Since I began the Letter Col° Bedel came to Orford and has
wrote you on the affair &c. Major James Richardson or Col" William
Simpson will weight upon you with this Express & weight your orders.
You will please to take notice that the Footing of Doctr Cranes Bill of
medicines last year, is
This year
Doctr Aubury's Bill for medicine,
A case of Capital Instruments will cost 50 Dollars at
Hanover,
Docr Barker's account
Slay & two Dorses at about
Cash taken by Capt. Town
100 Guns will cost about
To be advanced to Col° Bedel
£10:
2:
1
63:
15:
8
8:
10:
15:
0:
14:
8:
6
21:
£144:
16:
3
16:
300:
300:
760:
16:
;;
177G.J JOURNAL 01 THE HOUSE. 89
You will observe that I have not had any money advanced on ac-
count of the above. You will likewise Remember that the Committee
of Safety are impowered to do what is needfull on account of Forward-
ing this Regiment; and further be glad of your opinion of Doe1' Crane's
Bill &c. As I am not a judge of these affairs.
J. MOREY.
The Honble Meshech Weare, Esqr
Chairman of ye Commtu of Safety.
Letter from Col. Timothy Bedel to Committee of Safety.
[State Tap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 16G-7.]
Orford, 8th March, 1776.
Gentlemen —
I have mustered my Men, but don't hear of Capt. Osgood's; part
of 3 companies are inarched and the Recruiting Officers with what
Money was advanced them cannot well make out unless they can be
provided with some on account. I have also been at a great expence
on account of the Indians who have been very sick ; two of them are
dead and sent to Dartmouth College to be Buried and the rest marched
off yesterday in good spirits. If you could advance me 300 pounds I
believe it might be sufficient for to help the officers and the expence
of the Indians which runs high and not yet paid; also am obliged to
Purchase Medicines which are very Dear, also horses to carry the same
and Baggage which takes of Money very fast. I shall proceed to Que-
bec as fast as possibly I can send off my men. The proposal made by
you to the Indians in regard to making them a present was forgot, if it
could be sent should be glad. I shall be waiting the Return of the ex-
press at Orford, where I shall march from, should be glad it might be
directed for me there. You will also receive the opinion of Colo. Mo-
rey at this time in regard to the advancement desired.
Gentlemen, I am gratefully obliged to you for all former favours and
shall study to merit the continuance of them all in my power.
I am, Gentlemen, with the utmost Regard and Esteem your most
Obd1 h'ble Serv4
Timo. Bedel.
R S. There must also be Purchased 100 Fire locks at the least,
otherwise the men can't go.
Voted, That the following Instructions be given to Col°
Gerrish, viz.
To Col0 Henry Gerrish —
[p. 61.] You are desired to proceed to Orford & Deliver letters you
are entrusted with to Col0 Morey and Beede, to Enquire into the reason
of the long delay of Col. Beedels regement from marching and endeav-
our to collect the sense of the People through that part of the Country
as well as those Imediately concerned in fitting them off, what has oc-
casioned the Delay. Also to find what number of men is Inlisted,
what Number marched, and what Number soon to march, with the
90 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Names of the officers commanding the Party's marched & the Com-
panys they belong to, and make return of your doings as soon as may
be to this Court or Committee of Safety, if the Court should not be
setting.
These Instructions were Voted March 12th 1776.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Letter to Col. Bedel.
[State Pap. Revn. Vol. III. p. 176.]
Sir—
We received your letter dated at Orford the 8th inst and as the Court
was sitting took the contents under consideration, and are very sorry
the Enlisting and marching of the men are so much slower than we
were made to expect. As to the expences of the Indians we are told
General Washington undertook and settled with you about that mat-
ter. Any particular Colony's making any considerable present to
them, we think needless, as the Continental Congress have appointed
Commissioners to transact those affairs ; and what is given by them
we must pay our proportion of. As your regiment this year is Raised
for the Continental service, and Imediately under their direction, we
can't think it necessary to carry any thing with you for stores more
than will last you to Canada, as we are well assured by the Continental
Congress, every Requisite will be sent there to supply the army, &
are inform'd they are all gone forward some time past; the wages are
to be paid off there monthly, which we trust will supply the officers
& soldiers necessities. We expect you will march as soon as possible,
to take care of the men gone forward and we wish you all the Prosper-
ity and success the noble cause you are engaged in can merit.
(Copy)
Indorsed — " Copy of a letter to Col.
Bedel, March 18, 1776."
Wednesday, March 13th 1776.
Voted to choose a Committee of Twelve members of this
House to join a Committee of the Honble Board to confer
about officering the Regiment no^w |o be raised & Commis-
sioned for the Defence of this Calony, and that Dr. Dear-
born, MajrTash, Mr. Sherburne, Col°;Gilman, James Betton,
EscfJ^hn Dudley Esqr CoP Evens, J)_eaeon Knowles, Col0
Ba&ger, Dr. Nichols, Matthew Patten Hfcq1' and Deacon Amos
Dakin be the Committee of this Houses for that Purpose, and
are to Nominate to this House Three' persons for Chief
Colonel, out of which one to be appointed, and also to make
report to this house as soon as may be.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 91
Voted, That Capt. Nathaniel Sartel Prentice forthwith
repair tb Cambridge and carry the Letter now prepared to
General Washington, and request of him to return the Pow-
der lent by this Colony for the Continental Army. Sent up
by Dr. Nichols.
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weare to General Washington.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 174.]
Colony of New Hamp8, Exeter, 12th March, 1776.
Sir—
We are favor'd with your Excellency's advices by Mr. Moylan's
Letter of the 9th Instant, and acknowledge ourselves extremely oblig'd
by this early Intilligence of your spirited & interesting operations
against the town of Boston, to wch we heartily wish the utmost success
you can possibly expect. We would also gratefully acknowledge the
goodness of your Intentions, that upon the first discovery and notice
given, that any of the Troops from Boston on leaving that place might
appear on the Coast to attempt a Landing, you wou'd come or send
immediately to our assistance. Our Assembly have very readily deter-
min'd upon the most effectual measures in our power, for the Defence
of the Sea-Coast, and in particular Piscataqua Harbour. But we must
beg leave to remind your Excellency of a matter of the utmost conse-
quence to us: — Our Magazine of Powder being very low, not exceed-
ing twelve Barrels, we are under the necessity of asking ye Return of
the Supply of Powder made by this Colony last Summer for the Conti-
nental Service, and that you wou'd please to order us the like quantity,
or what can possibly be spared for our use. The Supplys we have sent
for to the West Indies &c. and been some time expecting, are not yet
arrived.
In behalf of the Council & Assembly,
I am, very respectfully, your Excellency's
most humble servant,
Meshf.ch Weare,
President of the Council.
To his Excellency General Washington.
Letter from General Washington to Meshech Weare.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 182 ]
Cambridge, March 14, 1776.
Sir—
Your favour of the 12 Instant, I just now received and beg leave to
assure you that the approbation which your Honorable Council are
pleased to express of my conduct respecting the operations against the
town of Boston, affords me the highest Satisfaction.
I am exceedingly sorry that it is not in my power at this time to
comply with your requisition for powder, and to make a return of what
was generously lent for the Continental use; the low state of stock of
that article will not allow me to spare the smallest quantity, But
92 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [177G.
hoping that I may get a further supply before long to enable me to do it.
I shall be much obliged if you will favour me with an account of what
you furnished, tbat it may be repaid as soon as circumstances will ad-
mit of it. I am, sir,
With much respect
y1' most H'ble serv'
G°. Washington.
Letter from Capt. Titus Salter.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 18(3.]
Fort Washington, March 14th, 1776.
Gent.
Agreeable to your Instructions I have posted a Guard on Fort point
at New Castle with orders frequently to go up to the top of the Light
House and Diligently to observe if any ships appear sailing towards
this port, and on Discovery of the same to make me acquainted that I
may transmit it without loss of time to your Honours or the General.
I have previous to your Instructions consulted with Capt. Eliphalet
Daniels and agreed with each other the proper signalls in case of the
approach of the enemy; and on the same acc't each Fort have erected
a Flag Staff and proper signalls to be given which will alarm both
Town & Country in case of any surprise. But shall, Gent., send you
up the speediest dispatch should any enemy appear. Our signalls for
an alarm will first be by Fireing a Four pounder from Capt. Daniels
Fort towards the town and then to be answered by me.
I am, with every Degree of Respect, Gent.
your most H'ble serv1,
Titus Salter.
The IIon'lIe Council & House
of Representatives, at Exeter.
Letter from Gen. John Sullivan.
[State Fap. Rev" Vol. Ill, p. 181.]
Winter Hill, March 14th 1776.
Gentlemen —
I Inclose you a List of the Regiment under Col0 Waldron with the
arrangement of the officers, & desire you to forward the Commissions
as soon as possible. I have the satisfaction to Inform you that Col0
Waldron's was the first compleat Regiment on the Spot, is by far the
largest & best that came from either Colony; his Excellency consented
to keeping the nine companies rather than break them. They are
allowed by all who do duty with them to be excellent officers, and
soldiers always willing to do their duty with the utmost cheerfulness;
they are quiet, peaceable and obed1, and though much fault was found
Avitli my proceedings in selecting the officers, I must now take the lib-
erty of boasting of my judgment in the choice & can call the whole
Brigade to witness in my favour. I hope gentlemen the cruel and un-
generous Reflections upon my conduct thrown out by some persons
1776.]
JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE.
93
among you did not proceed from that envious disposition which too
often proves the destruction of an Infant state strugling for freedom.
I sincerely wish that those zealots who thought I had taken too much
upon myself, had exerted themselves to fill up the Canada Regiment
with as many good men as I have got in this, & not have left us to
lament the want of assistance to our distressed friends in Canada, and
to view with concern a Regiment not half compleated which oughl to
have marched three weeks ago. I am now ordered to march for New
York in a few days; those persons will then have no more fear of the
destruction of their Liberties from a person who has spent more money,
undergone more Fatigue and oftener Risqued his life than any other
person in your Province, & all this to secure that freedom which these
Gentlemen would perswade the world I am endeavouring to destroy.
Gentlemen, I wish your Colony all possible happiness & would do every
thing in the power of man to secure its Freedom & even feel a Dispo-
sition to serve those few Inveterate foes of mine that yet remain among
you & convince them that no person would do more in the cause of
Freedom than your most obed1 serv'
Jn° Sullivan.
Hon1'10 Committee of Safety.
Officers in Col. John Waldron* s Regiment.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 142.]
Colonel, John Waldron.
Lt. Colonel, Alpheus Chesley. Major, Peter Coffin.
John Allen,
John Drew,
Richard Sinclair.
Benja Stone,
Paul Nute,
Robert Perley,
Jonathan Gage,
Timothy Roberts,
Paul Harford,
CAPTAINS.
Simon Marston,
John Layn,
Ezekiel Goodale,
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
Ezekiel Belknap,
Peter Sanborn,
John Gile,
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
Stephen Bartlett,
Zebulon Edgerly,
James Cockrain,
James Sinclair,
Benja Fulsome.
Joseph Cutten ?
Will1" Harpun,
Joshua Woodman.
George Waldron,
Moses Bannard,
Nicholas Medar.
ENSIGNS.
Tho3 Spofford, James Robinson, Thaddius Mason,
Dodivah Garland, Josiah Moody, Stephen Tufts,
Porter Gilman, John Nealy, Abraham Andross.
Chaplain, Surgeons Mate, Francis Hodgkins.
Adjutant, George Waldron. Quarter Master, Will1" Horn.
Surgeon, Sam1 AViggleworth. Sarjeant major, Simon Torr.
A Return of the Field and other officers in the Reg1 commanded by
9-1 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIEE. [1776.
Col0 John Waldron Stationed at Temple's farm in Brigadier Gen1 Sul-
livan's Brigade in the Continental Army. (1)
March 6°' 1776.
Pr order of ye Col°.
George Waldron, Adjutant.
Toted, That a Committee be chosen to join a Committee
from the Honble Board to conf err upon the Expediency of
making- Copper Coin, and make report to this House, and
that Capt. Pierce Long, Jonathan Lovewell, Esq1' & Deacon
Nalium Baldwin be Committee for the above mentioned pur-
pose. Sent up by Deacon Baldwin. [Concurred — Messrs.
Claggett and Giles added.]
The Committee of both Houses appointed to confer upon
the Expediency of making Copper Coin made report as fol-
lows, viz.
That they find it Expedient to make Copper Coin for the benefit of
small change, and as the Continental & other bills are so Large, That
William Moulton be Iinpowered to make so many as may amount to
one hundred pounds weight, subject when made to the Inspection &
Direction of the General Assembly, before circulation — Also we recom-
mend that one hundred and eight of said Coppers be equal to one
Spanish mill'd Dollar, That the said coin be of Pure Copper and equal
in weight to English half-pence, and bear such Device thereon as the
General Assembly may approve.
Wyseman Claggett, Chairman.
Adjourned to half-past 2 o'clock.
P. M.
Voted That Col0 March, Major Downing, and Mr. Speaker
have leave to go home.
Adjd till 8 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Thursday. March 14th, 1776.
Voted, That the following Persons be appointed to their
respective offices in the Regiment now to be raised for the
Defence of this Colony, viz. David Gilman Esq1' Colonel,
Hercules Mooney Esq1' Major, Nathan Brown of Poplin, John
Calfe of Hampstead, Caleb Hodgsdon of Dover, and Timo-
thy Clements of Hopkinton, Captains : William Cooper of
Southampton, James Aiken of Londonderry, Abraham Per-
kins of Sanbornton & Nathaniel Fifield of Weare, Lieuten-
ants. Ebenezer Perry of Wilton, Meshech Bell of New
Castle, Thomas Gordon of Raymond and William Stillson
(1) Compare Potter's Mil. Hist. Adj. Gen. Report, 1866, Vol. II. p. 364.— Ed.
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 95
of Summersworth, Ensigns. [Concurred, with the excep-
tion that Tobias Leighton be an Ensign in the room of Wil-
liam Stillson, which was approved by the House]
Voted, Thai Col0 Henry Gerrish be and hereby is ap-
pointed to repair to Orford and Deliver the Letters prepared
by this Court to Col" Beedle & Col0 Morey and to return
hack am! make report to this House or to the Committee of
Safety as soon as may be, agreeable to Instructions to he
given by the Council & house of Representatives; also,
[p. 63.] Voted That Col0 Walker, Mr. Lovewell & Mr.
Brainard be a Committee of this house to join a Committee
of the Hon1'1- Board to prepare Instructions for said Gerrish,
& lay the same before this house as soon as may be. Sent
up by John McClary Esq.
Voted, That a Committee be chosen to join a Committee
of the Honble Board to confer upon the Expediency of join-
ing with the Massachusetts Colony in granting a Bounty
unto the Privateers belonging to this & the Mass. Colony,
that may take any of our Enemies Ships of Warr upon this
coast and that Capt. Long, Mr. John Bell and Major Tash be
a Committee for the above mentioned purpose and make
report to this house.
Voted, That Mr. Cutis, Col0 Evens & Capt. Long he a
Committee of this house to join a Committee of the Honble
Board to confer on the Expediency of Commissioning the
officers of an Independent Company at Portsmouth, and to
make report thereon to this house as soon as may he.
Voted, That Sam1 Dudley Esq1' James Betton Esq1' Mr.
Sherburne, Mr. Knowles & Maj1' Mooney be a Comtce of this
house to join a Comtee of the Honble Board to hear the mat-
ters of accusation laid against Joseph Kimball Esq1' & Wil-
liam Kimball by the Committee of Safety of Henneker, and
to make report to this house as soon as may he. Sent up bv
Poet1' Nichols, [Concurred— Mr. Clagett, Mr. Giles & Mr.
Hurd added. The aforenamed " persons suspected of be-
ing enemies to American liberty."]
[p. 64.] The Committee of both Houses appointed to hear
the matters of Accusation laid against Joseph Kimball Esq1'
& William Kimball by the Committee of Safety of Henneker,
made report as follows, viz.
That the Complaint so far as it relates to Joseph Kimball be Dis-
mist and that William Kimball be cited to appear and answer.
(Signed) Wyseman Clagett, Chairman.
96 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Which Report being read.
Voted That the same be receiv'd & filed.
Voted, That the Form of a Proclamation for a Publick
Fast throughout this Colony, now read in the House, be forth-
with Printed and Dispersed throughout this Colony. (1)
[p. 65.] Voted, That Mr. Lovewell, Capt. Moulton, David
Oilman Esq1' John Dudley Esq1' and James Betton Esq1' be a
Committee of this House to join a Committee of the Honble
Board to Examin into the Matters of Dispute between Col0
Sam1 Hobart Paymaster of the Troops of this Colony, and
Col0 John Stark & others, and to make report to this house
as soon as may be. (2) Sent up by Capt. Wilson.
Upon reading the Petitions of a number of the Inhabitants
of Newmarket against Lt. Coll0 Jeremiah Folsom (Before
the Council & House) and the Parties being heard thereon,
The house adjourned till tomorrow morning 8 o'clock.
Saturday, March 16th, 1776.
The house resumed the Consideration of the Petitions of
the Inhabitants of Newmarket against Lieut. Col0 Folsom &
after Conference on the same
Voted to choose a Committee of this House to join a Com-
mittee of the honble Board to advise with the said Lieut. Col0
Folsom and the Petitioners, and to propose to this house a
method of reconciliation between the Petitioners & said
Folsom ; and that Jonathan Lovewell Esq1', Matthew Patten
Esqr & Capt. Josiah Moulton be a Committee of this house
for that purpose. Sent up by Mr. Clough. [Concurred.
Messrs. Thornton, AVentworth & Giles added.]
Voted, That the officers and soldiers of the regiment now
to be raised for the Defence of this Colony, upon their being
mustered receive Each one month's advance wages, and that
there be a muster-master & paymaster appointed in each
county where they are to be raised, to take the money out of
the Treasury and pay them, — and that Nicholas Oilman Esqr
(receiver General) for the County of Rockingham, Deacon
Nahnm Baldwin for the County of Hillsborough, and Col0
Otis Baker for the County of Strafford be muster-masters
and paymasters to the said Regiment ; and that Capt. Peircc
(1) This Proclamation has not been found.— Ed.
(2) See ante— p. 57.
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Long, Capt. Josiali Moulton & Col0 Timothy Walker be a
Committee of this House to join a Committee of the Honble
Board to Commission & lit out said Regiment. Sent up by
Capt. Wilson. [Concurred, & Col0 Folsom & Mr. Clagetl
added.]
[p. 66.] Sundry Petitions of the officers and soldiers of the
Sixth Regiment in this Colony against their Field officers,
being read. Voted that the said Field officers be cited to ap-
pear before tins house, on the Second Tuesday of the Next
Session of this house that they may shew cause if any they
have why the prayer of the said Petitions may not be
granted.
Voted To choose a Committee to conferr with a Commit-
tee from the Honble Board respecting the Expediency of Pur-
chasing a Quantity of firewood for the use of the Fortresses
at Piscataqua Harbour & make report thereon, and that John
Dudley, Jonathan Lovewell & Samuel Cutts Esq1' be the
Committee for that purpose. Sent up by Majr Barker.
Voted That James McCluer be appointed Adjutant of the
Regiment now to be raised for the Defence of this Colony.
Voted, That George Gains Esq1' Quarter master of our
Troops be Directed to Purchase one hundred Cords of Fire-
Wood for the use of the Troops at Piscataqua, and that he
receive out of the Treasury for that end Fifty pounds to be
by him accounted for, and that the President of the Council
give order on the Treasurer for payment thereof. Sent up
by Capt. Long. [Concurred — Col0 Folsom & Mr. Clagett
added.]
Adjourned to meet Monday at 3 o'clock P. M.
Monday, March 18th, 1776.
An Act for the relief of Idiots and Distracted persons
having been read a third time,
Voted That it pass to be Enacted. Sent up by Capt. Long,
[p. 67.] Voted That the officers & soldiers of the Regi-
ment now to be raised for the Defence of this Colony, have
the same wages as the Troops Employ' d in this Colony the
last year had, and also two dollars to each non-commissioned
officer & soldier for finding themselves a Blanket. Sent up
by Capt. Long. [Concurred.] Adjourned.
7
98 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Tuesday March 19th, 1776.
Yoted, That Noah Emery Jun1' be and hereby is appointed
forthwith to repair to the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay,
and request of the Honble Benjamin Greenleaf Esq1' at New-
bury Port, the Honblj Timothy Pickering Esq1' at Salem, or
any other Gentleman furnished therewith, to Favour this
Colony with copies of the Acts of the Colony of the Massa-
chusetts Bay lately made relative to the seizing & condemn-
ing Vessells infesting our Sea-Coasts; also Copies of the
Commissions given to Judges and Registers of the Admi-
ralty.
Voted, That a Committee of Five members of this House
be chosen to join a Committee of the HonUe Board to confer
together about the Bounty & Price of Salt-Petrc, and all
other matters relating thereto, and make report to this house
as soon as may be ; and that Mr. Cutts, Mr. Lovewell, Capt.
Prentice, Deacon Knowles & Mi-. Emerson be the Committee
of this house for that purpose. Sent up by Mr. Cutts.
[Concurred — Gen1 Folsom, Col0 Hurd & Secy joined.]
Which Committee being joined by the Committee of the
Hon1,le Board made report,
That three shillings & six pence per pound be the stated price of
Salt-Petre, and that the bountys heretofore promised be paid in addi-
tion thereto : These Regulations to continue no longer than the time
limited for the Bounty. That a Committee be appointed, well skill'd
in Chymistry to receive all Genuine Salt-Petre and give the owner a
Certificate of such reception Directed to the Treasurer of this Colony,
who shall be Directed to pay for the same agreeable to the above Price
and Bountys — That a Committee be appointed to get a Powder Mill
erected on the best Terms they can, and as soon as Possible, within
the limits of the Town of Exeter.
(Signed) Nath1 Folsom, Chairman.
Which report being read,
Yoted, That the same be receiv'd & filed, and
Voted, That Doct. Josiah Gilman of this Town be and is
hereby appointed to receive, Examin & Store what Salt-Petre
may be bro't in and his Certificate shall Impowcr the receiver
General to pay therefor agreeable to the resolve of the Gen-
eral Assembly.
[p. OS.] Voted, That Capt. Harriman, Majr Kelley & Capt.
Moore be a Committee to join a Committee of the Honble
Board to Examine into the Petition of a Number of the
Inhabitants of Derryficld concerning Preserving Alewives in
Great Cohas Brook, and to prepare an Act or Resolve of
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 99
this House concerning the same, and make Report to this
house as soon as may be. Sent up by Dr. Nichols. [Con-
curred— Col0 Hurd, Mr. Blanchard & Mr. Giles added.]
Letter from Col. John Gf-offe, relating to Fish.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 190.]
Colony of ] To the Honblc the Council and house of
New Hampshire, j Representatives for said Colony.
I heartily thank your Honours that whereas I am owner of mills on
Great Cohass Brook in Derryfield you was so good as to Notify me
that there was to be a hearing upon a Petition signed by the biggest
part of the Inhabitants of said town to open a way for the Elwives to
pass up to the pond on the head of said Brook to Lfave their species,
by which means I apprehend that sort of Fish would Increase abun-
dantly, for I believe for near twenty years there was not a fish went up
and I thought they had left the Brook intirely, but upon a Sabbath
day two years ago, Great numbers appear'd in the Brook, when though
on the Sabbath, I ordered my Dam to be pull'd down sufficient to let
the fish go up freely, and they that owned the mills above being imme-
diately notified opened, and last year they Increased abundantly; and
had not people have fished in spite of all I could say to them, they
might have pass'd up; but fish they would, and beat back many into
Merrimack, when I nor none of my Family caught any. Upon the
whole I count what is asked in the petition in the main would be of
publick service; but I think if all fishing were prohibited for at least
one year it would be a means of Great Increase, for it is a free passage
that encourages them. I pray that if the Honble Court should make a
Law to Regulate said Fishery, that instead of immediately clearing
away all Incumbrances, it may be said, that as soon as the fish appear
in the mouth of the Brook that a free passage immediately be made
through all the Dams on said Brook ; but I think if the Dams were
pulled down the Damage would be greater to the publick than the fish
would be Benefit as there can be no grinding.
I am \. ith the greatest Regard your Honours
Humble Servant
John Goffe.
Derryfield, March ye 16th, 1776.
The Petition of Doctr Hall Jackson being read and con-
sidered, Voted, That Dr. Moses Nichols, Dr. Levi Dearborn
& Col0 David Gilmau be a Committee of this house to join a
Committee of the Honble Board to examine into the subject
matter of the Petition and make report thereon to this house
as soon as may be. Sent up by Dr. Nichols. [Concurred —
Messrs. Giles, Clagett & Blanchard joined.]
100 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Memorial and Petition of Doct. Hall Jackson.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 206.]
To the HonMe President, Council & Representatives of the Colony of
New Hampshire, at Exeter convened:
The Memorial and Petition of Hall Jackson of Portsmouth, surgeon,
humbly sheweth:
That after the Battle of Bunker's Hill he was perswaded by the
Committee at Portsmouth and others to give his assistance to the
wounded Troops of this Colony with a full assurance that he should be
faithfully and honorably paid therefor: That he was afterwards pre-
vailed upon by the united requests of the officers to tarry at Head
Quarters during the Campaign: That in consequence of a Petition to
the late Congress of this Colony, they granted him fifteen pounds pr
month for six weeks of the time only ; and that he might obtain some
compensation from the Continental Congress for the remaining part of
his services; they also gave him a Commission to be Surgeon General
of the Troops raised by this Colony for the defence of America.
Being disappointed in his expectations from the Continental Con-
gress, and hearing that an attack was expected at Piscatiqua he re-
turn'd home: That in a few days after his return, the Troops raised
for the defence of the Colony came down and General Sullivan also
arrived. The Enemy being houi'ly expected, and no surgeon appointed,
and no apparatus prepared in case any number should be wounded,
notwithstanding there was then more than 800 Troops raised. That
he received an order from General Sullivan to take the Medical charge
of said Troops, and accordingly prepared every article necessary in
case of an attack. That he never entertained the least suspicion but
that General Sullivan's authority was undeniable: That in ten Days
after your Petitioners appointment Col. Wingate returned your Peti-
tioner to the Congress as Surgeon to the said Troops : That your
Petitioner also returned to the said Congress lists of all the sick, by
him attested as Surgeon of the said Troops, and that as all your Peti-
tioners orders and Certificates as Surgeon of the said Troops, were
duly honored and as no Person was appointed to supersede him, he
could not but think that the late Congress and the present honble Court
acquiesced in his appointment.
That in ten days after the Troops came down they became so sickly
that your Petitioner could not himself attend them all, as they were
dispersed at Peirce's Island, Seavey's Island, New Castle and Ports-
mouth, the days very short, and the weather very cold, that he was
obliged to engage Dr. Clement March, jun. and his Father Doctor
Clement Jackson to assist him : That on the 27Ih Day of December
Col. AVingate's Regiment was discharged, and left sick in the Hospital
at Portsmouth, ten; in private Houses, five; at Seavey's Island, three;
at New Castle, three; at Rye, two, besides those belonging to the
Forts and Artillery Company : That your Petitioner attended them
untill the 23d day of January when he himself was seized with the
same Fever that prevail'd amongst the Troops : That during his
sickness they were faithfully attended by his Father Doctor Clement
Jackson :
That your Petitioner has actually been in the service of his Country
177C.J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 101
for seven months and done no other Business, for all which he has
never received a single farthing: That his private Practice amounted
annually to £350 lawful money, and was he to be paid for what he has
done during the said time for the Troops, as private Practice, it would
amount to double the sum: That if the Honble Court should agree
that because there was some deficiency in the mode of his appointment
that he ought not to receive any thing, his Family must be greatly
distressed, as he has no way to provide for them but by his Practice.
He humbly begs that the IIonble Court would take the matter in
consideration, and graut such relief as they shall judge in their wisdom
just and equitable.
Hall Jackson.
Exeter, March 19th, 1776.
Certificates.
This may certify that during the time that Col0 Wingates Regiment
was stationed at Piscataqua, that a considerable number of officers
and men were sick, and that when the Regiment Avas discharged a
number of sick were left: that Doctor Hall Jackson diligently attended
them in the different departments at Portsmouth, Pierce's Island,
Seavey's Island, and New Castle.
James Hackett, Major of said Reg'.
Portsmouth, March 19th, 1776.
This may certify that during my Command of the Artillery Company
many of my men were sick, that they were faithfully attended by
Doctor Hall Jackson. Geo. Turner.
Portsm0 March 19th, 1776.
This may certify that a considerable number of the soldiers belong-
ing to Fort Washington have been sick, that they have all been faith-
fully attended by Doctor Hall Jackson, aud his Father, Doctor Clement
Jackson, Esqr.
Given under my hand at Fort Washington, this 18th March, 1776.
Titus Salter.
This may certify that many of the soldiers under my command at
Fort Sullivan have been sick, and that they have been taken care of by
Doctor Hall Jackson, and during his sickness by his Father, Doctor
Clement Jackson. Eliphalet Daniell.
Fort Sullivan, March 18th, 1776.
The Committee of both Houses appointed to Endeavour a
reconciliation between Lieut. Col° Jeremiah Folsom and the
Newmarket Petitioners, Report :
That as Col0 Folsom was not able to attend the Committee in per-
son, it is out of their power to Effect a reconciliation, and therefore
advise, That for the sake of the Peace, Union and Good order of that
102 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
part of the Regiment, He, the said Lieut. Col0 Folsom, Resign his
Commission — all which is humbly submitted in the Name & pr order
of the Committee. (Signed) Jonathan Blanchard, Chairman.
Exeter, March 19th, 1776.
Which Report being read & considered,
Voted That the same be received, and that the Secretary
send a copy of the same and of this Vote to the said Lieut.
Col0 Folsom, that he may Give his answer to this house as
soon as may be. Sent up by Dr. Nichols.
Resolved, That if any Person or Persons in any County
within this Colony, who have held or pretend to hold any
office or offices under the former administration, and not
being confirmed by the present Council & Assembly, having
in his or their custody any Books, records, Papers & Files,
shall Deliver up the same to any new officer or officers
appointed in his or their room & stead (by the Council &
Assembly) upon Demand ; and upon refusal the Sheriff of
[p. 69.] the County where such Recusant dwells is hereby
authorized & required to Demand of him or them such
Books, papers, records & files; and upon Non-compliance to
commit such Recusant to his County Goal, there to remain
untill further order of the General Assembly — A Copy of
the vote of the said Assembly attested, to be full Evidence
of the appointment of such new officer or officers.
The Committee appointed to lay Capt. Eliphalet Ladd
under proper restrictions &c, made the following Report,
viz :
Provided this Honble Court think it adviseable to give Capt. Ladd
permission to Prosecute a voyage to the West Indias in a private ca-
pacity, we are of opinion that it is absolutely Necessary he should be
laid under the following restrictions, viz :
1st That he shall Exert himself to the utmost of his Power to Pro-
cure Powder, Arms, Salt-Petre, Sulphur & German Steel.
2d That he shall proceed to no other ports but those that are For-
eign, Beginning at St. Lucia and Ending at Hispaniola.
3d That if he will agree to comply with the first request, lie may be
permitted to load on board such produce as is not forbid by the Con-
tinental Congress, giving this Court or a Committee appointed by
them sufficient bonds for his Performing the abovesd Voyage.
4th That he shall not be permitted to purchase with the Net proceeds
of his Cargo, any of the Produce of the West Indies, If Powder, Arms,
Salt-petre. Sulphur & Steel can be had at any of the ports aforesaid;
but if at the first, second or third Island, he cannot sell his Cargo, and
those articles can be had thei-e and at no other port, he must Proceed
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 103
from the Island he may sell at after he has received his Cash & pur-
chase the same — he must leave no stone unturn'd to accomplish this
End — and when Performed he must proceed home here and give the
refuse of the same to this Colony.
(Signed) Pierce Long,
Joseph Wait,
Ichabod Rollins.
Which Report being read and considered,
Voted That the same he received, and that Capt. Long,
Mr. Rollins & Mr. Cutts he a Committee of this house to
join a Committee of the Honble Board to take proper security
of Capt. Eliphalet Ladd for his proceeding on the voyage
mentioned in the above report under the second Restrictions
therein mentioned. Sent up by Mr. Sherburne.
[p. 70.] Colony of New Hampshire:
By the Council and Assembly
A Proclamation.
Whereas the Congress of this Colony Have, agreeable to a Recom-
mendation from the Honble Continental Congress, Resolved and
Formed themselves upon a Plan of Government by a Council & House
of Representatives, Which Plan has been Published & Dispersed
through the Colony, and is to be in force Daring the present Dispute
with Great Britain Unless otherwise advised by the Continental Congress,
Conformable to which said Plan of Government the Council & Assem-
bly have chosen & Appointed the proper Officers for the Administra-
tion of Justice in the several Counties, who are to be Sworn to the
faithfull Discharge of their several Trusts: — It is therefore expected,
That no person or persons claim or exercise any Civil Authority but
such as are or may be appointed as aforesaid, on the Penalty of being
Deemed Inimical to their country : Provided Nevertheless, and this
Proclamation is Intended, Not to Interfere with the Power of the
Necessary Committees of Safety chosen in the several Towns through
the Colony by virtue & in consequence of any Recommendation or
Resolves of the Continental Congress, Whereof all Persons concerned
are to take due Notice & govern themselves accordingly. And at the
same time it is earnestly recommended That in this Distressing day of
Public Calamity, when our Enemies are Watching all opportunity^ to
ensnare and Divide us, Every one would Strive to prevent, and, if pos-
sible, to Quell all appearance of Party Spirit, to cultivate and promote
Peace, Union and good order and by all means in their Power to Dis-
courage Prophaneness, Immorality & Injustice.
God save the People.
Voted That this Proclamation be Transcribed, Printed &
Published Throughout this Colony. Sent up by Mr. Clough.
Adjourned till to morrow morning 8 o'clock.
104 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Letter from Capt. James Osgood.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 191.]
Orford, March 19th, 1776.
Gentlemen —
I have been informed by two Gentlemen belonging to the Court that
a certain Gentleman of the House declared he was informed I had only
inlisted 5 men, 4 of which had deserted. The affair must be wrong,
construed with an intent to hurt the character of a Person unworthy
of the same, and who does not deserve such Treatment. I have with
me at least 60 good Men. Boys I scorn to engage, tho' I might have
had a number of them, and I am pretty certain most Capts have had
very bad luck in raising their men by reason of other officers engaging
Men to Inlist for Portsmouth by offering them great advantages in
respect to furloughs, which they possibly could not have by going to
Canada, which of course has been a great Damage to our Parties. I
have had a great number Deserted after paying them the Bounty and
part of advance pay to support their families & have sent to the Com-
mittees to apprehend them, but have not Recd any answer. A Capt. of
a Company of the Militia in Hennica, which can be proved in Concord,
told one of my men that if he would go to head Quarters only for 2
months he would clear him from going to Canada. We are all in good
spirits tho' we meet with such difficulties, and shall march tomorrow
with what I have got, and shall have the remainder very soon.
Am Gentlemen,
Your most obd1 hble serv',
James Osgood.
The HonWe Meshech Weare, Esqr
Chairman of the Committee, Exeter.
Letter from Col. Bedel.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 200.]
Orford, 19th March, 1776.
Gentlemen —
Your Letter of the 13th inst. I received by Col0 Gerrish, wherein you
mention the Marching and Inlisting of my Men goes on much slower
than you expected. The Reasons 1 can give : In the first place the
Inlisting Parties about here, some for Cambridge, some for Canada,
were inlisting only for three months, and gave the same Bounty and
advance as those I inlist for a year. In regard to the expence of the
Indians I did not ask for any money to be given, but by their sickness
the money fell short, so I only wanted the money to be lent till I could
settle the affair and remit it back. In regard to stores I have not
asked for any thing but medicines and something to help them along,
as I don't think it prudent to send Troops at such a distance without,
and the medicines would then be of use to the Continent, as I am cer-
tain they were very scarce last year in Canada, and suppose they are
so now. Tho' the wages are to be paid monthly the men are under a
necessity to leave something for the support of their families, as the
distance being so great they have not an opportunity of sending any
thing home only at some particular time; and the army being chiefly
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 105
made up with People who are not under circumstances to support tlieir
Families while gone, therefore should have something to leave them.
You also mention you expect I will march as soon as possible. That I
should absolutely have done without any such Directions. My orders
from the Continental Congress and (Jen1 Washington was to apply to
you for any necessary I might want, where they both mention you are
to furnish me with the same suitable for my march, but not one word
mentioned about my applying to you for orders to march or how I
sho'd conduct in the affair, so if 1 apply'd for any thing of that kind,
as the copy of my letter which 1 have does not mention (tho' there
might be a mistake in the copying) I did not mean any such thing.
When I was at Exeter there were two gentlemen, one by the name of
Town and the other by the name of Peabody; the Committee sent
them to me for orders to raise a company, which I did by your desire,
tho' the Gentlemen I was never acquainted with, but I supposed they
would have raised their men, but never heard from them till several
Companies had marched, then had to send an Express to Amherst to
them and found they had not raised one man, so had a Company to
raise after all disappointments; if they had raised their men I sh'd
have had my Reg1 full by the time. I have six Companies marched
and full excepting four or five men; the Seventh Company is now on
their march; they are here and will proceed to-day: The Eighth Com-
pany with Two officers and about 50 men are marched And two more
Officers are now recruiting. I have heard they have got their men but
not yet mustered. Capt. Osgood's Company is here but not full; there
is about 60 mustered, which he will march with; we are not able to
compleat them with arms but could purchase them if we had money,
and this is the only party I ever had to march without arms & money.
I have never rec'd any money only a little parcl at Exeter for our use
at Canada, but shall march with the greatest chearfulness and do the
best in my Power for the good of the service, as I am certain the cause
we are upon is right and just, tho' we may suffer for want of proper
supplies.
I am, Gentlemen, your most obl
hhb1 servant,
Tim0 Bedel.
Meshech TVeare, Esq.
Letter from TJiomas Johnson.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 204.]
Newbury, March 20, 1776.
Sir—
I am sorry to Inform you of the Backwardness of the New hampshire
forces Destined to Quebeck, the Reg1 not near full nor gone, but there
are some Reasons, one is that no officers were alowed on York side,
nor any body even to advise. Mr. Morey left a Letter for Col0 Beedle
at Exeter informing that Mr. Johnson could not be an officer as he
said no officer could be alowed in another Colony, and has given out
since that he had a right to Inlist all ye soldiers in another Colony but
no officer might be alowed. On the whole I am sorry that New hamp-
shire are so Backward, am afraid the Lakes will be Brok before they
Cros it.
106 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
It is really strange that Philadelphia Troops can be Raised and in
Canada before your Troops when we are not more than 100 miles from
Montreal.
I have taken the freedom to tell you the true state of the case as
you are one of the Comittee and a friend to Cause.
From your friend
and Humble servant,
Thomas Johnson.
To Nathaniel Folsom, Esq.
Wednesday, March 20tb, 1776.
Met according to adjournment.
Voted That John Dudley Esq1 Timothy Walker Esqr &
Capt Long be a Committee of this House to join a Commit-
tee of the Honble Board to confer together on the account of
Ezekiel Worthen jun's Wages, and make report thereon as
soon as may be. Sent up by Col0 Walker. [Concurred —
& the Secretary, Gen1 Folsom <fe Mr. Blanchard added.]
[p. 71.] Voted, That Major Tash, Doct1- Dearborn & Mr.
Jacob Abbot be & hereby are chosen a Committee to join
with a Committee from the Honble Board respecting a Peti-
tion from Marlow, Stoddard and Cambden (1), and make
report thereon to this House. Sent up by Dr. Nichols.
[Concurred. Messrs. Clagett, Giles and Hurd added.]
Voted That Mr. John Smith of Durham be and hereby is
appointed to sign the bills of Credit of this Colony now at
the Treasury, in the room and stead of Mr. Joseph Gilman,
who prays to be excused. Sent up by Mr. Lovewell. [Con-
curred.]
Voted, That each Captain in the Regiment Now to be
raised for the Defence of this Colony, receive out of the
Treasury Forty three pounds & four shillings for their non-
commissioned officers & soldiers Blanket money, and that
Each of said Captains give Bond with surety to the Treas-
urer to account for the same, and that the President of the
Council give order for payment accordingly. Sent up by
Capt. Calfe. [Concurred.]
Upon hearing <fe considering the Petition of Leonard
Whiting, Benjamin Whiting, Samuel Cummings & Thomas
Cummings, all of Hollis, against the Committees of Safety
for the Towns of Holies, Dunstable, Merrimac & Litchfield,
as on file, which being read & argued by Counsel before both
Houses in the Town house in Exeter,
(1) Now Washington.— Ed.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 107
Voted That the furl hoi- consideration thereof be post-
poned nntill the second Tuesday of the next sit ling' of this
house in order that the full Evidence on both parties may be
procured and brought in.
[p. 72.] Resolved, That if any person or Persons in cither
County within this Colony who have held or pretend to hold
any office or offices under the former Administration, or any
authority whatever, and not being confirmed by the Present
Council & Assembly, Still Detain in his or their Custody,
any Books, records, papers & files, should refuse to Deliver
up the same on Demand, to the new officer or officers ap-
pointed in his or their room or stead by the Council and
Assembly, Upon such refusal the Sheriff of the County
where such Delinquent Dwells is hereby authorised & re-
quired to Demand of him or them such Books, Papers,
Records & Files, and upon a non-compliance with said
Sheriffs Demand, he the said sheriff shall take said Delin-
quent before either of the Justices of the County, who upon
Examination of the matter, unless the said offender shall
give sufficient reasons for his non-compliance, shall have full
power to committ him the offender to the County Goal,
there to remain untill he comply with this Direction, and
pay cost of commitment, or untill further order of the Gen-
eral Assembly. A copy of the vote of said General Assem-
bly attested, to be full Evidence of the appointment of such
officer or officers. Sent up by Mr. Clough.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Thursday, March 21st, 1776.
Voted That Mr. Samuel Hutchins of Portsmouth be
Lieutenant of the Artillery Company there in the room &
stead of John Marden, lately appointed by this house, who
is otherwise engaged. Sent up by Mr. Sherburne. [Con-
curred.]
Voted to choose a Committee of three members of this
House to join a Committee of the Honble Board to agree with
some suitable person to Build a Powder Mill in this Colony,
and that Maj1' Philbrick, Majr Barker and Samuel Dudley,
Esq1' be a committee of this House for that Purpose. Sent
up by Maj1' Philbrick. [Concurred — Mr. Weare & Mr. Fol-
som added.]
The Committee of both Houses on the Petition of Marlow,
Stoddard & Campden, made report
108 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
That upon mature consideration of the said Petition, they are of
opinion (the prayer thereof being to resolve whether there be a curve
line or not, & to determine the Jurisdiction of the Grant of Marlow)
It is out of the Power of the Committee, or General Assembly to De-
termine those Disputes at present, or is Improper now to be brought
under their consideration, and therefore they ought not to meddle in
the matter — had the prayer of the Petition been for the advice only,
[p. 73.] of the General Assembly, the Committee think it advisable
that each person within the Disputed Lines Pay Taxes to the respect-
ive Towns or Charters they settled under.
(Signed) J. Hurd, Chairman.
Which Report being read and considered,
Voted, That the same be receiv'd and Entered as the
sense of this house.
Voted, That Major James Hackett be appointed Muster-
master of the Troops now raised and to be raised for the
Defence of this Colony. Sent up by Mr. Clough. [Con-
curred.]
Voted, That George Jerry Osborn be Lieutenant of the
Matross Company commanded by Capt. Salter, in the room
& stead of Thomas Pickering who has resigned. Sent up
by Mr. Clough. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Samuel Sherburne, Esqr be commissioned as
Captain of an Independent Company of Cadetts at Ports-
mouth, and that he Rank as Colonel. That he have three
subaltern officers for said Company under him to be com-
missioned by the Council & Assembly ; The Company not to
exceed Forty-Eight rank <fe file; That they be under the
Direction and Command of the general officer of the Colony,
and not to be obliged to march or do Duty more than Ten
miles out of the Town of Portsmouth, and that the Lieuten-
ant of said Company Rank as Lieutenant-Colonel, the Second
Lieutenant as Major, and the Ensign as Captain. Sent up
by Dr. Nichols.
Adjourned to half-past 2 o'clock.
P. M.
[p. 74.] Voted, That Col0 Walker, John Dudley Esq1 &
Capt. Prentice be a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Council, and make report as soon as
may be, What business is most Necessary to be transacted
before the adjournment of the Council <fc House, and also
what time to adjourn from & to. Sent up by Col0 Walker.
[Concurred.]
Which Committee being joined by a Committee of the
Honble Council, made report, viz. :
1770.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 109
That a Committee of Safety be appointed to act in the recess of the
Court: That the regulations about Salt-petre be finished & Directions
about a Powder-mill: That a Committee of three be appointed (in the
recess of the Court) to draw out & Present to the Court at their next
Session for their approbation a Table of Fees for a reward to the sev-
eral officers of Government for their services: That the Court be ad-
journed on Saturday next to the first Wednesday in June next, giving
the President of Council and Speaker of the House Power to call the
Court together in ease of Necessity in their opinion.
(Signed) Nath1 Folsom, Chairman.
Voted to choose a Committee of three members of this
house to join a Committee of the Honble Board to confer
together upon a Petition of sundry Committees of Safety, &
Correspondence concerning the prices of goods & the Neces-
sary* of Life &c. being raised to exorbitant prices since (lie
Continental Association, and to make report thereon to this
house as soon as may be, and that Capt. Burnett, Deacon
Baldwin, & Capt. Moulton be the Committee of this house
for that purpose. Sent up by Mr. dough. [Concurred —
Messrs. Blanchard, Hurd & Giles added.]
Voted that the stated price of Salt-petre in this Colony be
three shillings & six pence per pound, Exclusive of the
Bounties heretofore Voted, untill the Eighth day of June
next ; That Doct1' Josiah Gilman of Exeter be and is hereby
appointed to Inspect, receive & Store whatever Salt-petre
made within this Colony may be bro't to him within the
time aforesaid, and that his Certificate (of what quantity he
receives) to the Treasurer shall Impower him to pay the prices
& bountys aforesaid to such persons as produce the same,
agreeable to the votes of the assembly. Sent up by Deacon
Baldwin.
Adjourned till to-morrow, 8 o'clock.
Friday, March 22d, 17T6.
The Committee appointed by both houses to confer about
Instructions for the Commissary who shall deliver out Provi-
sions to the Troops at Portsmouth, made Report as follows,
viz.
1st That a Commissary be appointed constantly to attend every
allowance day, upon the Troops at or near Portsmouth.
2(,,y That the Commissary proceed to deliver out Provisions agree-
able to the return of the Quarter-master every allowance day.
3d,y That the Commissary Deliver one Jill of rum per day to each
110 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHDKB. [1776.
man going upon Fatigue and not otherwise. The number to be ascer-
tained by the adjutant.
4'-v That an Agent Victualler be appointed to provide all the Neces-
saries for the army.
^Siirned") Nath1 Folsom, Chairman.
Voted to choose a Committee o( three persons to join a
Committee oi the EonUe Board to consult together and
Nominate some proper person for a Justice of the Inferiour
Court o( Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham in
tin' room o( George King, Esq* who refuses to accept that
office; and that Mr. Cutts, Capt. Moulton, A- Major Tash be
the Committee tor that purpose. Sent up by Deacon Bald-
win.
Voted that Capt. Prentice & Deacon Baldwin be a Com-
mittor- o( this house to join a Committee of the BonWa Board
to Regulate & settle the Table of Foes for the several officers
in this Colony, and lay the same before this house at the
nexl Session. Sent up by Mr. Shattuck.
Voted That John Dudley, Samuel Sherburne, "Richard
Downing, Elijah Grout and James Gibson, Esq13, he a Com-
mittee to join a Committee of the Hon1'10 Board in order to
Nominate & recommend a Number of Persons for the Com-
mittee of Safety, to Act in the recess oi the General Court,
and the Powers proper to give them. Sent up by Capt.
"Wilson. [Concurred — Messrs. Clagett, Mr. Burd, & Mr.
Giles added.]
Voted, That Mr. Gains the Quarter Master at Portsmouth
be & hereby is Directed Forthwith to Transport to Exeter
under a proper Guard Three Thousand pounds weight ot
the Powder now in the .Magazine there, and that after the
same he landed and stored, the same to he under the Care
A- Direction of the Committee of Safety. Sent up by Mr.
Shattuck.
Voted That the Quarter master at Portsmouth be directed
to deliver to Samuel Sherburne Esq'Thirty pounds weight of
Powder for the use i^i his Company of Cadetts, and to be by
hint accounted low Sent up by Mr. Shattuck.
Voted That Dr. Hall Jackson be and hereby is appointed
Surgeon o( our Troops at Piscataqua and that his wages be
seven pounds A- Ten shillings per month.
[p. Tti. ] Whereas Joseph Bartlett Esq1 of Newtown had by
undue means obtained a sear in the late Congress at Exeter,
and received pay for his Travel & Attendance otit o( the
Treasury of this Colony, and it hath since been adjudged by
1770.] JOUB2TAL OF THE HO 111
this house thai said Bartleti vras not Legally appointed to sit
in said Cong ess, Therefore
, thai said Bartleti be ordered Forthwith to replace
the sum he received for hie said pay, into the Treasury, and
that the Clerk of this house Notify the Baid Bartlett of this
order- J)"1 a copy to the speaker.
mud Cutts Esq* be and hereby is appointed
Commissary & Victualler to our Troo] * P cataqua for
the currenl year, and that he Deliver out no more
Rations ■: the officers of our Troops, and that he
deliver to each man one Jill of rum per day when going to
Fatigue & not otherwise — the numb ined by
. i that he Deli? ' 3 1 eeable
to the return of the Quarter nu I ce day;
and that he render his account to 1
of Safety, at every three months end. Sent up by
John McClary Esq'. [Concurred.]
Adjourned to half past 2 o'clock.
P. M.
Voted That John McClary Esq* Doctr Dearborn & i
Moulton be a Committee of this house to join
of the lJ'/ui:" Board upon the Expedi - jnding some
part of the Militia to Portsmouth A: New Castle Imediately
for the defence oi Pise aqua harbour 6c places adjacent.
Sent up by Jn" McCL I.
[p. 77.] Voted, That" the Honbk Meshech Weare Esq*,
Ebenezer Thompe lE thaniel Polsom Esq1 of the
Council. The Honbk Phillips Whiu Esqr, V u Long, John
Dudley, Josiah Moulton, Stephen Evens A: Robert
Esq1"" of the Assembly Be and hereby arc Appointed a Com-
mittee of Safety for this Colony, to act in the recess of the
Genera] Court, with the Same Powers & Authority as any
former Committee ty of this Colony have had; and
convene the Council & A - an lyupon any emergency
m the Time of their Bece That any five of them be a
Quorum to do Business; That they render an account of
their doings to this house the first Week of their u>
sion, and that they have Eight shillings pr day for their
attendance on the Business, paying their own Expences.
.Sent up by Capt. Long. [Concurred.]
Voted to choose a Committee of three members of this
House to join a Committee of the Hon'''1" Board to confer
together upon the accounts of the late Committee of Safety
112 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
and make report to this house as soon as may be, and that
Capt. Prentice, Doct. Nichols and Deacon Knowlcs be the
Committee for that Purpose. Sent up by Capt. Prentice.
[Concurred.]
Which Committee being joined by a Committee of the
Honble Board made the following Report, viz.
That they are of opinion the Expences of the said Committee be
paid out of tlie Public money, and recommend that each of them be
paid five shillings per diem wages.
(Signed) Wyseman Clagett, Chairman.
Whereas there are sundry Towns in the Colony settled
these few years, both within the limits of what is called
Mason's Patent & under Grants from the Crown, which have
not the benefit of Incorporation, and thereby unable to
choose proper officers to assess and collect the Colony Taxes :
It is hereby Ordered That upon application of three of the
Freeholders of said Town, to the Selectmen of the adjoining
Town (if Incorporated) otherwise to the Selectmen of the
nearest Town Incorporated, They the Selectmen are author-
ised, and hereby required to undertake and act for such
Town, and to take Inventorys of Estates, make rates & issue
Warrants to such or either of the Freeholders of said Town
as they may think suitable persons to Levy, Collect & receive
the said Rates and Taxes (the charge of the Selectmen's
time in Said Business to be Included & paid by the Town so
Taxed) which Tax shall lie Transmitted to the receiver
General according to his Warrant.
The House Adjourned to tomorrow morning 8 o'clock.
[p. 78.] Saturday, March 23d, 1776.
Voted To choose a committee to agree with Col0 Toppan
for the purchase of Seven Cannon belonging to him, now at
our Batterys at Piscataqua Harbour, not to exceed Twenty
pounds for each Cannon, and that Mr. Sherburne & Col0
Evens be the Committee for that purpose & to make report
to the Comtee of Safety.
Voted, That the several officers appointed by this house
Proceed in their Respective Businesses Imediately after
their taking their respective Oaths of office (without having
Commissions) not to interfere with a former vote; of this
house for opening the several Courts to try Criminal cases
& Trespasses only.
1776.]
JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 113
Voted, That Col0 Timothy Walker be added to Hie Com-
mittee for examining accounts, &c. Sent up by Col0 Walker.
Voted, That the Committee of supplies be paid for their
services & expences Eight shillings per day when doing
business abroad, and torn- shillings per day when they did
business at Eome. Sent np by Col0 Walker.
Voted, That Capt. Long, our Barrack master, be ordered
to build Barracks, or hire houses on Great Island to lodge
our Soldiers in as he shall find convenient. Sent up by Col0
Walker. [Concurred.]
Voted That the Inventorys of Real Estates & Polls in &
throughout this Colony for the current year be taken in the
month of April next, and the several rates at which the said
Estates are to be sett, to be hereafter considered by this
Court. Sent up by Mr. Shattuck.
[p. 79.] Voted That Capt. Prentice, Col0 Evens, Mr. Pat-
ten & Mr. Grout be a Committee of this house to join a
Committee of the Honble Board to confer together about
the Pay Roll of the members of this House and to make
report to this house as soon as may be. Sent up by Capt.
Prentice. [Concurred.]
Which Committee being joined by a Committee of the
Honble Board made Report
That it is their opinion that each member receive their pay out of
the Treasury in the same manner & on the same conditions they did
the last Session, and that the Secretary & Clerk Imediately make out
the Rolls for the same.
(Signed) Xath1 Folsom, Chairman.
Therefore, Voted, That the pay of the several members of
the Council & of this House for this Session be drawn out
of the Treasury in the same manner and on the same con-
dition as for the last session, and that the Secretary and the
Clerk of the House Imediately make out the Rolls for the
same and certify them to the Treasurer. Sent up by Mr.
Ellis. [Concurred.]
Accts. allowed, petitions, bills, &c. during session March 6th to 22f!,
177G.
Jn" Folsom acct. against Andrew McClary dec'1 allowed £1: 6: 0.
Selectmen of Sandown for Blankets, £9: 0: 0.
Xich" Xiccolee, £2: 5: 8; Widow Collins for wages of her husband,
decd, AOs.
Petition of Leonard Whiting et alii — to be heard:
Petition of Sarah Lutwyche, respecting Ferry, Do.
Petition of Enoch Bean, of Gilmautown, Do.
114
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Widow Hannah Brown, receive her husband's wages, decd £10: 10: 6
Mary Eastman, her dec'1 husband, wages, when Roll is settled.
John & Eliphalet Gilman,
Capt. Stephen Clark's Pay Roll,
Capt. Prentice
Andrew Neley
Widow Mary Shannon, for decd husbands wages, on settlement.
Jere. Bryent for services to the Colony
The Summersworth Comtee of Safety
Geo. Wentworth,
Rev. Dr. Haven, as Chaplain, at Piscataqua
Daniel Fowle, printing
Samuel Cutts, commissary
Meshech Weare & Dr. Dearborn
Capt. Titus Salter,
Capt. Pierce Long, portledge bill of Schooner Gorham
Henry Carter
Ezekiel Worthen, jun
Strath am Committee
Rochester Selectmen
Sam1 Morrill for boarding, nursing &c.
Col. David Gilman
Dr. Plall Jackson, for medicnes &c
Do. Do
Abel Webster & Sam1 Dearborn for transporting Indians
Amos Main Hayes
Capt. Daniel Ladd
Col. David Gilman, to pay soldiers &c.
Major Mooney, one months advance wages, —
Capt. Eliphalet Daniel's Pay Roll,
Capt. Titus Salter's Pay Roll,
Capt. Ezekiel Worthen, balance, of acct.
Meshech Weare, for going to Cambridge,
Committee of Durham for Fire-rafts,
Nath1 Folsom, balance
Deacon Williams for use of his house
Elisha Grout
Joshua Wiggin
Col Henry Gerrish, expense of going to Coos
Noah Emery, clerk services
Ezekiel Worthen, jun. in full for services,
Bills enacted : For relief of Idiots & Distracted persons.
For the increase of Alewives in Great Cohass brook.
Then the House adjourned to the first Wednesday in June
next, being the fifth day of said month, then to meet at the
Court House in Exeter, at three of the clock in the afternoon.
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CORRESPONDENCE, &C,
Between the time of adjournment, March 23d, and the meeting June 5th, 177G.
Committee of Safety in Hanover, relating to counterfeit money.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 216.]
Colony of New Hampr ?
Grafton County, ss. \
At a meeting of the Committee of Safety for the Town of Hanover
in said County at the House of John Paine, in-holder in said Hanover,
March 23d, 1776.
Present — Lt. David Woodward, Chairman,
Capt. Aaron Storrs
Beza1 Woodward, Esq. Clk.
Bezaleel Phelps of Norwich in the Coloney of New York, yeoman,
was bro't before this Committee by virtue of a warrant issued by Bez-
aleel Woodward and Aaron Storrs two of the Committee, predicated
on his having in his custody and detaining a certain Note of this Colo-
ny bearing the face of a six shilling Bill which is supposed to have
been fraudulently altered and increased as to the value or sum therein
express'd, by sd Phelps, as by said warrant more fully may appear.
Respondent pleads not guilty.
After a full hearing of evidences in sd case said Phelps confessed that
he had burnt said bill, being conscious that it was altered, and that in
case he may be excused from penalty for detaining said bill when he knew
it was counterfeit, he will disclose to this Committee the author of that
and sundry other bills, and discover where some of said bills are : —
whereupon sd proposal is agreed to, only that he pay costs hitherto
made in the affair, till they can be regularly recovered of some other
person. Costs taxed at forty shillings.
Said Phelps then desired Lemuel Paine of sd Hanover to produce a
certain forty shilling Bill which he received on the evening of the 15th
inst. of Andrew Wheatly of Lebanon, which sd Paine on request ac-
cordingly did, which bill is adjudged by this Committee to have been
altered from a three shilling bill, and which sd Lemuel on his oath de-
clares he recd of said Wheatly as aforesaid.
Committee adjourned to tomorrow morning, 9 o'clock.
116 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776-
Mar. 24th Met according to adjournment.
Present — Lt. David Woodward, Chairman } Committee
Cl Aaron Storrs, > of
Beza. Woodward, Esq. Clk. ) Hanover.
John Wheatly, Esqr "}
Major John Slapp ! Committee of
Maj1" John Griswold [ Lebanon.
Mr. Azariah Bliss J
1st Charles Hill of Lebanon, in-holder is bro't before these Commit-
tees for putting off and passing counterfeit money, at which time Solo-
mon Cushman of Norwich produced a forty shilling bill of the Colony
of New Hampshire No. 3260, emitted July 25th 1775, and payable Decr
20th 1779, which is adjudged by these Committees to have been altered;
which bill said Cushman on his oath declares he recd of said Charles
Hill in payment for a silk Handkerchief, and sd Hill is not able to
inform us of whom he received it. Whereupon it is considered and
ordered that sd Hill pay to sd Cushman the value of sd bill, viz. forty
shillings and costs.
Judgment satisfied. Beza. Woodward, Clerk.
The Committee then resumed the examination relative to the bill
laid before this Committee yesterday by Lemuel Paine, relative to
which Charles Hill (being sworn) testifies that being at this house on
the evening of the 15th Inst, he saw Joseph Skinner (of Capt. Green's
company in Col. Bedel's Reg') put a bill into the hand of Andrew
Wheatly of Lebanon that he might get it changed.
Bezaleel Phelps before named (being sworn) testifies, That he saw
Andrew Wheatly give a forty shilling bill to Lemuel Paine to be
changed and afterwards as sd Phelps was going to Dr Eager with sd
Skinner, sd Skinner told this deponent that it was his bill with which
Wheatly paid the reckoning at said Paine's, and added, "And I made
it myself, and I have altered a good many bills from three shillings to forty
shillings and I have known many more altered both here and at Cambridge,
and a person may make his fortune by it in a little time." He also said
that all the money he spent at Cambridge he altered, and further said
to sd Phelps that if he told any body of it he would kill him. Said
Phelps further testifies that he saw said Skinner cut certain pieces
from a certain book or pamphlet to use in altering bills, and sd Skinner
told him he had cut pieces from it before to use for that purpose, and
that he would not take a thousand pounds for the book. Phelps de-
scribed the book, and informed particularly where he had left it (which
being produced exhibits strong grounds to apprehend from its appear-
ance that it has been abundantly used for that purpose). Said Phelps
further testifies when sd Skinner had some paste to use in altering
money, Mrs. AVinton coming into the room asked what it was for?
Dr. Eager replied to paste books — when he was sometimes in the room
whilst Skinner was altering bills with the paste both before and after,
Mrs. Winton asked the question; Said Phelps further testifies that he
saw sd Skinner alter a bill to a forty shilling last Sunday, and this de-
ponent observing Dr. Eager to be present part of the time, asked
Skinner whether the Doctor knew of his altering bills, to which Skin-
ner replied, "damn him, yes." Said Phelps further testifies — [the
remaining part of this is wanting.]
1770. ] CORRESPONDENCE. 117
Letter from the Committee at Hanover.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 222.]
Hanover, 25th March, 1776.
GENTLEMEN —
Inclosed is a copy of our proceedings which we hope will be ap-
proved. We have seen no Resolve of the Congress relative to such
cases, bub imagined the necessity that immediate measures should be
taken to suppress such a disorder, justified our proceeding as we have
done. We could wish to have our duty in that & other cases more
particularly stated, that we may not he exposed to exceed our bounds.
As there is a prospect of further discoveries of the like kind in these
parts and us persons not disposed to good Order, taking advantage of
our broken State, have already begun to commit outrages on the
property of others, which, if passed unnoticed, and no measures are
directed to for redress, will be made use of as Presidents for further
high-hauded Iniquity; and the Person and property of no one be se-
cure. We are Gentlemen with much respect,
Your most obedient and humble servants.
By order of the Committee —
David Woodward, Chairman.
Beza Woodward, Clerk.
Committee of Safety
for New Hampshire.
Letter from Gen. Sullivan.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 218.]
Winter Hill, March 24th 1776.
Honourable Gentlemen —
I have an account presented me by Capt. Tilton agreeable to the Di-
rection of General Foulsom for payment of £17: 12: 6. it consists of six
Articles, one Bill is £9: 10s for boarding Artillery Men sent from the
army to your Assistance and remained there three weeks without wages
and was carried there and brought back at my Expence. The next is
£2: 10s: llrf. for Major Cilley's Expences ; he was by the Committee
of Safety appointed & Detained as Muster-Master for your Troops &
I supposed you would make no Difficulty in paying his expence. The
next is1£l:lls for expence of Mr. Nath1 MacClintock appointed my
Aid-de-Camp while present and remained as a volentier with your
forces (at the request of your commanding officer) when I was absent,
and was very useful to him and his bill if paid would not amount to
the wages of a private soldier for the time he tarried. The next bill is
for 17s: dd Expence of the Captain of the Rifle-men sent there without
my knowledge or consent with a Company to assist you if necessary.
To crown the whole is a bill of 4s. Qd in securing the Troops in your
Capital when the enemy appeared off your Harbour, when I was at
Head Quarters and knew nothing of the matter. This, gentlemen, is
a State of the accounts handed me for payment & which I am ready to
pay in case you think that a single article ought to be paid by me.
Gentlemen, I am extremely sorry to find a person pretending so
much patriotism as Mr. Folsom does ever striving to give me pain and
118 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
uneasiness, and this without the least provocation on my part ; every-
day do I hear of his insulting and abusive language, such as he well
knows he dare not use if I was present. Every step he takes is preg-
nant with malice against me & I am sorry to bear his Malicious En-
deavors have but too great weight on some other minds and by means
of that I am daily censured in your Cabinet and for what I know not.
I now appeal to you & call upon you to give one instance where I have
made money at the expence of my country, or where I have usurped a
greater Power than was at first delegated to me. What Relation have
I promoted or what part of my family have I enriched ? which of my
former Friends have I promoted or which of my former Enemies have
I persecuted with unrelenting fury? No, Gentlemen, my motives are
of a different kind : no private Friendship or private quarrels shall
take hold of my publick conduct. I call Heaven and Earth to wit-
ness that thus far the good of my country has been my only aim.
This I have endeavored to evince by my conduct. Consider, Gentle-
men, what sums of Money I have already expended & how many days
I have hailed clad with new and threatening dangers to my life; How
have I Refrained from the seat of Domestic happiness & confined by
my country's cause at a Distance heard the fatal tidings of sickness &
Death in my own Family while I was contemplating my own danger
here. Can all this be, Gentlemen, and yet I not be in earnest, & shall
he who Basks in the sunshine of Malice and Sleeps securely in the Bed
of Revenge set my own Friends, my Fathers in political Life against
me? Let gratitude, let Pity Forbid it, and let the Heavenly Justice
take hold on the Wretch whose sordid soul could never harbour a
thought but that of gratifying his own malicious Disposition or bring-
ing about his own promotion. I most earnestly pray that Heaven
may judge between us and reward him that is insincere with Disgrace
and Infamy.
I know, Gentlemen, that some of you thought it a great stretch of
power in me to select officers for a new Regiment out of those you sent
before. Let the Inclosed Paper witness the Justice of the choice and
the confidence General Washington has placed in the field officers of
that Regiment by trusting them with the most Important Posts (never
before Entrusted to Militia Regiments) witness in favor of my Judg-
ment ; Sure I am that those persons have not in private life been my
intimate Friends ; — Nay, some of them my most inveterate foes ; but
I wish we all could leave our private Resentments in our closets when
we are acting in publick Capacities and consider only the means of
promoting our Country's good.
Surely by my having the choice of Thirty one set of officers who had
been under my Immediate inspection, I could have a much better
opportunity of selecting Eight good men than you who were not here
and could not know how they behaved. I made the choice and the
officers have done honour to themselves & the Province, and Differ ex-
ceedingly from some of the Captains sent here before who could
neither sign or Return or give a Receipt for the money they received
at Head Quarters but by making their Mark. Now let me ask what
power I have gained to myself by this procedure, or what could I have
in view but the credit of the Province & the good of the service : have
I added to my own Interest or Gratified myself by assuming a power
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 119
& laying a foundation to Destroy the Liberties of my countrymen?
I well know that Mr. Foulsom and some others have censured my
conduct at Portsmouth for no other Reason but because they were not
at the head of affairs themselves. I well know that the fatigues I went
through and the large sum I expended were not matters of sufficient
Inducement in themselves to Draw me into the measures of which
these Malicious persons complain. I must observe that when they feel
Motives similar to those which actuated me at that Time, Malice will
cease to reign in their Bosom & Envy learn to be silent. I am sorry to
hear, Gentlemen, that some Gentlemen have moved in your house for
my being Reimbursed the Expence I was at in coming to assist your
Capital. I find myself obliged to thus publickly assure you that this
was done without my knowledge or consent, and to assert that I never
hinted to any person that I expected a thing of the sort. I sensibly
feel my obligation to those Gentlemen who actuated by motives of
Justice & Humanity made the motion without my knowledge or con-
sent, but at the same time must beg leave to assure them that the loss
of Interest and fatigues of War are what I expect nothing in return
for except seeing my country freed from Slavery, and those worthy
Gentlemen and their posterity Enjoying the sweets of pea<^ and free-
dom. Gentlemen, I beg pardon for the length of this letter & that you
will excuse any Expression which may proceed from a mind conscious
of having been basely Injured, and believe me to be, Gentlemen, with
great Respect your most obedient servant,
Jn° Sullivan.
P. S. I must again Entreat you
to forward the Commissions
for the Regiment. J. S.
The Hqnble the Gen1 Assembly.
Orders of the Committee of Safety to Capt. Titus Salter.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 232.]
April 11th 1776.
Capt Titus Salter,
You are hereby authorized to proceed to Boston and there make ap-
plication to the Honbl Gen1 Ward for liberty to bring back the Can-
non, viz. 2 32 pounders & 2 6 pounders double fortified, lent the Conti-
nental army in July last, as we conceive they are not wanted there
now, and as our lines at Portsmouth have not guns anyways sufficient
for the defence thereof; and to see if any Balls can be procured for
the Cannon there.
Also to enquire of General Ward, or the Commissary General wheth-
er there is any flour in Stock belonging to the Continent to be sold &
at what price : And also to endeavor to procure some skilfull Engineer
to come to Portsmouth as soon as may be to lay out the lines of some
Fortifications there, as soon as possible : And on your return to Xoti-
fie Capt. Weare of the time the Engineer will be at Portsmouth and
make return of your doings to the Committee.
By order of the Committee.
Meshech Weare, Chairman.
120 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Letter to Gen. Ward, with Instructions.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 233.]
In Committee of Safety, Portsm0, April 11th, 1776.
The Bearer Capt. Salter is Instructed to apply to you for the release
of 4 Cannon lent by this Colony to the Continental Army; and as our
situation is such as makes it necessary to have a considerable number
of Cannon mounted at several places to make any considerable opposi-
tion against an Enemy attempting to Destroy our Capitol, and as an
Hundred heivey peices of Cannon were carried by the Kings Ships
from our Castle to Boston many of whom it is probable are left there;
and if it is consistent with your Instructions from the Continental
Congress to lend us as many as you can conveniently spare to be ac-
counted for by the Colony, it will at this time be esteemed a great
favour done us.
By order of the Committee
I am your m* hum1 Serv*
M. W. Chairman.
Hon. Arternas Ward, Esq.
Letter from Gen. Artemas Ward.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 238.]
Head Quarters, Boston, 15th April, 1776.
Gentlemen —
Your letter of the 11th Inst, by Capt. Salter I have received, in
answer to which I am to acquaint you that the Cannon belonging to
New Hampshire which are here shall be delivered to your order when-
ever you please to send for them. I wish it was in my power to sup-
ply you with all the Cannon you want; but the Enemy destroyed &
carried off so many, together with what are gone southward with the
Army, that we have not enough for our Fortifications.
I am, your obedient
Humble Servant,
Artemas Ward.
Hon1'1 Meshech Weare, Esq.,
and Committee of Safety.
Capt. Salter's Return about Cannon, £c.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 235.]
Portsmouth, Apr1 24th, 1776.
Pursuant to the within I have Ben to Boston and as to the four
Cannon, have seen them — they can be had with the Balls &c. belonging
to them, when sent for. As to any provisions it Cannot be had,
Neither could I procure an Engineer or any more Cannon.
Titus Salter.
To the Hon1 Committee of Safety for the
Colony of New Hampshire.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 121
Letter from Hon. Win. Whipple.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 236.]
Philadelphia, 12th Ap1, 1776.
Sir—
Inclosed yon have some papers conta" the late Resolutions of Con-
gress, Blank Commissions &c will be forwarded by the President. I
hope Col. Bartlett will soon be here. I expect he will be set out before
this reaches you. If the Accts cannot be got ready, a Petition from
the Gen1 Court, or if they are not seting, from the Committee, repre-
senting the exertions of the Colony in the common cause and the dis-
advantages of emiting such large sums in Colonial Bills, will have a
very good effect ; & I am inclined to think wo'd obtain a grant of
about two thirds the sum the Colony is in advance.
Congress have been so exceeding ingaged I have not been able to
call their attention to the Report of the Committee on the application
of your Committee, but hope shall very soon be able to transmit their
determination.
I am, with great Respect & Esteem
Sir, your most ob4 serv*
Wm. Whipple.
Hon. Meshech "Weare.
Order to Col. David Gilman.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 240.]
In Committee of Safety, April 25th, 1776.
Col. David Gilman —
You are directed, when you have finished the Redoubt on Church-
hill to coinpleat the Fort on Pierce's Island by enclosing the same :
also, what is necessary to be further done to the Fort on Seavey's Is-
land ; and in prosecuting the same you are desired to apply to Dr. Hall
Jackson & Capt Pierce Long for their assistance in laying out the
works.
(Copy)
Committee of Safety to Pierce Long, Es<f.
[State Pap. Rev* Vol. III. p. 240.]
Colony of New Hampshire.
In Committee of Safety, April 26th, 1776.
To Pierce Long, Esqr.
Pursuant to a Recommendation from the Honb,e Continental Con-
gress for Regulating Trade, and permitting the Inhabitants of these
Colonies to trade with some of the European nations under certain
Limitations : —
You are hereby appointed an officer for the Port of Piscataqua
and fully authorized and Empowered to procure Registers signed by
the President of the Council, for all vessels outward Bound belonging
to this Colony ; Enter and Clear all vessels coming in & going out of
said Port; having a strict Regard & obedience to the Regulations &
directions of the Continental Congress; but by no means to counteract
122 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
the same — Taking such Reasonable fees as may be an adequate reward
for your service, and no more, and to continue in said office until the
determination of the Council & Assembly thereon.
fCopy)
Letter from Hon. John Hancock.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 244.]
Philadelphia, April 30th, 1776.
Gentlemen —
In order to give success to the Expedition into Canada, Nothing is
so much wanted at this Juncture as a supply of Specie. General
Schuyler says it is absolutely necessary, and the Congress have receiv-
ed from him the most pressing Letters on that head.
Should the army be compelled to evacuate Canada, it is impossible
to say what will be the consequences, or where the Mischief may end.
It becomes us, therefore, as we regard our Country and its best Inter-
ests, to exert every Nerve to guard against so fatal an Event. For
this purpose, and as a step of the utmost Importance, I am command-
ed by Congress earnestly to request you to take the most speedy and
effectual Measures to collect as much hard Money as possible, and to
send the same to General Schuyler. Whatever sum you may collect
for this Use, you will please to draw on me for the amount, and the
Bills shall be honored.
The unprepared state of the Colonies on the commencement of the
war, and the almost total want of every thing necessary to carry it on,
are the true sources from whence all our Difficulties have proceeded.
The fact however furnishes a most striking proof of the weakness or
wickedness of those, who charge them with an original Intention of
withdrawing from the government of Great Britain and erecting an
independent Empire. Had such a Scheme been formed, the most war-
like Preparations would have been necessary to effect it.
From the distinguished ardor and zeal of the Colony of New Hamp-
shire in the American Cause I am persuaded you will pay all the atten-
tion to this Request of Congress, which the Importance of it demands.
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
your most obed' & very hhbl serv*,
John Hancock, President.
The Honourable, the Council of New Hampshire.
Resolve of the Contineyital Congress.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 248.]
In Congress, May 4th, 1776.
Resolved — That all the Cannon and other Stores in Boston, which
were originally purchas'd and provided by and at the expence of the
Colonies of Massachusetts Bay & New Hampshire be consider'd as
belonging to the Colony that so purchased & provided them; & that all
the other Cannon left in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay by the
British Forces be presented to the said Colony.
By order of Congress,
John Hancock, Preside
1776. J CORRESPONDENCE. 123
Letter from Col. David Grihnan, relating to the officers and
soldiers under his command.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol III. p. 2G6.]
Head Quarters, May yc 6th, 177G.
Most Respected Gentlemen —
My officers here makes great complaints for want of Paper — they
cannot Receive Necessary orders and make Proper Returns of their
Companys for want of that article. By the best information I can get
the officers and Non-Comissioned officers in the Continental Army, are
alowed that Article; I should be glad the matter may be considered,
and grant such releaf as you in your wisdom shall think best. My
command here is attended with sum considerable Difficulty; the soldiers
verry mutinus; — Capt. Dearing's Company in perticular; not, owing to
their officers being backward in their duty, but from a notion that the
artillery men has no Right to build fortifications: I have ordered that
Company over to Sevey's Island in hopes to have them in sum better
order; five of sd Company are now under trial of a Coui't Martial for
mutinus behaviour, you may Remember, Gentlemen, when you was
Down here, I mentioned something concerning boats to Reinforce New
Castle in case we should be attacked by the Enemy. I am of the same
mind still, and think it worthy of your consideration. I have almost
compleated the Battery on Church hill, should have Dun it Long ago
if the wind and wether had not prevented getting turf; we have begun
to Inclose fort Washington, and hope in a short time to have it in a
good way. I shall endeavor chearfully to comply with your orders at
all times, and Exercise my small tallents in the glorious Cause we are
now contending. I am with great Respect your
honors most obed1 servant
David Gilman.
P. S. I think we are Neglected with regard to a Chaplain; the men
are badly Provided with arms. I fear the muster-masters Did not
Discharge their duty in this Respect. Flints is much wanting and
a' nt to be had.
Letter of Meshech Weare to Hon. Thomas dishing.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 250.]
Hampton falls, May 13, 1776.
Sr—
Your letter requesting that we would have some Regiments in Read-
iness to assist you in case of an attack which there was reason to ex-
pect, has been laid before the Comtee of Safety for this Colony, who
thereupon immediately gave Orders to the Collonels of the Several
Regiments to take immediate care to have the men under their Re-
spective commands properly Equipped and Ready to move on the
shortest Notice, upon any Requisition from your Colony or this. The
Comtee view it as a common cause we are concern'd in, and will Readi-
ly do all in their power in support of it.
I am directed by the Comtee to acquaint you in case of an attack or
your wanting immediate assistance, upon your informing the Collonels
of any of the Regiments most convenient bordering on your Colony,
12-1 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
they have orders to afford you all the assistance they can. We have
no doubt of Receiving the like assistance from you in Case the attack
should be made on us.
(Copy) Hon. Thomas Cushing.
Resolves of Congress.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. pp. 250-253.]
In Congress, Tuesday May — 1776.
Resolved, That one battalion be raised in New Hampshire for the
service of the United Colonies and paid and subsisted upon the Same
terms as the Continental troops in the Eastern department, — the said
battalion to be taken into continental pay so soon as they shall be arm-
ed and mustered.
Extract from the minutes
Chas. Thomson, Secy.
In Congress, May 16th, 1776.
Resolved, That the five Battalions now in Massachusetts Bay, be re-
cruited to their full complement, and that these additional Battalions
be raised in the Eastern Department for the service of the Continent,
the Recruits to be taken into Continental Pay, so soon as they shall be
armed and mustered.
May 16th.
Resolved, That two of the additional Battalions be raised in Massa-
chusetts Bay & the other in Connecticut.
That it be recommended to the General Assemblies of Massachusetts
Bay & Connecticut to endeavour to have the Battalions enlisted for two
years unless sooner discharged by Congress, in which case, they are to
be allowed one Months pay on their discharge ; but if the Men cannot
be prevailed on to enlist for two years, that they be enlisted for one
year, and that they be ordered as soon as raised & armed immediately
to march to Boston.
By order of Congress,
John Hancock, Presid4.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 256.]
Gentlemen —
You will perceive by the enclosed Resolve of Congress, which I am
commanded to transmit you, that they have directed another Bat-
talion to be raised in your Colony on Continental Pay.
The Army under General Washington has been so extremely weak-
ened by detaching ten Regiments into Canada on a most important
service, that it has become apparently necessary for the security of the
Eastern Governments to increase the Number of Troops in that quar-
ter. The Congress have accordingly resolved, That two Regiments be
raised in Massachusetts Bay, one in Connecticut, and one in New
Hampshire, for the service of the United Colonies. They have also
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 125
been pleased to appoint Horatio Gates, Esq1" to be a Major General,
and Thomas Mifflin, Esq. to be a Brigadier General in the Continental
Army.
Your zeal & ardor in the American Cause, will, I am persuaded,
induce you to carry the inclosed Resolve into effect, with all the Expe-
dition which your own situation and the Public Good so evidently
require.
I enclose you also, Blank Commissions for the Captains and Subal-
terns of the Regiment to be raised in your Colony, to be filled up with
the names of the persons you may please to appoint. With respect to
the Field officers, I have it in command to request you will please to
recommend to Congress as early as possible the Names of Persons you
judge proper for those offices, in order that they may be appointed &
commissioned by Congress. As soon as I have the Honour to receive
your Recommendations, I will lay them before Congress, and immedi-
ately upon their Determination transmit you the Commission filled up
accordingly.
I have the honor to be
Gentlemen,
your most obed' & hhb1 serv',
John Hancock, Preside
The Honbl the Assembly
of New Hampshire.
Letter from Hon. Wm. Whipple.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 258.]
Philadelphia, 17th May, 1776.
Sir,
The inclosed Resolution of Congress sho'd have gone yesterday, but
I had sent off my letter before I discovered the omission. Congress
have reserved to themselves the appointment of Field officers, but they
are nominated by the Assembly, Convention, or Committee of the
Colony where the Regiments are raised ; it will therefore be necessary
that the names of the Field Officers sho'd be transmitted here in order
that the Commissions may be filled up: the President will forward to
you the Blank Commissions for the other officers. When I think of
the number of men & arms gone from the Eastern Colonies, I cannot
help feeling for their situation, if a powerful attack sho'd be made
there; but doubt not proper steps are taken to furnish arms. I think
every person who can do any thing towards making arms sho'd be em-
ployed in that business. Britain will no doubt exert her utmost
efforts for our destruction, but if they are repulsed in the manner I ex-
pect, this Campaign, I am very confident they never will attempt
another. This Summer will in all probability be the warmest America
ever saw. May the Supreme Governor of the Universe protect, & De-
fend us, Guide our Councils & Prosper our arms.
I am with great Respect,
your most ob' serv4,
Wm. Whipple.
May 18. Coll0 Bartlett arrived last
evening, very much fatigued.
Hon. Meshech Weare, Esq.
126 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Resolve of Congress for the Several Colonies to take up Gov-
ernment.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 254.]
In Congress, May 15, 1776.
Whereas his Britannic Majesty, in conjunction with the Lords and
Commons of Great Britain, has, by a late Act of Parliament, excluded
the Inhabitants of these United Colonies from the protection of the
Crown ; And Whereas no answer whatever to the humble petitions of
the Colonies for redress of grievances and reconciliation with Great
Britain has been or is likely to be given ; but the whole force of that
Kingdom, aided by foreign mercenaries, is to be exerted for the de-
struction of the good people of these Colonies ; And Whereas it ap-
pears absolutely irreconcileable to reason and good conscience, for the
people of these Colonies now to take the oaths and affirmations neces-
sary for the support of any Government under the Crown of Great
Britain ; and it is necessary that the exercise of any kind of authority
under the said Crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers
of Government exerted under the authority of the people of the Colo-
nies for the preservation of internal peace, virtue, and good order, as
well as for the defence of their lives, liberties, and properties, against
the hostile invasions and cruel depredations of their enemies : There-
fore,
Resolved, That it be recommended to the respective Assemblies
and Conventions of the United Colonies, where no Government suffi-
cient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to
adopt such Government as shall in the opinion of the Representatives
of the People best conduce to the happiness and safety of their Con-
stituents in particular, and America in general.
Extract from the Minutes.
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
Orders to General Folsom.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 262.]
Colony of ) In Committee of Safety
New Hampshire. } May 22d, 1776.
To Nathaniel Follsom, General of the Militia
in the Colony of New Hampshire:
AVhereas you were lately directed by this Commte to warn the
Militia in several of the Counties in this Colony to hold themselves in
readiness to march on the shortest notice to Relieve any place in this
Colony that should be attacked by our Enemies; and inasmuch as
there may be a sudden Descent made on our Sea coast; you are hereby
directed & authorized on notice of any such Descent or attack to Ime-
diately order the Militia to march to such place and repair there your-
self with all speed and take the command of all the forces of this
Colony raised for the defence thereof, as well as the Militia, giving
them such orders and directions as you may judge best to repell the
Enemy.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 127
Resolves of Congress.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 268.]
In Congress, June 1, 1776.
Resolved, That six Thousand Militia be employed to reinforce the
army in Canada and to keep up the communication with that Province:
And to make up that number,
Resolved, That the Colony of Massachusetts Bay be requested to
supply of their Militia, 3000—4 Battalions.
Connecticut of their Militia 1500 — 2 Do
New Hampshire of their Militia 750—1 Do
New York of their Militia 750—1 Do
June 3, 1776.
Resolved, That the General be empowered to employ in Canada a
number of Indians not exceeding two thousand:
That thirteen thousand eight hundred Militia be employed to rein-
force the army at New York;
To compleat which number,
Resolved, That the Colony of Massachusetts Bay be requested to
furnish of their Militia— 2000
Connecticut of their Militia 5500
New York of their Militia 3000
New Jersey of their Militia 3300
Resolved, As the opinion of this Congress that the Eleven Battalions
raised and ordered to be raised for the protection of the New England
Colonies are sufficient.
Resolved, That a flying Camp be immediately established in the
middle Colonies, and that it consist of ten thousand men.
To make up which number:
Resolved, That the Colony of Pennsylvania be requested to furnish
of their Militia 6000
Maryland of their Militia 3100
Delaware Government of theirs 600
That the Militias be engaged to the first day of December next un-
less sooner discharged by Congress.
That the pay of the Militias be commenced from the day of their
marching from home, and that they be allowed one penny a mile lawful
money in lieu of rations for travelling expences and one day's pay for
every twenty miles between home and the general rendezvous going
and returning.
That two Provincial Brigadiers General be employed in the Canada
Department, one from Massachusetts Bay, and one from Connecticut.
That four Provincial Brigadiers General be employed in the New
York Department, one from Massachusetts Bay, one from Connecticut,
one from New York, and one from New Jersey.
That three Provincial Brigadiers General be employed for the flying
Camp, two from Pennsylvania and one from Maryland.
That the said Brigadiers General be appointed by the respective
Colonies above mentioned.
Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the Assemblies,
Conventions, and Committees of Safety in the United Colonies, to fad
128 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
upon the most effectual means of removing the flocks, grain and meal?
from such parts of their respective Colonies as are invaded or are
in imminent danger of being invaded by the enemy.
That the General Assembly of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay,
the Governor and Assembly of Connecticut, the Conventions of New-
York and New Jersey and the several Conventions of such other of
the United Colonies in which there are any lead mines be requested to
transmit to Congress with all convenient dispatch the state & condition
of the lead mines in their respective Colonies and use the most speedy
means to procure their being wrought to effect.
Extract from the Minutes.
Chas. Thomson, Sec^.
June 4, 1776.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Assemblies & Conventions
of the Colonies requested to supply or furnish Militias by the Resolu-
tions of yesterday, to take particular care that the Militias come pro-
vided with arms, accoutrements & Camp Kettles.
By order of Congress,
John Hancock, Presid1.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 272.]
Philadelphia, June 4th 1776.
Gentlemen —
Our affairs are hastening fast to a crisis, and the approaching Cam-
paign will, in all probability, determine for ever the Fate of America.
Such is the unrelenting Spirit which possesses the Tyrant of Great
Britain and his Parliament, that they have left no Measure unessayed
that had a tendency to accomplish our Destruction. Not contented
with having lined our Coasts with Ships of War, to Starve us into a
surrender of our Liberties, and to prevent us from being supplied with
Arms & Ammunition, they are now about to pour in a Number of For-
eign Troops, who from their want of Connections, and those feelings
of sympathy which frequently bind together the different Parts of the
Same Empire, will be more likely to do the Business of their Masters
without Remorse or Compunction.
By the best intelligence from Canada it appears that our affairs in
that Quarter wear a melancholy Aspect. Should the Canadians and
Indians take up arms against us (which there is too much Reason to
fear) we shall then have the whole Force of that country to contend
with, joined to that of Great Britain and all her foreign Auxiliaries.
In this situation, what Steps must we pursue? The Continental
Troops alone are unable to stem the Torrent, nor is it possible at this
day, to raise and discipline Men by the Time they will be wanted.
From the secresy with which the Ministry carry on their machina-
tions, we neither know their views or how near our Enemies may be.
Perhaps at this moment they are lauding on some part of our Coun-
try.
In this difficult and trying situation of our Affairs, the Congress
have come to the enclosed Resolves, which I have it in command to
transmit you by Express, containing matters of the greatest Impor-
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 129
tance, and to which I beg leave to request your attention. Yon will
there find the Congress have judged it necessary to call upon the Mili-
tia in the present alarming Crisis.
Should the United Colonies be able to keep their ground this Cam-
paign, 1 am under no apprehensions on account of any future one. We
have many Disadvantages at present to Struggle with, which Time
and a Progress in the Art of War will remove. But this circumstance
should rouse us to superior Exertions on the occasion. The Militia of
the United Colonies are a Body of Troops that may be depended upon.
To their Virtue their Delegates in Congress, now make the most sol-
emn appeal. They are called upon to say whether they will live Slaves
or die Freemen — they are requested to step forth to defend their Wives,
their children, their Liberty, and every thing they hold dear. The
cause is certainly a most glorious one ; and I trust every man in the
Colony of New Hampshire, is determined to see it gloriously ended, or
to perish in the Ruins of it.
In short, on your Exertions at this critical Period, together with
those of the other Colonies in the common Cause, the Salvation of
America now evidently depends. Your Colony, I am persuaded, will
not be behind hand. Exert therefore every Nerve to distinguish your-
selves. Quicken your Preparations, and Stimulate the good People of
your Government, and there is no Danger, notwithstanding the mighty
armament with which we are threatened, but they may be led on to
Victory, to Liberty and to Happiness.
I have the honor to be with Esteem,
Gentlemen, your most Obedl
and very hble Serv*.
John Hancock, Presid*.
The Honble the Assembly
of New Hampshire.
Letter from Our Delegates in Congress, relating to a Reinforce-
ment for Canada.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 276.]
Philad% 4th June, 1776.
Sir—
We wrote you 28th ulto. since which Congress have Resolved to send
a farther Reinforcement into Canada. 750 men including officers will
be required of our Colony, to serve as Militia until the 1st Dec1', the of-
ficers to be commissioned by the Colony. It is absolutely necessary
our posts sho'd be supported in that Country, for sho'd the Enemy
get possession we shall certainly have a long & troublesome war on our
hands, but if we are successful, which by proper Exertions & Divine
assistance there is no doubt of. this Campaign will place us out of the
reach of their Malice. You will soon receive the Resolutions respect-
ing this Reinforcement from the President.
The money mentioned in our last is not yet gone forward, not hav-
ing had an opportunity, but hope shall have in a few days.
We are with great Respect,
your most obed1 Servts
josiah bartlett
Wm. Whipple,
A LIST OF THE MEMBERS
Of the Honhle House of Representatives of the Colony of New
[p. 82.] Hampshire, convened at Exeter by Adjournment on
the Fifth day of June Anno Domini one thousand seven
hundred $• Seventy Six — with their Travel and Attendance.
Tom 113 and Places.
Names of Members.
"i
Pay.
Southampton & Newtown
Exeter,2
Portsmouth, 3 .
Londonderry, 2.
Chester, 2
Hampton, 1 ..
Northampton, 1
Greenland, 1 .
Newington, 1
New Castle, 1
Rye,l
Stratham,l
New Market, 1
Kingston & East Kingston 1
Salem, 1
Pelliam,l
Candia, 1
Raymond & Poplin, 1. . .
Brintwood, 1
Wyndham, 1
Concord, 1
Epping, 1
Canterbury & Loudon, 1
Deerfield & Northwood,:
Bow & Dunbarton, 1
Nottingham, 1
Sandown & Hawke, 1. . .
Epsom, Chichester, & Al
lenstown, 1
Plaistow & Atkinson, 1.
Kensington, 1
Hampton Palls & Sea-
brook, 1
Hampton, 1
Pembroke, 1 ,
Dover, 2
| Hon. Phillips White, Esq.,
( Speaker
| Noah Emery, Esq., Clerk,
( Samuel Cutts, Esq.,
] Samuel Sherburne, Esq'r, . . .
( Pierse Long, Esq'r,
| John Bell, Esq'r,
{ Moses Barnett, Esq.,
(Mr. Stephen Morse,
( Robert Wilson, Esq'r
Josiah Moulton, Esq'r,
Dr. Levi Dearborn
Clement March, Esq.,
Richard Downing, Esq'r,
Henry Prescott. Esq'r,
Mr. Nathan Goss
Benjamin Barker, Esq.,
Thomas Tash, Esq.,
Samuel Philbrick, Esq'r,
Mr. Caleb Dustin,
Mr. James Gibson,
Capt. Moses Baker,
John Dudley, Esq'r,
Samuel Dudley, Esq'r,
James Betton," Esq'r
Timothy Walker, Esq'r,
Mr. Nehemiah Wheeler
Mr. Thomas Clough,
Jeremiah Eastman, Esq'r,. . . .
Capt. Caleb Page,
Thomas Bartlett, Esq'r,
Mr. Moses Colby,
John McClary, Esq'r,
Mr. Samuel Kimball,
Capt. Ezekiel Worthen,
Stephen Evens, Esq'r,
Otis Baker, Esq'r
18
18 I
£8: 3: 4
16: 1G: 0
8: 15:
8: 15:
9: 0:
8: 13:
7: 17:
8: 6:
2: 14:
7: 17:
16: 0
13: 0
1: 4
14: 8
12: 8
13: 8
16: 0
10: 0
1776.]
LIST OF MEMBERS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES— Continued.
131
Towns and Places.
Names of Members.
•
J, ,;
£
< |
£h
aS
12
28
21
27
25
30
21
5
40
17
52
18
50
32
G8
13
40
24
40
25
40
22
44
32
50
24
50
32
60
20
58
32
155
23
35
29
50
12
35
28
G5
32
50
30
C5
32
88
21
114
15
103
15
96
29
100
23
100
32
100
32
85
9
78
72
23
130
85
' 16
94
30
Pay.
Durham, l
Summersworth, l
Rochester, 1
Barrington, t
Gilmanton & Barnstead, 1.
Sahborntoii & M sredith, 1
Leavitstown, Wakefield |
and Middleton, 1 /
Moultonborough, Sand- (
wi.li & Tamworth, 1. . . )
New Durham, the Gore, >
& Wolfeborough, 1.... I
Madbury, 1
Lee,l..!
Amherst, 2
Dunstable, 1
Mollis, 1
Weare, 1
Hopkiaton, 1
New Ipswich, 1
Mason & Raby, 1
Merrimac & Bedford, 1. ...
Derryfield and Goffstown, 1
Boscawen and Salisbury, 1
Litchfield and Notting-)
ham West, 1 J
Temple and Peterborough, 1
AVilton, Lyndeborough, )
Mile Slip & Duxbury [
Farm, 1 )
Heneker, Hillsborough, )
Deering and Society [
Land, 1 . . )
New Breton, Warner, Per- )
rystown & Fisherfield, 1 j
Francestown ami New (
Boston, 1 j
Keen, 1
Charleston, 1
Walpole, 1
Westmor* land, 1
Richmond, 1
Hinsdale & Chesterfield, 1
Marlow, Sum y, and Al- (
stead, 1 J
Packersfield, Camden, )
Stoddard & Gilsoin, 1 |
Dublin and Monadnock 1
No. 5, 1 )
Rindge, Jaff ri-.y, & Peter- 1
boro'Slip, 1 j
Cornish, Plainfield, j
Protectworth & Gran-}
tham, 1 )
Winchester, 1
Claremont, 1
Swanzey and Fitz Wm., 1
Unity, Acworth, Lemster, )
Savill i, Croydon & \
Newport, 1. )
PUMor/TH, A lexandria, )
Cockerm'th & New!
Chester, 1 )
Rumney, Holderness, I
Campion & Thornton,! |
Mx. John Smith,
Ichabod Rollins, Esq'r,...
James Bjaowles, Esq'r,. ..
Mr. James .Manlm,
Joseph Badger, Esq
Ebenezer Smith, Esq.,. . . .
Mr. Nathaniel Balch,
Daniel Beede, Esq.,
( Moses Nichols
| Dea. Nahnm Baldwin,....
Jonathan Lovewell, Esq'r,
Mr. Stephen Ames,
Mr. John Worth
Capt. Stephen Harriman,
Mr. William Shattuck,. . .
Mr. Amos Dakin,
Matthew Patten, Esq.,.. . .
Moses Kelley, Esq.,
Henry Gerrish, Esq.,
Asa Davis, Esq'r,
Mr. Samuel Moore,
Jacob Abbot, Esq'r,
Capt. Joseph Symonds,. . .
Timothy Ellis, Esq'r,
Elijah Grout, Esq'r
Jshn Bellows, Esq'r,
Heber Miller, Esq'r,
Capt. Oliver Capron
Mr. Archibald Robinson, .
Nath'l Sartel Prentice, Esq
Mr. Joseph Rounseval,. . . .
Mr. Eliphalet Stone,
Enoch Hale, Esq'r,
Moses Chase, Esq'r,
Samuel Emerson, Esq'r,
Daniel Brainard, Esq'r,
[ 1 & i pay.
(£13:12: 0
8 : 9:0
9: 8: 4
1: 17: 0
5: 15: 4
6: 5: 4
10: 8: 8
17: 4
3: 4
5: 4
6: 8
0: 0
11: 4
9: 8
5: 8
8: 8
6: 4: 4
10: 11: 4
132
COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES— Continued.
[1776.
Towns and Places.
Names of Members.
3|
Pay.
Orford, Wentworth, )
120
24
P'iennont & Warren, 1 )
Haverhill, Lyman, )
Gunthwait, Bath, Lan- >
daft', Morriston, 1 )
Hanover, Relhan, Leba- \
non, Canaan, Cardigan, >
& Grafton, 1 )
Northumberland, Ap- \
thorp, Lancaster, Strat-
ford, Cockburn, Con- 1
way, Colburn, Shel- [
bnrne, and the Towns
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
[p. 88.] A JOURNAL of the Proceedings of the Honble the
House of Representatives of the Colony of New Hampshire,
at their Session begun and held at Exeter in Said Colony
on Wednesday the fifth day of June, A. Dom. 1776, by
adjournment.
Wednesday June 5th 1776, at three o'clock afternoon.
A Petition of the Inhabitants of Hawke & Sandown, Pray-
ing for a Precept to be sent them to choose & send a Repre-
sentative to this Court, being read,
Voted, That the Prayer thereof be granted.
Read sundry letters for Philadelphia &c.
Voted, That John Dudley & Samuel Cutts Esqr8, be a
Committee to Examine how much Silver and Gold Coin there
is in the Treasury & make report as soon as may be. — Which
Committee made report That there is now in the Treasury in
Silver and Gold Coin £859: 12: 0 Lawf1 money.
Voted That Dr. Dearborn, Capt. Prentice & Mr. Jacob
Abbot be a Comtee of this House to join a Committee of the
Honble Board to Draft a Vote concerning the Procuring fire
arms for the use of this Colony, and present the same to this
house as soon as may be. Sent up by Dr. Dearborn. Ad-
journed.
Thursday, June 6th, 1776.
Voted, That a Committee be chosen in this house to join
a Committee of the Honble Board to consult what business
is most necessary to be Imediately Entered upon and to
make report to this house as soon as may be, and that Capt.
Prentice, Col0 Walker, James Bellows Esq1*, Richard Down-
ing Esqr & John Dudley Esqr be the Committee of this
house for that Purpose. Sent up by Mr. Clougli. [Concur-
red— Mr. Thornton, Mr. Folsom and the Secret added.]
134 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Which Committee being joined by a Comtee of the Honble
Board, made the following Report, viz :
The Committee of both Houses appointed to consider what Business
is necessary to be done this Session, Recommend the following things,
viz, A Table of Fees to be compleated ; A Determination about open-
ing Courts of Law ; The Civil List to be filled up and Commissions for
the Several Courts to be made out ; An Act to Enforce the payment
of the Colony Taxes and others; An Act to Prevent the Alteration
and Counterfeiting the bills of Credit of this and the Neighboring Col-
onies and to make the bills of Credit of said Colonies, a Legal Tender ;
An Act to Regulate Taxation, and for the Sum to be raised this year;
An Act to Regulate the Militia ; An Act for abolishing the Court of
Appeals in this Colony, and for Determining how Appeals shall be
made and heard from Decrees of the Judges of Probate for the Future :
[p. 89.] That the Persons who have laid out the Colony's money may
be compell'd to render accounts thereof, that the sending our accounts
to Philadelphia be no longer Delay'd, and that Attested Accounts
of the Numbers of the People be procured Imediately ; Necessary
Orders to be made out for raising the Continental Battallion ; — Some
Directions about Salt Petre to be given ; — Directions in what Name
Writs &c shall Issue : A Resolve that all Persons be Prosecuted who
after the Sitting of the Courts of Sessions in the respective Counties
shall sell Liquors without License, and that no person be Licenced
without producing a Certificate that they have paid their Excise for
the year 1775. — An Act for the better observation of the Lord's Day ;
An Act imposing a fine on all Justices of Peace and Ministers for Join-
ing Persons in wedlock without a Certificate from the Clerk or Clerks
of the Towns where the Persons Married live, that they have been
Lawfully Published ; — To revise the late Highway Act — To make the
Courts of Probate Circular ; Some further Directions about Fire Arms ;
An Act for making Captures on the Sea &c. and for Condemning them,
and to Commission the Judge and Register of the Admiralty.
(Signed) M. Thornton, Chairman.
Voted, That Deacon Nahum Baldwin be Muster master to
the forces raised and to be raised in this Colony for the Cur-
rent year, and untill further order of this Court. Sent up
by Dea. Baldwin.
Order to Capt. Henry Gerrish.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 278.]
In Committee of Safety at
Exeter, the 6th of June, 1776.
Capt. Henry Gerrish of Boscawen is hereby appointed Muster-Mas-
ter to Muster Capt. Jeremiah Clough's Company, and to administer
the following Oath, viz:
I, A. B. Swear, I will truly and faithfully serve in the New Hamp-
shire Troops to which I belong for the defence and Security of the Es-
tate, lives and property of the good People of this & the Sister Colo-
nies in America in opposition to ministerial Tyranny, by which they
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 135
are or maybe oppressed & to all other Enemies & opposers whatsoever,
and that I will adhere to the Rides and Regulations of Said Army, ob-
serve & obey the General and other officers set over me & disclose and
make known to Said Officers all Traitors, conspiracies, attempts and
designs whatsoever which I shall know to be made agaiust said army
or any of the English American Colonies.
So help me God.
Capt. Henry Gerrish : — Sir, you are desired to muster the above
mentioned Company and make return to this Committee as soon as
may be ; you will observe Every officer and soldier must repeat the
Oath.
[p. 90.] Friday, June 7th 1776.
Voted, That Quarter master Gains furnish Col0 David Gil-
man with what Powder shall be necessary to clear (1) the
Rocks out of the Port now building at Great Island. Sent
up by Col0 David Gilman. [Concurred.]
[p. 91.] Yoted that George Gains Esqr & Capt William
Trefethen be a Comitte of this house to repair to Boston and
other parts of the Massachusetts Bay to search for, Em juire
after & receive of the Commanding officer or any other Per-
son or Persons who may have in their care and Possession
any Cannon belonging to this Colony, According to a resolve
of the Continental Congress ; and also to receive the Powder
sent by this Colony to the Continental Army, and to trans-
port the said Cannon to Portsmouth in this Colony, and the
Powder to Exeter, on the most reasonable Terms, & as soon
as may be. Sent up by Dea. Baldwin. [Concurred.]
P. M.
Voted That Col0 Samuel Sherburne, Richard Downing
Esq1' Col0 Stephen Evens, Capt. Josiah Moulton, Samuel Dud-
ley Esq1' Capt. Pierce Long and Major Tash be a Committee
of this house, who with a Committee of the Honble Board are
Desired and Impowered to Exchange Paper Currency for
Gold and Silver for the use of this Colony, and report what
Sums they do or can Exchange as soon as may be. Sent up
by Col0 Sherburne. [Concurred.]
[p. 92.] The following Vote of Council was bro't from the
Board.
C't,jHamp^I"CO»"eilJl"ie7'"1770-
Resolved, That Nicholas Gilman Esqr Treasurer & Receiver General
of this Colony, be and hereby is fully authorized & Impowered to re-
(1) In the Records of Council, the word is " blow."— Ed.
136 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
ceive and take in all those paper bills of Credit Emitted on the Credit
of said Colony, bearing Interest, and to pay such Interest to the time
of such Exchange, and charge the Amount of said Interest in his Ac-
count with said Colony, and that the Treasurer give notice of this
Order as soon as may be. Sent down for Concurrence.
E. Thompson, Sec7.
In the House of Representatives, June 7th 1776.
The above Vote or Resolve of Council being read Voted
That the same be concurred. P. White, Speak1".
Voted to build a Bridge from the Westerly End of New
Castle to Wards Island & from thence to Adam's Island
so called, or some where across the Water so as to se-
cure a retreat for our Forces to be Stationed at New Castle
in case of a defeat, and that Mr. Baldwin, Major Downing
and Col0 Walker be a Committee of this house to join a
Committee of the Honble Board to Look out and Discover the
best place where, and the manner how the said Bridge shall
be built and to make report thereon to this Court as soon as
may be. Sent up by Mr. Smith. [Concurred.]
Voted that Col0 Walker, Major Downing, Major Kelley,
Mr. John Smith 3d, Capt. Long, Maj. Bellows, Capt. Wilson,
Mr. Emerson, & Deacon Knowles be a Committee of this
house to join a Committee of the Honble Board to Nominate
to this House Three Persons for Colonel, Three for Lieut.
Col0 <fe three for Major of the regiment now to be raised in
this Colony on the Continental Establishment, For this house
to nominate one out of each three for the said offices. Sent
up by Col0 Walker. [Concurred. Mr. Thornton Mr. Folsom
& the Secy joined.]
[p. 93.] Voted That Samuel Dudley Esq1' Timothy Walker
Esq1' & Sam1 Cutts Esq1' be a Committee of this house to join
a Committee of the Honble board to Nominate to this house
three persons proper & Qualified for a recorder of Deeds &
Conveyances for the County of Rockingham, that this house
may appoint one of the said three persons (if they see cause)
to the said office. Sent up by Col. Walker. [Concurred.
Mr. Thornton, Mr. Folsom & the Secy added.]
Saturday, June 8th, 1776.
[In Council, June 8"', 1776]
Upon reading the Petition of Hugh Tallant Voted That the Com-
mittee of the Town of Pelham be directed forthwith to use their utmost
Endeavours to protect the said Hugh Tallant from the violence of any
& every person on his body or Estate until there can be an opportunity
1776. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 187
for sonic Civil Magistrate to take the Cognizance of his Comp1 ; and
also whenever any process may Issue from a Civil authority that they
use their Endeavours to apprehend any persons accused, that there
may be an impartial Enquiry & Justice done, and that in this day of
public Calamity and distress, they would assist their Brethren in the
Colony to keep peace and good order in the Same. [Sent down for
concurrence.]
Voted, That Theophirus Dame Esqr be Appointed first
Colonel of the Battallion now to he raised in this Colony to
be on the Continental Establishment, and that Col0 David
Oilman be Lieutenant Colonel, and Major James Hackett be
Major of said Battallion. [Reconsidered]
Adjourned to Monday the 10th Inst, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Accts allowed, petitions, acts, &c. passed on, in the House and con-
curred, from June 5th to June 9th, 1776.
Petition of John Robertson for wages ; lay for consideration.
Dr. Isaac Thorn, allowed £3: 5: 10 for medicine &c. for John Simp-
son & John Foster.
Petition of Richard Emms, John Frasier & James Taylor — referred.
Capt. Ebenezer Bearing's Roll, allowed £99: 1: 7^.
Capt. Rich. Emms a prisoner allow'd £20: 0: 0, with leave to depart
the country, for West Indias. John Frazier & James Taylor to depart
the country to West India Islands.
Capt. John Calfe's ace4 £2: 11: 0, allowed.
Capt. Titus Salters two Pay-rolls alld £246: 0: 1 and £197: 15: 0.
Wages of John Griffith, a soldier in Capt. Dearing's Co. alld.
Petitions against Lt. Col. Folsoin, dismissed.
Petition of Sarah Lutwyche, about a Ferry, granted in her favor.
George Gains Quar'-master, paid £400. to be accounted for.
Sam1 Robey, a soldier, allowed £1: 18: 8.
John Hunter, allowed £4: 13: 0 for money lost.
Comtee to examine Jona. Parker, about allowing bills &c.
Sam1 Cutts, Commissary, allowed £600: 0: 0, to be accounted for.
James Aiken, allowed for a Coat lost at Bunker hill, £3: 0: O.j
[p. 94.] Monday, June 10th, P. M.
Voted, That the price of good Merchantable Salt Petre
that shall be manufactured in this Colony and bro't in to
Doct. Josiah Gilman, or the receiver thereof for this Colony
for the Time being, for the space of one year from & after
the eighth day of June Instant, shall be four shillings per
pound to be paid out of the Treasury upon the said receiv-
er's Certificate, the Manufacturer or Producer of the said
Salt Petre to be under oath that the same was manufactured
in this Colony. Sent up by Mr. Clough. Adjourned.
138 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Letter from Col. David Gilman.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 280.]
To the Honorable the Generall Assembly for the
Collony of New Hampshire.
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House —
When I was appointed to the arduous though agreeable Command
of the troops at this place, it was with the greatest satisfaction I ac-
cepted the command; though conscious to myself unequal to the impor-
tant trust reposed in me, yet Desirous of serving my Country in gen-
eral and Collony in particular, chearfully entred the service, willing to
venture my life and all in. the cause of my Injured Country; all which
time I have been in the service, I think I can appeal to God, have en-
deavoured to do my Duty both to the Collony and troops under my
command: But sum how or other I seem to have lost the Love and
Confidence of a considerable Part of that Honorable Body, from whom
I have received so many signall Honours, in that they have preferred a
Gentleman before me whose Carrecter Dus not stand so cleare in this
time of Difficulty as I could wish; for I am of the opinion that we
stand in need of the wisdom and millitary accomplishments of every
person, of which that gentleman by information has a great share,
Avhether the charges against him are just I Dont Pretend to say; but
suposing they are, what will be the consequence? Dus not our all
Depend upon officers and men in Public affairs being hearty in the
Cause? Has not the Honorable the Continental Congress advised that
no suspected Persons be put in Places of trust? Surely Gentlemen, it
is a matter of the utmost Importance to lis to keep out all unfriendly
Parsons; is there not enough that we know to be friendly without
taking these that have never appeared in the Publick cause : Gentle-
men, I would not presume to Dictate so worthy a body of men, but
only give my Poor advise as a member of society who expects to Rise
or fall with you, and hope you will well consider the matter, and as I
think it a Diminution of my Honour to fall from a Coll0 to a L' Coll0
would beg that that vote appointing Capt. Dame Coll°, might be recon-
sidered and I have the Indulgence of the Court to come to cleare up
sum things that I understand Laboured in the minds of sum worthy
members Relative to my conduct, so as to stand upon an equall footing
with others, which is the Prayer of your most
obedient and verry Humble servant
David Gilman.
Head Quarters at Portsmouth,
June ye 10th 1776.
Tuesday, June 11th 1776.
Read the Form of the Commission for the Chief Justice of
the Superiour Court, and Voted that the same be Transcribed,
Sealed with the Colony Seal, and Delivered to the Honble
Meshech Weare, Esq.
Voted, That Samuel Cutts, Timothy Walker and John
Dudley Esq1-8 be a Committee of this house to join a Commit-
1776.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 139
tee of the Honble Board to make a Dra't of a Declaration of
this General Assembly for Independence op the United
Colonies, on Great Britain. Sent up by Mr. Kimball.
In Council, June 11th 1776.
A Vote appointing Sam1 Cutts, Timothy Walker & John Dudley a
Committee with such as the Board should join, to make a Draft of a
Declaration of the General Assembly for Independence of the Unit-
ed Colonies on Great Britain, bro't up, read & Concurred with this
Amendment, That the sentiments & opinion of the Council & Assembly
of this Colony relative to the United Colonies forming themselves into
Independent States in order that when passed the same may be trans-
mitted to our Delegates at the Continental Congress, and that Messrs.
Hurd, Claggett & the Sec^ be added to the Committee. [Concurred
by the House.]
Voted, That the Persons hereafter named be appointed to
their respective offices hereafter mentioned, viz. Samuel
Sherburne & Peirse Long Esq18 of' Portsmouth, Enoch Coffin
Esq1' of Epping, Samuel Jenness & Amos Seavey Esq*5 of
Eye, Winthrop Gove Esq1' of Seabrook, Enoch Brown Esq1' of
Poplin, Moses Bennett & John Bell Esq1'8 of Londonderry,
Daniel Ladd & Jeremiah Eastman Esq1' of Deerfield, John
Simpson Esq1' of New Castle, Justices of the Peace for the
County of Rockingham, and Jonathan Moulton, Esq1' of
Hampton, a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum for said
County of Rockingham, and Josiah Moulton the third, a Jus-
tice of the Peace for said County of Rockingham.
That John Garland of Barrington, David Sandborn of San-
bornton, Valentine Mathes of Durham, James Knowles of
Rochester, Joseph Roberts of the Gore, Henry Rust of Wolf-
[p. 9-1.] borough, be Justices of the Peace for the County of
Strafford.
That Jacob Abbot of Wilton, Joshua Bailey of Hopkin-
ton, AndreAV Fuller of Lyndsborough, William Smith of Pe-
terborough, Robert McGregore of Goffstown, John Robie of
Weare, be Justices of the Peace for the County of Hillsbor-
ough, and John Goffe Esq1' a Justice of the Peace & of the
Quorum for said County of Hillsborough.
That Col0 Isaac Wyman of Weare, William Hayward of
Charleston, Heber Miller of Westmoreland, Ephraim Bald-
win of Chesterfield, Joseph Hammond of Swanzey, Joseph
Greenwood of Dublin, Nathaniel Sartel Prentice of Alstead,
and Obadiah Wilcox of Surrey, be Justices of the Peace for
the County of Cheshire.
140 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
That Josiah Clark of Nottingham, Ezekiel Wortben of
Kensington, John Graham of Chester, Samuel Allison of
Londonderry, Jesse Morrill of Salem and John Morrison of
Wyndham, be Coroners for the County of Rockingham.
That David Page of Conway be a Justice of the Peace for
the County of Grafton. Sent up by Du. Baldwin.
Adjourned to 3 o'clock, P. M.
In Council, June 12th, 1776.
A vote appointing a Number of Civil Officers bro't up, read & con-
curred with this amendment or addition, viz. That Nicholas Oilman
& John Rice, Esqrs of Exeter, Zachens Clough Esqr of Poplin be Jus-
tices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham ; Samuel Livermore
Esqr be a Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum for the Colony ; That
Charles Huntoon Esqr of Unity, Moses Whipple Esqr of Croydon,
Henry Silsby, Esqr of Acworth, Elijah Bingham Esq1 of Lempster, Jo-
siah Stevens Esqr of Newport .& Thomas Moore Esq1 of Dublin, be Jus-
tices of the peace for the County of Cheshire ; Abel Chandler Esq1' of
Piermont be a Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton ; and
that John Harvel of Litchfield be a Coroner for the County of Hills-
borough, and that Asa Davis Esqr of Nottingham West, & Moses Gree-
ley Esq1' of Goffstown be Justices of the Peace for said County of
Hillsborough. Sent down for Concurrence.
Voted, That John Taylor Gilman be joined to the Com-
mittee for Examining and adjusting Accounts for and against
this Colony in the room of Capt. John Emery who is gone
out of the Country — This vote having past in Council this
day and sent down — is concurred by the House.
Voted, to concur an amendment made by the Council on
the vote of this day for a Committee to make a Dra't of a
Declaration of Independence, &c.
Voted, That Major James Hackett be the first officer of
the Battallion now to be raised in this Colony on the Conti-
nental Establishment, That Major Thomas Tash be the sec-
ond officer, and Major David Copp be the third officer of
said Battallion. [Reconsidered.]
Letter from Selectmen of Hanover, relating to jjoll-tax.
[State Pap. Rev'1 Vol. HI. p. 282.]
Hanover, 11th June, 1776.
Sir—
Since we received your Warrant for a Province Tax, we have had
credible Information from sundry Persons that a Resolve was passed
last winter by the Congress of this Colony, whereby Persons in the
1770.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 141
Army were excused from paying tlieir Poll-tax ; and that each Town
should be excused from so much of their proportion of the Province
Tax as the Toll-Tax of such Persons should amount to, on the Select-
men's returning to the Committee of Safety for the Colony the number
of Persons belonging to their Town so employed.
Agreeable to directions from the Congress we last Fall made such
return of the number of persons belonging to this Town which were
employed in the Army last year, viz. twenty two, and the Poll Tax for
the Colony Rate in this Town is one shilling and six pence for each
person. In conformity to which we have retained thirty-three shil-
lings (for the Benefit of those Persons) out of the sum express'd in
your Warrant, apprehending it agreeable to the design of the Con-
gress,— the remainder being twelve pounds nineteen shillings we send
you by the Bearer.
If Ave have erred herein 'tis undesigned as we have not seen such re-
solve ourselves, nor heard that any copy of it has been in this Town ;
but rely solely on the testimony of others respecting it. If we have
committed any mistake herein, please suggest it, and we will use our
Endeavour to have it rectified.
Your most obedient
and humble Servants,
Ichabod Trowber ) Selectmen
Edward Smith $ of Hanover
Col0 Gihnan.
Wednesday, June 12th, 1776.
Voted, That a Committee of Two members of this House
be chosen to confer with a Committee of the Hon1)le Board
upon the mode of Raising the Battallion now to be raised in
this Colony upon the Continental Establishment, and to
make report thereon to this house as soon as may be ; and
that Col. Badger, Col. Morey, Col. Sherburne, Jonathan
Lovewell Esq1- and Col. Hale be the Committee of this House
for that purpose. Sent up by Col. Evans. [Concurred.
Messrs. Folsom, Blanchard Ashley & the Secretary added.]
In Council, June 12, 1776.
A vote bro't up appointing James Hacket, Col. and Thomas Tash,
Lt. Col., and David Copp Major of the Continental Battallion to be
raised here, which was read and concurred with this amendment, That
James Hackett Esqr, Thomas Tash Esqr and David Copp, Esquire, be
nominated to Honblc Continental Congress as the Persons recommend-
ed by this Colony to be appointed Colonel, Lieut. Colonel and Major of
the Continental Battallion ordered to be raised here. Sent down for
concurrence.
Voted That the amendment of the Honble Council on the
vote appointing Officers for the New Battallion <fcc. be con-
curred.
142 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
The Address and Petition of Majr James Hackett.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 281.]
GEN'tn—
Permit me to return you my most hearty thanks for the Honour you
have conferred upon me in the appointment to the chief command of a
Regiment to be raised in the service of the United Colonies, and to be
Station'd for the safeguard & protection of this Colony in particular ;
while I feel myself obliged and Honoured by your appointment, I can-
not but lament that the chief Command' was not bestowed on Mr.
Dame your former choice — a Gentleman of superior skill and military
reputation, whose judgment and experience is equal to the important
office — my highest ambition would be to serve as second in Command
under the above Gentleman, if this Honble House would think proper
to make such an arrangement. I rather urge it knowing it would be
for the benefit of the service and the honour of this Province in partic-
ular ; but if after this my most earnest solicitation in favour of Mr.
Dame, you should Still think proper to continue me in the chief com-
mand be assured my utmost Endeavours shall not be wanting to pro-
mote the good of my Country in a faithful & Diligent discharge of my
Duty. While I Express the warmest Inclination for the service, I must
at the same time acknowledge myself inadequate to the Task. I have
had all the hardships of a Soldier without the experience of a General.
If I should be found wanting in military skill, I shall hope for your &
the publick Indulgence. A faithful Discharge of my Duty, the publick
good, and the happiness of those under my command, will alway be
the object of my peculiar care and attention.
I am with great Respect,
Gent", your most obliged & hubl Serv1,
James Hackett.
Exeter, June 13th 1776.
To the Honble the Council & Assembly
for the Colony of New Hampshire.
Voted That John Dudley Esq1' Capt. Harriman & Major
Bartlett be a Committee of this House to join a Committee
of the Honble Board to consult upon the Expediency of De-
livering out Powder from the Colony Stores to the Several
Colonels or Captains, or Selectmen of the several Towns,
and if expedient, then how & in what manner, and on what
conditions the same shall be Delivered out, and to make re-
port to this house as soon as may be. Sent up by John
Dudley, Esqr.
Voted Enoch Hale, Esq be a Justice of the Quorum for
the County of Cheshire.
Voted That Samuel Hayward of New Ipswich Zaccheus
Chandler of Bedford, Augustus Blanchard of Merrimac, and
Seth Cobb of Temple, be Coroners for the County of Hills-
borough.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 143
Voted That Samuel Gustin of Marlow, Moses Hale of
Rindge, A; Silas Thompson of Chesterfield, be Coroners for
the County of Cheshire.
Voted That Nathaniel Cooper of Dover be a Coroner for
the County of Strafford.
Voted That Jonathan Child Esq1' be a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Grafton, and that John Sloane be a Coro-
ner for said County of Grafton.
Voted That Jeremiah Lock of Rye and Simon Wiggin of
Stratham, be Coroners for the County of Rockingham. (7
votes) Sent up by Majr Bartlett, and concurred.
Voted That Deacon Samuel Brooks of Exeter be and
hereby is chosen and appointed Recorder of Deeds and Con-
veyances for the County of Rockingham (in the room &
Stead of Mr. Joseph Peirce who was chosen and refuses to
accept) and that he be and hereby is authorized to Finish
whatever remains yet to be done as fully to all Intents as the
[p. 97.] late recorder, or any of his Predecessors might have
done ; and that he shall not be Qualified to act in said office
untill he hath given bond with two Sureties Jointly & Sever-
ally to the Honble the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives for the time being in the Sum of Two thousand Pounds
Lawful money for the faithful Discharge of his said office :
and that Noah Emery, Benjamin Baker and Samuel Dudley
Esqr members of the House of Representatives, and Nathan-
iel Folsom and Josiah Bartlett, Esq1' of the Honble Council,
or the Major part of them be a Committee to take the books
& papers belonging to said office, into their custody, in case
of the Death or Incapacity of the said Brooks, and them
safely to keep untill further order of the General Assembly ;
and to receive Deeds and make the usual Notations thereon.
Sent up by Maj1' Bartlett. [Concurred.]
The following Vote was past the 10th Instant but not en-
tered in its proper place :
Voted, To choose a Committee of this house to join with a
Committee of the Honble Board to frame, Draw up & present
to this house the following Acts and Laws for this Colony,
viz.
1. An Act for establishing a Table of Fees for the several Officers in
[p. 98.] this Colony.
2d An Act or Resolve for opening the Courts of Justice.
3* An Act to Enforce the payment of Taxes in this Colony.
144 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
4th An Act to prevent the alteration & Counterfeiting the bills of
Credit of this and neighbouring Colonies and to make said bills of Cred-
it a Legal Tender.
5. An Act to Regulate Taxation and to Ascertain the Sum to be
raised as Colony Tax for the Current year.
6. An Act Regulating the Militia.
7. An Act for Abolishing the Court of Appeals in this Colony, and
for Determining how and by whom Appeals shall be made and heard
from Decrees of the Judges of Probate in this Colony in future.
8. An Act or Resolve In what Name & in what form Wills & Pro-
cesses shall be issued in future.
9. An Act for the Better Observation of the Lord's Day.
10. An Act to impose a fine on all Justices of the Peace & Ministers
of the Gospel who shall Presume to join Persons in Matrimony without
Certificate from the Clerk or Clerks of the Towns or places where the
Persons so married Live — That they have been Lawfully Published.
11. An Act to revive the late Highway Act.
12. An Act to make the Courts of Probate Circular.
13. An Act for making Captures on the Seas, & for condemning
them and to regulate the Trials of said Captures.
14. An Act to Prevent the stopping or obstructing the Course or
Passage of Fish into the several Rivers, Brooks and Ponds in this Col-
ony where Fish usually passed.
And that Timothy Walker <fe Matthew Patten Esq1-S & Mr.
John Smith be the Committee of this House for that Pur-
pose. Sent up by Mr. Clough. [Concurred. Mr. Thornton,
Mr. Clagett, and Mr. Giles added.] Adjourned.
Thursday, June 13th 1776.
The Committee of both Houses appointed to confer upon
a mode of raising the Battallion ordered by the Continental
Congress, made Report.
That they would recommend the appointmemt of Eight Persons,
most likely to Enlist the men and Perform the service and give out or-
[p. 90.] ders for each to Enlist a Company, with Liberty for them to
Name subalterns to serve under them, To be Commissionated if they
raise the Companys.
(Signed) M. Thornton, Chairman.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted that the
same be rec'd & accepted.
Voted, To choose a Committee of sixteen Persons to join
a Committee of the Honble Board to Nominate to this House,
sixteen Persons, Eight of which to Enlist the men for the
Battallion to be raised by order of the Continental Con-
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 145
gress, and to make the said Nomination as soon as may
be, and that Col. Sherburne, C<>1. Evens, Capt. Worthen,
Samuel Dudley Esq1, Samuel Kimball, Dr. Nichols, Mr. John
Bell, John Dudley Esqr Matthew Patten Esqr, Col. Badger,
Col. Walker, Maf Ellis, Mr. Shattuek Mr. Grout, Mr. Emer-
son, & Col. Morey be the Committee of this house for that
purpose. Sent up by Mr. Baldwin. [Concurred. — Mr.
Thornton, Mr. Folsom, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Clagett, Mr.
Giles, Mr. Ashley and the Secy added by the Board.]
Voted, That all Bonds, Recognizances, & Securities for
moneys or any other Forfeitures heretofore usually given to
the King, shall henceforward be given and taken to the pres-
ent Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Speaker
for the time being, for the use of the Colony, and when the
matter relates to any Particular County, upon Non-perform-
ance of the Condition that the Penalty shall and may be
sued for and recovered in the Name of said Speaker for the
use of such County. Sent up by the Clerk. Adjourned to
3 o'clock.
P.M.
[p. 100.] Voted That Mark Wiggin of Stratham, John
Brewster of Rochester, Moses Leavitt of North Hampton,
James Hill of Newmarket, Joseph Dearborn of Chester,
Stephen Peabody of Amherst, John Calfe of Kingston and
Ebenezer Webster (1) of Salisbury be appointed Captains in
the Battallion now to be raised in this Colony on the Conti-
nental Establishment. Sent up by the Clerk.
Friday, June 14th 1776.
Voted, To raise five thousand Pounds for the Colony Tax
for the Current year, to be Assessed on the Polls and Estates
within this Colony, and to be Collected and paid into the
Treasury on or before the first day of March next. Sent up
by Mr. Clough.
Received a Letter from the Honble John Hancock Esq1' En-
closing the Resolves and Requisition of the Continental Con-
gress, about raising the Militia &c. to send to Canada, and
sent the same up to the Board by Mr. Cutts. Adjourned to
3. P. M.
(1) Ebenezer Webster was the father of Hon. Daniel and Ezekiel Webster.— Ed.
10
146 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Letter of Hon. John Hancock to the General Assembly of
New Hampshire.
[Amer. Ar. 4 ser. Vol. VI. p. 707.]
Philadelphia, June 4, 1776.
Gentlemen: — Our affairs are hastening fast to a crisis, and the
approaching campaign will, in all probability, determine forever the
fate of America.
Such is the unrelenting spirit which possesses the tyrant of Britain
and his Parliament, that they have left no measure unessayed that had a
tendency to accomplish our destruction. Not satisfied with having
lined our coasts with ships of war, to starve us into a surrender of our
liberties, and to prevent us from being supplied with arms and ammu-
nition, they are now about to pour in a number of foreign troops, who,
from their want of connections and those feelings of sympathy which
frequently bind together the different parts of the same empire, will be
more likely to do the business of their masters without remorse or
compunction.
By the best intelligence from Canada, it appears that our affairs in
that quarter wear a melancholy aspect. Should the Canadians and
Indians take up arms against us (which there is too much reason to
fear) we shall then have the whole force of that country to contend
with, joined to that of Great Britain and all her foreign auxiliaries.
In this situation, what steps must we pursue ? Our Continental troops
alone are unable to stem the torrent; nor is it possible at this day to
raise and discipline men ready to take the field by the time they will be
wanted.
From the secresy with which the Ministry carry on their machina-
tions, we neither know their views, or how near our enemies may be.
Perhaps at this moment they are landing on some part of our Country.
In this difficult and trying situation of our affairs, the Congress have
come to the enclosed Resolves, which I have it in command to transmit
you by Express, containing matters of the greatest importance, and to
which I beg leave to request your attention. You will there find the
Congress have judged it necessary to call upon the Militia at this
alarming crisis.
Should the United Colonies be able to keep their ground this Cam-
paign I am under no apprehensions on account of any future one. We
nave many disadvantages at present to struggle with, which time and
progress in the art of war will remove. But this circumstance should
arouse us to superiour exertions on the occasion. The Militia of the
United Colonies are a body of troops that may be depended upon. To
their virtue, their Delegates in Congress now make the most solemn
appeal. They are called upon to say whether they will live slaves or
die freemen. They are requested to step forth in defence of their
wives, their children, their liberty, and every thing they hold dear.
The cause is certainly a most glorious one, and I trust every man in
the Colony of New Hampshire is determined to see it gloriously ended,
or perish in the ruins of it. In short, on your exertions at this critical
period together with those of the other Colonies in the common cause,
the salvation of America now evidently depends.
Your Colony, I am persuaded, will not be behindhand. Exert,
therefore, every nerve to distinguish yourselves. Quicken your
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 147
preparations, and stimulate the good people of your Government, and
there is no danger, notwithstanding the mighty armament with which
we are threatened, but you will be able to lead them to victory, to
liberty, and to happiness.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient and very
humble servant.
John Hancock, President.
To the Honourable Convention
of New Hampshire.
Letter from N. H. Delegates in Congress to Ron. Mesliecli
We are.
[Amer. Ar. 4 ser. Vol. VI. p. 70S.]
Philadelphia, June 4, 1776.
Sir: We wrote you the 28th Ultimo since which Congress have
resolved to send a further reinforcement into Canada. Seven hundred
and fifty men, including officers, will be required of our Colony to
serve as Militia until the 1st of December, the officers to be commis-
sioned by the Colony. It is absolutely necessary our posts should be
supported in that Country, for should the enemy get possession, we
should certainly have a long and troublesome war on our hands; but if
we are successful, which by proper exertions and Divine assistance
there is no doubt of, this campaign will place us out of the reach of
their malice. You will receive the resolution respecting this reinforce-
ment from the President. The money mentioned in our last is not yet
gone forward, not having had an opportunity, but to leave in a few
days.
We are, with great respect, your most obedient servants,
William Whipple,
Josiah Bartlett.
To Meshech Weare, Esq.
Resolution of Congress.
[Amer. Ar. 4 ser. Vol. VI. p. 1693.]
Resolved, That six thousand Militia be employed to reinforce the
Army in Canada, and to keep up the communication with that Prov-
ince. To make up which number
Resolved, That the Colony of Massachusetts Bay be requested to
supply of their Militia, 3000 — 4 Battalions
Connecticut, of their Militia 1.500 — 2 Battalions
New Hampshire, of their Militia 750 — 1 Battalion
New York, of their Militia 750 — 1 Battalion.
Letter from Hon. Josiah Bartlett.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. III. p. 286.]
Philadelphia, li June 1776.
Sir—
This goes by the Person who carries the Money mentioned in a for-
mer letter, which was order'd for the advance wages, and defraying the
148 COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
charge of Raising the Regiment to be station 'd at Portsm0. The sum
ordered is 10,500 Dols 500 Dols of which Wm. Whipple has taken,
which he desires may be replaced out of the Treasury and charged to
him. 10,000 Dols is in a Box directed to you; there is in the same
Box, 10,U00 Dols for John Langdon Esqr which please to advise him of.
We are with great respect
Your most obl Servts (1)
JOSIAH BARTLETT.
100 sheets of 72 Dol* is 7200
70 Do. of 40 Do. is 2S0O
10,000
Friday, June 14th P. M.
Met according to adjournment.
Voted, That this house Resolve themselves into a Com-
mittee of the whole house to join the Council or such of their
members as they shall appoint, to Converse together concern-
ing the requisition of the Continental Congress for a Battal-
ion to be raised and sent from this Colony to Canada, and
any other matters concerning raising and Equipping the said
Battallion :
Which Committee of the whole House being joined by
the Committee of the whole Board ; The Honble Mcshech
Weare Esq1' in the Chair, and conferring on the Premises,
came to the following Resolution, viz : That there be forth-
with raised and Equipped in this Colony a Regiment of seven
hundred and fifty men Including officers, — and that each
non-Commissioned officer and soldier receive a Bounty of Six
Pounds. And the Question being put whether the Troops
now on duty at & near New Castle &c. shall have leave
to Enlist into the said Regiment or into the Continental Bat-
tallion, and a vote being put thereon it past in the Negative.
Also Resolved that the officers and Soldiers have the same
wages as the Continental Troops have.
[p. 101.] Voted to choose a Committee of sixteen members
of this house to join a Committee of the Honble Board to con-
fer together & Nominate to this House Proper Persons for
Field Officers, and for Captains of the Regiment now to he
raised for Canada, and how & in what manner the said
Regiment shall be Enlisted and Equipt, and to make report
thereon to this house as soon as may be ; and that Maj1' Bar-
ker, Col° Baker, Capt Moulton, Mr. Wheeler, Robert Wilson
(1) This letter appears to be mutilated. The address is wanting, and probably the
■ name of Win. Whipple is cut off.— Ed.
1770.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 149
Esq1' James Bctton Eaqr Maj1 Philbrick, Mr. Abbott, Majr
Kelley, Col0 Hale, Mr. Robinson, Col0 Gerrish Col0 Smith,
Majr Bellows, Col° Mo ivy and Mr. Brahmro! be the Commit-
tee of this house for thai purpose. Sent up by Mr. Rollins.
{^Concurred — Mr. Thornton, Mr. Folsom, Mr. Blanchani &
the Sec? added.]
Saturday, June 15th, 1776.
The Committee of both Houses appointed to prepare a
Draught setting forth the sentiments & opinion of the Council
and Assembly of this Colony relative to the United Colonies
setting up an Independent State made Report as on file —
which report being read and considered,
Voted Unanimously, That the Report of said Committee
be received and accepted, and that the Dra't by them bro't
in lie sent to our Delegates at the Continental Congress
forthwith, as the sence of this House. Sent up by Capt. Si-
monds.
INDEPENDENCE.
[p. 102.] The Draft made by the Committee of both Houses,
relating to Independency, is as follows, viz :
Whereas it now appears an undoubted Fact, That Notwithstanding
all the dutiful Petitions and Decent Remonstrances from the American
Colonies, and the utmost Exertions of their best Friends in England
on their Behalf, The British Ministry, Arbitrary & Vindictive, are yet
Determined to Reduce by Fire and Sword our Bleeding Country, to
their absolute obedience ; and for this Purpose, in Addition to their
own forces, have Engaged great Numbers of Foreign Mercenaries,
who may now be on their passage here, accompanied by a Formidable
Fleet to Ravage and Plunder the Sea-Coast ; From all which we may
reasonably Expect the most dismal Scenes of Distress the ensuing year,
unless we Exert ourselves by every means & Precaution possible ; And
Whereas We of this Colony of New Hampshire have the Example of
several of the most Respectable of our Sister Colonies before us for
Entering upon that most Important Step of a Disunion from Great
Britain, and Declaring ourselves Free and Independent of the Crown
thereof, — being Impelled thereto by the most violent & Injurious Treat-
ment ; and it appearing absolutely Necessary in this most Critical
Juncture of our Public Affairs, that the HonbIe the Continental Con-
gress, who have this Important Object under their Immediate Consid-
150 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
eration, should be also Informed of our Resolutions thereon without
loss of Time : We do, therefore Declare that it is the opinion of this
Assembly that our Delegates at the Continental Congress should be
Instructed, and they are hereby Instructed to join with the other Col-
onies in Declaring The Thirteen United Colonies, a Free & In-
dependent State : Solemnly Pledging our Faith & Honor, That
we will on our parts Support the Measure with our Lives and For-
tunes ; — and that in consequence thereof, They, the Continental Con-
gress, on whose Wisdom, Fidelity & Integrity we rely, May enter into
and form such Alliances as they may Judge most conducive to the
Present Safety and Future advantage of These American Colonies :
Provided, the Regulation of our Internal Police be under the direction
of our own Assembly.
Entered according to the Original,
Att : Noah Emery, Clk, D. Reps.
[p. 103.] Voted, That Deacon Nahum Baldwin, Capt.
Prentice, Matthew Patten, Esq1' Col. Hale and Mr. Grout be
a Committee of this House to join a Committee of the Honble
Board to give out Enlisting orders to the several officers of
the Regiment now to be raised for Canada, and to Commis-
sionate the officers and make all Necessary Preparations for,
and Equip the said Regiment as soon as Possible. Sent up
by Mr. Baldwin [concurred — Mr. Thornton, Mr. Folsom
Mr. Blanchard & the Sec^ added.]
Adjourned to Monday next 10 o'clock forenoon.
Accts, petitions, &c. acted on & concurred, between the 10th & 17th of
June, 1776.
Doct. Samuel Greeley, allowed £6:0:2. for his son Joseph wounded
at Bunker Hill fight.
Committee of Safety of Greenland, paid £13: 8.
Petition of Hon. Wm. Parker, for last year's salary referred to a
Committee. Allow'd £10.
Petition of Selectmen of Marlow & the Selectmen of Stoddard con-
cerning taxes — Voted, That all settlers within the original East line of
Marlow pay taxes to Marlow until the title to the Land in dispute is
determin'd by law.
Petition from Society Lands, praying to be incorporated by certain
bounds, — lay for consideration.
Capt. Benj. Connor's claim for bounty on Salt petre, referred to a
Committee.
Petition of Lydia McCrellis, in reference to a Doctor's bill referred.
Daniel Fowle's acct, allowed, £5: 14.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 151
Monday June 17th 177G.
P. M.
Voted to choose a Committee of this House to confer with
a Committee of the Honble Board on the Expediency of fur-
nishing the Town of Chesterfield with Powder to Defend
themselves against the attempts and Assaults of all Persons
who appear by their conduct Enimical to this Country, and
to make report to this house as soon as may he, and that
Cap1 . Prentice, Major Bellows & Doctor Dearborn be the Com-
mittee of this house for that Purpose. Sent up by Doctr
Dearborn. [Concurred — Messrs. Blanchard, Ashley & Giles
added.] Adjourned.
Tuesday, June 18th 1776.
Voted That half a Barrel of gunpowder be Delivered out
of the Powder house in Exeter, to the Selectmen of Chester-
field on their order for the use of said Town of Chesterfield,
and that the said Selectmen of Chesterfield or some person
in their stead give a receit therefor, and Promise to account
with the Treasurer of this Colony for the same. Sent up by
Mr. Robinson. [Concurred.]
P.M.
Voted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board, to confer together And Nominate
to this House certain Persons to take the hard money now
Collected in this Colony, and carry the same to Gen1 Schuy-
ler at Ticonderoga or wherever he may be found, for the
support & supply of our Troops in Canada, and to make re-
port as soon as may be, and that Major Bartlett, Capt.
Long and Deacon Baldwin be the Committee of this House
for that purpose. Sent up by Deacon Baldwin. [Concurred —
Messrs. Thornton, Blanchard & Giles added.]
Letter to Hon. John Hancock.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. III. p. 288.]
Exeter, 17th June, 1776.
Sir—
Your Honor's Letter of the 30th April past was duly receiv'd, in wch
you request from this Colony some supply of hard money towards the
support of the Expedition into Canada. A Committee was imme-
diately appointed for the purpose, who have collected several hundred
pounds wch with what we had in the Treasury may amount to upwards
of £1030, and shall be sent off without delay to General Schuyler.
152 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Agreeable to your Directions we shall draw for the same amo'. Mr.
John Langdon we understand has collected about £900 more — all which
may go together under proper guard. "We shall be mindful to collect
what further sums we possibly can, being very sensible of the Impor-
tance of supporting our Strength & Credit in Canada, that we ought
to exert every nerve that our troops may not be compelled to evacuate
the Country.
We are also favor'd with yr Honors spirited & animating Letter of
the 4th June Curr* pr Express, inclosing the Resolves of Congress for
raising and employing certain Quotas of the Militia thro' the several
Colonies — the contents of wth Letter will we trust make due Impres-
sion upon us.
That our affairs are hastening fast to a crisis & the approaching
Campaign may in all probability determine the fate of America, we
are truly apprehensive of, and will chearfully strain every sinew to
maintain & prosecute so just a war on our side, till gloriously ended, or
perish in the Ruins of it.
Our Assembly very readily voted the Quota of men assigned for
this Colony, but knowing well the Difficulty of raising such a Body of
Troops when we have so large a proportion already in the service, & so
many employed in Husbandry & other Occupations absolutely neces-
sary, tho't it most prudent to give a generous Bounty to induce men
to inlist & accordingly resolved upon giving the Bounty of twenty
Doll8 wch 'tis expected will effect the Business, and we shall lose no
time to equip & get them away as fast as possible they can be rais'd.
We are much concerned to hear the bad accts from Canada &to know
the melancholy aspect of our affairs there, but we hope by vigorous
Exertions & the favor of Providence the ensuing Campaign, to retrieve
our Credit, recover lost ground, & obtain the wish'd for success.
In behalf of the Council & assembly, I am
with great Esteem & Respect,
Sir, your most obed1 hum1 servt.
(Copy) President.
To the Honble John Hancock, Esq.
Letter from Josiah Bartlett to John Langdon.
(Extract.) [Amer. Ar. 4 Ser. Vol. VI. p. 1028.]
Philadelphia, June 17, 1776.
Dear Sir — "Your favour of the instant is come to hand, and
am sorry the news you mention from Quebeck is not true. Things
have taken a very extraordinary turn in that country. The behaviour
of Colonel Bedel and Major Butterfield is very extraordinary. No
doubt you will hear the particulars before this reaches you. Dr.
Franklin, Mr. Chase and Mr. Carroll are Returned from Canada.
Their account of the behaviour of our New England officers and sol-
diers touches me to the quick. By their account men never behaved
so badly ; some regiments not having more than one hundred men,
when it was expected there were six times that number ; — Stealing and
plundering arms, ammunition, military stores &c. and taking the bat-
teaus and running off. One man, it is said, stole six guns, and to con-
ceal them, broke the stocks to pieces, cut up a tent to make a knap-
1776. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE, 153
sack to carry off the barrels, locks &c. and all is said to blowing to
the officers. Unless our men behave better, we shall lose all our for-
mer credit, and be despised, by the whole continent. This is the ac-
count here I pray God it may not be so bad as is represented."
JOSIAH BAllTLETT.
Letter from Commissioners in Canada to the President of Con-
gress— (Extract) .
[Amer. Ar. Vol. VI. p. 587.]
Montreal, May, 17, 1776.
"Colonel Bedel, who commands at the Cedars, a post of great con-
sequence, about 36 miles from [Montreal] up the St. Lawrence, being
informed by two Indians that a body of savages, about one hundred,
headed by some English Soldiers, number unknown, were come within
nine miles of this post, with an intention to attack it, brought this
intelligence himself to town and left his Garrison, consisting of three
hundred effective men. It is true, according to his account, they were
badly provided to receive the enemy, arid had been four days without
any other provision than bread. This intellegence, we conceive, might
have been communicated to the commanding officer here by any other
person, as well as Colonel Bedell. Colonel Paterson, who now com-
mands in Montreal, immediately ordered a detachment from his regi-
ment, of one hundred & fifty men, to reinforce the Cedars ; a fresh sup-
ply of provisions and ammunition was sent with his detachment.. We
apprehend the report to be altogether groundless, or occasioned by
some very trifling circumstance."(l)
Resolve of Congress, relating to Cloatliing for the Soldiers.
[State Pap. Rev* Vol. III. p. 294]
In Congress, June 19, 1776.
"Whereas it is indispensably necessary for the good of the service
that the soldiers of the United Colonies should be well provided with
Blanketts & Cloathing; — therefore
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Assemblies and Conven-
tions of the United Colonies forthwith to cause a suit of cloaths of
which the waistcoat and Breeches may be of Deer Leather, if to be
had on reasonable terms, a Blanket, felt hat, two shirts, two pair of
Hose and two pair of shoes to be manufactured or otherwise procured
at reasonable rates in their respective Colonies for each soldier of the
American Army inlisted therein for the present Campaign; and that
the same be baled, invoiced andstor'd in suitable places to be delivered
to the order of Congress or the Commander-in-Chief of the American
army.
That sufficient sums of money be granted to the Assemblies and
Conventions aforesaid on applying for the same to enable them to dis-
charge the demands arising from the purchase of the Articles aforesaid.
That the Commander in chief of the American Army be impowered
to draw on the said Assemblies and Conventions for such articles of
(1) See a detailed account of the unfortunate affair of the surrender of the Fort at
the Cedars, hi Anier. Ar. 4 ser. Vol. VI. pp. 598, 589.— Ed.
154 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Cloathing aforesaid as he shall from time to time judge necessary and
that the cost thereof be deducted from the pay of the soldiers who
shall receive the same by the proper officer for examining and discharg-
ing the accounts and pay Rolls of the respective Regiments.
By order of Congress.
Johx Hancock, Presid'.
[p. 104.] Voted, That John Drew of Barrington, James
Hadlock of Southampton, William Harper of Brintwood, Jo-
seph Dearborn of Chester, James Shepard of Canterbury,
Augustus Blanchard of Merrimac, Samuel Wetherbee of
Charleston and Joseph Parker of New Ipswich, be Captains
in the Regiment now to be raised & Sent into Canada. Sent
up by Mr. Emerson. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Benjamin Giles Esq1' of the Council and Mat-
thew Patten, Esq1" and Nahum Baldwin Esq1' of this House
be a Committee to receive what Gold & Silver Coin is now in
the Treasury and carry the same to the Honble General Schuy-
ler at Ticonderoga or Albany, or wherever he may be, for the
necessary supply of our Troops at Canada, and Take his re-
ceit for the same on account of this Colony. Sent up by Mr.
Emerson. [Concurred.]
Voted To choose a Committee of this House to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to give out Enlisting orders to the
several officers of the Regiment now to be raised and sent in-
to Canada, and to commissionate the officers and make all
necessary Preparations for, and Equip the said Regiment as
soon as Possible ; and that John Dudley Esq1' Capt. Pierce
Long & Mr. John Smith lie the Committee of this House for
that purpose. Sent up by Mr. Smith. [Concurred — Messrs.
Hurd, Folsom & Blanchard, added.]
Wednesday, June 19th 1776.
The Speaker being absent, the House made choice of Sam-
uel Cutts Esq1' for their Speaker pro Tempore, who took the
Chair accordingly — soon after which the Speaker came in
and resumed the Chair.
Voted, That it be and hereby is Recommended to all Col-
onels and other officers of the Militia in this Colony, to be aid-
ing & assisting to the several officers appointed to Enlist Sol-
diers for the Regiment to be sent into Canada, by all good
means in their Power — That the said Regiment may be raised
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 155
with all convenient speed. Sen1 up by Mr. Baldwin. [Con-
curred.]
Voted, That Mr. Baldwin & Matthew Patten Es,,r be ex-
cused from going to Canada to cany the hard money now in
the Treasury to General Schuyler.
Voted, That James Betton, Esq1 be joined to the Honble
Benjamin Giles Esqr as a Committee to receive out of the
Colony Treasury and convey to General Schuyler or to the
Commanding officer of the Continental Forces in Canada, all
the hard monies in the Treasury for the support of our said
Forces, and to take his receit for the same on account of this
Colony. Sent up by Mr. Baldwin. [Concurred.]
[p. 105.] Voted That the several Master masters hereaf-
ter named receive out of the Treasury sufficient monies to
pay off the Troops going to Canada, tor their Bounty and
their months advance wages, and that they pay them in their
several Departments upon their being mustered and Enrolled ;
and that Col. Timothy Walker he Mustermaster of Capt.
Shepard's Company, Col. Otis Baker, of Capt. Drew*s Com-
pany, Capt. Ezekiel Worthen of Capt. Hadlock's Company,
Samuel Dudley Esq1* of Capt. Harper's Company, John Dud-
ley Es«jr of Capt. Dearborn's Company, Deacon Nahum Bald-
win of Capt. Blanchard's Company, Mr. Elijah Grout of Capt.
Weatherbee's Company, & Col. Enoch Hale of Capt. Parker's
Company. Sent up by Mr. Baldwin. [Concurred.]
The Committee of both houses beg leave to recommend the reconsid-
ering of Two votes lately passed, viz. One for raising a Battallion
agreeable to a resolve of the Continental Congress, Probably to be
Stationed at Portsmouth & Nominating Field and other officers for the
same ; and a vote appointing officers for a Battallion to be sent into
Canada ; and they further Recommend the six Gentn Voted for field
officers for the Two above mentioned Battallions be named, to choose
three of them for the Canada service, and also the sixteen Captains
chosen for the aforesaid Battallions with others who may be named in
Lieu of those who Decline the Service Stand Nominated to appoint
Eight of them for the sd Canada Service.
Signed M. Thornton, Chairman.
Voted and Resolved, That the vote of this house of the
11th [nstant appointing Maj1' Hackett, Major Tash & Major
Copp to the command of the Battalion to he raised agreea-
ble to a resolve of the Continental Congress, to he Stationed
at Portsmouth ; And also the Vote of this House of the
same day for raising & Equipping the Said Battallion ; and
also a vote of this House of the 15th Inst, appointing officers
156 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [177G.
for a Regiment to be sent into Canada &c. — and each & Eve-
ry of said Votes be and hereby are Reconsidered and made
Null and Void. Sent up by Mr. Betton.
[p. 106.] The following Letter was Presented to the House,
viz.
To the Honble House of Representatives for the Colony of New Hamp-
shire :
Agreeable to a Request of the late Congress of the Colony aforesaid
to the Committees of Safety of the several Towns of the Colony, the
Committees of the Towns of Dunstable, Hollis, Merrymack & Litch-
field in said Colony, Herewith return the Names of Capt. Leonard
Whiting, Benjamin Whiting & Samuel Cummings Esqr & Thomas
Cummings of Hollis, Suspected Persons of being unfriendly or Enem-
icall to the Libertys and rights of the United Colonys, Together with
the Evidences of Such suspicion — which is humbly submitted to the
Examination and Decision of the Said Houble House of Assembly,
agreeable to the Hand-bills.
Dated at Dunstable 15th of June 1776.
Signed Reuben Dow, Chairman of Said Committees.
Whereas the Committees of Safety for the Towns of Dun-
stable, Hollis, Merrimac & Litchfield have returned the
Names of Leonard Whiting Benjamin Whiting, Samuel
Whiting, Samuel Cummings Esqr <fe Thomas Cummings, as
persons suspected of being unfriendly or Enimicall to the
Liberties of the United Colonies, together with the Eviden-
ces of such Suspicion — Which having been heard & fully
consider'd, and also the Said Leonard Whiting, Benjamin
Whiting, Samuel Cummings and Thomas Cummings being
heard by Counsel upon their Petition before both Houses It
Appears to this House That the said Suspicion is not suffi-
ciently Supported, and that the said Leonard Whiting, Ben-
jamin Whiting, Samuel Cummings, and Thomas Cummings
be acquitted & fully Discharged. Sent up by Major Phil-
brick. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Colonel Isaac Wyman be appointed First
Colonel of the Regiment now to be raised and sent into Can-
ada in the room & stead of Major James Hackett who was
appointed and has resigned. Sent up by Mr. Ames. Ad-
journed till tomorrow at 8 o'clock.
[p. 107.] Thursday, June 20th 1776.
Voted to choose a Committee of three members of this
house to join a Committee of the Honble Board to confer and
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 157
Consult upon the best method of Procuring Provisions and
other Necessaries for the Regiment going into Canada, and
to make report to this house as soon as may be ; and that
Capt. Prentice, Col". Walker and Gapt. Long be the Commit-
tee of this house for that purpose ; — and also consult upon
the best method of getting the Shofcts & Balls belonging to
this Colony, now in store at Mistick, and to write to Gen.
Washington for an order to receive the Powder Sent by the
Colony for the supply of the Continental Army ; — and also
to try to borrow some Cannon from the Colony of the Mas-
sachusetts Bay. Sent up by Mr. Bell.
Voted That Mr. Samuel Moore be a Monitor to this house.
Upon reading sundry petitions of the officers and soldiers
of the sixth Regiment of Militia, Praying that Col0 John
Hale and the other Field officers appointed for said Regiment,
may be Discharged and Dismist from their said appointment
And some others appointed in their room : The s(l Petitioners
and the said field officers being heard upon their Evidence
before both houses — It appears to this House that the said
John Hale Esq1' has carry' d and behaved himself as a good
friend to the cause of Liberty and has in many cases exerted
himself for the good of the American Cause now contending
for ; and no Evidence appearing against the other Field officers
of said Regiment, It is therefore Voted And Resolved by this
House That the said Petitions be & hereby are Dismist. Sent
up by Mr. Rollins. [Concurred.]
Voted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to consult upon the matter of
sending what hard money we have to Canada by the same
guard that Capt. Langdon proposes to send what he has col-
lected, by ; or in what manner the Same shall be sent, and
to make report thereon to this house as soon as may be, — and
that John Dudley Esq1' Capt. Josiah Moulton and Col0 Samu-
el Sherburne be the Committee of this house for that Pur-
pose. Sent up by Capt. Moulton. [Concurred — Messrs. Thorn-
ton, Folsom, & Ashley added.
[p. 108.] Voted, That the Field officers and Staff officers
of the Regiment Destined for Canada, be paid out of the
Treasury each Two months advance pay instead of the one
months advance pay heretofore Voted for them and that the
President give order of Payment. Sent up by Sam1 Dudley,
Esq. [Concurred.]
158 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Voted, That Col0 Otis Baker, Mr. Elijah Grout, Col0 Tim-
othy Walker, Samuel Dudley Esqr John Dudley Esq1' Deacon
Nahum Baldwin, Col0 Enoch Hale & Capt. Ezekiel Worthen,
the several muster-masters appointed to pay off the Troops
Destined for Canada, Receive each of them out of the Treas-
ury Seven hundred & Eighty pounds, to pay off the soldiers
(by them severally to be mustered) Their Bounty of Twenty
Dollars each and their one months pay, and to pay off the
Captains and Subaltern officers of said Troops Two months
advance pay instead of the one months advance pay hereto-
fore Voted them, and that the said Muster-masters be sever-
ally accountable for said Sum, and that the President give or-
der of payment accordingly. Sent up by Sam1 Dudley, Esqr
[Concurred.]
The Committee appointed to report their opinion of the
Necessaries to fix off the Canada Regiment, agreed to
REPORT.
That Col0 Hard be appointed to fix off all the Companys from Cohos
with Ten days Provision Except Capt. Parker's & Capt. Weatherbe's
Companys who we would recommend to be fixed off by Capt. Prentice
at Charleston with Ten days provision to proceed by the way of
Crown Point, And that the Persons appointed Muster-masters Deliver
each Company a Days Provision for every Twenty miles Travel from
the place they march from until they come to Cohos or Charleston,
otherwi.se pay each man one penny per mile for said distance, and that
said Ilurd and Prentice Deliver each man a quart of Rum, and that six
Dozen of axes be Imediately provided at Exeter and sent forward.
Signed, M. Thornton, Chairman.
Which Report being read, Voted That the Same be receiv-
ed & accepted, and that orders Issue from the Honble the
President Accordingly. Sent up by Sam1 Dudley, Esq.
John Hale Esq. Colonel of the Sixth Regiment of Militia,
in this Colony, together with Robert Reid Esq. his Lieuten-
ant Colonel and William McQuesten, Esq1' his Major came
into the House and Desired leave to Resign their respective
Commissions appointing them to the command said Regi-
ment. Adjourned.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 159
Proclamation of Admiral Howe — offering pardons, $g.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. III. p. 296.]
By Richard Viscount Howe of the Kingdom of Ireland, one
of the King's Commissioners for restoring Peace to his
Majesty's Colonics and Plantations in North America,
<fec. &c.
Declaration:
Whereas by an Act passed in the last Session of Par-
liament to prohibit all Trade and Intercourse with the Colonies of
New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the three Lower Counties on Dela-
ware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor-
gia, and for other purposes therein mentioned: It is Enacted that
" It shall and may be lawful to and for any Person or Persons, ap-
" pointed and authorized by his Majesty to grant a Pardon or Pardons
"to any Number or Description of Persons, by Proclamation, in his
''Majesty's Name, to declare any Colony or Province, Colonies or
"Provinces, or any County, Town, Port, District, or Place, in any
" Colony or Province, to be at the Peace of his Majesty; and that from
" and after the issuing of any such Proclamation, any of the aforesaid
"Colonies or Provinces; or if his Majesty shall be graciously pleased
"to signify the same by his Royal Proclamation, then from and after
" the issuing of such Proclamation, the said Act, with respect to such
" Colony or Province, Colonies or Provinces, County, Town, Port,
"District or Place, shall cease determine, and be utterly void;*' —
And Whereas, the King, desirous to deliver all his subjects from the
Calamities of War and other oppressions which they now undergo,
and to restore the said Colonies to his Protection and Peace as soon as
the Constitutional Authority of Government therein maybe replaced;
Hath been graciously pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal,
dated the sixth day of May in the sixteenth year of his Majesty's
Reign, to nominate and appoint me, Richard Viscount Howe of the
Kingdom of Ireland, and William Howe Esquire, General of his Forces
in North America, and each of us, jointly and severally, to be his
Majesty's Commissioner and Commissioners for granting his free and
general Pardons to all those, who in the Tumult and Disorder of the
Times may have deviated from their just Allegiance, and who are
willing, by a speedy Return to their Duty, to reap the Benefits of the
Royal Favor, and also for declaring, in his Majesty's Name, any Colo-
ny, Province, County, Town, Port, District or Place, to be at the
Peace of his Majesty : I do therefore hereby Declare — That due con-
sideration shall be had to the meritorious services of all Persons who
shall aid and assist in restoring the public Tranquillity in the said
Colonies, or in any Part or Parts thereof That Pardons shall be
granted, dutiful Representations received, and every suitable Encour-
agement given, for promoting such Measures as shall be conducive to
the Establishment of legal government, and Peace, in pursuance of
his Majesty's most gracious Purposes aforesaid.
Given on board his Majesty's Ship the
Eagle, off the Coasts of the Province
of Massachusetts Bay, the Twentieth
Day of June, 1776.
Howe.
1G0 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Letter from Admiral Hoive to Governor John WenUvorth.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 1.]
Eagle, off of the Coast of the Province of
Massachusetts Bay, June the 20th, 1776.
Sir—
Being appointed Commander in Chief of the Ships and Vessels of
his Majesty's Fleet, employed in North America, and having the honor
to be by his Majesty constituted one of his Commissioners for restoring
Peace to his Colonies, and for granting Pardons to such of his subjects
therein as shall be duely solicitous to benefit by that effect of his gra-
cious indulgence; I embrace this opportunity to inform you of my
arrival on the American Coast, where my first object will be an early
meeting with- General Howe, whom his Majesty hath been pleased to
join with me in the said Commission.
In the mean time, I have judged it expedient to issue the inclosed
Declaration in order that all Persons may have immediate Informa-
tion of his Majesty's most gracious Intention: And I desire you will
be pleased forthwith to cause the said Declaration to be promulgated,
in such manner, and at such Places within the Province of New Hamp-
shire, as will render the same of the most public Notoriety.
Assured of being favored with your Assistance in every measure for
the speedy and effectual Restoration of the public Tranquillity, I am to
request you will communicate from time to time, such Information as
you may think will facilitate the attainment of that important object
in the Province over which you preside.
I have the honor to be, with great
Respect and Consideration, Sir,
your most obedient, humble servant —
Howe.
Governor Wentworth, &c. &c. New Hampshire,
or other Chief Magistrate of the Province.
[p. 109.] Friday, June 21st, 1776.
Voted, That Capt. Daniel Colburn of Pelham be Second
Major of Col0 Thornton's Regiment in the room & stead of
James McGregore who refuses to accept that office.
Upon motion made in the House for appointing a Second
Major to the first Regiment in this Colony in the room of
Ephraim Pickering who was lately appointed to that office :
Voted That Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Wentworth and
the said Ephraim Pickering be desired to appear before this
house on Wednesday next to show cause why the said Regi-
ment is not yet settled, and why the said motion may not be
granted.
[p. 110.] Voted, That Capt. Prentice receive of the Quar-
ter master one hundred pounds of powder, and Two hundred
& fifty pounds of Bullets and four hundred Flints for the use
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 161
of the Troops destined for Canada & that the President
give order accordingly.
Voted, That Col. Hnrd receive of the Quarter master
Three hundred pounds of Powder, seven hundred & fifty
Pounds of Bulletts and Twelve hundred Flints for the use of
the Troops Destined for Canada, & that the President give
order accordingly. Sent up by Dr. Dearborn. [Concurred.]
Voted to choose a Committee of three Persons of this
house to join a Committee of the Honble Board to consult
about constituting a Court to Sustain Appeals from the Sen-
tences or Decrees of the Judges of Probate in this Colony,
or to Point out what Court shall sustain Such Appeals, and
whether the Parties shall be tried by a Jury ; and to make
report as soon as may be, And that Jonathan Lovewell Esqr
John Dudley Esq1- & *Col° Walker be the Committee of this
House for that Purpose. Sent up by Mr. Lovewell.
P. M.
Voted That Col0 Walker, Col. Sherburne & Major Down-
ing be a Committee of this House to join a Committee of the
Honble Board to examine into the Complaints & Grievances
of Peter Nevieau a poor Frenchman now inhabiting within
this Colony and make report to this house as soon as may
be. Sent up by Capt. Prentice. [Concurred, Mr. Thornton
& Blancharcl added.]
Letter to General Schuyler, relating to hard money.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 3.]
Sir — New Hampshire, Exeter, 21st June. 1776.
Agreeable to Directions from the Continental Congress receiv'd a
few weeks past, to collect all the hard money we cou'd, and forward
the same to Canada, to be delivered into your hands: We herewith
transmit the sum of £1145: 15: 10, under care of Benja Gyles & James
Betton, Esqrs, members of the General Assembly, who readily, as good
Friends to their Country, undertake the Journey, to whom you'll
Please to give a Receipt for the same & all the Despatch the circum-
stances of the Business will permit. We shall still exert ourselves to ex-
change & collect what further sums of money we can, & do every thing
in our power for the good of the American cause. A'Vishing you the
protection of a kind providence with the best success to our Troops in
the Northern Department, I am in behalf of the Council and Assem-
bly, with all respect, Sir,
Your most obedient, Hum1 Serv*.
(Copy) (1) President.
To the Hon1'1 Philip Schuyler, Esqr,
Major Gen1 of the Continental Army
at Ticonderoga.
(1) Hon. Meshech Weaee was President.
11
1G2 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Saturday, June 22(1 1776.
[p. 111.] Made a collection iii the house for Peter Neveaua
poor French man, and Delivered the same, being two pounds
fourteen shillings & nine pence into the hands of Deacon James
Knowles for the use of said Peter Neveau.
The house having taken into their serious consideration
the Distressed and unhappy Scituation of Peter Neveau and
his Family, Do hereby recommend to the Committee of Safe-
ty of Wakefield, That they, together with Deacon Knowles
and Mr. Balch, Enquire into the Circumstances of the said
Neveau & Family and see that he is not injured by his Neigh-
bors or any Person Whatsoever.
Voted, That there he hut one place of Rendezvous in this
Colony for the Troops Destined to Canada, and that it he at
Haverhill on the Connecticut River. Sent up by Capt. Si-
monds. [Concurred.] Adjourned.
Monday, June 24th 1776.
[Various Acts passed and concurred. See Acts &c in
Se-y Office.]
Acc|s petitions, acted on in the house & concurred, from the 18th to
24th of June, 177(1.
Jona. Dearborn, acct. allowed, 12*.
Benj. (dies & -lames Betton, alld £30: for carrying money to Albany.
John Bellows acct. all* £19 : 7 : 7.
Thomas Clough sent express to Canterbury & Moultonborough to
carry letters to Col. Senter & Capt. Shepard.
Capt. Eliphalet Daniel's muster roll, allowed £154: 12: 0.
Noah Emery, Clerk, allowed £4 : 10.
Acct. of Committee to look out a proper place for a bridge at New
Castle, allowed £3: 13: lOf.
Otis Baker, all'1 £1: 0: 0.
Jacob Wilson, for boarding James Winn, a sick soldier, all'1 £1: 8.
Giles & Betton, all'd, £20.
Additional sum to each Muster-master, viz :
—To Col. Baker, £20. To Capt. Worthen, £30. To John Dudley
Esq. £30. To Samuel Dudley, £30. To Col. Walker, £20. To Dea.
Nahura Baldwin, £20, — for the \ise of Soldiers destined to Canada.
Rich'1 Hart's acct. allowed £68 : 10.
Nich. Nicolle, alld£3: 5: 7.
Capt. Prentice, for Canada troops, allowed £116.
Col. Hurd, for Troops destined to Canada, £350.
Col. Thornton's acct. alld £3 : 19.
John Livingston's acct. alld £16 : 14 : 11.
Capt. Jn". Moulton's acct, alld £33 : 0 : 6.
Alexr Shirley, for loss of coat & knapsac at Bunker hill, alld £2: 11.
1770.] joub :
■ ',.. Shirley, for lo k Bunker hill, £2 : '■-,.
1 I B :i'; £2: 9.
CoL Morey, allowed to receive £150.
' Safety in Greenland, for fire-rafts, all'd £1 |
,i! for Doctor's bill for Ii<;r late husband £6 : 13: 6.
' : £1:5: 9.
Dae . 19*.
Wm. Simpson, sol , £1: 8: L
Blanchard's ace* allowed £1: 1 i.
I John Colby, referred.
[p. 112.] Tuesday, June 25tt L776.
\',,;r.,j to choose a Committee of three of this house to join
a Coi I ■ ■■• li ■ . ■ Board to consult upon the ex
of Procuring A: Securing a Number of Boats for the
Transporting Reinforcements to our Troops al New Castle in
ty,and to make report to this house sfesoon as
may be; and that Deacon Baldwin, Capt. Worthen & Mb,}1
be the Committee of this house for that Purj
Sen! up by Col. Walker. [Concurred — Messrs Ashley A:
Hurd added.]
Voted, Thai Mr. Balch, Ci . !'. Ltice and Capt.Simonds
be a Committee of this house to join a Committee of the
Eon : Board to consul! upon the matter and manner of Pro-
curing Casks for the Sail petre now procured and that here-
after may !"■ procured in this Colony, and also for Powder,
and make report thereon as soon as maybe. Sen! up byCol.
Walker. [Concurred — Mr. Clagett & Mr. Thornton added.]
Report.
'I ; Committee of the Council & Assembly appointed to consult up-
on ti.- manner of Procuri _' the Salt-petre now pro-
cored &e« have maturely considered nd Do humbly Report,
That one hundred & Twenty new barrels be providi d for the pur]
in the resolve Bet forth; Each barrel to contain sixteen Gallons, which
they think will be sufficient at Present.
Signed M. Thornton, Chairman.
[p. 113.]
\ oted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Bonble Board to confer upon the expediency of
seizing & securing Major Roberl Rogers in consequence of
sundry Informations againsl him as Enimical to the rights
and Liberties of this Country, and to make reporl thereon to
this hou le as soon as maybe ; and that Capt. Barriman, Maj1
164 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Philbrick and Mr. Bell be the Committee of this house for
that Purpose. Sent up by Mr. Clough.
Toted, That Capt. John Langdon of Portsmouth be Cap-
tain of Light Infantry in Portsmouth, and that he be commis-
sioned therefor with the Rank of Colonel ; That his Lieuten-
ant, by him to be Nominated, be Commissioned with the
Rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and that his Ensign be Commis-
sioned with the Rank of Major ; And that the said Company
consist of Forty men Rank and file, and that the President
give out Commissions accordingly. The said Company to be
under the Command of the General officer of the Militia for
this Colony. Sent up by Mr. Walker. [Concurred.]
The Committee appointed to consider of a method to carry
into Execution the vote of the house for building a Bridge at
Newcastle
Recommend
[p. 114.] That a Committee be chosen to Purchase Materials suitable
for the Purpose to build said Bridge or Bridges in the places recom-
mended by the Comtee of Fourteen feet wide in the clear, In a substan-
tial manner according to their best skill and Judgment, and with all
the expedition that may be. Also that it be recommended to the com-
manding officer of the Troops in the District of Portsmouth to furnish
Forty able and suitable men to assist in this business — the men to be
allowed one Pistareen pr Day more than common wages, and excusable
from other duty.
Signed, J. Hurd, for the Committee.
Exeter, 25th June, 1776.
The above report being read & considered,
Voted, That Capt. Worthen together with one to be ap-
pointed by the Honble Council be a Committee to purchase
Materials suitable to build a Bridge of fourteen feet width
(in the clear) in the place mentioned in the report of a Com-
mittee sent to view the best place for building a Bridge from
the main Land to New Castle, in a Substantial manner, ac-
cording to their best skill and judgment & with all the Ex-
pedition that may be, and also to oversee the said work
while building said Bridge, and that they employ four good
Carpenters on the said work, and as many of the Troops at
New Castle as occasion may require, which Troops shall re-
ceive one jill of rum each per day whilst on the said work,
besides their wages and rations as Soldiers. Sent up by the
Clerk.
Voted That there be procured at the charge of this Colo-
ny One hundred and Twenty new good Tight oak Casks to
contain Sixteen Gallons each for the Purpose of Securing in
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 165
them the Salt-petre already procured & hereafter to he pro-
cured for the use of this Colony, and also to secure Powder
in, as this Colony may have occasion, and that Dr. Josiah
Oilman & Mr. Nathaniel Baieh be a Committee to procure
the said Casks. Adjourned.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock — with Resolves.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 11.]
Philadelphia, June 25th, 1776.
Gentlemen —
Since my last of the 21st Inst. I have nothing further in charge from
Congress except the inclosed Resolves, which are so full & explicit,
that I need not enlarge.
You will perceive they are calculated to prevent Insurrections, and
to introduce good order and obedience to the Laws thro' out the Unit-
ed Colonies ; — objects of the greatest importance in our present situa-
tion ; Since all internal convulsions, while they weaken the Force &
Springs of Government, must necessarily render its operations against
foreign Enemies, less vigorous & decisive.
I have the honor to be
Gentlemen,
your most obed' & very lib1 Serv*.
John Hancock, Presid'.
Hon1 Assembly of New Hampshire.
Resolves — In Corigress, June 24, 1776.
[State Pap. Rev* Vol. IV. p. 13.]
Resolved, That all persons abiding within any of the United Colonies
and deriving protection from the Laws of the same, owe allegiance to
the said Laws and are members of such Colony ; and that all persons
passing through, visiting or making temporary stay in any of the said
Colonres being intitled to the protection of the Laws, during the time
of such passage, visitation or temporary stay, owe, during the same
time allegiance thereto.
That all persons, members of or owing allegiance to any of the Unit-
ed Colonies as before described, who shall levy war against any of the
said Colonies within the Same or be adherent to the King of Great
Britain or others the Enemies of the said Colonies or any of them
within the same, giving to him or them aid and comfort, are guilty of
treason against such Colony.
That it be recommended to the Legislatures of the several Colonies
to pass Laws for punishing in such manner as to them shall seem fit,
such persons before described as shall be proveably attainted of open
deed by people of their condition of any of the Treason before described.
That it be recommended to the Legislatures of the several United
Colonies to pass Laws for punishing in such manner as they shall think
166 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIEE. [1776.
fit, persons who shall counterfeit or aid or abet in counterfeiting the
Continental Bills of Credit, or who shall pass any such Bill in pay-
ment knowing the same to be counterfeit.
By order of Congress,
John Hancock, Presid*.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock — relating to augmentation of
Forces in Canada.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 15.]
Philadelphia, June 25th, 1776.
Gentlemen —
The Congress have this day come to the inclosed Resolves which I
have the honor of transmitting in obedience to their commands. You
will there find they have come to a Resolution to augment the Number
of men destined for Canada four thousand. I am therefore to request,
you will send immediately one Regiment of your Militia by way of
augmentation of the Troops destined for that Department; and at the
same time earnestly to entreat you to be expeditious in raising &
equipping your Troops, and to provide them with Cloaths, Tents, and
other Camp Equipage, for which the United Colonies will engage to
reimburse you.
In my letter of the 4th Inst, in which were inclosed sundry Resolves
of Congress with Regard to your sending a part of your Militia into
Canada, I took the liberty of suggesting every thing that occurred to
urge you to a speedy compliance with the same. If the complexion of
our affairs in that quarter was disagreeable at that time, it has since
altered extremely, and become much more alarming. The arrival of
Gen1 Burgoyne with a large Reinforcement, the Defeat of General
Thompson with the Troops under his command, and his being made
Prisoner, are so many striking circumstances, that render it absolutely
necessarj', to be more expeditious in our Preparations for the Defence
of that Province, as well as to increase our Force there.
The present is not a time for delay. Every thing we have a right to
expect from that quarter, depends on Expedition : Without it we shall
inevitably be ruined. Remember your own safety and the Security of
Canada, are exactly one and the same thing. If our Enemies are not
opposed at a distance, we must engage them in our Borders. One idea
should be forever in our minds — that in the conduct of political affairs
every Moment is precious. A week, a day, even an hour, has often
proved decisive ; And by an attention thereto, the Liberties of a Coun-
try have been destroyed or established for ever.
I must repeat again to you, that in all human Probability, the Fate
of America Will be determined the ensuing Campaign. Much depends
on your Colony. I cannot therefore help once more earnestly press-
ing you to be expeditious in equipping and sending forward your
Troops. As an additional encouragement, the Congress have resolved
that a Bounty of ten Dollars be given every soldier who shall enlist
for three years.
May the great Disposer of all human hearts animate & guide your
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 107
Councils, & enable you to determine that not only your own temporal
Peace & happiness may be established, but those of your Posterity.
I have the honor to be,
Gentlemen, your most obed' &
Very hhbl Serv4.
John Hancock, Presid1.
Excuse erasures, I am so
hurried have not time to copy.
Houble Convention of New Hampshire.
Resolves of Congress, above referred to.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 19.]
In Congress, June 25th 1776.
Resolved, That the Number of men destined for the Northern or
Canada Department be Augmented Four Thousand.
That a Colonell's Commission be immediately issued to Major Du-
bois with Instructions forthwith to raise a Regiment to serve for three
years or during the War, & that the Corps of officers be composed of
such as have served with Credit in Canada ; No officer to receive his
Commission untill his Company be raised & armed. The arms of the
People inlisting themselves to be valued by the Committee of the Coun-
ties where the Companies are Raised, and paid for by the Continent on
their being mustered.
That it be earnestly Recommended to the Colony of New Hampshire
to send immediately one Regiment of their Militia ; Massachusetts Bay
two Regiments of their Militia, and Connecticut one Regiment of their
Militia to augment the Troops destin'd for the Northern or Canada
Department.
That Letters be sent by the President to the Several Assemblies of
the Colonies from whence the several Regiments of Militia are & have
been Requested, earnestly pressing them to be expeditious in Raising and
Equipping their Troops, and requesting the several Assemblies to take
upon themselves the care of providing the said Troops with Cloaths,
Tents and all necessary Camp Equipage, & assuring them that the
United Colonies will be Answerable for the expence of the same.
That a Regimental Paymaster, who is not to be an officer of the ar-
my, be appointed by the said Colonies to each of the said Battalions,
who shall keep all the Accounts of his said Battalion, & to whom par-
ticular return shall be made of the expence of Cloathing said Battalion,
in order that the same may be deducted out of the Pay of the Soldiers
for whom the articles shall have been provided.
That a Bounty of ten Dollars be given to every non-commissioned
officer & Soldier who will inlist to serve for the term of three years.
Resolved, That the foregoing Resolutions be inclos'd to General
"Washington & that he be desir'd to afford such assistance to the North-
ern or Canada Department as he shall be enabled to do consistently
with the Safety of New York, & from time to time to give such Direc-
tions as he may think expedient for the public service.
By order of Congress,
John Hancock. Presid'.
168 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Journal of the House resumed.
Wednesday, June 26th, 7776.
[p. 115.] An Act for Establishing a Court Maritime &c.
was read a third time & Passed to be Enacted. Sent up by
Dr. Nichols & Capt. Harriman.
Voted to choose a Committee of three of this house to join
a Committee of the Honble Board to consider the Petition of
Col0 Ashley, Col0 Hurd, Major Bellows, Benjamin Giles, Esq1
& Col0 Morey for a Company of Rangers &c. And to make
report to this house as soon as may be, and that Capt. Pren-
tice, John McClary Esq1' & Jonathan Lovewell Esqr be the
Committee of this house for that purpose. Sent up by Mr.
Clough.
The following Vote of Council was bro't down from the
Honble Board, viz :
Colony of Xew Hampshire June 26th 1776.
In Council.
Whereas one Mr. John Odin has just arrived and Presented to the
Council Ten Thousand Dollars from the Honble Continental Congress
for the use of this Colony — Voted that Colonel Thornton, General Fol-
som and Col0 Hurd be a Committee to join with such as the Honble
House shall appoint to receive & tell over said money, and deliver it
to the Treasurer and Take his receit therefor. Sent down for concur-
rence.
E. Thornton, Sec?.
[Concurred — Capt. Simonds, John Dudley Esq1' and Capt.
Prentice added on the part of the House.]
Voted, That a Committee of Five persons of this House
join a Comtee of the hon1,le Board to confer together upon the
Expediency of Purchasing or borrowing a Quantity of Pow-
der, or of Exchanging of Salt Petre in the Massachusetts Col-
ony for Powder, and in what manner the Exchange shall be
made, and to make report thereon as soon as may be, And
that Col0 Morey, Ichabod Rollins, Esqr Doctr Dearborn, Capt.
Prentice & Capt. Moulton be the Committee of this House
for that purpose ; and also to consider the Expediency of sup-
plying the Frontier Towns in this Colony with Powder, and
also what Towns shall be supply' d and with how much.
Sent up Maj1' Bartlett. [Concurred. Messrs. Folsom, Ash-
ley & Hurd, added.]
[p. 116.] Voted to choose a Committee of three members of
this house to join a Committee of the Honble Board to Enquire
into the cause why the First Regiment in this Colony is not
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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 1G9
settled according to the order of this House; and why
Major Ephraim Pickering is objected to by some part of said
Regiment as second Major thereof; & to make report 1 here-
on to this house as soon as may be : and that Jonathan Love-
well Esq1' Daniel Brainerd Esq1 & Capt. Harriman be a Com-
mittee of this house for that Purpose. Sent up by Mr. Lovewell.
Thursday, June 17th 1776.
Voted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to consult upon the Expediency of
Emitting a Quantity of Small bills for the benefit of change,
and to make report how much & in what manner the same
shall be Emitted, and that Doct. Dearborn, Capt. Long, &
John McClary Esq1' be the committee of this House for that
purpose. Sent up by Col. Morey & Mr. Bell.
Which Committee being Joined by a Committee of the
Board made report as on file :
Whereupon, It is Voted, That there be forthwith Emitted
on the Credit of this Colony the sum of Three Thousand four
hundred pounds in manner following, viz.
6000 Bills, at M each is
6000 Bills at id each, is
6000 bills, at bd each, is
6000 bills, at 7d each, is
6000 bills, at Sd each, is
£3400
Whereof seventeen hundred pounds to be redeemed by a
Tax on the Polls & Estates of the rateable Inhabitants of this
Colony by the 26m day of January 1787, and the remaining
seventeen hundred Pounds by the 26th day of January 1788,
and that the said bills be Emitted in the following form, viz :
[p. 117.]
£75.
6000 bills,
at lOd each is
£250.
100
6000 bills,
at Is each, is
300
125
0000 bills,
at Is 3d each, is
375
175
6000 bills.
at 2s each, is
600
200
6000 bills
at 4s each, is
1200
675.
2725
675
Colony of New Hampshire, June 28th 1776.
pence No ( ) pence
The possessor of this bill shall be paid by the Treasurer of this
Colony by the 26th day of Janry 178— and this bill
shall be received for the aforesaid sum in all payments, by order of
the Council and Assembly
Comtce
pence pence
170
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
And that Doct Dearborn together with such of the Council
as shall be appointed by the Honble Board be a Committee to
Procure the Materials & Inspect the printing of said Bills, —
and when so done, to Deliver the Same to the Treasurer and
take his receit therefor ; and that six persons of this house
with such as the Honble Board shall appoint, be a Committee
to sign the said Bills, and that one signer to each of said
bills shall be sufficient ; And that Noah Emery Esq1' Capt
Peirce Long, Mr. John Smith, Phillips White Esq1' Maj. Sam-
uel Philbrick & Major Benjamin Baker, be the Committee of
this house for the purposes aforesaid. Sent up by Capt. Si-
monds.
"Voted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to consult together and make re-
port what business is most Necessary to be done at this Ses-
sion, and at what time and to what time the General Assem-
bly shall be adjourned, and also to consult in what manner
and how the members of both houses shall receive their pay,
And that Jonathan Lovewell Esq1' and John Dudley Esqr &
Capt. Prentice be the Committee of this house for the Pur-
poses aforesaid [Sent up by Col. Morey & Mr. Bell. [Con-
curred— Messrs. Thornton, Folsom & Thompson added.]
Which Committee being joined by a Committee of the
Council, made report as Follows, viz :
The Committee of both houses agree to report That they think it
Necessary a vote should Pass Directing the Secretary to make out
Commissions of the Peace for each County agreeable to the Acts,
Votes & resolves of the Gen1 Assembly and for the President to sign
them : That the Several Acts under consideration be finished and
Passed ; And considering the Necessity of raising the Canada Regi-
ment, and uncertainty of the recruiting officers raising the men think
it absolutely Necessary for the Court to Set Next Week ; That the
Judge of Maritime Affairs be commissioned without Delay.
Signed M. Thornton, chairman.
Yoted That the wages of the several members of the
Honble Council and of this house be six shillings per day for
their attendance During the Current year, and that the Sec-
retary and the Clerk of this house receive for their Services
as Secretary & Clerk six shillings per day each over & above
their wages as members ; and that Mr. John Smith receive
for his services in this house as Assistant Clerk, three shil-
lings per day over and above his wages as a member of this
house. Sent up by Col. Morey & Mr. Bell. [Concurred.]
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 171
[p. 118.] Voted, That Samuel Folsom Esqr Have the Loan
of three hundred pounds out of the Treasury for the Term
of one year, to Enable him to Prosecute the Building a Pow-
der-mill in Exeter, he giving bond with sufficient Sureties to
the Treasurer of this Colony for the repayment of said sum
at the end of Said Term, and that the President give order ac-
cordingly. Sent up by Col. Walker. [Concurred.]
Voted, That a Committee of three members of this house
be chosen to join a Committee of the Honble Board to consult
upon the Expediency of admitting the soldiers now on the
Lines at Portsmouth & New Castle, to Enlist in the Regiment
now raising for Canada and to make report thereon as soon
as may be, and that John Dudley Esqr Col0 Morey & Capt.
Josiah Moulton be the Committee of this house for that Pur-
pose. Sent up by Col0 Walker. [Concurred — Messrs. Fol-
som, Wentworth & Hurd added.]
Friday, June 28th, 1776.
Voted, to choose a Committee of five of this house to
join a Committee of the Honble Board to take into consider-
ation the matter of Col0 Bailey's letter recd this day, and to
make report thereon as soon as may be, and that Capt. Long,
John Dudley Esqr Col° Morey, Major Tash & Col0 Walker
be the Comtee of this house for that Purpose. Sent up by
Major Tash.
Letter from Col. Jacob Bailey. (1)
[State Pap. Rev* Vol. IV. p. 21.]
Newbury, June 25th, 1776.
Gent" —
I have proceeded twenty-seven miles on the road to Canada with
carts, but by the alarming accounts from St. Johns, and two men I
sent by Missisque not returning, I have called in my workmen, and if
the accounts are true we have received, we are in great danger on this
Eiver ; in particular here and at Upper Coos, if we are not supported.
Concord is the next place a stand can be made. I am of the mind this
river is much in the Regulars view, as Provisions is plenty and will be
(1) Jacob Bayley was a native of Hampstead, X. H., whither his father had moved
from Newbury, Mass. After the close of the French and Indian War he moved to
Newbury, Vt., having obtained a grant of that town from Gov. B. Wentworth, for
himself and associates. He had very great influence in the " Cohos country," held
various civil offices; was Major General of Militia, and Commissary-General of the
Northern Department in the war of the Revolution. He died in March, 1 SI 5, aged 89
years. [See Potter's Mil. Hist. Vol. II. 18GG, p. 182, and Powers'* Hist, of the Cobs
Country.]— Ed.
172 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
a help to them and strike a fatal blow to our cause. If our troops
have left Canada, no time must be lost to support this Country. This
is from a servant of the Colony, and yours
Jacob Bayley.
Alarms in the Coos Country.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 25.]
To the General Assembly of the Province of New Hampr at Exeter,
from the Committees of the Towns of Newbury, Haverhill, Bath
and Mooretown, met in Newbury, June 25th, 1776.
On account of some very alarming News from St. John's, received
the Evening before by two men of public veracity, from Onion River :
That they saw a Letter from General Sullivan to Lieut. Allen to have
all the Inhabitants of the Towns on Onion River remove with all pos-
sible despatch, not knowing but the Enemy would soon be upon them :
This they received last Thursday Evening, and removed the next day ;
That it was feared the Enemy would get the upper hand ; the sick of
our army were all sent to Crown point. In the General's Letter it was
said the Regular Army consisted of about thirty thousand, and fifteen
hundred Canadians and five hundred Indians. The Continental army
was situated to St. Johns, and last Fryday a very heavy fire of Cannon
was heard all the day.
The Committees voted to send Major Jonathan Hale and Capt.
Robert Johnston with the above Information to Head Quarters at
Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, and to inform them of the
dangerous situation these parts were in, and that except we are imme-
diately supported, we shall be obliged to quit these parts.
In our extreme danger, as exposed every day to the Enemy, the
Committees beg the favor of two hundred fire arms and ammunition
equal, as so much is necessary for ourselves. And if the above Infor-
mation be true, which we do not dispute, — but shall send every neces-
sary Inteligence we obtain, — this fertile Part of the Country must be
soon abandoned to the Enemy except timely aid can be had of a suffi-
cient number of men, arms and ammunition, and a few small cannon ; —
the damage of which to the Continental cause is needless for us to
represent.
We are, Gentlemen, your humble servants,
Jacob Bayley, ) Chairmen for Newbury
James Bayley, s and Haverhill.
Petition from Inhabitants of the Upper Coos.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 27.]
Colony of > To the Honbl the Council & House
New Hampshire £ of Representatives for sd Colony
now convened at Exeter :
The Humble Petition of a number of Inhabitants belonging to the
several Towns in the Upper Cohoss (so called) humbly sheweth : That
your Petitioners having moved themselves and families from the Interi-
1770.]
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173
or part of this Colony, at a great expence and difficulty, and by indus-
try have clear'd such a quantity of Land as by close application have
Supported their families, this day have information by letter from the
Committee of Safety for the Towns of Bath, Gunthwaite, Landaff &
Lyman, that our army in Canada consisting of about 11.000 men. were
drove to St. John's by 30.000 Regulars, 1500 Canadians & 500 Indians :
By recommendation from General Sullivan the people at Onion River
have moved off: supposing ourselves, Families &c. in eminent danger
from the aforesd enemies. Humbly pray that your Honours would
grant them Such speedy protection by a number of men & Supply of
tire arms and ammunition as you in your wisdom shall think proper : —
as your petitioners whole property is in this part and totally destitute
of any subsistance for their families elsewhere, flatter themselves that
you will grant the desired assistance : and your Petitioners as in Duty
bound shall ever pray &c.
Northumberland,
June -2Q, 1776.
David Page
John Sawyer
Joseph Peverly
Jeremiah Eames
Edward Buckram
Caleb Marshall
Ward Bailey
Dill Sawyer
Emmeus Stockwell
Thomas Burnside
Daniel Spaldin.
(Signed)
Thomas Peverly
Joseph Call
Thomas Miner
Nathaniel Menes ?
Joseph Barlow
John Smith
James Brown
James Curtis
Archippus Bloyt ?
Joshua Lumkins
James Blake
Edward Marden
Timothy Nash
Samuel Nash
Moses Page
George Wheeler
James Rosbrook
Hesekier Fowler
John French
Eliezer Rosbrook
Micaiah Ames.
Letter from Col. Benja Bellows, jun. requesting arms, <j-c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 154.]
Walpole, June 29ft 177G.
Gentlemen —
Being apprehensive that the Inhabitants of this part of the Globe may
ere long be called to face the common enemy in the Field, or to defend
our possessions, our wives and children from the cruelty and barbarity
of the skulking Savages; — In order whereto it is absolutely necessary,
that we should be furnish'd with arms and ammunition; — Wherefore I
take this opportunity to lay before you the State and Condition of the
Regiment which I have the honor to command in regard of their milita-
ry accoutrements, that if possible you may furnish us with the necessa-
ry means for Defence. The number of training soldiers I am not able
to ascertain, not having received the proper returns. Certain I am
there is not less than five or six hundreds, the half of which cannot col-
lect one ounce cf powder or Ball, and it is highly probable not a single
Fire-lock fit for use: Would thei-efore beseech you if possible to put
the bearer hereof in a way to procure the above mentioned articles,
more especially ammunition, for there are many wrho have good arms,
but not ammunition, and unless we can be some way equiped we must
174 COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
(should the Enemy be permitted to come down upon us) quit our Pos-
sessions and resort to you; which would be Very disagreeable to your
Very Humle serv'
Bexj* Bellows, Jun. Colonel
of the 16th Reg4 of Militia in
the Colony of New Hampshire.
To the HonM Comtee of Safety
for the Colony of New Hampshire.
[p. 119.] Voted, That the Persons hereafter named be
appointed to their respective offices hereafter mentioned, viz :
Samuel Sherburne, & Peirce Long, Esqrs of Portsmouth,
Enoch Coffin, Esqr of Epping,
Samuel Jenness and Amos Seavey Esqrs of Rye
Winthrop Gove Esqr of Seabrook,
Enoch Brown Esqr of Poplin,
Moses Barnett & John Bell Esq18 of Londonderry,
Daniel Ladd & Jeremiah Eastman Esqr of Deerfield,
John Simpson Esqr of New Castle,
Joseph Dow Esqr of Hampton,
Nicholas Gilman & John Rice Esq" of Exeter, &
John Cram Esqr of Chichester, be Justices of the Peace for the Coun-
ty of Rockingham; and that
Joseph Smith Esq1' of New Market, and
Jonathan Moultou Esqr of Hampton, be Justices of the Peace & of the
Quorum for said County of Rockingham.
That, John Garland of Barrington,
Daniel Sanborn of Sandbornton,
Valentine Mathes of Durham,
James Knowles of Rochester,
Joseph Roberts of the Gore,
Henry Rust of Wolfeborough, be Justices of the Peace for the
County of Strafford.
That Jacob Abbott of Wilton,
Joshua Bailey of Hopkington,
Andrew Tuttle of Lyndeborongh,
William Smith of Peterborough,
Robert McGregore of Goffstown,
John Robie of Weare,
Asa Davis of Nottingham West, and
Moses Little of Goffstown, be Justices of the Peace for the
County of Hillsborough; and that
John Goffe Esqr be a Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum for
said County of Hillsborough.
That Col" Isaac Wyman of Keen,
William Heywood of Charleston,
Heber Miller of Westmoreland,
Ephraim Baldwin of Chesterfield,
Joseph Hammond of Swanzey,
Joseph Greenwood of Dublin,
Nathaniel Sartel Prentice of Alstead,
Obadiah Wilcox of Surrey,
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 175
Charles Iluntoon of Unity,
Moses Whipple of Croydon,
Henry Silsby of Acworth,
Elijah Bingham of Lemster,
Josiah Stevens of Newport, and
Thomas Morse of Dublin, be Justices of the Peace for the
County of Cheshire.
That, Samuel Livermore Esqr be a Justice of the Peace and of the
Quorum for the County of Strafford.
That, Abel Chandler Esq1' of Piermont, and
David Page of Conway be Justices of the Peace for the County
of Grafton.
That Timothy Walker, junr be a Justice of the Quorum for the
County of Rockingham ;
That Josiah Clark of Nottingham,
Ezekiel Worthen of Kensington,
John Graham of Chester,
Samuel Allison of Londonderry,
Jesse Merrill of Salem,
John Morrison of Wyndham, be Coroners for the County of
Rockingham;
That, John Harwell of Litchfield be a Coroner for the County of
Hillsborough;
That, Daniel Page of Deerfield be a Coroner for the County of
Rockingham ;
That, Robert Means of Amherst be a Coroner for the County of
Hillsborough;
That Simon Wiggin of Stratham be a Coroner for the County of
Rockingham;
That, Silas Thompson of Chesterfield, be a Coroner for the County
of Cheshire;
That, Jonathan Child Esqr of Lyme be a Justice of the Peace for
the County of Grafton;
That, John Wendel Esqr of Portsmouth, be a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Rockingham;
That, Samuel Gusten of Marlow, and
Moses Hale of Rindge be Coroners for the County of Chesh-
ire; and
[p. 120.] That, Jeremiah Lock of Rye, be a Coroner for the County
of Rockingham ;
That, Nathaniel Cooper of Dover be a Coroner for the County of
Strafford;
That, John Sloane of Lyme be a Coroner for the County of Grafton;
and
That, Enoch Hale Esqr of Rindge, be sheriff of the County of Chesh-
ire, in the room & stead of Samuel Hunt Esqr who refuses to accept
that office; &
That, Colonel Stephen Evens be a Justice of the Peace for the
County of Strafford. Sent up by Mr. Walker. [Concurred.]
176 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
A Petition of Samuel Gutterson in behalf of the Inhabit-
ants of the One Mile Slip & Duxbury Farm, lying in the
County of Hillsborough, Praying to be Impowered to man-
age the Prudential affairs of their District in a Legal Way,
with good order & Safety, Being read & Considered,
Voted, That the prayer thereof be granted, and that the Pe-
titioner have leave to bring in a Bill accordingly.
Toted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to consult upon the best and most
effectual method of supplying this Colony with fire-arms and
to make report as soon as may be And that Col0 Sher-
burne, Col° Baker, Dr. Nichols, Capt. Prentice and Col0 Mo-
rey be the Comtee of this house for that Purpose. Sent up by
Mr. Clough. [Concurred — Mr. Thornton, Mr. Folsom, & Mr.
Went worth added.]
Voted, That the Treasurer of this Colony receive into the
Treasury in Exchange for the Paper bills of this Colony any
Quantity of Copper Coin made in the Colony, of the weight
of Five penny-weight & ten grains each, to the amount of any
Sum not exceeding one thousand Pounds Lawf1 money, Three
of which Coppers shall be received & paid for Two pence
lawful money in all payments — which Coppers shall liave the
following Device, Viz. A Pine tree, with the words American
Liberty on one Side, and a Harp, and the figures 1776, on the
other side.
P. M.
[p. 121.] The Committee of Both Houses agree to report That they
advise the raising Two hundred men to guard the Western Frontiers,
and that Enlisting orders be delivered to persons to raise four Com-
panys of fifty men each,, which Companies when raised to choose a Cap-
tain, Lieutenant and Ensign to each Company. And that they would
advise that the raising the men be attempted on Pemissawasset river
and across the middle of the Colony, to be Enlisted for five months.
Officers and soldiers to have the same wages as the other Colonial
Troirps, and Forty shillings Bounty, one months wages to be advanced.
That Col0 Ashley, Col0 Conner, Samuel Emerson Esqr & Col0 Hurd
be recommended to Enlist the Companies, Muster," Pay them, and
deliver Commissions to the Persons Chose officers by the Soldiers; —
And it is further Recommended that Col0 Hurd be Appointed to give
orders to the several Companies from time to time about their Scouting
Rout &c. Signed, M. Weare, Chairman.
The following vote of Council was bro't down from the
Honble Board, viz :
In Council June 28th, 1776.
Voted That General Nathaniel Folsom, Coll. Matthew Thornton and
Ebenezer Thompson Esq1' be a Committee to join a Committee of the
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 177
Hon1'1 House to report their opinion on the state of Cull" Morey's
Account, and in Particular concerning goods & Stores in his hands,
Whether the Colony had best to receive them or not, and thereby
Determine the Expediency of his having an order on the Treasury for
money.
Sent down for concurrence. E. Thompson, Sec^.
Ill the House of Representatives, June 29th, 1776.
The above vote of Council read and concurred, and Capt.
Prentice, Capt. Harriman, Capt. Moulton Capt. Simonds and
Col0 Evens are added on the part of the House. Sent up by
Capt. Simonds.
Voted, That the officers appointed to Enlist the regiment
now destined for Canada have liberty to Enlist such men
now in the service of this Colony at New Castle, as see fit to
Enlist in said Regiment Destined for Canada, and that Col0
David Gilman commander of said Regiment at New Castle
be forthwith informed of this Vote and that he and his offi-
cers under him have leave to recruit such number of soldiers
as shall so Enlist out of said Regiment. Sent up by Capt.
Harriman.
Adjourned for Ten Minutes,
[p. 122.] Voted, That the several Muster masters appoint-
ed to muster the several Companies Destined for Canada,
Immediately repair to their several places of Destination and
muster whatever Troops are Enlisted by the several recruit-
ing officers, and return to this house a Roll of such soldiers
so Enlisted, and of what Regiment they respectively belong
to, on or before Wednesday night next week. Sent up by
Col. Sherburne. [Concurred.]
Voted, That if any or either of the several recruiting Offi-
cers appointed to Enlist the Soldiers Destined for Canada
shall represent to any or Either of the muster-masters ap-
pointed to muster their respective Companys, and resign
their respective claims to the command of such Company re-
spectively ; and any other respectable man shall raise such
Company & cause them to be muster' d by such Muster-mas-
ters, that then the said Muster master may proceed to pay
off such soldiers in the same manner as if inlisted by such
Enlisting officer. Sent up by Col. Walker. [Concurred.]
Saturday, June 29th, 1776.
Voted, That Mr. Richard Champney be sent Express to
General Ward in Boston and make application to him to
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178 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
replace to this Colony the Quantity of Powder furnished &
Lent to General Washington last year for the use of the
Continental Army, and in failure of that, That he be impow-
ered to borrow for this Colony Thirty or Forty Barrells of
Powder for the present urgent Necessity and if that cannot
be obtained either from Gen1 Ward or the Massachusetts
Assembly, That he propose an Exchange of Salt Petre, as
much as can be spared from our present stock, for Powder
on the best terms he can, and also to purchase Powder from
any Private hands, if to be procured, and that he be directed
to Enquire for and purchase a number of fire arms in the
Massachusetts, if any can be had, and Imediately to forward
the same to Exeter as soon as may be. Sent up by Capt.
Prentice. [Concurred.]
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weare to Gen. Artemas Ward, for
poioder.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 31.]
Exeter, June 29th 1776.
Sin —
I am directed to make application to yon & set forth the distressing
situation of this Colony for want of Gun Powder. The Western fron-
tiers, (extending 150 miles on Connecticut River) are destitute there-
of, and being greatly alarmed at the present accounts from Canada,
have sent Express after Express, Avho are now waiting therefor. Last
Summer, to assist the Continental Army in their necessity for that ar-
ticle, we sent them 52 Bbls, which left us but Sixteen Bu Three ves-
sels sent by the Colony to the Foreign Islands bro't back but 52 Bls
part of which stock has been deliver'd our soldiers gone to Canada and
is considerable lessened. The time necessary to obtain order from
Gen. Washington to deliver us the powder lent may decide the fate
of our Frontiers and leave open the lower settlements of your and our
Colonies to the Devastations of Canadians & Savages. Therefore we
Entreat you (in this time of eminent Danger) so far to dispense with
the common method or Rule in such cases, as to order the delivery of
52 Bls of Gun Powder to the Bearer, Mr. Champney, to be forward3 by
him to us; and we will without delay send to Gen. Washington for his
order to you for that purpose; — which, we are sensible will greatly re-
cover the almost despairing spirits of our Brethren in the Frontiers,
and be esteemed a favor to the common cause & this Colony in particu-
lar.
By order of the Council & Assembly,
(Copy) I am, (1)
(1) All letters of this nature, which were sent, were signed by Meshech Weare, Presi-
dent.— Kd.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 179
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weave to the General Court of
Massachusetts for a loan of Camion, $c.
[State Tap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 35.]
New Hampshire, Exeter, June 29th, 1770.
Sir—
By order of the Council & Assembly of this Colony I am directed to
make application to your General Court for the Loan of a few Cannon,
and thirty or forty barrels of Gunpowder, and set forth our distressing
circumstances for want of those articles.
Tlie late alarming accounts from Canada have so threatening au
aspect that our Settlers on the Western Frontiers (extending 150
miles on Connecticut River) have in many places packt up their most
valuable articles of furniture &c. ready to leave their settlements, &
perhaps some have actually removed. Many Expresses have arriv'd,
and we are now waiting for Gunpowder, but we are not able to supply
them, having lent the greatest part we were possess'd of last Summer
to the Continental Army; and unless we can speedily supply them,
that fertile Country will be evacuated by the settlers, and your & our
lower Towns left open to the Ravages of Canadians & Indians. In
pursuance of a Resolve of the Continental Congress, we sent our
Quarter Master to Boston & the Environs to look after the Cannon
amounting to fifty heavy pieces carried from us by the Ministerial
Troops; but by his Report, none could be found that he could chal-
lenge.
Our fortifications are extensive & esteemed strong on the sea Coast
& Harbour, but have not Cannon any ways sufficient to defend them
against a considerable force.
When our Powder mill wch Ave hope will be compleated in a short
time can furnish us, we will repay the powder, as we have considerable
salt petre on hand. Wherefore I desire you to lay this before your
General Court, & most earnestly request their assistance on ye premises.
Mr. Richd Champney the Bearer, who goes Express on this occasion
will wait the Result of your Assembly thereon.
I am very respectfully,
Sir, your most obed1 humb Serv',
Meshech Weare, President of the Council.
To the Honbl James Warren Esqr
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Massa Colony.
Alarms at Walpole.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 29.]
Walpole, June 29th, 1776.
Gentlemen —
The alarming News from our Northern Army (which will doubtless
reach you before this) excites in us Ideas big with concern, when we
Consider the defenceless state of this part of the Colony. We behold
our Wives, and our more helpless Offspring as an easy Prey (shocking
thought) to Savages whose tender mercies are cruelty ; and this, the
rather because we have not the necessary means of Defence. We of
180 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
this Town have endeavored in the course of the last year to procure
a stock of Ammunition against the critical Moment, besides what the
Laws had ordered for Individuals, neither of which could be purchased.
We apprehend there is not, in this Town, One Pound of Powder and
Ball to a man. Besides we are deficient in regard of Arms. Last
year the Selectmen upon a Recommendation from the Honbl Congress
for this Colony, furnished the Soldiers with arms, which were detained
in the service ; that we are under worse circumstances than when the
War begun ; our Guns are gone, and we have nothing paid us to pur-
chase more, if they could be procured. Not knowing where to pur-
chase these necessary articles, we apply to you as the Guardians of this
Colony, entreating of you, by all that is near and dear, to inform the
Bearer, Mr. Amos Babcock, where and by what means, he can be fur-
nished with a sufficiency of arms and ammunition, at least, for this
Town.
We are, Gentlemen, in behalf of the Town
of Walpole, your very Humbl Servts
Thos Sparhawk )
Eben1 Swan > Selectmen.
Benj8 Bellows, jun.)
To the HonbI Committee of Safety
for New Hampshire Colony.
P. S. We expect other Towns will send for military Stores by Mr.
Babcock.
Toted, That Jonathan Hale, Esq. of Haverhill in this
Colony have & receive out of the Treasury Two hundred
pounds for the purpose of purchasing Fire-arms for the use
of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Haverhill and Balh at
Cohoss, he giving Security to the Treasurer to replace the
said Sum in the Treasury when called for, and that the Presi-
dent give order accordingly. Sent up by Col. Morey. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 123.] Voted, That Jonathan Hale Esq1 of Haverhill in
this Colony have & receive out of the Colony Stores Two
barrells of Powder for the use of the Inhabitants of Haver-
hill and Bath, and to be by him accounted for, and that the
President give order accordingly. Sent up by Capt. Har-
riman. [Concurred.]
Voted, to choose a Committee of this House to join a
Committee of the Honbl° Board to take under consideration
the several Petitions of the Towns of Plimouth, Campion, &,
Thornton, Haverhill & Bath concerning arms & ammunition
and to make report thereon as soon as may be, and that
Capt Caleb Page, Daniel Brainard Esq1' And Capt. Harriman
be the Committee of this House for that purpose. Sent up
by Col. Evens.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 181
Petition from Plymouth.
[State Pap. Vol. V.'p. 264.]
Colony of New ) To the Honorable Council and House of Rep-
Hampshire. ) resentatives, or in their Recess the Commit-
tee of Safety of said Colony:
May it please your Honours :
The Petition of us the Subscribers, humbly
sheweth: That the Inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth in said
Colony upon receiving intelligence from Haverhill & Newbury, of Co'os,
that our army in Canada has been obliged to Retreat to St. John's &
that the Inhabitants on Onion River had moved off upon that account,
and if our Army should be obliged to make a further Retreat,
it must leave the settlements on Connecticut River the Frontiers,
which we have reason to expect will be infested very soon with the
enemy — which as we are the next considerable Inhabitants, as also the
adjacent Towns, must be in a dangerous scituation, which gives great
distress & uneasiness to said Inhabitants & more especially as we are
deficient in fire arms & almost void of ammonition, and for which defi-
ciency it is at present out of our Power to extricate our selves from,
without the assistants and help of this Colony : we therefore pray
your Honours to take our case into consideration, and grant us out of
the stock of said Colony for said town of Plymouth, to be accountable
for, one hundred pounds of Powder and about Forty fire-arms & about
one hundred weight of lead; or otherwise grant such Relief as you in
your wisdom shall think best & your Petitioners as in duty shall ever
pray. Sam1 Emerson >
EuENEzr Blodget > Select Men.
James Harvell, )
Plymouth 26th [June ?] 1776.
If the aforementioned ammonition & fire-arms or any part thereof
should be granted, it is desired that it may be delivered to Messrs.
Moses Dow & Elisha Bean the bearers hereof, whose reciept shall oblige
said Town of Plymouth to be accountable for the same.
In behalf of the selectmen
Sam1 Emersox.
Voted to choose a Committee of this House to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to confer upon the Expediency of
raising or adding to the Bounty of the non-commission' d of-
ficers & soldiers of this Colony Destined for Canada, and to
report thereon as soon as may be, and that Doct. Dearborn,
Capt. Moulton & Coll. Evens be the Committee of this
house for that Purpose : —
Which Com'tee being joined by a Committee of the Coun-
cil, reported as their opinion, That an addition of thirty-
eight shillings is Necessary on this occasion.
Voted That there be added to the Bounty already given
to the non-Commission'd officers and soldiers of this Colony
182 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Destined for Canada, the sum of Thirty Eight shillings
each.
Voted to give three pounds for all good Firearms, agreea-
ble to a former vote for one year from this time,
[p. 124.] The following vote was sent down from the Honble
Board, viz.
Colony of New Hampshire : In Council, June 29th, 1776.
The Council having taken into consideration the Complaint of Sam-
uel Penhallow, Esqr. That he had as a civil magistrate of this Colo-
ny on a complaint made to him in said capacity, issued a Warrant
against a soldier in Colonel David Oilman's regiment, for a flagrant
breach of the peace, applied to said Col0 Gilman for assistance to bring
the offender to justice ; — and that said Col0 Gilman had replied that
the Soldiers under his command were subject to martial Law and were
not Subject to the Civil magistrate for any offence, or to that effect :
Voted, That it is the opinion of the Board that the Said Col0 David
Gilman is ignorant of the Laws & received Rules & Regulations always
practiced in the English Constitution ; and the military Power setting
up an authority uncontrollable by the Civil magistrate is Subversive of
the Laws, Rights & Privileges of Englishmen, and what our inveterate
Enemies never attempted. And that Col. Gilman be summoned to ap-
pear before the General Assembly forthwith to answer for his conduct.
Sent down for concurrence.
E. Thompson, Sec*".
In the House of Representatives, June 29th 1770.
The above vote of Council being read and considered,
Voted that the same be concurred.
Munday, July 1st 1776.
Voted, That General Nathaniel Folsom be directed to De-
liver to Col0 Henry Gerrish one hundred Pounds weight of
Powder out of the Colony Stores and take his receit for the
Same, agreeable to the request of George Gains Esq1' by order
from the Committee of Newbury Port, and that the President
give Directions accordingly. [Concurred.]
Voted, to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to Consult and Examine into
the expediency of delivering Powder to the Inhabitants of
Piermont, Orford and Alexandria, and what quantity and on
what condition the Same shall be delivered to each of said
Towns, and to make report thereon as soon as may be, and
that Capt. Moulton, Deacon Knowles & Mr. Wheeler be a
Committee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred. Mr.
Wentworth, Mr. Ashley & Seey added.]
[p. 125.] Whereas the Inhabitants of the one mile Slip &
1770. ] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 183
Duxbury School Farm (so called) in the County of Ilills-
borough have set forth that they were by a former General
Court, Impowered to call meetings in order to choose Asses-
sors, a Clerk and Collector, and in March last did make
choice of three Assessors & proposed cheerfully to have raised
and paid their proportion of the Public Tax, but that by the
Death of one of the said Assessors and the removal of an-
other of the said Assessors, they are unable to assess and
collect the above proportion, or to call another meeting" to
choose two more assessors, and Praying Aid therein : —
Therefore Resolved by the Council and house of Represen-
tatives in General Assembly Convened, That Jacob Abbot of
Wilton in the County aforesd Esq1' shall be & hereby is Au-
thorized to call the First meeting of said Inhabitants (being
legal Voters) by Posting up a Notification in some Publick
Place in said Mile Slip or Duxbury School Farm Fifteen days
before said meeting is held, mentioning the Time place &
cause of Holding such meeting, together with the Power of
the said Jacob Abbot to call the Same ; and the said Jacob
Abbot is hereby Impowered to attend and Govern the said
meeting, until a Moderator shall be chosen, at which time the
said Legal Voters present shall & may choose two New As-
sessors for the purposes aforesaid, and being chosen shall
have Every power and to every intent and purpose as the
said Two former Assessors had or could have in the Prem-
ises ; — and it is further resolved That in future the Meeting
at Said Mile Slip & Duxbury School Farm shall be held Annu-
ally as usual. Sent up by Mr. Eastman. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Capt. Prentice, Doct1" Dearborn and Major
Philbrick be a Committee of this house to join a Committee
of the Honbl Board to try & see how cheap they can get Two
hundred & fifty Copies of each of the Acts & Laws past in
this Present Session printed, and to get them Printed in the
cheapest manner they can, as soon as may be, at the charge
of this Colony. Sent up by Capt. Simonds. [Concurred —
Gen. Folsom added.]
Accts bills, petitions &c. passed on in the bouse and concurred by the
Council, from June 26th to July 1st 1776.
Capt. Titns Salter allowed, on ace1 £89: 3: 9 J
Marriage Act passed.
Joseph^Leigh, allowed 6: 3: 0
John Odin, allowed 4 : 12 : 0
Highway Act passed.
Com,cc on grievances of Thomas Hall.
184 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Robert Light, all'd
Jn° Pickering, all'd
Rich'1 Champney, all'd
Capt, N. S. Prentice, all'd
Stephen Seavey all'd,
Wm. Clagett, Esq' all'd
Plimouth, Campton & Thornton, all'd for procuring
war material,
Act for opening Sluices for fish across Piscataquo
Beaver Brook,
An Act for the more strict observance of the Lord's day,
An Act against Counterfeiting Bills of Credit,
An Act to regulate Taxation,
An Act empowering Selectmen to bind out poor persons,
An Act to establish the stile of Commissions.
2:
2:
0
5:
0:
0
1:
4:
6
7 :
2:
4
10:
0:
0
4:
4:
0
250.
river
and
on
[p. 126.] Tuesday, July 2, 1776.
Voted, That the Committees of Plimouth, Campton &
Thornton have & receive out of the Treasury <£250, for the
purpose of procuring Fire arms, Powder, Lead & Flints for
the use of said towns, They giving security to the Treasurer
to repay the said sum when required, & that the President
give order accordingly.
Voted, That General Folsom Deliver to Capt. Benjamin
Hickocks two hundred Pounds weight of Powder out of the
Colony Stores, according to the Desire of the Comtee of
Portsmouth in consequence of an order from the Comtee of
Newbury Port, and that the President give order accordingly.
[Concurred.]
The whole Council and House being resolved into a Com-
mittee of both houses to confer on the Necessary measures
to be imediately Pursued in the present alarming circumstan-
ces of our Canada affairs <fcc. Having met in the Town
House in Exeter, the Honble Meshech Weare Esqr in the
chair. After conferring upon the said measures,
Voted, That the General Court Proportion to each Coll0 or Com-
manding officer of each Regiment in this Colony How many men shall
be raised in each Regiment forthwith to reinforce our Army in Cana-
da, and That the said Colonels & Commanding officers shall be di-
rected to proportion the said men among the several Companies in their
respective regiments Including the Alarm List : and that the Number
of men to be raised shall be fifteen hundred, including the seven hun-
dred and fifty men already Voted to be raised for that service, and that
they remain in the service till the first day of December next, and have
the same allowance, Pay & Bounty as those heretofore appointed to be
raised for Canada.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 185
The above vote being read, voted That the same be made
a Resolve of this House : Also voted That Capt. Long, Mr.
Abbot and Capt. Moore be a Committee to join a Committee
of the Hon,,le Board to make a Proportion of what number
of men shall be raised in each Regiment in this Colony for
a Reinforcement to our Army in Canada. Sent up by Majr
Bartlott. [Concurred — Mr. Thornton, Mr. Folsom, Mr. Ash-
ley, Mr. Blanchard & Mr. Thompson joined.]
Voted, That there be paid by the Treasurer for all such
good Fire arms as shall be manufactured in this Colony &
bro't to the Treasurer agreeable to a former vote of this
house, within one year from this time, Ten shillings each in
addition to the three Pounds heretofore Voted.
[p. 127.] Voted, That there be Delivered to the Towns
hereafter named and to the several Colonels hereafter named
the several Quantitys of Powder hereafter mentioned ( They
being accountable for the Same) viz. To the Town of Went-
worth nine Pounds weight, To the Town of Warren nine
pounds weight, To the Town of Lyme thirty pounds weight,
To the Town of New Chester Thirty pounds weight, To the
Town of Rumney Thirty pounds weight, To the Town of
Piermont Thirty pounds weight, To the Town of Orford Fif-
teen pounds weight, To the Town of Alexandria Twenty two
pounds weight, To the Town of Salisbury Twenty-five pounds
weight ; To Col0 Benjamin Bellows for his Regiment to be
divided between them in due proportion Two hundred pounds
weight ; and to Col0 Samuel Ashley for his regiment, to
be divided between them in due proportion one hundred
pounds weight — amounting in the whole to Five hundred
pounds weight, to be accounted for as aforesaid, and that the
President give orders accordingly. Sent up by Dr. Nichols.
[Concurred.]
[p. 128.] Voted That Samuel Wearc Esq. of Hampton-
falls, be appointed a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Rockingham. Sent up by Mr. Cutts. [Concurred.]
Whereas it is strongly suspected that Major Robert Rogers
and one Samuel Dwyer are Enimical to the rights and Liber-
tys of Americans,
Therefore Voted that it be and hereby is strongly recom-
mended to the several Committees of Safety and of Corre-
spondence in this Colony, or either of them, That they [take]
effectual care to seize the bodies of the said Samuel Dwyer
and Robert Rogers or either of them under proper guard, and
186 COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
convey them or either of them to this house or Committee of
Safety of this Colony, as soon as may be for examination.
Wednesday, July 3d 1776.
Voted, That the following number of men be raised in the
several Regiments hereunder mentioned for the Reinforce-
ment of our Colony in Canada, viz.
Col0 Whipple's Regiment one hundred & fifteen 115
Col0 Evens' s Regiment, one hundred & fifty 150
Col0 Moulton's Regiment, eighty-eight — 88
Col0 Gilman's Regiment, one hundred & sixty three, 163
Col0 Ashley's regiment, one hundred, 100
Col0 Bellow's regiment,seventy-three 73
Late Col0 Hale's regiment one hundred & fifty-seven, 157
Col0 Bartlett's regiment one hundred & eleven 111
Col0 Thornton's regiment, sixty-six Q6
Col0 Enoch Hale's regiment one hundred & seven, 107
Col0 Webster's regiment, Fifty-five 55
Col0 Moore's regiment, one hundred & twenty-six 126
Col0 Stickney's regiment, one hundred & sixteen 116
Col0 Badger's regiment, seventy-three 73
1500 men.
And that General Folsom give orders to the several Colo-
nels or Commanding officers of said Regiments Accordingly.
Sent up by Mr. Moss. [Concurred.]
General Fohom's Order to Capt. James Gage.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 45.]
Colony of ) Exeter, July 3rd 1776.
New Hamp1' $ To Capt. James Gage, Greeting:
Pursuant to a vote of the Council and Assembly directing me hereto,
I do hereby require you forthwith to raise and see Equipt sixteen
men out of the Company under your Command to be Ready to march
& Reinforce Gen1 Sullivan supposed to be at Crown Point; in raising
which men you are to call on the Alarm List as well as the trained
Band. The Number already enlisted & passed Muster (living within
the bounds of your Town) for the service aforesaid, you are to consider
as so many of said Number, and make return to the General Court cr
Committee of Safety, of your doings herein with all Despatch. The
Persons appointed Muster Masters are to pay each man the Sum of
Seven pounds eighteen shillings as a Bounty to Equip himself, and also
Forty shillings for one months advance Wages. The Men are not to be
detained in the service any longer than the first day of Decern* next,
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 187
.and have liberty of choosing their officers. As our Lives and all that
[is] Dear to us depend on our stopping the progress of our Enemies'
Army from Canada into our Settlements;— for your own and your
Country's sake, make no delay in pursuing this important Business,
Especially as there is the greatest probability of General Sullivan's
maintaining his ground at that strong pass and defeating the Enemy,
if seasonably reinforced, which must disconcert them, as they cannot
Recruit again from Europe this year.
Nath1 Folsom, Majr Gen1.
Capt. Gage's Return.
Colony of | Hillsborough, SS.
New Hampr ) ° '
Amherst, July 24th 1776.
In obedience to the within order, I have indeavoured to Raise the
men; But han't got but Ten. Several of the men that I laid it upon to
do a turn absolutely refusing to Do anything toward going or hiering,
(viz.) Joshua Atherton, John Hollon, Ebenezer Weston, &c. those be-
ing the Persons that aught to Do, and it is well known By the people:
Therefore others will not Do any thing, till those or their Estates have
Dun a turn.
James Gage, Capt.
To the Honle Committee of Safety
for the Colony of New Hampshire.
[Note. A similar order to that to Capt. Gage was issued to Maj'r Stephen Peabody,
who made return as follows, viz.]
Amherst, July 16th 1776.
In obedience to the within order which I Recd on the 19th Inst. I have
raised 14 able bodied & effective men, including two men who inlisted
from Capt. Clemen's Company at Portsmouth, belonging to my Com-
pany ; two only of my Quota are lacking, which I expect will be inlist-
ed this day. All the men inlisted as above mentioned have pass'd
muster before Deacon Baldwin of said Amherst, muster-master, and
havd recd orders to march on Monday next.
Stephen Peabody, Capt.
To the Honrohl Committee of Safety
for the Colony of New Hampshire.
Letter from the Selectmen of Wakefield.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 47.]
Mr. Nat1 Balch,
Sin — The present News with us is alarming with Regard to the In-
dians ; it is thought necessary that we should be better provided with
arms & ammunition, and as there was a proposal last year to have
something done by the Congress, we desire you would see if you can
get something done that way, & if not see if you can procure the Stores
proposed on the credit of the Town, & if nothing less will do, we will
188 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
hire the money, if it can be procured & Reimburse it. We shall Rely
on your doiug the best you can for us & let us know as quick as possi-
ble.
We are in behalf of the Town,
Nathan Mordogh ? Select
Johx Kimball \ men.
Wakefield, July 3d, 1776.
Letter from- Gen. Philip Schuyler.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 39.]
[Extract.] Albany, July 1, 1776.
Sir — " By a letter from General Sullivan of the 21th ult. I have Rea-
son to believe that our army is now on its way to Crown Point. I
leave this to morrow in order to join it. Every exertion must be made
to prevent the Enemy from crossing Lake Champlain, & I have a Con-
fidential hope that we shall be able to retard their progress by a supe-
rior naval Force, which is daily Increasing in so much that we have
already built & equipped two Gundoloes & I hope to have two more
every week for a succession of at least five or six weeks."
Respectfully, your ob1. serv1.
Ph: Schuyler.
Hon. Meshech Weare, &c.
Recd Albany July 1st, 1776, from Benjamin Giles & James Betten,
Esqrs. in Specie, the sum of one thousand one hundred & forty seven
pounds, one shilling, Lawful money of New England, equal to three
thousand eight hundred and twenty three Dollars & an half : It being
money sent by the Assembly of the Colony of New Hampshire by said
Benjamin Giles & James Betten, Esqrs to be lodged in my hands for
the use of the army of the United American Colonies, which sum I am
accountable for to this or any future Congress, and for which I have
given Duplicate Receipts of this tenor & date.
Ph: Schuyler.
£3823^ Dolls. M. General.
From the Selectmen of Rochester.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 51.]
To the Honorable Meshech Weare, Esq. President of the General As-
sembly, now Setting :
Sir—
We Roceiv'd an order from the Committee of Safety for the Colony
of New Hampshire, in which we were Desired to Deliver to Coll0 Ste-
ven Evans a five pound Cannon which is in this Town, to be return'd
to Piscataqua Harbour, &c. Coll0 Evans appli'd for said Cannon in
April last, but without an order : we told the Coll0 we lookt uport the
Cannon to be the Towns Property, & that it might be of service in
alarming the Country &c. but still we told him we were willing it
should be carried where your Honours should think it would answer
the best End, in case he would give a Receipt & promis the value there-
of Equal to what hath been given for other Cannon bought for the use
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of the Colony, on which the Coll" told us, he was in no Capacity to
Receive it on that condition & so left it.
On Saturday, 29th June last, Coll" Evans sent again for said Cannon,
& likewise scut the above order, but as the same difficulty subsisted
that there was at first (there being no person to give a Receipt or
rather security) the Cannon was not Ueliver'd.
The Selectmen acquainted the Committee of Safety for said Town
with their proceedings Relative to the Cannon; they justify'd our Pro-
ceedings, yet thought the Cannon ought to be carried where it Avould
answer the best End ; But yet thought our Request for the value
thereof not unreasonable.
We would herewith Testifye our Redyness to obey all such orders as
we shall Receive from the Honorable House from time to time, as also our
willingness with Lives and fortunes to bear our Proportionable Part in
Defending & securing to us the Rights, Liberties & Privileges we are
now contending for, &c.
"We are, Sir, yours & the Honorable House's
Most Humble & obedient Servts.
Jabez Dame
Barnabas Palmer
William Allen
Rochester, July 3d, 1776.
Selectmen
of Rochester.
Copy of General Sullivan's letter to Col0 Hoisington of Wood-
stock, New York Gov.1 West of Conned River.
Crown Point, July 3d 1776.
Dr Sir—
I this moment reca yr favor of the 28th ult., am much obliged by yr
kind offer, of assistance, but have the pleasure to inform you that at
present our army, weak and reduced by sickness as it is, will be fully
sufficient to oppose any force wch may be sent against us at present;
I am well convinced that the Enemy have neither Boats to transport
any army nor armed vessels upon the Lake to defend themselves
against us; for wch reason I Suppose they will be very careful about
making any attempt upon us at present; perhaps some future day we
may find ourselves under the necessity of embracing your generous
offer; — in the mean time beg you & those friendly Americans to hold
yourselves in readiness either to defend yourselves, or repair to this
place as occasion may require.
Dr Sir, I am, &c
Jn° Sullivan.
[p. 129.] The Committee on Col0 Morey's account agree to
Report,
That the Goods Col° Morey has on hand for which he charges one
hundred pounds ought to remain as his own Property, and the charge
against the Colony taken off, — and the State of the account being such
as they cannot at present enter into an examination thereof, they
would recommend that no money be paid thereon untill a proper set-
tlement can be made.
Signed, M. Thornton, chairman.
190 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Which report being read, Voted That the same be rcceiv'd
& Enter' d as a resolve of this house.
Voted, That Capt. Worthen be appointed Muster master
of the Soldiers enlisted for the Canada reinforcement, now
at New Castle, and that he pay them off their Bounty and
one months advance wages, and that he return a roll thereof
to this house as soon as may be. Sent up by Capt. Simonds.
[p. 130.] Voted, That Col0 Nicholas Gilman be Desired &
Directed to keep a Guard of two men every night and one
man every day about the Powder house in Exeter, in order
to Secure it from being Destroyed, and that he give order to
said Guard daily for their conduct in that affair, until fur-
ther order of this Court or of the Committee of Safety, and
that the charge of said Guards be paid by the Colony. Sent
up by the Gierke. [Concurred.]
Voted to choose a Committee of this House to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board, to receive the returns of the mus-
ter masters appointed to Muster the Troops destined to Can-
ada, and to make report to this house thereon, and from time
to time to report when any sufficient Number of said Troops
arc ready to march, and that Capt. Harriman, Capt. Moulton,
& Capt. Prentice be the Committee of this house for that
Purpose. Sent up by Deacon Knowles.
Col° David Gilman appearing before both Houses to answer
the Complaint of Samuel Penh allow Esqras on file, and being
fully heard and the matter being duly considered, it is voted,
That the said Complaint be dismist.
In Council, July 5th 1776.
The Board having heard Col0 David Gilman's defence on the compl4
of Sam1 Penhallow Esqr respecting Col0 Gilman's asserting that the
soldiers under his command were subject to martial Law only, are of
opinion that the sentiments conveyed in Col0 Gilman's Letter, phiinly
and in express words denied the Right of the Civil Power to control the
Military; and thereby gave just Reason for Mr. Penhallow to be
alarmed at such a Doctrine, especially from the Commanding Military
officer pf tlie Standing Troops in this Colony.
And the Board do return Mr. Penhallow their sincere thanks for his
attachment to and care of, so essential & Fundamental a principle of the
Constitution & Rights of the People.
Nevertheless do believe that the sentiments convey'd in the afores'1
Letter escaped from Col0 Gilman thro' inattention or Ruffle of his mind
& convey'd Ideas different from his real sentiments.
[p. 131.] Voted and Resolved, That there be Emitted Twen-
ty Thousand one hundred and sixty Pounds Lawful money
1776.]
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upon the credit of this Colony for the use and service thereof
in bills of the Following Denominations, viz.
3200 bills of Six Dollars, is £5760
3200 bills of five Dollars, is 4800
3200 bills of four Dollars, is 3800
14400
3200 bills of three Dollars, is £2880
3200 bills of Two Dollars, is 1920
3200 bills of one Dollar, is 900
5760
14400
in the whole, £20,160
And that the same he redeemed by a Tax on the Polls &
Estates of the rateable Inhabitants of this Colony in the fol-
lowing manner, viz.
£5000 by the 26th of January 1789,
£5000 by the 26th of January 1790
£5000 by the 26th of January 1791
£5100 by the 26th of January 1792,
And that the said bills be of the same form as those Emitted
by vote of this Assembly of the 26th January last past, and
that Dr. Levi Dearborn together with such member of the
Honble Board as they shall appoint, be a Committee to pro-
cure the Materials and superintend the Press while the said
Bills are printing, and to deliver the same to the Treasurer
of this Colony (for the time being) and take his receit there-
for— all which bills, after their Redemption, shall be burnt to
ashes in the presence of the Council and Assembly, and that
Phillips White Esq Mr. John Smith and Mr. Josiah Moulton
the third, or any Two of them be a Committee to sign the
said bills. Sent up Capt. Simonds. [Concurred — Mesheeh
Weare joined.]
[p. 132.] Thursday, July 4th, 1776.
A message came down from the HonbIe Board by Col.
Thornton & Gen. Folsom advising that the Gen1 be directed
to send out orders to the several Colonels & Commanding of-
ficers of each Regiment to raise at present their several Quo-
tas of only seven hundred and fifty men for the Canada
Expedition, instead of the Fifteen hundred men Voted to be
raised for that Expedition ; Which message being considered,
Voted, That this house adhere to the same — and in about
half an hour afterwards, a new requisition for more men be-
ing laid before the House, Voted, That the last mentioned
vote of adherence to the said advice of Council, be and here-
by is Reconsidered and made null and void.
192 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Voted, To choose a Committee to join a Committee of the
Honble Board to confer upon the expediency of choosing a
Large Committee of this house to he join'd to a Committee
of the Honble Board, as a Committee of Safety to transact
the Business of both Houses in the Recess of the Court, and
to consult what time the General Assemhly shall be adjourn-
ed from, and also to what time ; and to make report as soon
as may lie, — and that Ichabod Rollins Esqr Col. Walker,
John McClary Esq1' Mr. Abbot and Deacon Baldwin be the
Committee of this House for the purposes aforesaid. Sent
up by Col. Walker. [Concurred.]
Tlieir Report.
The Committee of both Houses appointed to confer about choosing
a Committee of Safety, and an adjournment, beg leave to Report tlieir
opinion as follows : viz.
That the Committee of Safety consist of Twelve Persons ; That the
General Assembly be adjourned this week as soon as the Public Busi-
ness will permit, to the first Wednesday in September next.
Signed, M. Thornton, Chairman.
Voted, That Capt. Pierce Long be appointed to Provide
all necessarys for Equipping and fixing off the reinforce-
ments for the Canada expedition. [Concurred.]
[p. 133.] Voted, That Maj1' Moses Kelley be appointed
Lieutenant Colonel of the Ninth Regiment of Militia in this
Colony in the room of Col. David Gilman (who is advanced)
and that Major Samuel Page be first Major & Capt. James
Head be the second Major of said Regiment. Sent up by
Capt. Simonds. [Concurred.]
Voted, That three hundred hand bills be Imediately print-
ed & Distributed in this Colony in the following words, viz.
"Colony of New Hampshire:
To the Selectmen and Committees of Safety and of Correspondence,
and to all officers Civil and Military in the Several Towns in this
Colony :
" You and each of you are now called upon in behalf of yourselves
& your distressed Country to exert every Nerve in forwarding the
Enlisting & making up the Quotas of men in the respective places you
belong to that they may March forward and join their Brethren under
General Sullivan & Enable him to repel the army coming against us
from Canada."
Sent up by Mr. Clough. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Eight Muster masters be appointed for the
Eight Companies of Militia last Voted to be raised for the
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Reinforcement of our army in Canada, viz. One for each of
said Companys, Who shall be Impowered to muster the said
respective Companys, Pay them off, and sec them fixt for
marching, and give them marching orders; and also that
they receive Blank Commissions for the Captains and subal-
tern officers of their respective Companies, and when said
officers shall be chosen by the soldiers, then to fill up said
Commissions & Deliver them to the said respective officers,
that they may march Imediately ; and that the said Muster
masters have power to preside at the meeting of the soldiers
to see a fair choice of the respective officers : and that Major
Bartlett, Col0 Samuel Sherburne, Mr. John Bell, Major Sam-
uel Philbrick, Col0 Moses Kelley, Deacon James Knowles,
Mr. Asa Davis, & Colonel Samuel Ashley, be the Muster
masters of the said Companies. Sent up by Maj1' Bartlett.
[Concurred.]
'Voted, That Col0 Joshua Wingate be appointed first Colo-
nel of the Second Regiment now raising in this Colony for a
reinforcement to our army in Canada, and that Major James
Hackett be Lieutenant Colonel, & that Lieut. Col0 Samuel
Connor be Major of said Regiment. Sent up by Capt. Long.
[Concurred.]
[p. 134.] Voted That Capt. Joseph Chandler have Enlist-
ing orders to Enlist a Company of Soldiers for the Canada
Expedition in the room of Capt. Hadlock who resigns.
[Concurred.]
Friday July 5th, 1776.
Upon the Information of the Committee of Safety of
Stratham against Capt. George March, as a person being En-
imical to the Liberties of this Country &c.
Voted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honbl Board to Examin into the matter of
their complaint & Information, and to make repoi t thereon,
as soon as may be, and that Capt. Prentice Capt. Harriman
& Matthew Patten Esq1' Mr. Samuel Moore & Dr. Nichols be
the Committee of this House for that Purpose. Sent up by
Capt. Prentice. [Concurred — Messrs. Thornton, Wentworth
& Folsom added.]
Which Committee being joined by a Committee of the
Honble Council, made Report :
That upon Questioning said March, and after reading sundry testi-
monies, they are of opinion tbat said March is inimical to his Country,
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194 COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
and that he ought to be taken care of in such manner as the said Hous-
es shall judge proper.
Signed, M. Thornton, Chairman.
[p. 135.] Voted, That Majr Joseph Bass of Portsmouth be
appointed Paymaster to the second Regiment now to be rais-
ed in this Colony, and destined for Canada, he giving bond
with Two sufficient Sureties in a Respectable sum for the
Faithfull Discharge of his said trust.
[Noah Emery jun. of Exeter, in like manner, appointed
paymaster to the first Regiment, &c] [Concurred.]
Voted to choose a Committee of this House to join a Com-
mittee of the Honbl Board to Nominate a proper person for
a Maritime officer, and also a proper person or persons for a
Notary Publick or Notaries Publick for this Colony and that
Col0 Walker & John Dudley Esq1' be the Committee of this
house for that purpose.
An Act for Establishing Courts of Law for the Adminis-
tration of Justice within this Colony was read a third time
and passed to be Enacted. [Concurred.]
Voted and Resolved that the several Courts of Law within
this Colony be and hereby are Prohibited from trying any
Civil Actions until the next Session of the Assembly, and
that they proceed as usual to hear and Try all Capital Crimes,
Misdemeanors, Trovers, Trespasses, Assaults, Batteries, Rob-
beries, Thefts and other Breaches of the Peace committed
within their respective Jurisdictions — and that the fees to be
taken or taxed in the said several Courts shall be taken ac-
cording to the last Table of fees established in this Colony,
until the last of the next Session of this Assembly, or until
otherwise ordered by the General Assembly, and no longer.
Sent up by Majr Tas'h.
Voted That the Constable of Exeter be directed to seize
the body of George March and safely keep him till called for
by this House, to be examined & Tried on suspicion of being
Enimical to the Liberties of this Country, and that the Clerk
make out a warrant accordingly, and send out summons for
Witnesses by Major Barker.
[p. 136.] Voted That Eleaser Russell, Esq. of Portsmouth
be appointed Maritime officer of the Port of Piscataqua, and
that the Honble Wyseman Claggett Esq1' and John Pickering
Esq1' be appointed Notaries Publick and Tabellions for this
Colony.
Voted, That Samuel Penhallow Esq1' be appointed a justice
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of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of
Rockingham in the room & stead of George King Esq1" who
refuses to accept that office.
Voted That William Knight Esq1' be appointed a special
Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the Coun-
ty of Rockingham, in case of the Death or Incapacity of either
of the standing Justices. [The above appointments seve-
rally Concurred.]
P. M.
Voted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Hon1'1 Board to Nominate Fifteen Persons of
the Council & of this house to be a Committee of Safety for
this Colony to transact the business of both Houses in the
recess of the General Court ; and that Col0 Walker, Col0
Baker, Capt. Simonds, Capt. Prentice, Mr. Brainerd, Mr.
Bell, <fc John McClary Esq1' be the Committee of this house
for that Purpose. Sent up by Mr. Dakin. [Concurred —
Col. Thornton added.]
The Council and House taking into consideration the ac-
cusations laid against Capt. George March of Stratham, as
being Inimical to the Liberties of this Country, and a full
hearing being had thereon before both Houses, and sundry
Witnesses being sworn & examined :— It appears to this Court
That the said George March has uttered many words against
the Liberties and Privileges of this Country,: It is therefore
Voted and Resolved, That the said George March confine
himself to the limits of the Farm which he now Improves
in Stratham, on Pain of Imprisonment ; and that he recog-
nize to the Government & People of this Colony of New
Hampshire in the sum of one hundred Pounds, with two
sureties in Fifty pounds Each for his good behaviour, untill
further order of this Court ; and that in the mean time he
be Disarmed by the Committee of Stratham. Sent up by
Col0 Baker. [Concurred.]
[p. 138.] Voted, That the Honbl Meshech Weare, Matthew
Thornton, Nathaniel Folsom, Ebenezer Thompson & Wyse-
man Clagett, Esqrs of the Council, the Hon. Phillips White
Esq1' John Dudley, Timothy Walker, Matthew Patten, Otis Ba-
ker, Josiah Moulton, Benjamin Barker, Nathaniel Sartel Pren-
tice & Peirse Long Esqrs and Mr. John Smith of this house
be a Committee of Safety for this Colony, To transact all the
Business of both Houses in the recess of the General Court,
with all the Power and Authority that any Committee of
198 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Safety of this Colony heretofore chosen or appointed Have
had and Exercised ; and to Appoint and Commission officers,
in case of the death or refusal of those that are already ap-
pointed, and on any emergency to call the Council and House
together, as occasion may require ; And that any Eight of
said Committee he a Quorum to Do Business. Sent up hy
Col. Baker. [Concurred.]
Saturday, July 6th 1776.
Voted, That the Committee of Safety have and receive out
of the Treasury Six shillings per day Each for the time they
set in Committee, and also pay for their travel as the mem-
bers of the General Assembly are paid.
Voted, That Lieut. Col0 Samuel Connor be appointed
Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment Destined for Canada un-
der command of Col0 Joshua Wingate, and that Capt. Moses
Baker be appointed Major of said Regiment. [Concurred.]
[p. 139.] Voted to raise four Companys of Rangers of fifty
men in a Company, three Commissioned officers Included, to
Range on the frontiers of this Colony, to guard the said fron-
tiers against the Incursions of the Enemy, and to be paid the
same wages as the Colony Troops had last year, and also
Blanket to each non-commissioned officer and soldier and to
remain in the said service until the first day of December next
unless sooner discharged, and that the said Companys be
raised in the several Regiments of Col0 Hobart Col0 Morcy &
Col. Chase, and that they receive their orders, Directions <fe
Commissions from the Committee of Safety in the recess of
this Court.
Voted, That Col0 Jonathan Chase receive out of the Colo-
ny Stock Three Barrels of Powder for the use of his regi-
ment and the frontiers adjacent, and that the President give
orders accordingly.
[p. 160.] Voted That any person who shall Manufacture in
tliis Colony Good Sulphur and bring in the same to Doct.
Jos i ah Gilman at Exeter within six months next ensuing,
shall receive out of the Treasury, at & after the rate of Two
dollars for every hundred weight upon Certificate of the said
Dr. Josiah Gilman that lie hath received the same of such
person for the use of this Colony : Such person being under
oath that the same was manufactured in this Colony.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 197
And that any person who shall manufacture in this Colo-
ny good Bar load within six months next ensuing, and deliv-
er the Same to Nicholas Gilinan Esq1, Receiver General (who
is to put such person on oath that the Same was manufac-
tured in this Colony) should be entitled to six pounds per
hundred weight therefor out of the Treasury. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Committee of Safety lie Directed to Re-
monstrate to the Continental Congress against allowing any
person or Persons Extravagant Commissions for transacting
the Public Business, in this Distressing day.
Voted That the members of the Honbl Council and of
this House be paid out of the Treasury six shillings per day
Each for each days attendance in this session, and two-pence
per mile Travel to and from their respective homes, and that
the consideration of the method how the same shall be re-
placed in the Treasury be postponed to a future day ; and
that the Secretary and the Clerk of the House make out the
Pay rolls accordingly.
Acts, petitions, accts &c. passed on by the House and concurred by
the Council, from the 1st to 6th July, 1776. (See Rec. of Council.)
Alex1 Craige & Mich1 Dwyer to receive £45. for purchasing fire arms
lead & flints &c. for the use of the town of Rumney.
Col0 Morey, £50, do. for Orford.
Capt. Jonathan Chandler, £50, do. for Piermont.
Capt. Prentice £200, do. for Col. Bellows regiment.
Abner Fellows & Eliphalet Gale, £4: 6: 0. do. for New Chester and
Alexandria.
Samuel Cressy, £5 : do. for Holderness.
Gen. Nath1 Folsom to deliver Samuel Cressy 25 pounds of powder for
the use of inhabitants of Holderness.
Acct. of Thomas Hart, allowed, £8: 10: 0.
Capt. Tim0 Clements allow'd on Pay roll £51 : 18: 1.
Capt. Nathan Brown, allow'd on Pay roll £16: 7: 5.
Major Jonathan Childs, to receive £50, for fire arms, &c. for the use
of the town of Lyme.
Danl. Warner, allow'd £26: 19: 5£.
Col. David Gilman's Staff-roll, allow'd, £83: 1: 0.
Capt. John Calfe's pay-roll allow'd, £325: 9: 10.
Capt. Caleb Hodgdon's Pay-roll allow'd, £329: 12: 3.
Hun. Col. Weare & Dr. Dearborn, allowed for Paper for printing
bills of Credit, £20.
Paymasters appointed for Two Battalions to be sent to Canada.
Muster-masters & pay masters for the last regiment to Canada
to receive from the Treasury. £940 each, to pay off the Troops.
" " for the regiment now raising £171, each.
Committee appointed to give out blank Commissions.
Committee appointed to nominate Justices, &c.
198 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Simeon Dearborn and Nath1 Baleh, to receive £30, for purchasing
powder for Wakefield.
Samuel Jones & Elisha Bingham, to have twenty five pounds of
Powder, for Canaan & Enfield.
" " to receive £5: for purchasing Lead and
Flints for said Towns.
Capt. Nathan Brown's pay-roll, allow'd, £267 : 4 : 7, in full.
Capt. Tim° Clements pay-roll, allow'd, £238 : 15: 0, in full.
Nicholas Gilman, Recr Gen. authorized to borrow £5t)00.
Dea. Isaac Williams, acct. allow'd, 20s.
Josha Wiggin, acct allow'd, £4: 18: 0.
Richd Champney's acct. allow'd £22 : 6 : 2.
A els passed.
An Act for fixing out armed vessels to defend the sea-coast.
An Act for regulating marriages.
An Act for establishing Courts of Law.
Fees in the Maritime Court established.
The House Adjourned to the First Wednesday in Septem-
ber next at three of the clock in the afternoon, then to meet
at the Court House in Exeter.
Attest, Noah Emery, Clerk D' R.
Court Maritime Fees.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 65.]
To the Attorney or Advocate General for drawing a libel
To the Judge for allowing the same
To the Register for filing
For a citation for appearance, seal & service, viz. 2s to the
Judge, 2s to the Register, and to the Marshall. 3s
For a Summons for witnesses, and seal, viz. to the Judge
Is & to the Register, Is
For filing Papers and taxing costs, viz. to the Judge Is &
to the Register Is.
For an Interlocutory Decree & Recording, viz. to the
Judge 4s. to the Register Is, & to the Marshall 3s
To the Cryer Is, to the Register for an Enactment Is,
For Decree definitive & recording, viz. to the Judge 10s
to the Register 6s
To the marshall for Evidence summoned within a mile of
the Court Qd; if above, 3d per mile
To the marshall for Bail Bond, to be paid by the person
bailed
For levying Execution, the same as the sheriff & for travel
as in the sheriff's fees
For executing a warrant for Debtors, Deserters &c. on
Board a ship at the wharf, 4s,
If at New-Castle or up the river above Portsmouth,
For taking a vessel into custody, upon any arrest for
wages 0: 6
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For taking every evidence in Court & summoning viz. to
the Judge 6d, to the register Gd, and to the marshall, Gd
To the Advocates fees
To the Register for Copy of a libel Is
To copy of Information Is. Gd
To copy of Decree Is. 9d
For a Relsavit viz. to the Judge 4s. to the Register Is. Gd,
Marshall Is, door keeper Gd,
For a warrant of appraisement or service & for Debtors
or Deserters, viz. to the Judge 2s, to the Register 4s.
For sailors wages Is each man, to the register for adjust-
ing their accots
To the Register for entering every motion for an appeal 4s
To the Judge for allowing or disallowing thereof 8s
For copies of every case, as the clerk of the Superior Court.
To the Register for every adjournment 8d
To the Marshall for summoning appraisors, each, Is
To the doorkeeper and Bell 9d
To the Jurors & officers who summon them, the same as
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Colony of N. Hampshire.
In the House of Representatives, July 6th, 1776.
Resolved, That the within Bill of fees for the Court Maritime in this
Colony, & for the several officers of said Court, be a rule for the said
officers, as to taking their fees in all cases Maritime Triable in said
Court, untill further order of the General Assembly. Sent up for
concurrence. P. White, Speaker.
In Council, Eodem die.
Read & concurred, E. Thompson, Sec?.
Note. The Declaration or Independence, which follows, is recorded immedi-
ately after the foregoing " Journal of the House of Representatives." It is written in
a large, liold, legible •hand, with red ink. And although the Declaration is found in
every variety of form, and in many publications elsewhere, the editor thinks proper
to give an exact copy of it here, as a document subscribed by our own honored dele-
gates in Congress, and belonging in part to our own history, to be transmitted to our
children and children's children of future generations.— Er>.
200 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [177G.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCY.
In Congress July 4th, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration op the Thirteen (By the
Representatives of the) United States of America
(In General Congress Assembled).
When in the Course of Human Events it becomes Necessary for one
People to Dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with
another, and to Assume among the Powers of the Earth, The separate
and Equal Station to which the Laws of Nature & of Nature's God
Entitle them, A Decent Respect to the opinions of mankind Require
that they should declare the causes which Impel them to the Separa-
tion.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident: That All men are created
Equal. That they are Endowed by their Creator with certain Unalien-
able Rights, That among these are Life, Liberty & the pursuit of
Happiness; That to secure these Rights, Governments are Instituted
among men, Deriving their Just Powers from the consent of the Gov-
erned; That whenever any form of Government becomes Destructive
of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to Alter or Abolish it, and
to Institute New Government, Laying its Foundation on such Principles
& Organizing its Powers in such Form as to them shall seem most likely
to Effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will Dictate
that Governments long Established should not be changed for light &
Transient Causes, and accordingly all Experience hath shown that
mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are Sufferable, than to
right themselves by Abolishing the Forms to which they are accus-
tomed: But when a Long Train of abuses and Usurpations, Pursuing
Invariably the same object, Evinces a Design to Reduce them under
Absolute Despotism, It is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off
such Government and to provide new Guards for their Future Security.
Such has been the Patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is
now the Necessity which constrains them to alter their former System
of Government.
The History of the Present King of Great Britain is a History of
repeated Injuries and Usurpations, all having in Direct Object the
Establishment of an Absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove
this let Facts be submitted to a Candid World.
He has refused his Assent to Laws the most wholsom and Necessary
for the Public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of imediate pressing
Importance unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should
be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to
Attend to them.
1776.] DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 201
He has refused to Pass other Laws for the accommodation of Large
Districts of People, unless those People would relinquish the right of
Representation in the Legislature, A Right inestimable to them, and
formidable to Tyrants only.
He has called together Legislative Bodies at Places unusual, uncom-
fortable and Distant from tlie Depository of their Public Records, for
the sole Purpose of Fatiguing them into compliance with his Measures.
He has Dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly for opposing
with manly Firmness his Invasions on the Rights of the People.
He has refused for a long time, after such Dissolutions, to cause
others to be Elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of
Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their Exercise;
The State remaining in the meantime exposed to all the Dangers of In-
vasion from without, & convulsions within.
He has Endeavoured to Prevent the Population of these States; for
that Purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners;
refusing to Pass others to Encourage their Migrations hither, and rais-
ing the conditions of New Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his
Assent to Laws for Establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges Dependent on his Will alone, for the Tenure of
their offices, and the amount ami payment of their Salaries.
He has erected a Multitude of New Offices, and sent hither Swarms
of officers to Harras our People, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us in times of Peace, Standing Armies, without
the consent of our Legislatures.
He has Affected to render the Military Independent of, and superior
to, the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a Jurisdiction Foreign
to our Constitution, unacknowledged by our Laws; given his Assent
to their Acts of Pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us;
For Protecting them by a mock Trial from Punishment, for any
murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States;
For Cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world;
For Imposing Taxes on us without our consent;
For Depriving us, in many cases, of the benefit of trial by Jury;
For Transporting us beyond Seas, to be tried for Pretended Offences;
For Abolishing the Free System of English Laws in a Neighboring
Province, Establishing therein an Arbitrary Government, and enlarg-
ing its Boundaries, so as to render it at once an Example & fit Instru-
ment for Introducing the same absolute Rule in these Colonies;
For Taking away our Charters, abolishing our most Valuable Laws,
and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments.
For suspending our own Legislatures & Declaring themselves Invest-
ed with Power to legislate for us in all case's whatsoever.
He has Abdicated Government here, by Declaring us out of his
Protection, and waging War against us.
He has Plundered our Seas, ravaged our Coasts, Burnt our Towns,
and Destroyed the Lives of our People.
He is at this time, Transporting Large Armies of Foreign Mercena-
ries to compleat the works of Death, Desolation & Tyranny already
begun, with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely Parallelled in
202 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
the most Barbarous ages, and Totally unworthy the Head of a Civil-
ized Nation.
He has constrained our Fellow Citizeus taken Captive on the High
Seas, to bear Arms against their Country, to become the Executioners
of their Friends and Brethren, or to Fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited Domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has Endeav-
oured to bring on the Inhabitants of the Frontiers, the merciless Indian
Savages, whose known rule of Warfare is an undistinguished Destruc-
tion of all ages Sexes and Conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we have Petitioned for redress in
the most Humble Terms: our repeated Petitions have been answered
only by repeated Injury.
A Prince whose Character is thus marked by every Act which may
Define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the Ruler of a Free People.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British Brethren: We
have warned them from time to time of attempts by their Legislature to
extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us. We have reminded
them of the circumstances of our Emigration and settlement here. We
have appealed to their Native Justice and Magnanimity. We have con-
jured them by the Ties of common kindred to Disavow these Usurpa-
tions, which inevitably Interrupt our Connections and Correspondence.
They too have been deaf to the voice of Justice and of Consanguinity.
We must Therefore Acquiesce in the necessity which Denounces our Sep-
eration, And hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind — Enemies in
War; In Peace Friends.
We, Therefore, the Representatives of the United States of Amer-
ica, In General Congress Assembled, Appealing to the Supreme Judge
of the World for the Rectitude of our Intentions, Do, in the Name and
by the Authority of the Good People of these Colonies, Solemnly Pub-
lish and Declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to
be Free and Independent States, That they are absolved from all
Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all Political Connection, be-
tween them and the State of Britain is, and ought to be Totally Dis-
solved; and that as Free and Independent States they have full power
to Levy War, Conclude Peace. Contract Alliances, Establish Commerce,
and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of
Right do : And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance
on the Protection of Divine Providence, We mutually Pledge to each
other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor.
Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress
JOHN HANCOCK.
Attest
Charles Thompson, Secretary.
Enter'd According to the Original
pr. Noah Emery, Cler D. Rep.
[SIGNATURES OF MEMBERS.]
1770.]
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
203
Josiah Bartlett
Wm. Whipple
Matthew Thornton (1)
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Rob4 Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry-
Georgia
North Carolina
South
Carolina
Butler Gwinnett
Lyman Hull
Geo. Walton
( Wm. Hooper
J Joseph Hewes
( John Penn
Edward Rutledge
Tho8 Heyward, jun
Tho8 Lynch, jun
Arthur Midd'leton
f Samuel Chase
| William Paca
Maryland { Thos Stone
Carrolton
(_ Charles Carroll of,
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thos Jefferson
Virginia -l Benja Harrison
Tho3 Nelson, jun.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton.
In Congress, January lSth, 1777.
Ordered, That an authenticated Copy of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, with the Names of the Members of Congress, subscribing the
same, be sent to each of the United States, and that they be desired to
have the same put on Record By order of Congress,
John Hancock, President.
Attest, Chas Thomson, Secy.
A true Copy, John Hancock, President.
Entered & Recorded, Pr. N. Emery, Clk. D R. in New Hampshire.
(1) Matthew Thornton was chosen delegate to the Continental Congress, Sept. 12,
1776; but on his arrival there he signed the Declaration, it being kept open for the
purpose of additional signatures until January, 1777.
Rhode
Step" Hopkins
Island
William Ellery
Roger Sherman
o
Sam1 Huntington
3
o
Wm. Williams
O
Oliver Wolcott
Robert Morris
cS
Benjamin Rush
'2
Benja Franklin
cS
John Morton
"?»
Geo. Clymer
a
James Smith
a
Geo: Taylor
p-i
James WTilson
Geo: Ross.
g
Csesar Rodney
Q
George Read.
■M
William Floyd
l
£
Phil. Livingston
is
Frans Lewis
Lewis Morris
>>
Richard Stockton
OQ
Jn° Witherspoon
hi
Fran8 Hopkinson
fe
John Hart
Abra"1 Clark
RETURNS OF THE ASSOCIATION TEST,
Sent out by order of the General Congress, containing the names
of Eight Thousand, one hundred and Ninety-nine Persons in
New Hampshire, who signed it : By which they solemnly en-
gaged and promised that they would, to the utmost of their
power and at the risk of their Lives and Fortunes, with
Arms, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets
and Armies, against the United American Colonies.
With
The Names of 773 Persons who refused to sign it.
[Copied from a MS. volume in Secry's office, labelled "Returns of
Association Test, 1770," and arranged by the late John Farmer,
Esq., agreeable to order of the Legislature of New Hampshire, 1837.
—Ed.]
Colony of New Hampshire,
In Committee of Safety,
April 12th 1776.
In order to carry the underwritten Resolve of the Hon'ble
Continental Congress into Execution, you are requested to
desire all Males above Twenty one years of age (Lunaticks,
Idiots, and Negroes excepted) to sign to the DECLARATION
on this Paper ; and when so done, to make Return thereof,
together with the Name or Names of all who shall refuse to
sign the same, to the General Assembly or Committee of
Safety of this Colony.
M. Weare, Chairman.
In Congress, March 14, 1776.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Several Assem-
blies, Conventions, and Councils, or Committees of Safety of
the United Colonies, immediately to cause all Persons to be
disarmed, within their Respective Colonies, who are notorious-
ly disaffected to the cause of America, or who have not asso-
ciated, and refuse to associate, to defend by Arms, the United
1776.] ASSOCIATION TEST. 205
Colonies, against the Hostile attempts of the British Fleets
and Armies.
(Copy) .Extract from the Minutes.
In Consequence of the above Resolution of the Hon. Con-
tinental Congress, and to show our Determination in joining
our American Brethren, in defending the Lives, Liberties,
and Properties of the inhabitants of the United Colonies :
We, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and
promise, that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the
Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms, oppose the
Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies
against the United American Colonies.
[Remarks on the foregoing by the late John Farmer, Esq.]
The preceding Text was the Declaration of Independence by the
People of New Hampshire. It was a similar act to that of the Patri-
ots who signed the National Declaration on the 4th July 1770. It pre-
ceded that event, and seems to have been a sanction or an encourage-
ment to those who contemplated it. It was a bold and hazardous step
in subjects thus to resist the authority of one of the most powerful
Sovereigns in the world. Had the cause in which these men pledged
their Lives and Fortunes failed, "it would have subjected every indi-
vidual who signed it to the pains and penalties of treason ; to a cruel
and ignominious death."
It is not to be understood that all who declined signing it were To-
ries or were disaffected to the American cause ; Some of them were
Friends, whose principles forbade their signing a pledge to oppose their
enemies with arms ; others, who were really friends to the cause of op-
position to the British, had conscientious scruples, and others doubt-
less Avere influenced by their timidity. Among those whose conscien-
tious scruples prevented from giving such a pledge was Eleazer Russell,
Esq. of Portsmouth, (1) who in a letter to President Weare, Says, " It
was, and is, merely to secure the morality of my mind that I was
reluctant to put my name to it. Solemnly to bind myself to the
performance of what nature and necessity rendered impossible, I start-
ed at the thought of. And though my health is mended, so wrecked
are my nerves, that I could not do one hours military duty to save my
life. The article of shedding blood, in me is not a humor, but a prin-
ciple— not an evasion but a fact. It was received in early life, and has
" grown with my growth, and strengthened with my strength." Not
a partiality for British more than Savage blood ; for all circumstances
considered, I think the latter more innocent than the former."
(1) See the letter of Mr. Russell on a subsequent page.
206
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Note by the Editor.
[A copy of the preceding Resolve of the Continental Congress, with
the action of the Committee of Safety of New Hampshire thereon, was
sent to the Selectmen of each town in the Colony, requiring them to
obtain names to the subjoined Pledge. The editor does not deem it
necessary to repeat and reprint for each town, the whole of the aforesaid
action; the Pledge only, once inserted, will suffice for all. Neither
will these names be repeated in the Index.]
SIGNERS IN AMHERST.
We, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and
promise, that we will, to the utxmost op our power, at the
Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms, oppose the
Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies,
against the United American Colonies.
[The names are always spelled as originally written.]
Nalium Baldwin
Moses Nichols
Wm. Bradford
Josiah Crosby
Peter Woodbury
Thomas Burns
Robert Means
Nathan Jones
Henry Codman,
Peter Robertson
Jonathan Smith
John Burns
Stephen Warner
Sam1 Harris
David Hildreth
Ephm Booker
Henry Kimball
AVilliam Low
Sam1 Stanley
Jonathan Grimes
Amos Flint
William Read
Joseph Steel
Wm. Odell
Joseph Boutel
Timothy Smith
Thos Durell V
Ephraim Ilildreth
Nathan Kendall
Benjamin Day
Reuben Bouttel
Ebenr Rea
Kendal Boutwell
Oliver Carlton
Hezekiah Love joy
Enos Bradford
Thomas Towne
Daniel Stephens
James Seeton
Benjm Hopkins
Jacob Curtice
Jacob Curtice, jun.
Jona Taylor
Josiah Dodge
Wm. Codman
Silas Cum tilings
Ananias McAllister
Joseph Steel jun
Timothy Nichols
Benjamin Hopkins
Ebenr Hopkins
John Burns
Benja Hutchinson
John Seeliiun
Wm. Wilkins
Francis Lovejoy
John Cochran
James Cillmore
Josiah Sawyer Jn
Jona Twiss
Richard Hughes
John Hartshorn
Nathan Jones, jun
Amos Flint, jun
Samuel Steward
Nathan Hutchinson
Robert Read
Samuel Holt
Archelaus Town
Daniel Abbot
Joseph Gould
Jonathan Sawyer
Samson Crosby
Nathaniel Barret
Nathan Hutchinson jun
John Grimes
Israel Town, jun.
William Taylor
Jonathan Lund
Isaac Wright
Benja Kendrick
Josiah Kidder
William Peacock
Joseph Peirce
David Dunkle
John Kendall, junor.
Isaac How
Jacob Blodgett
Adam Patterson
Josiah Sawyer
George Burns
John Burns, juner
Joseph Rollings
Isaac Holt
Joseph Cogin
John Roby
John Twiss
James McKeen
Thos Wakefield, Junr.
177G.J
ASSOCIATION TEST.
207
Ebenezer Holt, juner
Jonathan Lampson
Ephraim Abbott
Moses Kimball
Samuel Taylor
Allen Goodridge
Thomas Averall, junr
Francis Elliott
Elisha Fulton
Nathan Fuller
John Duncklee
Amos ( rreen
James Hartshorn
John Washer
David Green
Phinehas Upham
Jn° Shepard, junior.
Simpson Steward
Samuel Genis
Dimond Mussey
Moses Barron
Benjamin Merrill
Jonathan Lyon
William Hogg
John Mitchell
John Lovejoy
Jacob Lovejoy
Jacob Hildreth
Samuel Henry
John Patterson
Joseph Prince, jun.
William Fisk, junr
William Fisk
Bartholoma Dodge
William Small
Joseph Small
William Small, junr
Ebenezer Hutchinson
John Harwood
John Tuck
William Feabody, junr
Jonathan Wilkins, junr
John Seccombe
Jacob Standly
William Peabody
Joseph Boutell
Reuben Holt
Michael Keif
Joseph Prince
Abijah Wilkins
Thomas Weston
John Averial
William Lamson
John Cole
Isaac Weston
Nathan Cole
Thomas Towne
Joshua Wright
Joshua Wilkins
Thos. Clark
Lemuel Winchester
Daniel Smith
Isaac Smith
Nathan Flint
John Damon
James Woodbury
Benjamin Temple
Joseph Langdell
Amherst— Total 201.
Pi chard Ward
Nathaniel Ilaseltine
Stephen Farnum
William Wallace
Peters? Parker
Andrew Bradford
Stephen Bnrnam
Abner Hutchinson
David? True
Israel Town
John Bradford
Joseph Dunkley
Ebenezer Averil
Elisha Hutchinson
Joseph Farnum
Amos Stickney
Joseph Wallace
Jacob Smith
Ezekiel Upton
Nathan Cleaves
Joel Howe
Stephen Feabody
William Odell,junr
Ebenr Temple
Ephraim French
Benja Dodge
James Gage
Wm Mellony, junr
Ebenr Weston
Richard Goold
Samuel Blasdell
Solomon Kittredge
Timothy Hill
Jn° Wilkins
[Note. Amherst at this time included Milford and Mont-Vernon. — Ed.]
To the Honb1 The Committee of Safety For the State of New
Hamp1*, or the Gen1 Assembly thereof.
Pursuant to the Request on this paper from the Commit-
tee of Safety &c. to us Directed, we have invited those per-
sons therein mentioned to sign to the Declaration on this
paper &c. and all that have seen it have signed Except
Joshua Atherton Escf Mr. Daniel Campbell
Mr. Samuel Dodge $ Col0 John Shepard
Thos Wakefield J Selectmen
Reuben Mussey V of
Sam1 Wilkins \ Amherst.
208
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
SIGNERS IN ALLENSTOWN.
Josiah Allen
John Hayes
Jacob Gay-
David Knox
John Leonard
Smn Smith
his
Samuel X Kinsen
mark
Refused to sine,
George ? Dugan
Benj. Methes
Andrew Bunten
Samuel Webster
John Bunten
Starlin Sargent
William Knox
Samuel Webster
Total 21.
Hall Burgen. 1.
Charls M'Coy
Ichabocl Clark
Joseph Dennett
Ichabod Johnson
his
Samuel X Davis
mark
his
Samuel X Fisk
mark
SIGNERS IN ALSTEAD.
Abram Brown
Absalom Kingsbery
Henry Rumrill
John Slade
Joseph Hatch
Edward Waldo
John Burroughs junr
Simon Baxter, junr
Samuel Kidder
Simeon Shepherd
Nathaniel Rust
Joel Chandler
Phinehas Hatch
Joshua Shepard
Jacob Wardner
Nathaniel Shepherd
Nathaniel Cooper
Gideon Delono
Silas King
Jason Wait
Aaron Lyon
Thomas Kidder
| Abel Beckwith
John Wait
Abraham Brown junr
Simon Brooks
William Simons
Roswell Shepherd
Frederick Wardner
Jonathan Shepherd
Daniel Waldo
Josiah Cook
Beulah Waldo
Amaziah Grover
Ephraim Brigham
Simon Rumrill
Amos Gale
'Oliver Shepard
Aristides Huestis
John Axtell
John Plumbley
John Slade juner
John Burroughs
Joseph Mack
Total 66.
Timothy Burroughs
Lemuel Crane
Joel Burroughs
John Hill
Job Thomson
Nath11 Watts
Moses Hale
Nathan Mack
Thomas Walton
Daniel Burroughs
Zebulon Chandler
Philip Wardner
Samuel Royce
Jonlh Sheperd junr
Elias Brown
Joseph Brown
Joseph Lyon
Giles Marvin
Solomon Prentice
Nath1 S. Prentice
Andrew Beckwith
Nathan Fay.
To ye Honurable the General Assembly of the Colony of
New hampshier — This may Certify your Honours that Simon
Baxter, Samuel Chandler, John Thomson §■ Samuel Miller
Have Refused to siim the within Association Agreement.
Certify 'd by us
Abra'm Brown
Absalom Kingsbery
Simon Brooks
Selectmen
of
Alstead.
1770.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
209
SIGNERS IN UNITY, ACWORTH & LEMSTER.
The names of the Inhabitants of the town of ACWORTH.
Ephraim Keyes
Henry Silsby
Samuel Smith
Thos Putnam
John Rogers
Sam1 Silsby
William Keyes
William Markham
Sam1 Harper
John Willson
George Duncan
William Clark
Lasell Silsby
Dean Carlton
John Willson
James McCluer
Jas. Wallace
Jonathan Silsby
Alexr Houston
Tobias Silsby
Willoughby Willard
Josejm Cliatterton
John Moor
James Rogers
Jedediah Smith
Edward Keys
Mehuman Stebbins
Tlios Nott
Christ1 Eayrs
Perish X Ritchardson
John Duncan
Henry Silsby, junr
Acworth — 32.
Henry Silsby ? Selectmen of
Thos Putnam s Acworth.
The Names of the Inhabitance of the Town of LEMSTER.
Oliver Booth
William Gary
Joseph Wood
David Willey
Phinehas Abell
Reuben Bingham
Elijah Bingham
Samuel Nichols
Urijah Brainerd
Asaph Brainerd
Timothy Nichols
Shubael Brainerd
Allen Willey
Jabez Beckwith
Elijah Frink
Thomas Schophel
Benjamin Abell
Lempster 24.
Frederick Abell
Thomas Schophel jun
Samuel Roundye
Silas Bingham
Trugrace Booth
John Perkins
William Story
Uzel Hurd
William Gary > Selectmen of
Elijah Bingham C Lemster.
The Names of the Inhabitants of the Town of UNITY.
Nathaniel Hunton
Amos Chase
Moses Stinston?
Charles Hnntoon
Daniel Moody
Philip Hnntoon
Josiah Moody
Simeon Gliden
Jacob Smith
14
Richd Brown
Caleb Huntoon
David Weed
Samuel Hunton
Elijah Weed
Nathaniel Lad
Abner Currier
Samuel Weed
Joseph Gliden
Unity, 26.
Abner Chase
Abraham Sandborn
Moses Gary?
David Weed junr
Andrew Glidden
John Lad
John Huntoon
Richard Moody
210
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
The Names of those persons
who refused to sign the writ-
ten Declaration.
Jonathan Grlidden
Sam1 Jndkins
Rich'1 Glidden
James Ladd. 4 refused.
David Weed ) Selectmen of the
Nathaniel Hunton j Town of Unity.
Indorsed — "For Major Timothy Ellis
at Keen, on the Publick service."
SIGNERS IN ATKINSON.
Ezekiel Belknap
Stephen Page
Asa Page
John Johnson
Ebenr Eatton
Beuja Emery junr
Benjamin Emery
Joseph French
James Noyes
Enoch Noyes
Jona. Poor
Joseph Knight
Jerh Poor
Nath1 Peabody
Jona Webster
Humphrey Noyes, junr
Jesse Page
Joseph Knight, junr
William Sawyer
Daniel Poor jun
Nathaniel Noyes
Moses Greenough
Jonathan Blake
Stephen Peabody
Daniel Poor
Thomas Noyes
Stephen Dole
John Knight jun
John Webster jr
Stephen Noyes
Jonathan Sawyer
James Little
Asa Haseltine
Joseph Little
Thomas Little
Dudley Bayley
Joseph Hale
Ebnr Green
John Currier
William Baley
Samuel Webster
James Bayley
William Webster
Joseph Webster
John Webster
James Page
Moses Page
James Merrell ?
Joshua Knight
Benjamin Philbrick jun
John Knight
Joshua Emery
John Atwood
Daniel Page
Moses Emery
Enoch Knight
James Dow
John Clement
John Dow jun
John Ingalls
Eldad Ingalls
Eben Bartlet ?
Stephen Dole jun
John Kelley
Reuben Mills
Atkinson — 97.
Joseph Chandler
Daniel Richards
Stephen AV hi taker
Benjamin Philbrick
Jonathan Page junr
Bradlee Richards
Thomas Whitaker
Moses Belknap
Benjamin Richards
David Atwood
John Dow
Jonathan Page
Nath1 Cogswell
Tristram Knight
Israel Webster
Benja Stone
Samuel Noyes
John Knight, 3d
Humphrey Noyes
Joseph Noyes
Abel Merrill
AJoel Merrill, jun.
John Merrill
Samuel Little
Jesse Sawyer
Amos Mills
Benja Hale
Jonathan Palmer
Joseph Palmer
Jonathan "Whittaker
Oliver Sawyer
Joseph Graves?
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
211
State of New Hampshire.
This certifies that in consequence of ye foregoing requisi-
tion of the Hon1'1 Committee of Safety for said State, all the
males of Twenty one years of age and upwards, belonging
to Atkinson in ye State aforesaid (Lnnaticks, Idiots & Ne-
groes excepted) have freely & voluntarily subscribed their re-
spective names to the foregoing Declaration.
Att*. Nath1 Peabody ) Selectmen of
Jesse Page \ said Atkinson.
Atkinson, Sep*. 25th 1776.
SIGNERS IN BARNSTEAD.
Samuel Pitman
Jonathan Buncker
Thomas Snell
Depandance Colbath
John Elliott
John Furbur
John Nelson
Joseph Bunker
Joseph Samborn
Richard Sinkler
Benja Nutter
Stephen Pickren
William Lord
Winthrop Smart
John Heukens
Isaac Huckens
Nathaniel Pease
John Bickford
Benjamin Edgerly
John Mugate
John Sanborn
his
Daniel X Jacobs
mark
Daniel Bickford
•John Tasker
John Sanborn
his
Timothy X Davis
mark
Hatevil Nutter
Barnstead, 37.
Jonathan Emerson
Benjamin Emerson
Sam11 Drew-
John Mudget
Joseph Bryant
his
Joseph X Mugate
mark
Benjamin Brown
Edward Sanborn
his
Samuel X Stephens
mark
his
Dodeson X Bunker
SIGNERS IN BARRINGTON.
John Hill
Joshua Felker
Silas Drew
George Waterhouse
Benjamin Babb
Michal Felker
William Cate,junr
Charles Danielson
John Laighen
Timothy Perkins
Joseph Daniel jun.
David Tenny
John Gate
John Hall
Joshua Hazfort?
Ralph Hall '
Natha. Robert
James Tuttle, jun.
William Hays
Jacob Daniel, jun
Stephen Fosjs
Elisha Blacke
Richard Babb
Micajah Otis
William Lock jun
William Babb
Samuel Foss
William Gray
Thomas Scruten
Elijah Sene ?
John Daniel
Joseph Hall
Solomon Hall
John Cater
James Howard
Charles Felker
John Church
Solomon Young
Isaac Hall
Reuben Davis
Edward Cater
Joshua Otis
212
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Jeremiah Foss
James Foss
John Kingman
Hezekiah Hayes
Hinkson Harden
James Marden
Giddon Leighton
Timothy Waterhouse
Daniel Rowell
Hinkson Foss
Isaiah Felker
Winthrop Young
Paul Young
Nathanel Church
John Drew
James Church
Jeremiah Gray
James Danielson
Paul Hayes
Thomas How
William How
Paul Otis
Clement Daniel
Joshua Holms
Nicholas Brock
Stephen Young
Ebeuzer Kielle
John Willey
Isaac Willey
Lemuel Willey
William Lock
Nathan Foss, jun
Sam1 Winkley
Simeon Harbr-d?
John Caverly
James Daves
Josier Brown
Samuel Foss, jun.
John Ham
Philip Caverly
Levi Danielson
Ruben Gray
John Gray
Samuel Gray
Joseph Daniel
Jabez Smith
Joseph Woodman
John Brown jun
Joseph Brown
Thos Fisher
George Parshley
Nichlos Brown
John Waterhouse
Fra5 Winkley
Isaac Waklron
Jacob Clark
Samuel Stiles
Mark Foss jun
Nathenel Foss
Mark Foss
Georg Seaward
Ephraim Daniel
Jonathan Montgomery
Samuel Hayes
Simon Lock
Limuel Perkins
Samuel Buzzel
John Young
Garlen Smith
James Leighton
Stephen Otes
Joseph Hayes
Nicholas Otes
John Blake
Richard Parcely
Thomas Buzzel
John Berry
Ephram Holmes jun
Solomon Foss
James Gray
Eliph. Cloutmer
William Ham
George Ham
Henery Sevey
Elijah Otis
Joseph Gate
George Berry
George Foss
James Hayes
JohnMells?
Jacob Sheperd
Ebenezer Spener
Dudley Davis
Timothy Gluson
William McDaniel jun
Isaac Sherburn
Josiah Manson ?
James Durgen
Abraham Allis
John Renels
Stephen Houster
John Boody
Isaac Renels
Robert Bamford
Mark Eayers
Jacob Daniel
Total, 200.
Abijah Pintray?
John Arten
Peter Young
Aaron Waldron
John Garlen jun
Nat. Berry
P^phraim Foss
Solomon Gate
Samuel Bruester
Ephraim Holmes
Thomas Foss
Elezer Young
Ben Perl
Joseph Young
John Garland
Benjamin Hayes
Paul Brewster
John Parseley
John Babb
Jethro Lock
William Grays
Noah Holmes
Stephen Berry
Benjamin Yong
Samuel Berry
James Row
Joshua Sloper
John Huckinson
Joseph ? Peavey
James Peavey
John Montgomery
Benjamin Hall jun
Pery Hicks —
James Wodes
Albert Dennie
Samuel Wales
Charles Bimfor?
Peletiah Daniels
Williamme Daues
Thomas Rawlings
David Rolings
John Sherburn
Eben Jackson
Obediah Drew
Ebenr Young
John Foye, jun
Isaac Young
Edmond Evens
Isaac Leighton
Benjamin Buzzel
William Runels
Daniel Delan.
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
213
Barrington, Sep. 3, 1776.
To the Speaker of the house of Representatives for the
Colonic of New Hampshire — this may Sertify that the Asso-
ciation Paper lias been carried through this Town and these
men Refuse to sine whos names follow :
I>avid Brew
Samuel Williams
William Durgen
Joknathan Swain
Johnathan Clark
Elijah Tutel
Jeremiah Tibets
Daniel Clark
John Buzzel
Thomas Caverly
Richard Swain
John Caveno
12
William Cate jun
Silas Drew
John Kingman
Selectmen
of
Barring-ton
SIGNERS IN BEDFORD.
John Wallace, Junr
James Caldwell
Win. Caldwell
James Matthes
John Morrison
John Aiken
Adam Dickey
Mattw ratten
John Goffe
Daniel Moor
John Moor jun1
Daniel Moor Junr
Thomas Matthews
Robert Giffen
John Burns
Robert Burns
William Burns
John Brien
William Moor
James Moore
James Houston
Hugh Orr
Bar nb ass Rain
John Mclntdish
Jacob McQuaid
James Westlie
John Little
Thomas Gait
Thomas Boies
I Sam1 Vose
William White
Joseph Wallace
John McKinney
Asa Barns
Samuel Tirrell jun
William Kennedy
Robert Morrel
Andrew Walker
Nathaniel Patterson
Robert Mathes
James Vose
George Conray
Hugh Campbel
James McAllister
John McLaughlin
John Gardner
Ainaziah Pollard
James Steel
James Aiken
Whitefield Gillmor
James Smith
John Orr
Lt. John Moor
Joseph Houston
David Moor
James Gillmor
William Moor
David McClerey
Total. 87.
James Patterson
Matthew McDuffie
Thos MacLaughliii
Benjm Smith
Zechariah Chandler
John Moor
James Wallace
James Mortin
John Goffe, junr
John Riddle
Samuel Patten
John Boies
James Lien
John Bell
John Wallace
Robert AValker
James Walker
Patrick Larken
John Hillery
William McCleary
Joseph Bell
Sam1 Fugard
Thomas Vickers Vose
Samuel Patten
James Cairns
Richard McAllster
John Smith
James Little
Stephen Franck
214
COLONY OP NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
To the Honourable the Council and House of Representa-
tives for the Colony of New Hampshire To be conven'd at
Exeter in sd Colony, on Wednesday the 5th Instant :
Pursuant to the within precept, we have taken pains to
know the minds of the Inhabitants of the Town of Bedford,
with Respect to the within obligation, and find none unwil-
ling to sign the same Except the Revd John Houston, who de-
clines signing the said obligation, for the following Reasons,
viz.
Firstly, Because he did not apprehend that the Honbl
Committee meant that ministers should take up arms as
Being inconsistent with their ministerial Charge.
2ndiy Because he was already Confined to the County of
Hillsborough ; therefore he thinks he ought to be set at
liberty before he should sign the sd obligation.
grdiy Because there is there is three men Belonging to his
Family already Inlisted in the Continental Army. — 1
John Goffe ) Select
John Orr j men.
Bedford, June ye 4th 1776.
SIGNERS IN BOSCAWEN.
Joseph Hoit
Moses Call
Moses Morse
Jesse Flanders
Moses Burbank
John Flanders
Daniel Noyes
Daniel Clark
Benj;l Day-
Nathan Corser
Joseph Atkinson
liobie Morrill
Moses Burbank junr
Thomas Gorden
Sam1 Atkinson
Jeremh? Hidden
Caleb Merril
Daniel Peterson
Benjamin Couch
Jacob Flanders
John Knowlton
Eben Hidden
Henry Gerrish
Daniel Sheprd
Isaac Pearson
Wmthrop Carter
Sam1 Davis
Benja Rolfe
Ezekiel Flenders
John Elliot junr
Thomas Elliot
John Muzay
John Jackman
Jame Garies
Enos Flanders
Jedediah Danford,
Jesse Flanders, jun
William Danford jun
Samuel Coser
Jonathan Coser
Stephen Gerrish
Samuel Burbank
Moses Jackman
Enoch Gerrish
John Morrill
Silas Call
Joseph Gerrish
Mik1 Sargent
Thomas Redel
Simeon Jackman
Willim Welch?
Moses Call
David Burbank
Simeon Atkinson
Timothy Eastman
Joseph Pearson
Joseph Flanders
Jerome Little?
Ijohn Couch
Edmund Chadwick
I Moses Morss, jun1"
Moses Manuel
Samuel Jackman
Daniel Richards
David Corser
Asa Corser
John Corser
Edward Gares
John Manuel
1770.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
215
Bitfield Plumer Benjamin Jackman John Ilsley
David Carter Joseph Muzzy Peter Coffin
Nathaniel Gookiu Samuel Muzzy Oliver Fowler
John Stevens Isaac Noyes John Bowly
Samuel Ames Peter Resewell Stevens John Bowly junr
Thomas £orser William Danford John Corser, junr
Jonathan Atkinson Nicholas Elliot George Jackman
Samuel Clifford Capt. Stephen Gerish Samuel Agaton
Peter Kimball Nathaniel Atkinson John Urann
John Hale Enoch Little George Jackman, junr
Robert Elliot Nathan Davis Cutting Noyes
James French Joseph Bean John Elliot
Sam1 Danford John Fowler Joseph Eastman.
Total, 108.
To the Honourable Council and House of Representatives
for the Collony of New Hampshire, or Committee of
Safety :
This may certify that the within Declaration Have Been
offred to the Inhabitants of Boscawen and unanimously
signed Excepting one, (viz.) Aaron Flanders Refused to
signe the same.
George Jackman
Cutting Notes en.
John Elliot
June 3, 1776.
Ephraim Foster
John Bryent
Beniamin Bean
James Busel
John Carr
Stephen Eastman
David Carr
John Grushe
Jonthan Clement
Solomon Heath
Edwd Russell
David Foster
David Elliot
John Colby
Abraham Colby
Willeby Colby
Elijah Colbey
Joseph Rogers, junr
Jonathan Clough
Samuel Wingle
Amasa Dow
SIGNERS IN BOW.
Joseph Rogers
Ralph Cross
Antony Mannaell
Timy Dix
Samuel Dow
Elisha Clough
Elisha Clough jun
Thomas Hardy
Edward Carlton
Samuel Rogers junr
Aaron Kinsman
Reuben Currier
Richard Clough
John Robertson
James Moor
Leonard Ilarriman
John Sulliway
Enoch Noyes
Ephraim Moor
Benja Noyes
Simeon Heath
Total, 63.
Nathanael Callies
John Brown
Paltiah Clement
Richard Clough junr
his
Henry X hamphill
mark
Joseph Baker
Samuel Welch
Will"1 Robertson
Aaron Noyes
John Noyes
James Reddell
John Garven
James Garven
Patrick Garven
Leion? hemphill
John Moor
Samuel Alexander
Samuel Welch junr
Jacob Stockbridge
216
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[177<
Errors excepted — Samuel Rogers
I not being satisfied, Errors excepted
William Rogers
Bow September ye 3d, 1776.
"We the Subscribers in obediance to the within have shown
this Paper to all & every Person that are not excepted & that
are not in the servis, that Belong to said Town of Bow, al of
which have voluntarily signed the same.
Ephraim Foster ) Selectmen
Jn° Bryent \ of
Benjamin Noyes ) Bow
SIGNERS IN BRENTWOOD.
Sam1 Dudley
Hawley Marshall
Jedediah Robinson
Samuel Dudley
Daniel Leavitt
Jonathan Robinson
Stephen Ltt. Creighton
Samuel Colcord
Josiah Dudley
Dudley Robinson
David Robinson
Daniel Ward
Jonathan Quinby
John Rennet
John Wilson
Nicholas Mudget
John Thing
Gilman Robinson
Winthrop Dudley
Samel AYormall
John Dudley junr
Alexander Gorden
Samuel Clark [Smith
John Philbrick
John Bonnet, jun
Humphry Wilson
Darby Kelly
Job Judkins
Porter Kimball
Joseph Shaw
Moses Folsom
Jonathan Shaw
Abraham Morrill
Abel Morrill
Jona Veasey
Beniamin Fifield
James Marston
John Abbot
Joseph Edgerly
Nat—? Prescott
Peter Thing
Nath1 Thing
Richard Tandy
Simon Gilman
Bartholomew Thing
Robert Rowe
Jonathan Thing
Samuel Shaw
Nath1 Trask
Jonathan Moody junr
Daniel Wormall
Richard Foss?
Jonathan Weed
Samuel Edgerly
George Vesaay
Nicholas Smith
Richard York
Lemul Johnson
John Philbrick
Thos Peabody
John Dudley
Daniel Leavitt
Jeremiah Ellsworth
Eliphalet Thing
Samuel Thing
Dudley Thing
Samuel Ellsworth
Aaron Ellsworth
Josiah Thing
Levi Morrill
Ebenezer Colcord
Daniel Clark
Edward West
Joseph Wadleigh junr
Edward Stevens
Nathaniel Stevens
Nemiah West
Nathaniel Gilman
Ebenezer Stevens
Joseph Wadleigh
James Dudley
Chase Smith
Edmund Pilsbery
James Nichols
Abner Burbauk
Biley Lyford
David Embank
Nathaniel Chase
Thomas Gorden
Zadok Samborn
William Morrill
John Quimby
Jonathan Sleeper jun
Joseph Jewell
Elisha Sanborn jun
Francis Brown
Isaac Whitcher
Elisha Sanborn
William Graves
William Graves jun
John Scribner Harper
Jonathan Taler
Jonathan Talyor jun
Aretas Rowe
Nathaniel Clark
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
217
John Tucke John Carr junr
James Sinkler Simeon Morgain
John Shaw John Carr
Daniel Dearbon Moses Lyford
Abraham Drake Timothy Gorden
Moses Cheney John Tiling
Samuel Dudley Samuel Lock
Joseph Smith James Robinson
Richard Whitcher Alexander Roberds
Samuel Tucke Sander Roberds, Junr
Jonathan Dow Nichelos Dollof V
Winthrop Marston Thomas Roberds
Samuel Marston, Josiah Hook
Benjamin Pulsifer Daniel Torrey
Amos? Gordon Robert Smith
Thomas Leavitt Reuben Smith
Jabez Smith Joshua Smith
Dudley Kimball Nichlous Hardie
Samuel Harper
Total, 1G0.
Pursuant to this Write to us We have desired all Males as
Directed to Sign to this Declaration, and find that
James Been
Jeremiah Been
Richard Been jun
Ebenezer Colcord Junr
Rauson Dudley
Scribner Gorden
Ebenezer Chase
Benjamin Robords
Joseph Johnson
David Dollof
John Dollof
Samuel Robards
Daniel Sanbon jun
Daniel Sanbon
Edward Sanborn
John "Woodbury
Nathaniel Graves
Stephen Fifield
Moses Finly?
Joseph Sanborn
Jonathan Gorden
Samuel Dudley jun
Samuel Stevens
David Clifford
TJwmas Smith
Levi Been
Richard Been
Kef uses to sign to this Declaration.
Ebenezer Colcord
James Robinson
Jedediah Robinson
Samuel Clifford
Antipasse Oilman
William Been
Joseph Greeley
William Stevens
Moses Magoon
Jonathan Sleeper
Joshua Been (1)
Jeremiah Rowe
—18
Select
men of
Brentwood.
SIGNERS IN CANTERBURY.
Thomas Clough
Ezekiel Morrill
Archelaus Moore
John Moor
Abiel Foster
Sargent Morrill
Jonathan Young
James Carl?
Obadiah Clough
Joseph Durgin
William Glinesjun1'
Samiel Ames
Benjamin Heath
David Morrill
Joshua Boienton
(1)
Othel
Those in the above list of the name of Been, were Quakers; and, probably,
218
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Samul Colby
Tho8 Gilman
Jeremiah Hacket
Ephraim Carter
Abner Hoyt
Richerd Eilison
Jeremiah Clough
Benja Blanchard 3d
Jonathan Blanchard
Samuel Nudd
Joshua Weeks
Jonathan Webster
William Moor
Nathaniel Glines
Benja Simson
Thomas Hoyt
David Ames
John Moors, junr
Barnard Stiles
Samuel Haines
John Sanborn XluS i
^ mark
Nathanael Moore
Richard Hanes
James Shepard
Arch6 Miles
James Gipson
James Glines
William Gault
David McCrillis
Benj!l Johnson
Daniel Foster
John Lyford
Elonanath Harr
Benjamin Woodman
Jonathan Jonston
Aaron Sargent X J^rk
Benja Sanborn
John Bean
Caleb Heath
Gideon Bartlett
Joseph Hallet
Nathaniel Hallet
Samuel Weeks
Simon Symeon?
Jams Moloney
John McDaniel
'Jeremiah McDaniel
Laben Morrill
Asa Forster
Simon Ames
John Moloney
Robert Hastings
John Robinson
Simeon Robinson
Joseph Call?
Jonathan Guile
Jesse Cross
John Cross
Stephen Cross
William Hancock
Reuben Kezar
Jacob Hath
John Roen
Abner Miles
Nathaniel Perkins
David Blancher
Samiel Emery
James Blanchard
Richard Haines?
William Dyer
Shubel Dearbon
Nathaniel Dearbon
David Morrison
Nehemiah Clough
Beniamin Blanchard
Richard Blanchard
David Norris
Edward Blanchard
John Gibson
James Lind Perkens
Thomas Gibson
Peter Hanaford
Benjamin Collins
John Forrest
John Forrest, jun
William Forrest
Nathaniel Witcher
Ruben Witcher
William Samborn
Gideon Sawyer
Ebenr Kimball
Jioth? Simons
Simon Stevens
William Simons
Benjamin Witcher
Jeremiah Ladd
Joseph Samborn
Daniel Fletcher
Henry Clough
Walter Haines
William Miles
Eli Simons
Thos Foss
Leavitt Clougl:
Josiah Miles
Benjamin Blanchard
David Forster
Timothy Foss
John Foss
Samuel Gerrish
Abner Haines
Edmon Galley?
Thomas Clough jun
[jun
Total, 128.
SIGNERS IN CLAREMONT.
Claremont, May 30th 1776.
In compliance to the above Declaration we have shone the
Declaration to All the Inhabitants of this Town, and the
Associate are those who have signed to this paper.
Matthias Stone ) Select
Asa Jones
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
219
The following Names of those who are twenty one year*
of age and upward.
Thomas Goodwin
Joseph York
Matthias Stone
Jacob Rice
William Osgood
Asa Jones
John Spencer
Lemuel Hubbard
Christopher York
David Bates
T Sterne
Barnabas Ellis
Joel Roys?
Joseph Hubbard
Amasa Fuller
Jerm Spencer
Partrick Fields
Gideon Lewis
Seth Lewis
Josiah Stevens
John Kilboru
John Peake
John West
Samuel Tuttle
Stephen Hige?
Charles Higbe
Edward Goodwin
Ephraim French
Joseph Ives
Elihu Stevens junr
Ichabod Hitchcock
Ebenezer Dudley
Danil Curte?
Josiah Rich
Oliver Ellsworth
Jonathan Parker
David Rich
Ebenezer Washburn
Bill Barnes
John Adkins
Amaziah Knights
John Goss
Ezra Jones
William Sims
David Adkins
Timothy Adkins
Total, 84.
Edward Ainsworth
Nathaniel Goss
Joel Matthews
Oliver Tuttle
Amos Conant
Sam1 Ashley
John Sprague
Adam Alden
James Alden
David Lynd
Oliver Ashley
Eleazer Clark
Eleazer Clark, junr
Moses Spaford
Benjamin Towner
Samuel Lews
Abner Matthews
Elihu Stephens
Jonas Stuard
Beriah Murry
Thomas Duston
Timothy Duston
N. B. These are the Names of those who have actually
taken up arms and are now in the Continental army.
Lieut Co1 Joseph Wait (Jonathan Fuller
Leut. Joseph Taylor Peter Fuller
Ens. Thomas Jones Ruben Spencer
S. Abner Matthews jun|Garsham York
James Gooden, |Benja Towner junr
The Revd
Augustin Hibbard,
Chaplain &c.
David Laynesjunr
Charles Laynes
Henery Stephens
Jonathan York
Joseph York junr
16.
The Names of those who Refuse to sign the Declaration.
John Thomas
Capt. Benjamin Brooks
Barnabas Brooks
Capt. Benjimine Sumner
Rev. Banna Cosset
Cornelus Brook
Sam1 Cole Esq
Daniel Warner
Levi Warner
William Coy
Enuch Judd
Ebenezer Judd, junr
Lt. Benjamin Taylei
Timothy Granis
Hezeklah Roys
Asa Beat
Benjamin Beat
Ebenezer Judd
220
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[in
James Steal
Amos Snow
John Hichcock
David Dodge
Samuel Thomas
Amos Cole
Ebenezer Edson
Benjamin Peterson
Benjamin Brooks junr
Daniel Warner, jun
Doct. William Sumner
Ebenezer Roys
Joseph Norton.
31.
Claremont, May 30th 1776.
The Declaration having hen shone to the within named
persons thay Refuse to Sign.
Attest Matthias Stone \ Select
Asa Jones ( men.
SIGNERS IN CHESTER.
Jolm Craford
William Lock
Samuel Blunt
William Tolford
Daniel Greenough
Robert McKinley
Matthew Forsith Junr
Edward Robie
Edward Robie
Archibald McRafee
Ebenezer Townsend
Nathanel Glidden
Wilks West
Caleb Hall
Wells Chase
Moody Chase
Stephen Merrill
Alexr Weatherspoon
Robert Craige
James Aiken
John AVebster
Sam1 Emerson
Stephen Morse
Daniel Webster
Stephen Dearbon
Adam Willson
Rob* Calfe
Gasiel Ilarriman
Nathan Morse
Henry Morse
Joseph Linn
Moses Hills
Jonathan Hall
Stephen Lufkin
James Rankins
Ath1 Sam1 Stickney
Edmund Stickney
David Wetherspoou
Peter Aiken
John Grimes
Mathew ?
John Underhill
William Underhill
Joseph Dearbon
James Pearce
James Crage
William White
Nathan Fitts
James Dunlap
Nathan Webster, junr
John Ilasseltine
Peter Dearben
Peter Hasseltine
Nathanal Blaisdall
Ebenezer Basford
benjamin true
Sam1 Ilasseltine
Simon Bayley
Moses Underhill, jun1
John Underhill junr
Stephen Hills
Richard Hasseltine
Moses Hasseltene
Jonathan Darbon
David Foss
Isaac Blasdell
Josiah Hall
Pearson Richardson
Samuel Kinsman
Sam1 Wilson
Bracket Towl
Anthony Jones
Benjamin Meluc?
Parker Carr
Easmiel Morss
David Currier
Robert Rowe
John Darbon
Jotham Colby
William McMasten
Benj" Hills
Samuel Hills
Ezekiel Worthen
John Shackford, junr
Aaron Townsend
Theodr Shackford
Daniel Richardson
Moses Richardson
Isaac Forse
Isaac Forse jun
Jonathan Forsaith
Thomas Wason
Rob1 Wilson
Will'" Wilson
James Wason
Charles Moore
Samuel Moore
David Fuller
Benjamin Hoyt
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
!21
John Ilovt
Joseph McClellan
Stephen Harden
John Pain
Joseph Knowles
Amos Pain
Nathan Norton
Samuel Brown
John Knowles
John Knowles, junr
Nathan Knowles
Joshua Prescot
Joseph Long
James Willson
Nathan AVebster
James Waddell
Amos Merrill
Josiah Bradley
francies towl
Jacob Hills
Thomas Hasseltine
Benjamin Hasseltine
Jabez Hoit
Benjm11 fullem
Samuel Jones
John Tolford
Hugh Tolford
John Robie
Gideon Rowel
John Coulby
Samuel Rowel
Samuel forsten ?
John Willson
Henry hall
Peter hall
Sam1 Jacks ? •
Simon Barry
Thomas Follnbe
James Shirla
William Shirla
Hugh Shirley
Sam1 Robie
'James Richardson
Ebenezer Dearbon
John Gross
William Brown
William Greenoh?
Abraham Sargent
Wintrip Sargent
John Karr
William Mills
Robert Grahames
John Grimes
John Mills
Nath1 Sweetser
Samuel Mc'ferson
Robert Dickey
Parker Morss
Josiah Morss
Edmund Sleeper
Joseph Morss
Joseph Blanchard
Abner Hills
Jabez french
Isaac Hills
James Randall
John Lain
Daniel Dolbeer
John Butterfield
John Lane, jun1'
Jonathan Norton
Joseph Norton
Jonthan Berry
Joseph Smith
John Sevey
EaleU Berry
Benj" Hills
David Richardson
Bradbury Carr
Joseph Carr
Charles Moore, junr
Benjn Currier
Mark Carr
Chester, 221.
Thomas Fowler, jun
James Wetherspoon
Daniel Wetherspoon
Mansfield McAffe
hugh McAti'er
Samuel Akin
Robert Patten
Samuel Crombey
Willim Miler
Hugh Miller
Thomas McMaster
William Gilcrist
David Dickey
Robert Dinsmore
Benjamin Perce
Samuel Peirce
Barnard Brickett
Joseph Hills
David Underhill
Jonathan Emery .
Hezekiah Underhill
Jonathan Underhill
Isaac Towl ?
John Orr
John Burley
Joseph Hall
Joseph Clark
Edward Pressen
Cornelius Morgan
Samuel Worthen
Edmund Eliot
Paul healy
Moses Underhill
Jacob Derbey
James Hidden
Samuel Davis
John Quimby
Robert Gordon
William Brown
Francis Carr
Timothy Carr
CHESTERFIELD.
To the Honourable Comittee of Safety or General Assembly
of the Colony of New Hampshire —
As soon as ever we received your Directions requesting us
to desire all the Males in this Town to sign to a Declaration
222
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
(Lunaticks &c excepted) in obedience thereto we Immedi-
ately proceeded to give publick Notice of your Intentions
and otherwise as we Thought would have the most effectual
Tendency to have put into Execution, in order that we might
make a Return by our Representative, but having so short a
Time for to accomplish the Matter in so great a Town, and
being unwilling to omit anything relating to our Duty and
which might be for the Benefit of the Whole, we calmly de-
liberated on the Matter asked ye advice of our Representa-
tive and others of Sense and Steadiness, and as we were not
limitted to a certain Time to make a Return, we purpose to
make one as soon as it may be done with conveniency.
So rest your Humble Servt3
Eph™ Baldwin
Michael Cresey
Sam1 Hildreth
Select men
of Chesterfield.
SIGNERS IN CHESTERFIELD.
Abraham Wood
Simon Davis
Isaac Davis
John Snow
Oliver Cobleigh
Jonathan Farwell
Oliver Farwell
Sila Thompson
William Farwell
Jonathan Davis
Warrin Snow
Ebenezer Streeter
William Thomas
Daniel Baldwin
William Simonds
Amos Smith
Josh Smith
Jonathan farr 4th
Jonathan ferr 3
Thomas Farr
Benjamin Hudson
Moses Smith
Josiah Streeter
Michael Woodcock
Jonathan Cobleigh
Jonas Stearns
Sam1 Fairbanks
Jona Farr 2d.
Josiah Lamb
Sam" Walker.
Archibell lloberson
Andrew Coburn
Larrance Walton
Phineas Brown
John Sanderson
William Fisher
Jonathan Hildreth. Jun.
James Wheeler. Jun.
Josiah Hastings
Andrew Hastings
Noah Emmons
Jonathan Cresey
Ephraim Wheeler
John Cobleigh
Joseph Higgins
James McElroy
Joseph Wheeler
James Wheeler
Zenas Fairbank
Nathan Bishop
Isaac Hildreth
Israel Johnson
James Robertson
Elisha Lock wood
Dan. Cobleigh
Aaron Farr
Peter Wheeler
Moses Ellis
|Ephm Hubbard
Amos Davis
John White
Nathan Metcalf
jJohn Bishop
Jonathan Cobleigh
Nathan Thomas
Zurd Evans
Abel Emons
William Farr Jr
William Robertson
Ithamar Chamberlan
Edward Hildreth
Caleb Johnson
James Davis
Amos Streeter
Enoch Streeter
Abner Johnson
John Prat
Kimball Carlton
Nath1 Bingham
Theodore Bingham
Abel Kay
John Pierce
Samuel Farr
Beniamin Coburn
Nehemiah Merrill
Ephram Farr
Iasaac Farr
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
223
Sam11 Farr, Jun. Ephraim Baldwin John Richardson
John Haskell Michael Cresey Daniel Kinison
Ezekiel Powers Samuel Hildreth James Reed
Silas Wood Moses Smith, Jr. John Ellis
Obadiah Morrill Wilm Aires Joel Whitney
"William Henry David Stone David farr
Daniel Farr John Grandy James Mansfield
Amasa Coburn John Grandy Jun Oliver Hubbard
Thomas Harris Kbeneser Gail Michaell Medcalf
Douglas Robins Silvanus Battey Charles Johnson
Uallainell Merrill Ebenezar Faver Amos Hubbard
Sherebiah Fay Increas Land) Jon11 Farr 1st
Thomas Daby Abner Albee Benjamin Smith
Joseph Metcalf Abijah Starns Samuel Fletcher
Marting Warner Mathew Gray Patrick McMichael
David Stoodder Jr? Ebenezer Taft Abraham Fearr
Samel Peacock William Hildreth Abijah Kingsbery
John Peacock
Iii Obedience to the within Declaration that we Recd from
your Honours we proceeded According to your Directions
and the persons Names underwriten are those that Refuse to
sign to the Declaration on your paper.
Ebenezer Fletcher Jun.
Capt Jonathan Hildreth,
Leu* Ephraim Whitney,
Eleazer Pomeroy,
Ebenezer Hervey,
Ebenezer Coopper,
Joseph Prentice.
Ephraim Whitney,
Chesterfield June 12, 177G.
Samel Davis Converse
Elisha Walton
Eseek Earl
Silas Bennet
Sab: Keing.
Eph Baldwin ^
Moses Smith Jr. I Select men
Michael Cresey J> of
EPHRm Hubbard Chesterfield
Samuel Hildreth J
SIGNERS IN CONCORD.
Reuben Kimball
John Kimball
Thos Stickney
Peter Greene
Tim0 Walker Junr
Benja Emery
John Bradley
Nathan Chandler
Aaron Stevens
James Walker
Robert Davis
Benjamin Hanaford
Daniel Gale
David Hall
Simeon Danforth
224
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Nath11 Abbott
Nath1 Rolfe
Stephen Greenleat
Samuel Thompson
John Gage
Moses Eastman. iun.
Jacob Carter
John Fowle
his
Levi X R°ss
mark
Jeremiah •
Peter Green Jr
Amos Abbot
Timothy Bradley
Ephram Farnum
Cornelius Johnson
Philip Eastman
Daniel Abbot
Richard Flanders
Joseph Farnum
Richd Hazeltine
Joseph Hall. Junr
Beiniem Fifield
Reuben Abbott
Lot Colby
Jonathan Eastman
Danierl Chase
David George
Jn° Stevens
John Virgin
Phineas Sevns
Jabez Abbot
Benjamin Abott
Ebener Hall
Henry Martin
Timothy Simonds
William Fifield
Reuben Abbot Jr.
Samuel Butters
[Rev.] Tim" Walker
Oliver Hoit
Henry Beck
Benja Rolfe
Theodore Farnum
John Steen
Eben Farnum
Moses Eastman
Ephraim Farnum
.Chandler Lovejoy
Samuel Hinkson
Caleb Buswell
Richard Eastman
Solomon Gage
Ezekiel Dimond jun
Amos Abbot Jun.
William Coffin
Joseph Abbot
Jonathan Merrill
James Mitchell
Ezra Cater
Asa Kimbel
Jonthan Emerson
Timothy Bradley Jun.
Joseph Eastman
Phineas Virgin
William Currier
Ebenezer Simond
Dan Stickney
Josiah Farnum Jun.
JElisha Moody
Ben. Farnum
jJacob Green
jBenj. Eastman
,Ebene Virgin
Ephraim Potter
Edward Abbott
Ephraim Farnum jun
Jonathan Stickney
William Virgin
Obadiah Hall
George Abbot
Josiah Farnum
Joseph Farnum Jr.
Stephen Kimball
Daniel Hall
Abner Flanders
Nathan Abbot
Jesse Abbot
Isaac Abbot
Ephraim Abbot
Stephen Abbot
[George Abbot Jun.
I Stephen Farnum
Daniel Farnum
| Daniel Chene?
Philip Carigain
Daniel Carter
Joseph Colon gh
Richard Harbert
Gordon Hutchins
James Hazeltine
William Hazeltine
John Chase
Simon Trumbel
John Shute
Jacob Shute
Joseph Hall
his
John X Trumble
mark
Joseph Colby
Ephraim Fisk
Nathel Green
Thomas Wilson
Isaac Walker
Ezra Badger
Richard Flanders
[Timothy Farnham
Ezekiel Dimond
Joseph Hazeltine
IPhinehas Kimball
[Robert Ambros
Benjamin Sweat
Abiel Blanchard
Benjamin Elliot
James Stevens
Joseph Eastman. Jun.
Richard Potter
Timothy Simonds
Philip Kimball
Timothy Kimball
John Farnum
Ezekiel Cater
Richard Flood
Henry Lovejoy
Lemuel Tucker
Jacob Goodwin
George Graham
Jeremiah Wheeler
Zephaniah Patee
Zebediah Farnum
Samuel Goodwin
Abner Farnum
IThomas Eaton
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
225
SIGNERS IN CONWAY & LOCATIONS.
John Osgood
Enoch Webster
John Dollof Jun,
William Merrill
Leonerd Harriman
Jams Huntriss
Enoch Merrill
Jeremiah Farrington
John Dollof
Andw Mcmillan
Jacob Walden
Hugh Sterling-
Richard Eastman
Ezekiel Walker
Jas Harrold
William Knox
Abiather Eastman
Thos. Merrill, Jun.
Amos Merrill
Joseph Odell.
Benjamin Farnum
Ebenezer Burbanke
Thomas Russell
Timothy Walker
Benoni Cory-
Thomas King
Jeremiah Page
Ebeneser Farnum
Robert Harrold
John Willson
Jedediah Spring
Abiel Lovejoy
David Page
Benjamin Osgood
Barnes Hazeltine
Thos Merrill
Joshua Heaths
William White
Thomas Chadbourne
Joseph Thomson
Abraham Colby
Joseph Colby
John Pendexter
Humphery Emery
Humphery Emery
Nathaniel Ilariman
Enoch Emery
Antony Emery
Vere Royse
Benjamin Copp
Stephen Coffin
Richard Jackman
Josiah Dollof
Christopher Huntress
Nat11 Smith
55.
To the General Assembly or Committee of Safety for the
Colony of New Hampshire
"We have Agreeable to the within Request Desired Every
man that is twenty one years of age within this town and
the location adjoining to set their names to the within Itro-
ment excluding such as were ordered to be Excluded in the
Request, and every man has accordingly Signed
David Page ) 0 , ,
Joshua Heath [
Conway June 9, 1776.
SIGNERS IN DEERFIELD.
Timothy Upham
Eliphalet Smith
Stephen Batchelder
Simon Marston
John McCrilles
John Dam
Thos Rand
Abraham True
Benjamin Sanborn
James Page
Isaac Sheperd
Adonijah Fellows
15
Sam1 Cate
Thomas Moulton
Richard Jenness
Jacob Longfellow-
Jeremiah Eastman
I John Avery
George Wallis
Aaron Rowlings
David Kindrick
Robert Hellese
Dalton Simpson
Stephen Chase
Moses Chase
John Simpson
Josiah Chase
Daniel Currier
Benjamin Stevens
Benjamin French.
Wadleigh Cram
Samuel Oilman
| Henry Tucker
JEliphelet Grifeen jun
Daniel Page
I ? Thompson
226
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
John Godfree
James Mason
Andrew Freese
Thomas Leavitt
Enoch Robie
Samuel Perkins
Joseph Kinnison
James Griffen
John Bachelder, jun.
Edward Dearbon
Stephen Bachelder, jun
Increase Batcheler
Nathaniel Green
John Luey?
Benjamin Batchelder
Lev. Dame
liis
Robart O Mason
mark
Thomas Robie
Jonathan Blue
Theoph. Griffen
Joseph March
Eliphelet Griffen
Joshua Veazey
George Seavy
James Langly
Demonikes Griffen
Robart Morrill
Frances Bachelder
Abiel Bartlet
Samuel Hardy
Nathaniel Osgood
Gideon Ham
Nathan Grifeen
Samuel Hobbs
Andrew Nealey
John Cram
John Grifeen
Joseph Graves
Enoch French
Peter Sanborn
Ebenezer Tilton
William Smith
Nathan Batchelor
John Matlon
James Brown
David Jewett
Zebulun King
Joseph Hilton
Samuel levitt
Reuben Brown
Ezra True
Samuel Goodhue
Edward Bine
David Teilton
John Batchelder [jun
Stephen Batchelder,
Josiah Tilton
David Haines
William Haines
Dudley Ladd
Benja Kendrick
Josiah Sawyer
Nathan Sanborn
Benjamin Page
Robert Page
Samuel Hoit
Joseph Hoit
John Thurston
Benjamin Folsom
Tristram Sanborn
Joseph Cram
Joel Cram
Jesse prescut
Josiah Smith
David Robinson
Levi Harvey
Joseph Young
James Young
Jonathan Robinson
John Robinson
John Merril
(Joseph Jones
I Sanborn Cram
[David Batchelder
| Jedediah Prescott jun
Josiah Prescott jun
John Mead
Samuel Pulsfer
Joshua Leavitt
Ezekiel Gilman
William Mors
Benjamin Bere?
Thos Jenness
Joseph Currier
Joseph Judkins
Joshua French
Benjamin Judkins
Ebenezer Brown jr
Daniel Ladd
Joshua Young
Nathaniel Philbrick
bis
Jonathan X Watson
mark
Jonathan Philbrick
Simon Batchelder
Ephraim Batchelder
Moses Barnard
Jonathan Judkins
Abraham Prescutt
Samuel Prescutt
Jonathan McCluer
Samuel Mc'cluer
Iddo Webster
Thomas Blasdel
Cotton Haines
John Pearson [the 3d
Nathaniel Bachelder
Joseph Wallis
Phineas Tilton
Timothy Gowing
John Philbrick
Nathan Philbrick 101.
Deerfield June 20th 1776.
To the Honorable General Assembly or Committee of Safe-
ty of this Colony.
Gentlemen we have Complyed with your Request in Desir-
ing all Males to Sine the Declaration on this Paper Excepting
a few who have gon out of the Parish the men who refuse to
Sine are those whose names are here under written
Nathan Sanborn
Benjamin Page
Robert Page
Select
men.
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
227
Capt John Robenson
Liet Nath Meloon
Moses Marshel
Joseph Merril
Doc* Jonathan Hill
Josiah Sanborn
William Turril
Neh&miah Cram
John Easman
JEphravm Brown
John Bartlet
Elezer Alliene
Jeremiah Glidden
Daniel Marston
Nath1 Folsom
John Prescott
Samuel Windslo
Aseph Merril
Benjan Ladd
Nath1 Robenson 20
SIGNERS IN DEERING.
Ben. Little
Ephraiin Abbott
Benjn Bradford
John Waley
William McKeen
Samuel Chandler
Neman Aiken
John Bayls
Joseph Wakefield
William Robertson
Ebenezer Blood
Elias Hassall
Frances Grimes
Samuel Patten
John Sheriar
Abraham Gove
Alexander Hogg
William Aiken
William Forsith
Thomas Aiken
David Willson
John Lyon
Bray Wrilkens
Timothy Wyman
Jonathan Wyman
Timothy Wyman, Jun.
James Grimes
Joseph Crilis
Robert Mills
Ephraim Clark
Elexander Roberson
Joseph Robinson
William Bradford. 33.
A Return of the mens names that Refuse to Singe the
within Writing.
John Bartlet
Jonathan Straiv
2.
SIGNERS IN DERRYFIELD.
John Hall
William Parham
Thomas Newman
Ebenezer Stevens
David Me rill
Daniel Hall
William McClintock,
John Dickey
John Goffe
John Rand
Samuel Moor
Robert Cunningham
Alexr MacMurphy
Samuel Boyd
Charles Emerson
Micheall McClintock
Benjamin Crombie
David Starret
Ezekiel Stevens
John Parham
William Nutt
Benja Baker
John Harvey
William Parham
George Greaham
Simon Lull
William Gambell
James Peirse
Abraham Merrill
Abraham Merrill
Jonathan Merrill
John Ray
Moses Merrill
Nathaniel Boyd
John Russ
Robert Clark
Samuel Stark
Joseph George
Jesse Baker
228
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
James Gorman
James McNight
John Grifen
Theophu Grifen
Moses Crombey
Joseph Griffin
Joseph Farmer
Hugh Thomson
Colony of New Hampshire Derryfield
June the 1st Day 1776.
To the Hon. M. Weare Chearman.
This is to certifi that we the Subscribers has Presented the
within Declaration to all the Inhabitants of said Town and
they Have all signed said Declaration which we in our Judg-
ment thought had a rigt to sign the same.
Certified by us &
David Starret ]
Ezekiel Stevens > Selectmen.
John Parham \
SIGNERS IN DUBLIN.
John Swan
Richard Gilchrest
Tho. Morse
Eli Morse
Joseph Greenwood
Moses Adams
Daniel Morse
Jos. Twitchel
Ebenezer Twitchel
Samuel Twitchel
Stephen Twitchel
Simeon Johnson
Ivory Perry
Benjamin Learned
John Morse
Henry Strongman
Joseph Adms?
Benja Mason
William Greenwood
Levi Partridge
Timothy Adams
Eli Greenwood
John Knowlton
Simeon Bullard
John Muzzy
Moses Johnson
Reuben Morse
Richard Strongmai
Ithamar Johnson
Silas Stone, Junr.
Ezra Morse
Isaac Adams
Isaac Bond
Silas Stone
Thomas Alden
Josiah Greenwood
Moses Greenwood
James Rolins
James Chamblen
Thomas Lewis
Samuel "Williams
Ebenezer Hill
Abijah Twitchel
Nath1 Bate
William Strongman
William Yardly
John Wright
Thomas Muzzy
Moses Pratt
Gershom Twitchel
Caleb Stanford
Lube Puffer
Phinehas Stanford
Nathan Burnap
Gershom Twitchel, Jun.
Gardner Town
Oliver Right. 22.
In Compliance with your Request we have Desired all the
males in our town above twenty one years of age to sign to
the Declaration on this Paper ; which they all Did without
any Dispute.
test — Joseph Greenwood ) « , ,
Simon Bullard ^^
John Muzzy of Dublin'
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
220
SIGNERS IN DUNBARTON.
Thomas Caldwell
James McCalley
Thomas Huse
John Gould
James Clement
David Story
Daniel Story
Samuel Burnham
John Jameson
Stephen Ayer
Hesekiah Colby
Abel Sargent
Samuel Kelly
Noah Sargent
Edward Presbe
James Gray
Amos Emery
Theos Goodwin
Caleb Page
Jerea Page
Enoch Sargent
William Holmes
Henry Poudney
Thomas Iloyt
'John Holmes
James Alexander
Nathan Burnam
Thomas George
John Morill
Asa Burnam
Asa Putney
William Page
John Hogg
Enoch Sargent
Sargent Colby
Zebulon Getchel
Philip Wells
Israel Clifford
John Church
Benjamin Parkman
Thomas Mills
David Hardy
(?)
William Wheeler
Phuner Wheeler
Sam Allison
James Stewart
Archibel Stinson
Stephen Wheeler
Samuel Stuart
Moses Colby
George Hogg
Isaac Cheneye
Jonathan Stevens
Richard Greenough
Hugh Jameson
David Favour
his
Jacob ~| Colby
mark
his
Jacob T Chesamor
mark
Caleb Page, juner
59.
Dunbarton Nov 25th 1776.
The under written names were those who had the ofer to
siffne and Refused.
William Stark
William Stinson
Stephen Palmer
John Stinson
Roba* Hogg
Jeremiah Page \ Selectmen
John Hogg \ for Dunbarton
James Hogg
Abraham Burnum
John Collin
David Hogg
John Mc Cor (Ley 10.
Ebenezar Earns
Richard Clark.
James Tread way will on
ceartain conditions,
viz. (1)
SIGNERS IN ENFIELD & CANAAN.
CANAAN SIGNERS.
Jehu Jones
his
Thomas Baxter X
mark
Robart Curts
Joshua Wells
Samuel Joslen
Richard Joslen
Charles Walworth
Ezekiel Wells
(1) 1st On Condition that no man who is taken a Captive from the British forces be
made an officer or let to be a Soldier in the Continental Army and 21y that every Amer-
ican found and taken in armes against the United Colonies be Immediately put to
Death, and 31y that all & every of the British Troops that are Captivated by the Conti-
nental forces by Sea or land or any other way taken shall be kept in Prison or Close
Confinement, and 4ly that every Commanding Officer or a Soldier or any Person or
Persons imployed in any Business whatever in the Continental Forces who is found &
proved to be a'Traitor to the United Colonies in America be put to Death Immediately.
Upon these aforementioned Conditions do I sign this Declaration
Witness my Hand
■James Teeadway
230
COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Caleb Clark
Thomas Miner
Samuel Jones
Joseph Walter
Tho Baldwin
John Scofield
Samuel Lathrop
Ezekiel Gardner
John Scofield
Gideon Rudd
Eliezer Scofield
Caleb Welch
Job Scipio
24.
Canaan July 1st AD. 1776.
To the Honble Committee of Safety for the Colony of New
Hampshire.
These are to Certify that every man in this Town Volun-
tarily Signd this agreement.
Atcst Ebene' Bams ) Select
Samuel Jones \ men.
John Lasell
Benjamin P. Fuler
Daniel Hovey
John Lyman
Simon P. Slapp
ENFIELD SIGNERS.
Josiah Hovey
Nathan Bicknell
Elisha Bingham
Jonth. Padelford, jun.
Samuel Meacham
Jonathan Padelford
Phillip Padelford
Asa Williams
13.
Enfield June ye 11th 1776.
To the Honourable Commity of Safety of the Colony of New
Hampshire
Those Names which are within writen hear unto voluntari-
ly have unto soot their Hands.
Attest John Lasell ) Select men
Samuel Meacham > of
Dan1 Hovey \ Enfield.
SIGNERS IN EPPING.
John Prescott
Abraham Perkins
Abraham Folsom
Benjamin Brown
Jonathan Cilley
Jonathan Meloon
Seth Fogg
Benjamin Dearborn
Jonathan Philbrick
Samuel Plumer
his
Ezekiel X Clough
mark.
David Lawrence
Mark Howe
Benjamin Smith, jr.
Benjamin Page
Jona Clark, jun.
Abram Perkins, jun.
Josiah Edgerly
Jonathan Rundlett
Samuel Hunt
Joseph Gale
James Norris
Benjamin Brown, jr.
Josiah Folsom
Eliphalet Cally
Ezekiel Brown
Brad. Gil man
Daniel Gordon
Wm Coffin
Abraham Brown Jr
Samuel Smith
Simeon Noris
Nehemiah Wheeler
Joseph Prescott
Benjamin Clifford
David Lowel
Jonathan Winslow
Jacob Forss?
Joseph Blake
Philip Harvy
Jonathan Clark
John Rowell
Thomas Cauley
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
231
John Cauley
Simon Drake
Edward Laurans
Abraham Brown
Joseph Chandler
Samuel Shaw
Richard Shaw
Ebenezer Connor?
Ezra Straw
John Straw
Samuel Dearborn
John Shurburn
Richard Shurburn
Jonathan Prescott
Jonathan Calley
William Crocket
Moses Davis
Samuel Parsons
Ezekiel Hook
John Lunt
Frances Jones
Joshua Brown
James Ilundlet
Wm Dowlin
Jeremiah Prescott
Simon Dearborn
Job Parsons
James Sanborn
Joseph French
Abraham Til ton
Enoch Coffin
Phineas Fogg
Rubben Osgood
John Gilman
Jacob Rundlet
Robart Judkins
Chas Crockett
Joseph Mason
John Towle ir.
Josiah Randlet
Josiah Norris
John Chapman, jr
Oliver Morrill
Gould French
James Chase Jun.
James Johnson
Ebenezer Straw
Josiah Towl
John Marden
William Straw
Ezra French
Seth Tash?
Jethro B. Tilton
Barzilla French
Moses Coffin
John Pike
John Bartlett
Samuel Connor
John Towl
Simeon Robinson
Thomas Burley
Sam1 Clark
Benj11 Dockum
.Jonathan Eliot
Josiah Smith
David Hanes
Daniel Barber?
Moses Dalton
David Folsom
Levi French
Josiah Tilton
Benja Dow
Daniel Dow
John Chapman
Edmund Chapman
Benja Smith
Edward Sanbon
Daniel Sanborn
Benj. Johnson
Benjamin Johnson
Timothy Jones
Isaac Dimond
Jeremiah Sanborn
Jacob Blasdel
Chandler Sanborn
Josiah Chase
Joseph Chandler
Theophilus Blake
Benjamin Dearborn
Chase Osgood
Jacob Freese, Jun.
Nathaniel Sanborn
Ebenezer Dow
Jonathan Fifield
Hezekiah Clifford
James Osgood
Joseph Taylor
Daniel Randlet
Richard Clifford
Nichols Robinson
David Norris
Thomas Calley Jr.
Joseph Prescott
Samuel Morrill
James Rundlet
Jonathan Chase
James ?
Sargent Huse
Sam1 Morrill
Ebenezer Fisk
Jacob Frease
Paul Lad
John Page
Ebenezer Blake
Benj. Rowlings
Jonathan Thomas
Thomas Robinson
Joseph Edgerly
Zebulon Edgerly
William Gill
Micah I'rescut
Nathan Gove Prescut
Darbon Blake
Philip Kelley
Jonathan Ferren
John Ferren
Benj. Clarke
Samuel Veasey
Robart Cross
Simon Johnson
Jonathan Robinson Jr
Robart Wide
Benjamin Dockum, Jr.
Joseph Dudley
Beniah Dow
Jacob Swain
Winthrop Dow
Theophilus Stevens
Theophilus Stevens, Jr.
John Pease
Jonathan Robinson
Stephen Clifford
James Wadleigh
John Perkins Jr
John Lyford
Henry Wiggin
Thomas Wiggin
Thomas Wiggin, Jr.
his
Jonathan X Kinston
mark
Stephen Clark
David Perkins
Jacob Clark
Moses Page
James Chase
David Lawrence, Jr.
Samuel Franch
[Paul Ladd. Jun —
232
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Nathan Swain John Carr j Nathan Sanborn
Pain Blake John Carr Jr Nathan Sanborn, Jr.
Jedeciiah Blake Benja Smart iJames Norris ye 4th
Agreeable to the "Within association paper we have Shewn
it to the Inhabitants and those persons whose names are un-
der written are persons that Refuse to sighn the same — 209.
Seth Fogg ) Select
John Barker
Jonathan Barker
Thomas Drake
Robert Blake
Joseph Shepard
Robert Smith
Nathaniel Ladd
Josiah Roberson
James Randlet, jun
Thomas Norris
Benja Morgan. 11
Enoch Coffin \ men of
Abraham Perkins ) Epping
SIGNERS IN EPSOM.
John McClary
John Casey
Mark Moses
Samuel Moses
Ephraim Beray
Benett Lebbee.
John McGaffey
George Wallis
Elipt Sanborn
George Uren
Ebenezer Bracket
Joseph Sharborn
Aaron Burbank
Simon Knowles
Reuben Sanbun
Benj. Goodwin
Samuel Blake
Josiah Knowles
Simon Cass
Moses Locke
William Mason
Abraham Walles
James Snoden
Richard Treep?
John Cate
Ephraim Pettingell
Ephraim Locke
Nathaniel Payn?
Thomas Babb
Ebenezer Wallias
Benson Hain
Henry McCrelles
John McClary-Jr.
Moses Osgood
Andrew McGaffey
Waymuth Wallas
Neal McGaffey
Obadiali Williams
Jeremiah Prescott [sire
Simeon Chapman pr de
Samuel Daves
Nathan Marden
Francis Lock
John McCreles
Jonathan Knowles
Joseph Seavy
John Cass
William Odiorne
Hennery Seavy
George Sanders
David Knowlton
Levi Cass
Joseph Towle
Jeremiah Page
Nathaniel Willes
Benjamin Johnson
Isaac Lebbee
Samuel Rand
John Haneis?
William Drought?
William McCrelles
George
Jethro Blake
James Nelson.
Israel Folsom
Samuel Ames
Samuel Ames, Jun.
Thomas Holt, Jun
William Holt
William Rand
Silvanus Moses
OS.
Refused to Sign. 2.
JE^* No return has been found from Exeter.
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
233
SIGNERS IN EAST KINGSTON.
Phinehas Bachellers
Benjamin French
Edward Fifield
Ebenezer Batchelor
Benjamin French, Ji
Josiah Tilton
Joshua French
Jacob Gale
Samuel Stevens
Jonathan Collins
John Sanborn
Nath1 Bacheller
Abraham Smith
Nath1 Gihnan Bacheller
Simon Bacheller
Stephen Prescott
John Toppan
William Fifield
Enoch Chase
William Smith
Moses Greeley
Jonathan Lad Webster
Eliphalet Webster
Jonathan Greeley, Jr.
John Currier
Richard Smith
Daniel Gale
John Morrill
Daniel Eastman
Jonathan Clough
Truevvorthy Palmer
Benjamin Smith
Abraham Smith, Jr
Nathan Bachellor
Thomas Bacheller
Nathan Ordway
Jacob Ordway
Jacob Graves
Samuel Palmer
David Tilton
Benjamin AVelch
Ithamar Emerson
Joseph Bean
John Carter
Moses Blasdell
John Wellch
Elijah Clough
Andrew Greeley
Ebenezer Collins
Ezra Currier
Jeremiah Currier
Abner Morss
Samuel Carter
Jonathan Blasdell
John Blasdell
Ralph Blasdol
Nathan Sompson
Jacob Blasdell
Jacob Rowell
Matthias Bartlett
Daniel Rowell
Henry Blasdel
Daniel Blasdel
Nathaniel Whitcher
William Samson
Samuel Carter, Jr
Barnard Elliot
Caleb Webster
Ezekiel Merrill
True Pearkins
Josiah Bachelder
Philip Brown
Edward Greeley
Jonathan Greeley
John Sanborn
Jonathan Cass
Jeremiah Merrill
Jonathan Pearkins 78.
Col Jonathan Greeley has several Times been desired to
Sign the Declaration but has not.
Abraham Brown ) Refuse to Sign the
Jacob Currier Declaration. 3.
SIGNERS IN GILMANTOWN.
Joseph Badger
Joseph Badger, Jr.
Peaslee Badger
Wm Smith
Jacob Kelley
Ebenezer Eastman
Daniel Folsom
John Moodv
Paul Bickford
Ezekiel Iloit
Jacob Sleeper
John Hains
Josua Gihnan
Benjamin Huckins
Israel Farrar
Benjamin James
Jonathan James
Jn° Parsons
Noah Dow
Samuel Greeley
Joseph Huckins Jun
Joseph Huckins
David Fifield
Sam1 Fifield
Wm Silley
John Gihnan
Isaac Smith
George Dennet
Thomas Fanders?
David Bean
Peter Gilman
Joshua Gilman
Samuel Gilman
Stephen Bean
Ephraim Morrill, Jr.
James Huckings
Jonathan Folsom
Robert Moulton
Matthias Sawyer
Daniel Stevens
Robert Glidden
Nathaniel Kimball
Andrew Paige
Simon Clough
Andrew Gliden
234
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Samuel thuslen? Jonathan Gilman third Abiathar Samburn
Samuel Avery Joseph Parsons Lowel Sanborn
Jasper Elkins William Parsons Jonathan Ross
Elisha Odlin William Parsons Jr. Samuel Clough
Samuel Ladd Lemuel Rand Jonath Clark
Benj.Woodbridge Dean Ebenezer Paige Benjamin Weeks
Thomas Taylor Jeremy Cogswell Daniel Dudley
David Elkins Nath1 Wilson Stephen Dudley
Summersbee Gilman Jeremi Richardson John Dudley
David Clough Isaac Bachelder Benjamin Dow
Edward Gilman Winthrop Gilman Jeremiah Connor
Nathaniel Elkins Dudley Young iAntipas Gilman
David Avery Dudley Hutchinson 'Benjamin Gilman
Edward Smith Jonathan Gilman, Jr. Samuel Brooks
Ambros Hinds Jotham Gilman jNehemiah Louge
John Sanborn Jesse Looge iAbner Evens
Nathd Webster Samuel Osgood Daniel Evens
Edward Fox John Worth Jonathan Hutchinson
Abner Clough Solomon Kinnison Tride Bean
John Jeffry Ebenezer Stevens John Mash
Elisha Weed jEliphalet Gilman Henery Mash
Matthias Weeks John Melchir Josiah Avery
Thomas Chattell [Elisha Hutchinson jJoseph Osgood 115.
Ephraim Morrill
Gilmantown August ye 28th 1776.
Pursuant to the Orders of the Committee of Safety we
have applied to the Inhabitants of Gilmantown to sign the
Association paper and those named in the List here with
committed are those that Refuse to sign it.
Edward Smith ) Selectmen of
John Sanborn ( Gilmantown.
Samuel Avery
Pain Smith
Daniel Clough
John Fox
Reuben Allen
Thomas Mudget
Noah Weaks
Samuel Weaks
JYathnl Webster Jr.
Simeon Muget
Gideon Bean
Joshua Bean
Gilman Lougey
Philip Pain
Joseph Morrill
David Edgerly
Gilman Lougey Jr
Orlando Weed
Jonathan Gilman
John Sheperd
Amos Paine
Isaiah Clough
Edward Lock
Abraham Folsom
George Weymouth
Joseph Avery
Hosea Hatch
Joseph Clifford
'Jonathan Batehelder
Simeon Bean
Joseph Young
Enoch Bean 32.
1776.J
ASSOCIATION TEST.
235
Gilmantown August ye 28th 1776.
the Several persons abovenamed refuse signing the associa-
tion paper
Edward Smith ) Selectmen of
John Sx\.nborn j Gilmantown.
To the Honourable the Council and Assembly or the Com-
mittee of Safety for the Colony of New Hampshire.
Whereas the Selectmen of the town of Gilmantown have
applied to us to sign an association paper and there being
some scruples on our minds we cant Conscientiously sign it
and we beg leave to assign our Reasons which are as follows,
viz.
We agree and Consent to the Declaration of Independence
on the British Crown and are willing to pay our proportion
to the support of the United Colonies but as to Defend with
arms it is against our Religious principles and pray we may
be excused all which is most Humbly submitted by your
Hon1"8 most Obed1 Hum18 Servts
Orlando Weed
Pain Smith
Daniel Clough
Nath1 Webster
Jonathan Dow
Hosea Hatch
Charles Currier
Samuel Avery
Simeon Mudget
Scribner Mudget
Joseph Morrill
Dated
Gilman Lougee
Noah Weeks
Gilman Lougee Jr.
Joseph Clifford
Jonathan Bachelder
Simeon Bean
Joseph Young
Reuben Allen.
John Fox
Samuel Weeks.
Gilmantown, August ye 20th 1776.
SIGNERS IN GILSOM.
Ebenezer Dewey
Justus Hnrd
Pelatiah Pease
Ebenezer Dewey Jr
Gershom Crocker
Josiah Kilbarn
Ebenezar Kilbarn
Tho. Morse
Josiah Kilburn, Jr
Ebenezer Church
Jonathan Adams
Ichabod Youngs
Henry White
Shubael Ilurd
Stephen Bond
Joseph Youngs
David Bill
Stephen Bond. Jr.
Elisha Mack
Obadiah Smith
Levi Bliss
Jonathan Bliss
Abner Bliss
David Bliss
Jonathan Bliss Jr
Ebenezer Bill
Joel Kilbourn
Obadiah Willcox Jr
Elezer Willcox
John Chapman
236
COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
John Marks John Boynton Timothy Dimock
Stephen Griswold John Boynton, Jr. John Row
James Rowe John Dimick, Jr John Row, Jr.
Elisha Rendell? John Dimeck Obadiah Willcox 42.
This may Certify that the Names Annexed to this paper
are all the inhabitants of the town of Gilsum that come
within the Limits of this Request.
Test. Eben1" Dewey, Jr. J Selectmen of
Pelatiah Pease \ Gilsum.
SIGNERS IN HAMPTON.
Small Moulton
Thomas Leavitt
John Moulton
John Moulton 5
John Dow
John Moulton 6
James Hobbs
Samuel Dow
John Lamprey
Josiah Moulton
Edward Shaw
Samuel Shaw
Oliver Wellington Lane
Jonathan Moulton, Jr.
Edward B. Moulton.
Jonathan Shaw
Benjamin Batchelor
Jonathan Sanborn
Jonathan Leavitt
Simon Marston
Shubel Page
Elisha Towle
Ebenezer Thayer
Jona Moulton
Josiah Moulton Jr
John Moulton
Anthony Emery
Joseph Johnson
Nathaniel Johnson
John Bacheldor
John Lane
Jereh Shaw
John Johnson
Jos. Moulton
his
Joseph X Garland
mark
Amos Coffin
Thomas Woodman
Joshua James
Stephen Page
Thomas Page
Samuel Drake
Samuel Drake, Jr
John Drake, Jr
Joshua Tenney
John Jenness Jr
Christo Topp'an
Benjamin Page
Will"1 Branscombe
Morris Hobbs
Abner Page
Jonathan Locke
Nathan Moulton
John Moulton The 3d
Samuel Page
John Tuck
James Perkins
Jonathan Tucke
Jonathan Tucke Jr.
Nathaniel Towle
Joshua Towle
Joshua Towle, Jr.
Elisha Marston
Jonathan Marston Jr
Carter Batchelder
Amos Towle, Jr.
Joseph Nay
John Nay
Josiah Towl
Daniel Philbrick, Jr
George Freese
Joseph Freese
Jeremiah Ballord
John Daerbon
Jonathan Garland Jr
Robert Drake, Jr.
Jeremiah Towle
Nathaniel Dearborn
Ephraim Marston
Philip Towle
Philip Towle, Jr.
Winthrop Sanborn
Thomas Jenness
John Moulton, Jr.
Nathan Brown
Jonathan Marston
Simon Towle
Jereh Marston, Jr.
Nathan Sanborn
Ben). Brown Shaw
Heny. Fifield
Sam1 Brown
Samuel Brown, Jr.
John Allaman
his
John X Readman
mark
Simon Dow
John Marston
James Johnson
Andrew Mace
Ephraim Moulton
Jacob Palmer
Samuel Philbrick
James Philbrick
Gideon Shaw
Nathaniel Lamprey
Reuben Lamprey
Jona Dowst
Joshua Shaw
William Moulton
Samuel Lock
Jeremiah Knowles
Amos Knowles
Amos Knowles, Jr.
John Lamprey, Jr.
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
237
Zecheriah Brown Jonathan Blake Micajah Morrill
Thomas Nudd Lemuel Toulle John Taylor, Jr.
Simon Nudd Abrm Perkins Towle Joseph Philbrick
Moses Brown Jethery Blake .John Philbrick
Stephen Fifield David Moulton Robert Molton
John Crosbie James Towle Josiah Dearbon
Simon Lane Henry Elkins Robert Drake
William Lane, Jr. Jonathan Towl John Drake
Benja Moulton Nathaniel Batcheler Jonathan Godfree
Amos Towle Philip Marston Ward Lane
Joseph Towle, Jr. Abner Sanborn Samuel Nay
Benjamin Mason Elisha Moulton Daniel Lamprey
Josiah Mason Jeremiah Sanborn Edmund Mason
Jonathan Elkins Simon Sanborn Samuel Marston
Moses Elkins Ezekiel Moulton Joseph Dow
John Towl John Fogg , William Lane
Samuel Blake John Sanborn Jona Garland
Ebenezer Lane Benjamin Tucke John Randell
Josiah Lane John Taylor Cotton Ward
Nathan Blake Henry D. Taylor Elisha Johnson 174.
Colony of \ Pursuant to the within Request we the Sub-
New Hamp'sr \ scribers, Select men of Hampton have De-
sired all males within said Hampton above twenty one years
of age (Lunaticks Idiots & Negroes Excepted,) to sign to
the declaration on this paper and these are that have refused
to sign the same, (viz) Capt Jeremiah Marston £ Daniel
Philbrick. 2.
Given under our hands, Dated at Hampton aforesaid. June
ye 4th 1776.
William Lane ^
Joseph Dow I Select men
Josiah Deaeborn > of
Jonathan Garland Hampton.
Cotton Ward J
To the Honble General Assembly or the Committee of Safety
of said Colony of New Hampshire
SIGNERS IN HAMPSTEAD.
Jonathan Carleton
Samuel Little
Barth0 Heath
Timothy Goodwin
Caleb Emerson
Hezekiah Hutchins
Reuben Harriman
John Webster
Benj" Little. Jr.
Will"1 Moulton
Benj" Emerson Jr
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Flagg
James Gile
John Gordon
James Eaton
John Bond
David Poor
Edward Prescut
Stephen Johnson
Joshua Bradshaw
Roger Magrath
Robert Hogg
Edmund Eastman
238
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Joshua Eastman
Ezekiel Currier
Timothy Stevens
Daniel Little
Joseph Philbrick
John Darling
Andrew Bryant
Richard Heath
James Atwood
Oliver Worthen
Joseph French Jr
John Atwood Jr
Benjamin Tuxbury
Ezra French
Austin George
Jn° Wiear
John Bond, Jr.
Edmd. Mooers
Peter Eastman
Henry True
Eliplit Poor
Daniel Little Jr
Tristram Little
Samuel Johnson, Jr.
Humphrey Nichols
Abner Rogers
Thomas Emery
Christopher Rowell
William George
William Richardson Jr
Moses Little
Thomas Williams
Peter Morss
Robert Emerson
Watts Emerson
Will' Richardson
his
John X Giffers
mark
Joshua Sawyer
Caleb Webster
John Harriman Jr
Amos Clark?
Samuel Kelley
Jonathan Eastman
John Simson
his
Nathanel X Chase
mark
his
Ebenezer X Copp
Abner Little
Joseph Noyes
John Richardson
John Sawyer
Moses Stevens
John Harriman
Moses Kimball
Joseph Webster
Levi Webster
John Calfe
Jonathan Page
Joseph Kimball
Joseph Brown
John Kent
Job Kent
Sam1 Brown
Sam1 Brown jr
Moses Brown
James West
Sam11 Currier
Jacob Currier
John Atwood
Thomas Wodley
Benj. Emerson
Thos Harriman
Obadiah Wels 97.
The Names of the Persons Refusing to sign this Declara-
tion on this Paper
Capt William Marshel
Pen Joseph French
Benjm Kimball
Mr John Hogg
John Muzzey, Esq
Left. Edmund Morss
John Mills
Peter Morss
Joshua Corliss
Thomas Muzzey
Joseph Kimbell, Jr.
/Stephen March
Henry Hilton
William Stevens
Parker Stevens
James Shepard
Jesse Johnson
Caleb Johnson
John Plummer
Kelley Plummer
Ebenezer Kimbell
21.
16.
State of New Hampshire, Septemb1 10th li
In persuance of the Requiste of the Honorable Committee of
Safety for the State aforesaid, we the Subscribers have accord-
ingly attended the Sarvice and have Presented the within
Declaration to the Inhabitants of the Town of Hampstead
and desired all male persons there in Directed to Sign there
to and after waiteing upon Sundry persons for their Consid-
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
239
eration and Determination of their signing there of we have
obtained the Grater part of said Town to subscribe there
names there to, and all those persons that have Refused to
Signc to said Declaration after being Repeatedly Desired we
Return their Names in a Seperate Collom on this Paper.
John Atwood ) Select men
Thomas Wodley
Sam11 Little
[ for
) Hampstead.
SIGNERS IN HAWKE (now Danville).
IJames Towle t [Isaac Flanders
Joseph Clifford Sanborn 'Jacob Eastraen
Moses Colbey
David Quimby
Reuben True Joseph Brown Samuel Eastmen
Henery Dearbon Jabez Page Stephen Eastmen
Thos Stow Ranney Thomas Chellis Henry Morrill
Jeremy Towle Timothy Worth Israel Dimond
Abraham Chase Jonathan French, Jr. Hezekiah Blake
Thomas Page Samuel Paul Dudley Jonathan Blake
John Selly ' Ebenezer Tucker Jonathan Blake, Jr.
Jonathan French Joseph Tucker Josiah Tuxbury
John Page Edward Eastman Isaac Clifford
Henry Elkius Nathel. Pellew ? William George
Caleb Towl Barnet Thorne Jonathan Clough.
John Sanborn Stephen Bannerd? Joseph Williams
Jethro Sanborn Samuel Sargent Aaron Quimby
Timothy Brown Samuel Fellows Amos Campell
Jonathan Sanborn Joseph Collins Samuel Quimby
Abraham Darling Neheiniah Sleeper James Sawyer
Gideon Sawyer Samuel March Jabez Eaton
David Tilton Nathaniel Brown David Flanders
Elisha Batchelder Nathan Jones William Busel
Josiah Batchelder Ezra Jones Eliphelet Hoyt
Richard Nason Nathan Jones Jr Benjamin Eastmen
Peter Elkins Jonthan Jones George Bartlett
Jedediah Phillbrick Moses Quimby James Lowell.
Humphry Hook Asa Flanders 74.
In pursuant to the within Request we have shown this
Declaration to all the Inhabitants of This Parish and all
have signed except, Joseph Jones, Hezekiah Sleeper, Joseph
Sweat, and Tristom Collins. 4.
The above named persons are called Quakers, and refuse
to take up arms.
Moses Colby \ Select men
David Quimby \ of
Reuben True ) Hawke.
Hawke June 7, 1776
240
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
F1776.
SIGNERS IN HENNIKER.
Jacob Rice
Joshua Heath
Joseph Williams
Jonas Bowman
Asa Putney
John Pudney
Thomes Pope
Samuel Wadsworth
Ephraim Morrill
William Powers
Nath1 Joslyn
Otis How
Alexander Whitney
Francis Withington
Jesse Ross
Ebenezer Harthorn
Abel Gibson
Eliphelet Colby
Amos Goold
Jacob Whitcomb
Thomas Townsed
Ezekiel Smith
Ezekiel Stone
Thomas Stone
Elijah Rice
Benjamin Whitcomb
Phinies Ward
Alexander Patterson
Samuel Farizel
Benj" Clark
Charles Whitcombe
Reuben Whitcomb
William Clark
Moses Smith
David Campell
Isaac Gates
David Pope
Uriah Amsden
Timothy Ross
Tim0 Gibson
Thomas Howlett
Timothy Gibson
Eliakim How
Daniel Rice
William Death
Joseph Lewis
James Joslyn
Jonathan Wood
Jonas Alexander
James Peters
Stephen Spoldin 51.
Those persons Refuse to sign the within Declaration a
underwritten.
Joseph Kimball Esq.
Moses Huse
William Kimball
Serjant
Kethe
Joshua Kimball
Robard Cambell
Corp. Sam11 Kimbal
I Thomas
Stone, Jr.
Wm Chabers
James Dusten
Aaron Est am
Benj. Currier
Sam. Morison
Aaron Adams, Cap.
Noah Gill
Moses Powel
Ezra Tucker, present
Left. Jona Baston?
Ebenr Heramon, Present Ens. Netheniel Meriel
Josiah Ward, Capt.
James Stone 22.
Jonas Bowman ) Select men of
Sa11 Wadsworth j Heniker.
SIGNERS IN HILLSBOROUGH.
Joseph Symonds
William Jones Jr
John McCalley
Isaac Andrews
John McClintock
Daniel Gibson
Archibald Taggart
Alexander McClintock
John Graham
Samuel Preston
Asa Dresser?
William Jones
Jedediah Preston
Sam1 Jones
William Taggart
Timothy Bradford
Andrew Bixbe
William Hutchinson
John Nichols
William Love
Benjamin Lovejoy
James Taggart
John Gibson
Lot Jenison
William Pope
John Mead
George Booth
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
241
Daniel Rolf Jon" Barns
Samuel Bradford Timothy Wilkins
Samuel Symouds Jacob Flint
Jonathan Durant refuses to sign.
Nehemiah Wilki
Daniel Mc'neall
William Pope
Archibald Taggart
35.
Selectmen.
SIGNERS IN HINSDALE.
Revd Bunker Gay
Aaron Coopor
Josiah Wheeler
Isaac Barit
Zadock Barit
Silas Barit
Offo Burnam
Samuel Comins
Robert Granadey
Uriel Evans
Stephen Tuttle
Moses Barret
Tliese are the
Paper.
James Pierce
Thos Butler
Josiah Butler
Timothy Lad
Thos Rockwood
John Barret
Benajah Geeir?
Capt Thomas Taylor
Jonathan Barrit
John Evans
Medad Evans
Joshua Frost
Hezekiah Elmer
Aaron Wright
William Goss
Membrance Wright
Sires Shattock
names of those that
Asa Flagg
William Flagg
Micah Rockwood
Oliver Doolittle
Nathanel Smith
Nathaniel Stearns
Thomas Stoddard
Zeph. Richmond
John Peacock
Aaron Purdy?
Samuel Brown
35.
Refuse to sign the
Daniel Jones, Esq.
Simon Jones
Nathan Thomas
Aaron Barret
Benjamin Bacor.
10.
SIGNERS IN HOPKINTOWN.
Richard Carr Rogers
Abner Gorden
Joseph Putney
Peter How
Joshua Bayley
Jotham How
Oliver Dow
Moses Kimball
Benj. B. Darling
Aaron Kimball
Elijah Fletcher
Stephen Harriman
Jonathan Straw
James Scales
Anthony Colby
Sargent Currier
16
John X Chadwick
mark
Enoch Eastman
Joseph Eastman
John Putney
William Darling
Gideon Gould
Ebenezer Collins
James Smith
Jonathan Starit
Wm Stanley
Abner Colby
Daniel Stickney
Samuel Kimball
Adonijah Tyler
Ezekiel Hadlcy
Abraham Rowell
John Clement
Daniel Murray
Joseph Stanley
John Blaisdell
Elijah Dun gin
Benjamin Eastman
John Jewett
Eliphelet Colby
Daniel Watson
Francis Smith
Aaron Greeley
iJohn Jewett
[Green French
Moses Jewett
242
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[177(
Jacob Sibley Joseph O'Connor William Godfrey
Elneser Riden? I Joseph Davis Peter Sargent
Abraham Davis Thomas Webber John Webber
Isaac Colbey Moses Sawyer Moses Connor
Jonathan Chase Moses Hills Samuel Smith
Nehemiah Colby Richard Straw Mark Jewett
Samuel Hoyt AVilliam Petters Richard Merrill
Joseph Flint Jonathan Quimby Nathan Kimball
Abel Kimball John Darling Moses Straw
Asa Heldreth Josiah Smith Ralph Judkins
Samuel Farrington Benjamin Jewett Richard Webber
Jonathan Gorden John Burbank William Colby
David How Caleb Smart William Davis
Nathaniel Clement Isaac Chandler Caleb Burbank
Joshua Morse Jeremiah Story, Jr. Thomas Easman
Philip Greeley Isaac Fallow Ruben Kimbell
Nathaniel Morgan Abraham Kimball i William Scales
Jacob Hoyt Joseph Chandler Jonathan Quimby
David Connor John Gage Jr Benjamin Quimby
Timothy Darling Nathaniel Kimball jJacob Choate
Nathan Sargent Samuel Jewett Joseph Nichell
Jacob Straw Oliver Pearson Samuel Brackenbury
Moses Emerson Ezekiel Straw James Kimball
Moses Bayley Daniel Cresey Oliver Sawyer
Johnthing O'Connor David Fellows Benjamin Sawyer
Ezra Hoyt Daniel Noyes Johnson Gile
Nicholas Colby Joseph Clark Francis Whittier
Matthew Stanley Henery French Isaac Davis
Stephen Hoyt Zechariah Story James Clongh
Stephen Eastman Nathan Story Jonathan Hunt
John Trussel David Clough Samuel Silver
Joseph Story Jeremiah Story Philip Godfrid Esqr
Moses Gould Joseph Hovey John Eatton
John Gage Samuel Stanley Joseph Hastings
Thomas Bickford Joseph Barnard Samuel Hadley
Moses Sanborn Ephraim Gay? Benj. Wiggin
David Young Samuel Stocker Josiah Judkins
John George Samuel Harris Daniel Flanders 161.
The Names on this Paper are those that Refused to sign
to the Declaration Sent from the Committee of Safety to us
the Subscribers.
Tames Smith \ Scl(?ctm(m fol,
Hopkintown
John Clement
Ben j. Wiggin
Chase Wiggin
Nathaniel Barker
James Busivell
James Jewett
Cristopher Gould
Benj Brow?i
Abraham Brown
Nathan Gould
Moses Jones
John Jones
Eastman Jioit
John Currier
Richard Cressey
Benj. Merril.
14.
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
243
SIGNERS IN KEEN.
Tho' Frink
Nathan Blake
Eliph Briggs Jr.
Josiah Richardson
Joseph Blake
David Kingsbury
Dan Guild
Eli Metcalf
Ichabod Fisher
Thomas Wilder
Isaac Wyman
David Foster
Ephraim Dennard
Seth Heaton
Andrew Balch
Gideon Ellis
Thos Baker
Benj. Archer;
Josepli Ellis
Simeon Washburn
David Nims
Elisha Briggs
Benj. Archer, Jr
Sam11 Wood
Eliphalet Briggs
Nath1 Brings
Elijah Blake
Uriah Willson
John Lesbourear
David Foster, Jr
Timothy Ellis
Gideon Tiffany
Jessey Hall
Michael Metcalf
Jesse Clark
Gideon Ellis, Jr.
David Nims, Jr
Abraham Wheeler
Wra Ellis
Joshua Osgood
Nathanael Kingsbury
Reuben Daniels
Reuben Partrage
Cephas Clark
Ebenzr Carpenter
Agreable to the within Directions we have Requested all
in this Town to sign as herein sett forth, and hereto anext
the names of all those who Refuse to sign the within Decla-
ration, Viz :
Timothy Ellis, Jr.
Eliakim Nims
Caleb Ellis
Joseph Willson
Davis Hewlett
Timothy Ellis ye 3d
Benjamin Willis
Sam" Chapman
John Balch
Abijah Metcalf
Henry Ellis
Luther Bragg
Seth Heaton, Jr.
Josiah Ellis
Benjamin Osgood
Ebenezer Newton
Daniel Willson
Ezra Harvey
David Harris
Obadiah Blake Jr
Zadock Nims
Isaac Clark
Bartholomew Grimes
David Willson
Benj. Balch
Ebenezer Day
John Dickson
Naboth Bettison
Abraham Wheeler, Jr.
James Wright
John Houghton
Silas Cook
Nathan Blake, Jr.
Nathan Rugg
Stephen Larrabe
Robt. Spencer
Ebenezer Cook
Joshua Ellis
Jotham Metcalf
Moses Mash
Simeon Clark
Benj. Ellis
Asahel Blake
Sam1 Basset
Jedediah Wellman
Jonathan Heaton
Simeon Ellis
Benj. Ellis
James Croffield
Joseph Ellis Jr
Tho8 Baker Jr
Tho8 Wells
Achilles Mansfield
Royal Blake
William Gray
Aaron Gray, Jr.
John Daniels
Samuel Daniels
Jedediah Carpenter
William Goodeogh
Adin Holbrook
Hezekiah Man
Jer. Stiles
Sam1 Hall
Jonathan Archer
Abithar Pond
Silas French
Eliph1 Carpenter
Benj. Willord
Jacob Town
John Day
Peter Rice
Isaac Esty
Jonathan Dwinell
Thomes Dwinell
John Colleney
Abijah Wilder
Zadok Wheeler
Daniel Snow
Nathan Nelson
Israel Houghton
William Woods
Asaph Nichols
Elisha Ellis
Tho8 Fields
Michael Sprought
Benjamin Tiffany
James Eddy 133.
24-1
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Maj. Jbsiah Willard
J} Benjamin Halle,
Doc* Josiah Pomroy,
Samuel Wadsworth ,
Robert Gilmore,
John White
Elezer Sang or.
Abner Sangor
Thomas Cutter
James Perkins,
Benjamin Osgood, Jr,
John Swan,
James Hunt. 13.
Eliphalet Briggs, Jr.^ Selectmen
Josiah Richardson I of the
Joseph Blake r" Town of
Daniel Kingsbury Keen.
SIGNERS IN KENSINGTOWN.
Jonathan Perkins
Benja Prescott
Odlin Prescott
Simon Prescott
Aaron Page
Moses Blake
Richard Sanborn
Israel Hodgdon
Peter Hodgdon
Caleb Shaw
Israel James
Ebenezer Potter
Ebenr Clifford
Benjamin Row, Esq.
Joseph Hillard
John Melcher
Edward Melcher
Winthrop Row
Benja Row, Jr
Joseph Tilton
Elijah Tilton
Samuel Tuck
Philemon Blake
Jonathan Row
Samuel Prescutt
David Stuart
Jeremiah Fellows
Jeremiah Fellows Jun.
James Fogg
John Batchelder
Benja Moulton
John Page
Edward Lock
Hezekiah Blake
Jeremiah Dearbon
Ephraim Eastman
Nathaniel Ward
David James
John Page, Jr
Jeremiah Fogg
Joseph Fogg-
William Fogg
Jesse Tuck
David Smith
Abraham Sanborn
Joseph Wadleigh
Nathaniel Healey
Jona Prescott
Paul Blake
John Lane
Henery Sanborn
Jeremiah Batchelder
Abraham Prescutt
Theophilus Sanborn
James Sanborn
Benjamin James
John Tilton
Sherburne Tilton
Benjamin Tilton
Benjamin Melcher
James Sanborn
Moses Sanborn
William Brown
Tim0 Chase Hilyar
Benjn James, Jr.
Joseph Batchelder
Joseph Wadleigh 3'1
Philoinon Blake
Timothy Blake Locke.
Joseph Dow
Simon Page
Elihu Shaw
Elisha Blake
Elisha Blake, Jr.
Ebenezer Loveren
Abraham Gove
Stephen Page
Philbrick Palmer
Jonathan Flanders
Nathan Dearborn
Benja Brown
David Brown
Robert Pike
Benja Eastman
Joseph Brown, Jr.
Ezekiel Worthen
Enoch Worthen
Nath1 Weare
Jabes Dow
Nathan Dow
Stephen Brown, Jr.
Joseph Brown
.Joseph Clifford
Samuel Clifford
John Graves
[Jonathan Palmer
Samuel Dearbon
Samuel Lampre
Jonathan Brown
Josiah Dow
Henery Lampre
Jona Dow
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
245
Natha Dow
Jonathan Ward
Moses Shaw
Moses Shaw, Jr.
David Shaw
Joseph Shaw
Joseph Row
John James
Marston Prescutt
Nathan Shaw
Benjamin Dow
Josiah Brown
Stephen Brown
118.
This is a list of thos names who have signd to the Decla-
ration put out By the Congress or committee of Safety —
Nathaniel Gove J Selectmen
JOSIAH BATCHELDER V of
Isaac Fellows ) Kensington
These under written names are those who Refused to Sign
to the Declaration given forth By the Congress or committy
of Safety—
Theophilus Page
Nathan Page
George Conner
Nathan Chase
Nathaniel Chase
Obadiah Gove
Obadiah Johnson
Jonathan Purinton
Elihu Chase
Elihu Chase Jr
John Chase
Stephen Chase
Jonathan Green
John Green
Stephen Green
So far is Quakers as these two Collums,
And what is to come your honours may call what
you pleas.
Joseph Wadleigh, Jr. Jonathan Tilton.
Caleb Brown. Stephen Fogg.
Jeremiah Tilton 20.
SIGNERS IN KINGSTOWN.
John Huntoon, Jr.
Jona Procter
Willet Peterson
Nathan Sweat
Benjamin Judkins
Daniel Colcord
Philbrick Huntoon
Samuel Colcord
Richard Hubbard
Ebenezer Eastman
Simmons Seccomb
Joseph Calfe
Thomas Elkins
William Sanborn
Abraham Sanborn
Isaac Sanborn
Benjamin Huntoon
James Procter
Josiah Bartlett
Elisha Sweat
Ebenezer Stevens
John Pearsons
Abraham French
Jacob Hook
Richard Sleeper
Solomon Wheeler
Thomas Elkins Jr
Aaron Young Jr
Tristram Quimby
Mich11 Carew
William Patten
Joseph Nichols
Henry French
Benjamin Sweat
John Darling Sweat
Stephen Clifford
John Calfe
David Sanborn
John Lad
Samuel French
John Judkins
John Calef, Jr.
John Judkins Jr
Ebenezer Long
Amos Gale
246 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [177(
Ebenezer Fifield Stephen Badger
Jethro Sanborn Timothy Quimby
Caleb Judkins William Sleeper
Henry Judkins Jacob Smith
Benjamin Stevens Jeremiah Bean
Joseph Clifford Benjamin Laitner
Jonathan Sanborn Stephen Tongue
Samuel Fifield Joshua Bartlett
Sam Philbrick Benjamin Lad
Peter Fifield Stephen Sweat
George Pitcher John Clifford, Jr.
David Kelly Benjamin Clough
Nathaniel Garland Sanders Carr
Thomas Proctor James Thorn
Gideon George John Thorn
John French Cornelius Clough
Benjamin Sleeper Joshua Woodman
Joseph AVoodman Amos Bonn an
Ebenzr Stevens Jr Benjamin Tucker
Sam11 Buswell John Newton
Ebenezer Griffing James Colby
Samuel Sweat Ralph Blasdel
Edward Sleeper Sam11 Thompson
Joshua Bartlett, Jr. Thomas Thompson
Reuben J^owell John Bartlet
Benja Cooper Eben1' Bartlet
Jacob Webster Nathan Bartlet, Jr.
Daniel Smith Thomas Sever
David French Thomas Sever, Jr.
Benjamin Sanborn Phillip Davis
William Tande Webster Davis
Timothy Sanborn Jacob Carter
Joseph Judkins Jacob Carter, Jr.
Benniman? Jeremiah Johnson
Samuel Woodman Henery Hunt
Jonathan Colens Jonathan Pollerd
Agreeable to the Direction of the Honble Committee of
Safety of this Colony we have Requested each inhabitant of
this Town to sign to the within Declaration & herewith Re-
turn the Names of those that have sign'd as with also those
that have not, & Refuse to sign who are as follows, Viz.
James CarutJi, A Scotchman Declines obliging himselfe to
take up arms against his Native Country,
but Declares he will neaver take up arms
against America, & is willing to bear his
Proportion of the publick taxes with his
Townsmen.
Hoses Welch — Refuses to take up arms & pleads Conscience
for an excuse.
Stephen Stuert
Joseph Welch
John Severance
Jonathan Sanborn, Jr.
Moses Hunt
Ebenezer Watson
John Stevens
Jonathan Sleeper
Moses Carter
William Collins
Peaslee Hoyt
William Challey
Benoni Eaton?
Aaron Young
Thomas Carter
Benjamin Webster
Richard Hubbard
James Vose
Jacob Pesly
Joseph Fellows
Caleb Sever
John Sleeper
John B. Sleeper
John Winslow
Jacob Thorne
Sam11 Davis
Timothy Bartlet
William Calfe
John Singleton
Billy Hardie
Bennet Greenfield
John Noyes
Daniel Busel
Jacob Winslo
Sam11 Winslow 150.
1776.J
ASSOCIATION TEST.
247
Hezektah Beedy Sam11 Severance
John Sanborn Thomas Merrill
John Clifford Fljield John Tucker
Ens. Isaac Webster Ephralm Winslow
John Webster John Eastman
Reuben Davise John Grilman 14.
These Persons appear to be fcarfull that the Signing this
Declaration would in some measure be an Infringement on
their Just Rights and Libcrtys but they appear to be Friendly
to their Country & several of them have ventured their Lives
in the American cause & the 3 last named Persons are now
in the Army.
Eben Eastman \ Selectmen
Richard Hubbard S of
Simmons Seccomb ) Kingston.
Sept ye 23d, 1776.
SIGNERS IN LEBANON.
John Wheatley
John Slapp
John Baldwin
Sam11 Bailey
Jonathan Dana
Eliezer Robinson
William Dana
Hezekiah Waters
James Jones
John Gray-
Jesse Cook
Sam. Eastabrook
Benjamin Write
Hobart Estabrook
Nathaniel Hall
Jonathan Bingham
Silas Waterman
Jedediah Ilebbard
Joseph Wood
Wm Radman
John Colburn
Nath1 Wheatley
Walter Peck
Zaccheus Downer
Asa Colburn
Con9t Storrs
Stephen Colburn
John Williams
Isaiah Potter
Samuel Paine
Elijah Dewey, Jr.
Huckens Storrs
Joseph Tilden, Jr.
Elkanah Sprague
Daniel Hough
Sam1 Bailey, Jr.
Daniel Bliss
Joseph Tilden
Charles Tilden
Oliver Griswold
James Hartshorn
Azariah Bliss
Azariah Bliss, Jr
Stephen Bliss
John Ordway
Nehemiah Estabrook
Rufus Baldwin
Nathaniel Porter
Nath1 Porter, Jr.
Elijah Dewey
Pliinehas Wright
William Downs
Barnebas Perkins
James Hebard
Levi Hyde
Elias Lyman
Theophelus Baybrick
Eliezer Woodward
Nathaniel Kidder
David Colburn
Moses Hebard
Teremiah Griswold
Benja. Fuller
Tames Fuller
Lemuel Hough
Elisha Sticknor
Isaiah Bliss
Nathaniel Storrs
Samuel Millington
Solomon Millington
Henry Woodward
John Griswold
Nathan Durkee
Sam11 Sprague
Charles Seiton
John Slapp, Jr.
William Downe, Jr
Salmon Aspenwall
Joseph Martin
Abel Wright
Ebenezer Bliss
Thos Welles
Jonathan Bettes
John Hyde
Sluman Lathrop
Abiel Welles
Joseph Dana 87.
248
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776
Lebanon July 4th 1776.
These may Certifie, that the within Resolve &c has been
Presented to all the Inhabitants of Said Lebanon In man-
ner and form as Requested, who have freely & Chearfully
affixed their several Names thereto. There not being one
Dissentient therefrom in said Lebanon —
Test
NEHh ESTABROOK
Jn° Wheat-ley
John Slapp.
Selectmen.
SIGNERS IN EXETER?
[Notk. There appears to be some mistake in this return. There
were many more inhabitants in Exeter than are here returned — and
the names most prominent in that town are not included. Instead of
Exeter, it should be of some other name, or the return must be im-
perfect.— Ed.]
Joseph Swasey
Josiah Wyatt
Josiah Weeks
Stephen Thing
Stepen
Samuel Lanson
Gerould Fitz Gerould
Josiah Oilman, Junr.
John Giddinge
Joseph Gilman
Theophilus Smith
Eliphalet Giddinge
Thomas Dullof
Josiah Bed
John Bond
Noah Emery
Hubartus Neale
Daniel Grant
Sam1 Harris
Joseph Stacey
John Potten
David Smith
Will™ Odlin
Benja Cram
Josiah Folsoni
Samuel Quimby
Joseph Thing
Nath1 Gorden
Robart Kimball
Benjamin Kimball
Robert Lord
Jos. Rawlins
Edward Ladd.
Joseph Lam son
Thomas Lyford
Zebulun Gilman
Benja Morse
David Gilman
Thomas Tyler
Samuel Folsom Gilman
Bart Gale
Dudley Watson
Benjamin Seavey
John Gidding, Jr
Winthrop Thing
Kinsley H. James
John Cartly
Jonathan Hopkinson48.
SIGNERS IN LEAVITTS TOWN (now Effingham).
Reuben Marston
John Marston
Levi Lamper
Carr Leavitt
Benjamin Dearborn
Richard Taylor
Simon Leavitt
AVeare Drake
Tho. Parsons
Levi Jones
John Leavitt
|James Titcomb
Josiah George
Robert Brown
Joseph Palmer
Eleazer Davise
William Palmer
17.
The above have all signed to abide by the within precept —
& there is no more Inhabitants in Leavitts Town.
1776.2
ASSOCIATION TEST.
219
SIGNERS IN LEE.
Elijah Dinsmore
Samuel Jackson
Bennan Jackson
John Emerson
Samuel Emerson
Joshua Burnam
Joshua Burnham Jr
Steven Wille
Joseph Si as
William French
Joshua Wordmarch
Eleson Watson
Philhrok Barker
Moses Runales
Samuel Hill
Rnel Giles
Coririlus Dinsmore
Job Ruuels
E. Jones, Jr
Jonathan Dow
Isaac Small
Peter Folsom
Josiah Dergien
Miles Randel
Benjamin Durgin
John Sanbonn
Jonathan Runals
Zaccheus Clongh
Job Run els, Jr.
Enoch Runels
William Goen
Ephm. Sherburne
Dimond Furnald
Richard Hull
Samuel Langmaid
Ebenezer Jones
Lemuel Chesley
Jolin Jones
Benj. Clark
George Jones
Benjamin Jones
Smith Emerson
Isaac Clark
Simon Rindel
James Brackett
Stephen Stevens
Gideon Mathes
Dauel Chele
Gerge Chale
Thomas Arlen
Zebelen Wiley
Timothy Muncy
Micajah Bickford
Daniel Shaw
Amos Furneld
Edward Scales
Robert Parker
John Mend urn
Hunking Dame
John Follett
Ebenezer Randel
Eli Furber
Ebenezer Burnum
Joseph Brackett
Joseph Follet
Samuel Steivens
Samuel Bickford
Jonathan Fisk
William Waymoth
George Tuttle
George Duch
James Watson
Samuel Watson
Timothy Moses
Dennet Waymouth
John Kinnison
Josiah Kinnison
William Gleden
John Putnam
Anthony Fling
John Davis
Clement Davis
Andrew Watson
Thomas Tuttle
Thomas Tuffts
Samuel Barley
James Davis
Jeremiah Hutchins
John Davis
Nathaniel Frost
Henry Tufts
Jonathan Stevens
Henery Tufts, Jr.
Thomas York
Nicheless Tuttle
Robert York
These men hereafter named in the
I Eliphalet York
David Davis
Nathaniel Stevens
William Stevens
'Samuel Durgin
[Joseph Watson
Reuben Hill
Sam. Hutchin
Josiah Bartlet
Moses Dame
Jonathan Thompson
Samuel Mathes
William Bly
Samuel Langley
Samuel Smith
Nicolas Meder
Matthias Jones
Benj. Jones
Joseph Jones
Tolman Thompson
Zekiel Wille
Edward Leathers
John Leathers
Joseph Doe
John Williams
John Layn
Benjamin Braily?
Thomas Huckins Jr
Elijah Fox
John Wiggin
James Clemens
John Sias
Benjamin Bodge
Marke Weder?
Mr. Samuel Bodge
John Glover
Edward Hill
Thomes Wille
Ezekiel Wille
Thomas Noble
Samuel Woodman
Edward Woodman
Thomas Hunt
Josiah Burley
Samuel Wille
Joseph Pitman •
Samuel Snell Jr.
Thomas Langly 142.
Parish of Lee Refuse
250
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
to sign the Association sent to us from the General Court by
order of the Continental Congress.
Robert Thompson
Joseph Cartlin
William Jenkins
William Jenkins, Jr.
Charles Mundet
Joseph Meder
James Bunker
Samuel Lamas
David Muncey
John Snell
William Cahvell
Joseph Emerson
Hichard Glover
Aaron Hanson
14.
ichabod whidden
William Laskey
Selectmen of
Lee.
SIGNERS IN LONDONDERRY.
William Gregg —
Hugh Montgomery
John Pinkerton
Moses Lankester
Benjamin Cheney
David Clendinin
James Paul
John Cochran
Robert "Wilson
Timothy Farer
John Moor
John Aiken
Thomas Taggart
John Nesmith
James Cochran Jr.
James McGregore
John Bailey
John Gilman
Rob' McNeill
Arthur Archibald
William Hetty?
Matthew Thornton
Joseph Gregg
George Duncan, Jr.
John Greg —
Benjamin Gregg
William Alexander
Isaac Peabody
McGregore
Daniel Rundals
George Russel
Stephen Holland
William Vance
Nathan Stinson
David Craige
John Prentice
James Cochran
James Alexander
Mathew Miller
Mos Barnet
John Vance
Alexander McCollom
Adam Wiar
Robert Wallace
Thomas McCleary
Robert Macordy
John Robinson
John Patton
Sam1 Dickey
James Wallace
John Holms
Alexr Crage
Robert Gilmore
Andrew Clendinin
Thomas Willson
Samuel Morrison
John Steel
James Nichols
Tho. Emerson ?
Thomas Patterson
Robert Holms
Adam Dunlap
Will"1 Davidson
Robert Moore
Robert Smith
David Anderson
Samuel Gregg
David Taylor
John Hopkins
Samuel Marsh
Rob1 Morrison
Jonathan Gillman
Jonathan Kelso
George Mansfield
John Annes
James Humphry Jr
Robert Mc'Farland
John Tylor
William Tylor
John Marsh
Wm Cunningham
Thomas Anderson
Thomas Creage
Matthew Clark
Isaac Brewster
John Barnet
John Hilaner?
John Barnet, Jr.
James Anderson
John Guuion
Adam Taylor
Samuel Taylor
John Bell
Wm Duncan
Abraham Duncan
John Cox
Rob' Morison
John Craig
James Taggart
Samuel Anderson
Samuel Anderson
James Adams
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
251
James Ne smith
Robert Adams
Archibald Mack
James Nesmith, Jr.
James Miltmore
Samuel Clark
James Ewing
James Donaldson
William Rogers
David McKeen
John Wallace
David Paul
Samuel Ghrims
Sam11 Wilson
James Dinsmore
Samuell Gregg
John McKeeo
George Duncan
Samuel Fisher
John Duncan
James Anderson
Jas Hopkins
Rob1 Archibald
John Hunter
James Milt im ore
Jonathan Wallace
David Pinkerton
James Adams, Jr.
Thomas Rogers
James Anderson
William Anderson
Joseph Mack
Josiah Duncan
Robert Craige
John M°A1 ester
Thomas Holms
David McCleary
Ephraim Diniond
John Aiiderson
John Patterson
Alexd Boyd
Thos Wallace, Jr.
James Barnet
John McCleary
Samuel Morison, Jr.
Robert Dickey
Joseph Chapman
Elias Smith
John Marshall
Humphrey Holt
Andrew Mack
Archibald Ml'Calester
Andrew Todd
Robert Thompson
John Thompson
Isaac Walker
Sam'l Thomson
Andrew Todd
Robert M'Colom
David Brewster
James Adams
James MacMurphy
James Alexander
John McIntosh
Rob' MeMurphy, Jr.
Samuel Moreson
Mathew Pinkerton
Samuel Alls
Alexander Craig
Hugh Watt
Archibald MacMurphy
Jedediah Pattee
Samuell Willson
James Willson
Adam Dickey
John Dicky
George Conning
James Boyes
Samuell White
George McAllaster
Mat'w Dickey
Robert Meclure
John Keen
Sam1 Wallace
John Giles
Robert Boyd
James Thompson
Thorn. M°Cleary
Jacob Chas
William Page
Nath. Smith
Joseph Bell
James Cochran
John Mc Adams
John McClenche
Samuel Bous
Joseph Bous
Moses Watt
Joseph Hogg
John Watts
Thomas Hilands
Tames Lyons
James Hogg
Francis Mitchel
Sen. Wm Johnston
Hugh Kalley
Peter Kalley
Rob1 Clendinin
William Wier
Nicholas Dodge
John Dwinell
Henry Campbell
David Porter
Thomas Wallace
James Wallace
George Ml Murphy
Will"" Wallace
Joseph Cochran
Samuel Renkin
Will'" Rankin
James Ramsey
John Hunter
Daniel Hunter
Thomas Wilson
Jesse Plumer
Nathaniel Brown
Jonathan Adams
John Clark
Win Eayrs
John Ramsey
William Ramsey
William Cochran
John Ramsey
James Crombie
Jos Crombie
Thomas Lennon
Simeon Roberson
Eleazer Cumin gs
Ebenezer Tarbox
Samuel Eyers
Reuben Page
Jonathan Reed
Joseph Fiiday
John Clark
Samuel Topson
Josiah Jones
Joseph Curtice
Thomas Senter
William Richardson
William Alexanders
James Darrah
Ezekiel Grele
Nathaniel Hale
Daniel Marshall
Benjamin Kidder
Joseph Hobbs
Elijah Towns
Stephen Dwinell
William Moor
252
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776-
Jabes Town
James March
Sam1 Senter
James Gregg
William Boyd
Abel Plummer
Joshua Conet
William Dickey
Sam11 Karr
William Eayers
Samuel M'- Adams
William Dicky
Thomas Boyd
Peter Robinson
William Steel
William Mc Adams
Robert Mc Adams
John Robinson
David Pebody
Joseph Steel
George Burroughs
Isaac Page
Phillip Marshal
David Lawrence
Richard Marshall
Sampson Kidder
James Barret
John Smith
Josiah Burroughs
William Burroughs
Moses Barret
David Campbell
William How ?
William Grinnls
Robon Sondrson
Sam1 Cochran
Samuel Miller
John Duncan
John Jaques
John Pinkerton
Trueworthy Sargent
Jesse Anis
Thomas Perrin
Thomas Mitchel
Robert Cochran
Joseph Morison Jr
Arthur Boyd
Chelas Sargent
David Connolly
Parker Mooers
John Stewart
Thomas Shaw
Alexander Robinson
Robert MTveen
George Orr
Simeon Morrill
Moses Rowel
Barns Morrill
James Cheney
David Davison
Alexander Kassay
David Colbey
Daniel Cheney
Charles Sargent
John Kinkead
Abraham Page
Stephen Johnson
William Gray
Samuel Dodge
William Pirkinson
Alexander Campbell
Denis Healey
Robert Wallace
Plumer?
James Miller
John Stinson
John Karr
Robert Hunter
James McGregore
James Litch
John Archibald
George Moor
William Morison
William Gilmore
William Smith
John Livingston
Daniel McDuffee
Thomas Cristy
Robert MacMurphy
Jacob Bartlett
George Davidson
David Colby
Alexr Clark
Wm Parker
Daniel McNeill
James Vance
Robert Boyd
Robert Boyd, Jr
Jacob Towle
John Wadile
John Alexander
Richard Amerson
William Miltimer
Rob1 Hopkins
John Nesmith
George Gregg
Isaac Cochran
James Willson
James Eayers
John McDuffee
John Moore
Sam White
Hugh Dunshe?
John Humphrey
Sam1 Allison
375.
Londonderry June ye 24th 1776.
To the Honble House of Representatives for the Collony
New Hampshire.
Agreable to the Request of the Honble Committee of Safety
for this Colony, we have taken pains to go through with the
association pappers and we find none who Refuses to sign
the same, except the parsons hereafter mentioned, Viz.
Timothy Daivson,
Alexander Nicoles
Joseph Morrison,
Abraham Morrison
William Humphrey,
David Morison,
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
253
Samuel Ella, John Moor,
Doct George Wood, Robert Moor,
John Holms Lev1 to A. Min- James Cochran,
utc Company, Samuel Clark,
John Heed John Stewart.
15.
By order of the Selectmen.
Thos Taggart I Select. Clerk.
SIGNERS IN LOUDON.
John Glines
Charles Sias
Timothy Tilton
Samuel French
Samuel Cates
"William Tilton
Josiah Rins
Stephen Wells?
Thomas Sweat
Benjamin Wille
Thomas Ward
Eliphalet llawley
Gashom Mathes
Abel French
Moses Merrill?
Ebenzer French
Nathaniel Bachellor
Caleb Pilsbery
John Bradbury
Timothy French
Jonathan Smith
John Sargent
Benjamin Sias
Jonathan Clough
Joseph Magoon
Isaac Morrill
Dudley Swasey
Thomas Magoon, His
Mark
Samuel Chamberlain
Jethro Bchelder
Paul Morriel
Ephraim Blunt, Jr
Samuel Morrill
Maston Morrill
Jethro Bachelder, Jr
Daniel Ladd
Thomas Drake
James Gilman Lyford
Moses Rollings
Wm Gilman, Jr
Joseph Smith
Roger Stevens
Abraham Bachelder
John Drew
Nathan Bachelder
John Sanborn
Joseph Tilton
Nathaniel Tebbets
Kphraim Blunt
Moses Pillsbury
James Sherburn
William Boynton
Jacob Sherburne
Ellexander Gorden
William Davis
Simeon Taylor
Ezekiel Morrill
George Sherburne
Levi Bachelder
Abihail Chamberlain
Isaiah Hanery?
Samuel Chamberlain
John Hoit
Daniel Bachelder
! Moses Ordway
'Joseph Moulton
'Oliver Blazdel
Jacob Towle
Otis Gray? 6!
Loudon June 3d 1776
Agreeabel to within Instrument, wharas we haf carried
this Instrument to the Inhabitants of Loudon thay haf all
signed Savin one or two that lived very much out of the
way.
Nathan Bachelder
John Doene
Samuel Chamberlain
Select men
Loudon
254
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
SIGNERS IN MEREDITH.
Ebenezer Smith
John Folsham
Nicholas Car Folsham
John Kimbel
John Whitcher
Philip Connor
Abraham Swain
Joseph Roberds
Abraham Folsom
Joshua Crocket
Jonathan Smith
William Mead
Jonathan Danford
David Watson
Pearson Smith
Nathaniel Robinson
James MeCrilles
Reuben Marston Jr
Georg Bean
Job Judkins
Samuel Sibley
Jonathan Edgerly
Jonathan Clark
Samuel Shepard
Sam1 Forrey?
Robert Bryant
Gideon Robinson
John Mead
Samuel Carr
Ebenezer Pitman
Benjamin Sinclar
Gordon Lawrence
Thomas Dockam
Benjamin Mead
John Dockham
Onesiphorus Flanders
Elias Swain
Reuben Marston
Thomas Sinclear
Isaac Farriu
James Quimby
Chas Robinson
Thomas Foster
Jonathan Crosbe
John Sweasy, Jr.
Benjamin Sweazye
Thomas frohock?
Daniel Merrill 48
SIGNERS IN MANADNOCK NO. 5 (now Marlborough.)
Benja Tucker IBennedick Webber Jedediah Tayntor
Jonathan Frost (Samuel Bishop William Tenny
Thos Riggs John McCrie Richard Robbard
Abijah Tucker Daniel Collins Ebenezer Read
Elipha Stone Joseph Catting Jas. Brewer
Benoni Robbins James Lewes Solomon Woodward
Phineas Park? Joseph Collins James Flood
Silas Fifer James Field David Duper
David Wheeler Isaac McAllester inS
John Felton Timothy Beemis Abraham X Brookg
Richard Tozer P^benezer Hixson mark
Daniel Emerson John Tozer Jonathan Goodonow
Daniel Goodenow Stephen Woodard Daniel Cutting
Thaddues Hastings Moses Tucker David Thurston
Reuben Warde Oliver Wright Jacob Sewell
Elnathan Newton Jonah Harrington Robart Converse
Abel Woodard William Adams Theodore Mann
Benjamin Goodenow 50.
Monadnock No five July yc 9th 1776.
In Obedience to the within Riten we have ofered the same
to all our inhabitants and they have all sined excepting those
whose names are heare under Riten.
William Barker
Richard Ativell
Jonathan Shaiv
Ieabord Shaw
Daniel Larrance
5.
BENja Tucker ) Selectmen
Thos Riggs { of Monadnock
Eliph11 Stone \ N° five
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
255
SIGNERS IN NEW BOSTON.
Robert Hogg
Hugh Ramsey
Elijal) Cochran
Alexd' Gregg
Josiah Ilileting?
Noah Dodge
Andrew Walker
Nathaniel Cochran
Robert Livingston
Thomas Willson
John Smith
Thomas JNbColom
James Cochran
James Willson
Alexander Willson
William Beard
John Crown
Tobias Butler
Robert Walker
James Gregg, Jr
Alexander Patterson
John M'Millan, Jr.
Robert Patterson, 3
Taylor Little
Archibald McAllster
William McNeill
Robert Burns
Daniel McMillan
Archd McMillan
Robert Campbell
Josiah McNeill
William Blair
James Gregg
Benja Woodberry
Joseph Hesselton
John Davis
Samuel Boyd
John Cochran Jr.
Livermore Langdell
L' William Boyes
Lt Wm Livingston
En. Alexander Gregg
Henry Woodberry
Benja Dodge
James Caldwell
Josiah Warren
Eliphalet Dustin
Robert Patterson Jr.
Jacob Hooper
David Scobey
William JNPNeil
Jonathan Gove
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin Jr
Robart White
Robart Bold
Daniel McAllester
John McAllester
William Kelso
William Campbell
Barnabas Mcginis
Josiah Morgan
Robert McGaw
Thos Karr
Neniah Cochran
John Carter
Lesley Gregg
Aaron Tally?
Nehemiah Dodge
Solomon Moor-V.D.M.
Alexander Kelso
John Burns
Allen Moor
Daniel Kelso
George Cresty
William Moor
Petter Cochran
John M'Millan
David ilanderson
Robert Patterson
John Blear
Mathew Donovan
Samuel Smith
John Steward
William Clark
Jesse Cristy
Ninian Clark
John Gordon
James McFerson
Paul McFerson
James McFerson Jr
Robart Willson
James Doak, Jr
James Willson
John Willson
John McIntosh
Ruben Smith
Andrew Walker, Jr.
John Donovan
Andrew Yack
John Livingston
Jacob Ober
Thomas Cochran
John Cochran
James Hunter
John Hunter
Daniel McNeill
Hugh Gregg
108.
New Boston August ye 26, 1776. Gentlemen, agreeable
to your Hon1' orders we have published this paper and the
names of subscribers are as follows :
A true return
Ni11 Clark
Daniel McAllister
Selectmen.
SIGNERS IN NEW CASTLE.
Jos. Frost
Geo. Frost Jr.
William Neal
jRich'1 Yeaton
Sam1 Clarke
'John Simpson
Henry Prescott
Robert White
Stephen Barton
256
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Matthew Bell
Abraham Trefethen
Paul Randall
Thomas Locke
John Lear
John Treften 3d
Tho8 Trundy
Willm Gody
Benjamin Yeaten
Isaac Smith
Stephen Chase, Jr.
Elias Tarlton
Meshack Bell, Jr.
Ephraim Amazeen
James Neal
Sampson Bell
John Card
The Names of
paper
'David Mitchal Jr
iAbednego Bell
Joshua White
William Vennard
Nath1 Batson
John Tarlton
Meshack Bell 3d
Thomas Bell
Henry Card
John Amazeen
Edward Card
John Treffren, Jr.
Thomas Gondy
Samuel Langmade
Isaac Pridham
John Colleyem
Benja Bell, Jr
Noah Sherburne
John Odiorne
Samuel Odiorne
Christopher Amazeen
Stephen Laury
Henry Langmaid
Willson Trundy
Edward White
Abra. Trefethen, Jr
Robert Martin
his
Henry X Foss
mark
William Tredick
John Seavey
William Jones
57.
those who have Refused to Signe the within
Stephen Batson
Rich'1 Yeaton, Jr. a soldier
John Kanear
William Clark.
SIGNERS IN NEWINGTON.
True Sons of Liberty.
Richd Downing
Samel Shackford
John Nutter
Richd Downing, Jr
Bartholomew Downing
Josiah Downing
Henry Hart
Thomas Trickey
John Hart
Nicholas Pickern
Ephraim Pickering
John Benson
Nathaniel Hart
John Stoodly
Jonthon Hoyt
John Gee Pickreing
Thomas Pickreing
Hatevil Nutter
James Stoodly
Joseph Nutter
James Colman
Hutson Peavey
Joseph Adams
John Pickreng
Timothy Dame
Jethro Furber
Ezekiel Gil Adams
Phineas Coleman Jr
Jonathan Trickey
Joseph Dame
Eliphelet Dame
John Trickey
Joseph Plight
Joseph Colbath
Samuel Fabbyan
Joshua Nutter
Hatevil Nutter
John Ilodgeton Jr
George Lai gh ton
Joseph Colman
Anthony Vincent
Levi Furbur
Nehemiah Furbur
John Hodgdon
Issachar Dame
Samuel Shackford, Jr
William Furbur
Phinehas Coleman
John Dame
Edward Brassbridge
John Coleman
John Hoyt
James Nutter
D ? Bickford
Thomas Pinder
Nathan Huntriss
Christopher Huntress
Isaachar Wiggin
Mark Miller
Benjamin Hodgsdon
John Fabyan
Benjamin Pickering
Benjamin Miller
Ichabod Bickford
Joel Leighton
Christopher Nutter
Nelson Downing Nutter
Joseph Huntress
Samuel Rawlings
1770.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
257
William Huntress
James Pickering
Rich11 Pickering
Winthrop Pickering
James Nutter
Paul Rawlins
[Joseph Rawling
John Downing
|Samuel Fabyan, Jr. G7.
Gentn agreeable to the within notified all persons as or-
dered and desired 'ym to sign, 3.
And Capt Joseph Pattinson, Benja Adams Esqr Noah Raw-
lings, denyd signing
Attest,
Attest,
Samuel Shackford
Jethro Furber
Tim? Dame
Samuel Fabyan
Richard. Downing
Samuel Shackford
John Nutter
Eph. Pickering j
Committee of Safety of ye Colony of N.
N. B. This paper stood up at the meeting house door
three Sabbaths.
Selectmen.
Committee
of
Correspondence.
Hamp1'
SIGNERS IN NEW MARKET.
John Perkins
Thos Tash
Sam. Baker
Sam1 Gilman
Benj. Mead
John Mason
William Shriggens
John Tash
Jonathan Robinson
Joseph Sanborn
Joseph Smith
Walter Bryent, Jr
Jacob Brown
John Waston
Josiah Burnham
Joshua Brackett
Nicholas Hartford
Samuel Burleigh
John Folsom
Thomas Bennett
Ichd Brackett
Tho. Churchill
Zebulon Doe, Jr
Joseph Young, Jr
Andw Bowman
Asa Wiggins
17
John Cooke
Jonathan Doe
Jonathan S Dudley
David Chapman
Robert Jackson
Samuel Ward
Benjamin Stevens
Lewis Kennison
David Folsom
Edward Smith
Edward Hilton Jr.
John Young
Job Sawey?
Simeon Folsom
Morgan Connor
Walter Bryent
Josiah Adams
John Meder
Jeremy Bryent
Nathaniel Ewer
Jeremiah Foss
William Renton
Levi Folsom
John Mead
Nath1 Gilman
Levi Pickering
Jacob Burley
John Bennet, Jr.
John Bennet
Cotton Bennet
Josiah Bennet
Arthur Bennett
John Folsom
James Goodwin
Robert Goodwin
Zebulon Dudee
Jonathan Wigen
David Wiggin
Benjamin Stephens
Peter Drowne
Ruben Doe
John Weeks
Bradstreet Doe
Josh. Clark
Wentworth Cheswill
Zebulon Doe 3d
Joseph Folsom
Enoch Stevens
Jonathan Colcord
Joseph Colcord
Walter Neal
Gideon Colcord
260
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
T1776.
The Colony of New Hampshire.
North Hampton June 7th 1776.
To the Honourb1 Comittee of Safety, according to the
within order of yours we have Procured all the names of our
Parish according as your Honours Desired as is attested by
us.
Abraham Drake ~\ Selectmen
David Marston \ of
Christopher Smith ) North Hampton
SIGNERS IN NORTHWOOD.
Joseph Demeret, Capt
of the Parish.
Eliphalet Taylor
Joshua Furbur
Daniel Hoit
John Durgin
William Wollaia
Increas Batchelder
Israel Hodgdon
Moses Godfree
Abraham Batchelder
William Blake
Daves Batchelder
Thomas Truland
Richard Garland
Benj. Johnson
N at h aniel T wombly
Elijah Carswell
Richard Carswell
Stephen Rawlians
Jonathan Knolton
Jonathan Clark
Benjamin Wadleigh
Sharborn Dearborn
Zabulen Norris
Nathaniel Chandler
.Jonathan Sanborn
Elias Philbrick
John Wadleigh
Thomas Piper
Francis James
John Sherburne
Samuel Sherburn
Reuben Morgin
Sherburn Blake
Jonathan Blake
Levi Dearborn
Asahel Blake
Henry Sanborn
Plenary Dearborn
Phinehas Blake
'Nicolas Blake
Simon Wadleigh
Robert Hill
David Knowles
Benj. Hill
Valentine Kinson
William Prescott
Moses Johnson
Sam11 Johnson
Solomon Bickford
Caleb Clough
Morris Lamprey
Nathaniel Morril, Jun.
Nath' Morrill
John Bickford
Samuel Bartlet
Stephen Hoit
Benjamin Jonson,
Timothy Caswell
John Batchelder
Joseph Durgin
Thomas Knowlton. 61,
Jr
Daniel Sawyer Refuses to sine this making plees that he
is of a quaker Princabel. 1.
SIGNERS IN NOTTINGHAM.
J. Mills
Benjamin Butler
Joseph Morrill
Josiah Clark
Thomas Healey?
Frances Kenston
Joseph Cilley
Jonathan Davis
Benjamin Shaw
Epluaim Durgin
Thomas Bartlet
Alexander Lucy
Henry Butler
Vowel Leathers
Abner Clough
Cutten Cilley
William Gill
John Harvey
Rice Row t'll
John Wells
Ziphaniah Butler
John Ford
Joseph Jackson
Quick Preast
John Brown
Volintine Hill
Samuel Gray
Mason Rendel
Daniel Demis
Jacob Burnam
1776. J
ASSOCIATION TEST.
261
John Bickford
William Welch
Thomas Bickford
Robert Davis
John Wille
Samuel Burnam
James Glass
Samuel Daniels
Nathaniel Hale
Jonathan Willey
Samuel Scads?
Abraham Knight
John Giles
Aaron Hayes
Gideon Straw-
Israel Ran del
Will'" Cloys?
John McCrilles
Rob. Evans
Asa Guile
Nathaniel Randel
Samuel Brasa
Charles McCoy
Frances Trickey
Hezekiah Randel
State of
New Hampshire
Edward Foote
Thomas Whitehorn
J nl in Whitehorn
Paul Gerrish
John Shaw, Jr.
Thomas George
Andw Simpsone
Benjamin Stokes
Cliarles Furnil
Ham. Libbey
Joseph Robinson
Moses Davis
Daniel Young
Joshua Trickey
Joseph Whittier
Joseph Hodgdon
Simeon Ladd
Jonathan Foss
Enoch Page
Joseph Garman
John Nealley
Jonathan Gove
Abednego Leathers
Benja Winslow
Ichabod Row
John Hutchcrson
.John Gile
John Chesle
John Nelley, Jr
Joshua Stearns
William Nelley
Thomas Odel
Robert Morrison
James Kelsey
John Shaw
Nicholas Leathers
Jonathan Laugley
Abel Leathers
Thomas McConnelly
Benjamin Jackson
Solmon Davis
Abner Davis
Nicholes Brown .
Sawyer Chesle
John Kesear
John Collet
Jonathan Rollings
John Hany
Winthrop Colbath
104.
) Pursuant to the within Precept we have
Presented this Covenant to the Inhabi-
tants of the Town of Nottingham and
the Parsons that Refuse to sign it are
on a Seperate Paper
August 16th 1776. Vowel Leathers ) Select
Thos Bartlet ( men.
A List of the men
Refuse to Sign the Cov
Committee of Safety in
* Abraham Scails
Philip Bartlet
* Nathaniel Groodhu
Noah Barker
John Shepard
*John Banfill
* Joseph Nealley
*John Bartlet
* Thomas Hines
Thomas Foss
Frances Harvey
Frances Harvey. Jr
*Mdad Langley
in the Town of Nottingham that
enant sent to the Select men by the
Aprill Last, viz.
Moses Davis
Fdmund Hodgdon
Samuel Gove
*Jolvn Watson
* James Watson
Nathan Watson
Josiah Watson
*Benja Watson
Benja Whitcher
Daniel Rogers Esq.
James Bean
James Thurston
25.
262 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Nottingham August 16th 1776.
[1776.
Vowel Leathers ) Select
Thos Bartlet \ men.
N. B. Them with this marke * Have advanced money
for to Hire Men to go to Crown Point.
SIGNERS IN NOTTINGHAM WEST (now Hudson.)
Asahel Blodget
Asa Davis
David Cumings
Jn° Caldwell
Daniel Wyman
James Caldwell
Alexander Caldwell
James Caldwell, Jr
Samuel Caldwell
William Merrill
James Ford
Abra Page
Seth Wyman
John Hazeltine, Jr
Henry Huey
Jonathan Bradley
John Haseltine
Samuel Smith
Ichabod Esman
Edward Farmer?
Timothy Emerson
Robert Stuart
Samuel Wason
Jona Searls
Moses Barret
Joseph Caldwell
Thomas Caldwell
Eliphalet lladley
Thomas Wason
Eliphalet Hadley, Jr.
Moses Hadley
Parit Hadley
Stephen Hadley
John Campbell
Thos Searls
David Glover
Nicholas Eastman
Page Smith
John Strickland
Timothy Emerson
Joseph Watson
Joseph Gould
Samuel Moor
Stephen Chase
Jonathan Bloget
Samuel Burbank
Samuel Burbank, Jr
Amos Kinney
Nath1 Hardy
Timothy Smith
Amos Pollard
Richd Cutter
Nathel Lewes
Sanders Bradbury
Samuel Marsh
Benja Marshall
Eleazar Cumings
Ebenezar Cumings
Daniel Hardy
Samuel Hills
Philip Hills
Seth Hadley
Simeon Barret
Isaac Barret
Oliver Hills
Richard Hardy
Joseph Pollard
Jeremiah Hills
William Hills
Richard Marshall
Thomas Marsh
Elijah Hills
Thomas Hills
Ezekiel Hills
Peter Cross
William Burns
Nathn1 Merrill Jr
Isaac Merril
Samuel Durent
John Merril
Abel Merril
Justus Dakin
Samuel Polled
Joshua Chase
Stephen Gouch
Stephen Lowel Jr
Benja Whitemore
Moses Johnson
Nath1 Merril
Samuel French
George Burns, Jr.
Sam1 Greele
Sam1 Greele, Jr.
Joseph Blodget
Joseph Winn
Joseph Winn, Jr.
Ebenezer Polord
Jirmiah Plaget
Timothy Polard
Abiethar Winn
Jonathan Hardy, Jr
Ezekiel Chase
John Walker
John Polard
Nathel Merril, Jr
Stephen Chase, Jr
John Pollard, Jr
Samuel Burbank
George Burns
Ebenezer Dakin
Levi Daken
Henry Hale, Jr
Henery Hale
John Hale
Andrew Swasy?
James Wason
David Tarble?
Thos Hamblet
118.
In Obedience to the within Request we have Desired all
1770.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
263
the Persons Present therein to Signe, & find none to Refuse
Except Capt Joseph Kilty. 1.
Dated at Nottingham west
this 3d day of June, AD. 1776.
Samuel Marsh ) Selectmen
Jno Caldwell > of
William Burns ) Nottingham West
SIGNERS IN PACKERSFIELD (now Nelson).
Aaron Beel John Spinney
Absolom Fairwil Beniamen Nurs
William Beal John French
Joseph Mason John Newhall
Richard Farwell IPhilip Bailash
Amos Skinner John Adams
Nath1 Breed jJames Phillips
Abijah Brown Jonathan Nichols
Joel Wight Henry Bemies
William Follet John Estabrook
Timothy Farley [Benimin Nurs: Jr
James Bancroft Amos Child
Joseph Stanhope John Farwell
Eleazer Twitched |
In obedience to your Honners we Have faithfully Dischard
the Duty Requested Desiring Each man To sine this Cove-
nant within our laments all which Have sind except Mager
Breed Batchellor 1.
Q i . f{ Joseph Stanhope
Selectmen of JoRN g
Packerfield Eleazer Twitchbl
Thomas Upham
Nathanael Breed, Jr.
Jonathan Felt
Noah Day
Bunker Clark
David Marshall
Edmunds Taylor
his
Samuel X Everit
mark
John Morse
Reuben Wellman
John Stroud 38.
SIGNERS IN PEMBROOKE.
Will'" Cochran
Sam1 Daniell
David Abbot
William Carlton
Job Abbot
Nath1 Ambrose
Thomas Cunningh;
David Lovejoy
Chandler Lovejoy
Sam1 Abbot Jr
Benja Whittemore
Benjamin Holt
James Head
Nath. Head
Richard Head '
Samuel Lakman
Nathaniel Lakeman
Nathaniel Lakeman.
Josiah Hagget
Joshua Phelps
Samuel Smith
John Lad
John Cochran, Jr.
William Fife
|Francis Doyne
John Fife
Robt Simpson
Joseph Simpson
James Fife
Jr Nath1 Head
John Head
Lovewell Baker
Joseph Baker
Thomas Baker
John White
William Bard
264
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1771
Elias Whittemore
Samuel Abbot
Moses Tyler
Nathan Holt
Mikel Kimball
Jereh. Wardwell
Joshua Tyler
James Robinson
David Frye
William Martin
Edward Smith
John Carlton
John Knox
Lemuel Stickney
Asa Foster
Joseph Swett
Samuel Kimball
Caleb Foster
Moses Foster
John Ayer
Stephen Bartlet
Sam11 Jennes
Joseph Parker
Jeremiah Morgan
Xath1 Gilman
Peter Gilman, Jr
Benja Piper
Aaron Whittemore
Daniel Noyes
Asa Foster
David Kimball
Richard Bartlet
Joseph Emery, Jr
Ambrose Goold
John Moor
Dean Merrill
Thomas Morse
Joshua Kimball
Isaac "White
William Kimball
Jonathan Eliot
Thos. Robertson
James Knox
John Sanders
Moses McConnell
Robart Stinson
Robert Moor
Jacob Doyne
Ichabod Robie
James Robertson
Sam11 Kelley
Will'" Frier
James Cochran, Jr.
Jonathan Bartlet
Nehemiah McDaniel
Robert M 'Daniel
James Martin
John Cochran
John Mc"Daniel
Peter Robenson
Ezekiel Gilman
Leut. James Coffrin
John Moor
Willm Knox
Solomon Whitehouse
Penprat(?) Whitehouse
Joseph Cochran
Caleb Lovejoy, Jr
Caleb Lovejoy
William Man
Nathan Waite
Samuel Man
John Man
Samuel Noyes
James Cochran 3d
Richard Bryant
William Martin Jun
Samuel Connor
Fog? Holt
John Knox, Jr
James Man
Samuel Gault
Phedris McCuthe
Andrew Gault
Joseph Hemphill
John Cullimore
Jacob Emery
Levi Cater
John Connor
David Conner
Danieal McLucas
Gideon Piper
Timothy Knox 129.
Colony of New Hampshire, Sept 18th 1776.
To Honourable Committee of Safety.
In Compliance with the within order we have Re-
quested all the males as Directed, and the names under
written are all within our Precints that have Neglected to
subscribe the within Declaration viz :
Rcv'd Daniel Mitchel
Capt Benj. Norris
Capt Sam1 McGonnel
Dea. John Man
Sam1 Parlce7'
Will"1 Robertson
And10 Robertson
James Cunningham
Zebelon Robinson
David Abbot
Will1" Cochran
Sam1 Daniell
Select men
177G.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
2QL
SIGNERS IN PETERBOROUGH.
Neal Hammell
Thomas Morison
Thomas Cuningham
James Templeton
Thomas Davidson
Samuel Miller Jr
William McNee, Jr.
James Cuningham
Alexander Stewart
Aaron Brown
Sam. Mitchel
Charles White
"William Swan
Sam11 Houston
W'» White
John White
William White
David White
Samuel Miller Jr
James Richey
William M'Nee
John Scott
William Smith
William McCay
James Robbe
Joseph Hammell
Jonathan Whelloek
John Gragg, Jr
Robert Smith
John Smith
Moses Cunningham
William MacKeen
John White Jr
L W? Moore
"William Robbe
William Miller
Sam1 Mitchel
John Youngg
Abraham Holms
Jn° Mitchel
David Steel
Isaiah Taylor
Charles Stuart
Samuel Gregg
"William Spear
Kalso Gray
Matthew Templeton
William Scott
Thomas Steel
James Taggart
Elijah Puffer
Dan'l Mack
Samuel Miller Jr
Alexander Robbe
Sam11 Flagg
Samuel M°Alester
Robert Gray
Jn° Butler
Isaac Mitchell
Thomas Stuart
-John Blair
John Teggeat
James Hockley
William Moore
John M'Murphy
Rob' Morrison
Thomas Turner
John Smith
John Morrison
Thos Morrison, Jr.
Joth1 Blanch ard
Sam1 Cuningham
Robert Willson
John Gregg
Timothy Miner
Hugh Willson
Sam. Willson
James Willson
John Willson
John White
Benja Mitchel
David Ames
Adams Gragg
Richard Burke Piercy
Doctor of the 29 Reg-
iment a foot 84.
Peterborough, June 17th 1776. Pursuant to the Within Re-
quest the Inhabitants of the said Town of Peterb0 Hath Sub-
scribed their names to the within Resolves of the Continental
Congress —
James Templeton
Sam1 Cuningham
William McNee
SIGNERS IN DORCHESTER & PIERMONT.
[Dorchester names are not given.]
INHABITANTS IN PIERMONT
John Richards
Thomas Gregg
John McCorniel
David Tyler
Ebenezer. Tyler
Jonathan Tyler
David ?
John Sawyer
Enos Sawyer
David Tyler, Jr
Frances Trenton
Andrew Crook
John Patterson
Uriah Stone
Bunker Medcalf
266
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Benj. Stone
Ephraim Patterson
Abner Chandler
Solomon Bailey-
Isaac Patterson
Benja Patterson Esq
Jones? Case
jThomas Davis, Jr
|Noah Foord
Jonathan Chandler
Joseph Webb
Daniel Tyler
Thomas Crook
Seth Foord
Ephraim Root
Charles Crook
Azariah Webb
Thomas Davis
John Weed
Charles Webb
35.
All the Inhabitants of age according to ye within Direction
have signed Except those that are in ye Continental Con-
gress—
Test John Patterson ^
John Weed \> Gom**
Joseph Webb
Jonathan Chandler
SIGNERS IN PORTSMOUTH.
Meshech Weare
Nath1 Folsom
E. Thompson
Stepn Evans
Pierse Long
P. White
John Dudley
H. Wentworth
Thos Hart
Will1" Pearne
George Kiug
Geo. Turner
Geo. Wentworth
Supply Clap.
John Langdon
Joseph Bass
Josh. Wentworth
John Penhallow
Sam1 Penhallow
William Langdon
John F urn aid
Joseph Simes
George Gains
Mark Seavey
Joseph Pitman
Thomas Gains
Joseph Akerman
his
Josiah X Savage
mark
his
Benja X Quint
mark
George Ham
Benja Akerman
Walter Akarman
Barnet Akarman
John Bartlett
William Parker
Daniel Brewster
Daniel Lunt
William Brewster
Benjamin Welch
Nehemiah Rowell
George Hart
George Hart, Jr
Rendal F urn aid
'John Sherburne
.Nathaniel S Griffith
Thomas Ransom
Jacob Tilton
Joseph AValker
|James Hart
Luke Foster
Thomas Sanger
Elisha Hill
Joseph Cotton
Jn° Hart 3d
Samuel Briard
Moses Woodward
Nahum Ward
George Libbey
Sam. Cutts
George Dame
George Massey
James Dwyer
David Call
Th° Martin
Jn° Greenleaf
Mark Nelson
Peter Man
Jam8 Gooch
Henry Gardner
Nath1 Folsom
Shackford Seaward
Kinsman Peverly
Joseph Seaword
Joseph Ayers
Benj. Bigelow
William Martin
Samuel Walker
James P. Thing
John Gooch
Dan1 Fowle
iKeith Spence
; Charles Bannll
Tim Mountford
Benj. Austin Jr.
Samuel Hill
Mark Fernald
Gilbert Fernald
Jonas Austin
A. MTntyer
Rob. Robertson
Jos. Allcock
Thomas Moses
Thomas Leigh
John Moffatt
Richard Wilson
Thomas Palmer, Jr.
1770.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
2G7
Tobias Walker
W1" Wilson
John Akerman
his
John X Hutching
mark
Henry Nutter
Hugh Henderson
George Hull
Thomas Thompson
Perkins Ayers
Tobias Warner
John Pike
James Grouard
G. Durriell
Stephen Sumner
Jacob Treadwell
Geo. Dorg
Wm Walker
Nath1 Treadwell, Jr
James Haslett
Theodore Moses
Sam1 Moses
Charles Treadwell
W. E. Treadwell
Charles Waters
Sam1 Bowles
John Clarke
Robert Hart
Cotton Mathers Stevens
John Demett
George Waten
Temple Knight
Clem1 Jackson
Daniel Grant
John Davenport
Samuel Service
Sam1 Hutchings
Joseph Jackson
George King, Jr
Wm Knight
Wm Gardner
Phillip Pendexter
George Homans
Nath1 Sherburne
Will1" Stanwood
William Gunnison
David Macclure
John Noble
Dan1 Pierce
Moses Ross
Joseph Low
Alexander Greenlow
Jacob Sheafe, Sen ,
Sam Sherburne
William Marshall
James Swett
D. Sherburne
Nath. Treadwell
Preson? Dan el
Edwd Sherburn
Jonathan Ayers
Rich* Mills
Jacob Mills
Jona Shillaber
Joseph Shillaber
William Ham, Jr.
John Reed
bis
John X Markmahawn
mark
J. Whipple
Hall Jackson
Henry Seaward
his
Sain1 X Lear
mark
Wm Apple ton
John Gregory
George Jackson
Stephen Meeds
Richd Fitzgerald
Joshua Crosset
Samuel Gate
A. R. Cutter
Abner Blasdel
Eliphalet Daniell
Noah Peirce
Giles Seaward
Gershom Flagg
Samuel Tripe
Richd Langdon
Richd Champney
Samuel Sherry
John Page?
Joseph Benson
James Hight
John Hart Jr
Jn° Jackson
Thos Bowles
Jo. Boyd
Jn° Briard
Nath1 Pike
John Ayers
Joshua Pike
Rob' Furniss
Henry LaDg
Mark Noble
Benjamin Newmarch
John Marden
James Marden
Sam1 Heck
Nath1 Pitman
Josiah I^each
Edward Pendexter
Calleb Currier
Timothy Ham
his
Thomas X Currier
niark
Daniel Hart
Joseph Leach
Sam1 Jackson
Edmund Davis
Richard Jackson
Joseph Ham
John Tuckerman
Jn° Tuckerman, Jr
Nath1 Mondum
John Langdon
Rd Hart
his
Edward X Lamprey
mark
Jeremiah Libbey
Benjamin Reed
Jonathan Huntress
his
Thomas X Priest
mark
James Stoodly, Jr
Samuel Ham, Jr.
John X Dury's mark
William Palmer
Joseph X Wink all's
mark
Peter Keimisson
Thomas Mead
David Brewster
George Read
William Welch
Alex. Winn?
John Hooper
Sam1 Aris
Edmd Butler
Benj. Partridge
John Collens
Henry Carter
William Vaughan
his
William X White
mark
268
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
his
John y Varrel
murk
his
Joseph \ Clark
mark
John White
Edward Ayers
his
Jeremiah X Claney
mark
Edward Lowd
Rich'1 Harvey
Reuben Snell
Valentine Nutter
Richard AVare
Joseph "Weeks
John Beck
George Gehone?
Mich11 Fowler
Clement March
Geo. Marshall, Jr.
James Whiteaker
George Marshall
John Marshall, Sen
John Marshall, Jr
John Williams
Moses Feren
William Richards
John Gunnison
his
William X Gibbs
murk
Richd Trusdel
Alexander Jones
Joseph Damrell
Daniel Jackson, Jr
James Fall
Gupey Stoodley
John Grant
Richard Kitson
Ben]. G. Carter
Joseph Moulton
Sam1 Dallino;
R. Wibird Penhallow
Richard Talpey Jr
John Lang
John Pierce
Thomas Pierce Jr
John Stavers
Joseph Lowe
Edward Hart
Ezekiel Pitman
Daniel Lang
Sam11 Ham
Nath. Melcher
Eph. Ham
Sam1 Drowne
Henry Nutter
Frances MassuerreV
William Adams
John Melcher
James Mclnter
William Trefethen
James Drisco
Samuel Waterhouse
John Beck Jr.
Thomas Studley
Richard Sharman
John Pitman
Reuben Shapley
Ephraim Bennett
Thomas Maiming
Geo: Janvrin
Ebenezer Janvrins
James Arnold
Daniel Jackson
Ezekiel Gunraier?
Leverett Hubbard
Richard Wood
Simeon Akarmau
John Wendell
Thomas Clark
Sam11 Waters
his
Hugh X Ml'bride
mark
John Pickering
Thomas Sherburne
Robart Yeaton
Joseph Brotten
his
Benj. X Brotten
mark
William Hunt
Thomas Hodgson
Sam11 Haven
Sam11 Haven, Jr
Will"1 Jenkin
Benjamin Chandler
William Partredge
James Melcher
Benja Mackay
James Shores, Jr
Abiah Holbrook
William White
Nahum Akarman
Nath1 Dennet
Henrv Sherburne
James Hill
Jeremiah Dennet
Dennis Hight
Benjamin Hodgdon
Daniel Walker
Richard Elliot
his
ThoB X Hayley
mark
Nath1 Shannon
Abraham Elliot
Natt Gookin
Benjamin Miller, Jr
Moses Miller
Sam11 Thompson
Mark Walker
Pilancon Colbath?
Jonathan Quint
William Beck
William Thompson
Gideon Walker
Theodore Dame
John Thompson
Nath Jackson, senior
Nathaniel Jackson, Jr
Charles Hodgdon
William Ham
his
Thomas )( Ayers
mark
John Breton
William Beverly
John Dennett
his
Richard X Cutter
mark
his
Wm X Abbott
mark
Tho. Bickford
Henry Bickford
James Shores
Daniel Davis
William Walden
John Walden
Thomas Walden
his
Thomas X Pillar
mark
John Davis
Wm Blunt
Samuel Slade
Timothy Watson
his
Wm X Shores
mark
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
269
John Frost
John Lord
Nathan White
Rich'1 Evans
Peter Shores, Jr
James Clarkson
Obdeir Marshall
Peter Shores
Nathaniel Lear
James Ryan
John Shouers
Peter Ball
Andrew Sherburn
his
Richard X Monson
mark
Richard White
Michael Frost
Amos Abbet
Wm Gale
Thomas Sherburne,
William Cotton
Robert Neall
Joseph Leigh
"William Furnell
Wm Cotton, Jr.
Samuel Ball, Jr
Nath1 Muchainore
Sam. Langdon
Joseph Langdon
Leader Neson
John Langdon
Samuel Beck
Nath1 Lang
Andrew Beck
John Sherburne
James Moses
Nadab Moses
John Melcher
Benja Lear
Samuel Larey ?
Joseph Tucker
A. Pepperrill
Sam11 Langdon, Jr.
Jr
Joseph Whidden
John Seveay
Nathaniel Cotton
Richard Tarlton
James Tarlton Jr
his
Wm X Cate, Jr
mark
John Norton
Mark Lang
Thomas Seavey
Samuel White Cate
Tho Marden
John Gardner
his
Geo. X Waldon
mark
his
John & Lane
John "ft Savage
mark
William Nelson
Caleb Brewster
Phinehas Hodgdon
Charles Randlett
Geo. Ayers
Thorn. Ayers
Samuel Whidden
liis
John X Leina
mark
his
Jeremiah X Homes
mark
his
Joseph X Norris
mark
George Sherburne
John Banfill
Joseph Banfill
Thomas Cotton
Sam11 Oakes
Tobias Banfill
Samuel Norris
Josiah Haines
Robert Holmes
James Frisbee
James Jones
David Swett
Enoch Huntress
[srael Marden
Tobias Lear
Fon8 Swett
Zebn Wiggin
Moses Brewster
his
Sam X Ham
mark
William Sherburne
Samuel Ball
Joshua Jones
John Moses
Wm Homes
James Jones
Aaron Moses
John Lewis
Elias Tarlton
John Leweis
Sam. Hall
Dan11 Evans
John Hooker
his
Joseph X Shaw
mark
Nathaniel Sherburne
William Parker
Jn° Parker
Michael Whidden
Josiah Clark
John Wheelwright
Joshua Brackett
John Seaward
Matthew Haslett
Thos Peirce
William Yeaton
J. Sheafe Jr
Paul Leighton
Richard Dolly?
Joseph Holbrook 509.
List of persons taken up in Portsm0 as being notoriously
disaffected to the Common Cause — Viz —
Isaac Rindge
William Hart
Peter Pears*
Hugh Henderson
Robert Robertson
270 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
John Peirce
William Torrey
Stephen Little
Oliver Whipple
Thomas Armet
James Sheaf e
John Stavers
Jonathan Warner
Nath1 Treadwell
James Hickey 15.
Pursuant to An Order to us directed, by the Committee of
Safety of this State, We have waited on every person in this
Town, and have tendered them the Association for signing,
and do herewith Return the said Association, and the Names
of those who have Refused to sign the Same. Viz1
Noah Parker
John Moore
Isaac Rindge
Thomas Aermet
Stephen Weeks
Alford Puttier
Chase Freeze
Eleazer Russell
Joseph Stacy Hastings
Sam1 Gardner
Theodore Atkinson
George Jaffrey
James Sheaf e
Mark H. Wentworth
Stephen Little
Dan. Warner
William Torrey
Jona Warner
William Hart
John Sherburne
Mag. Sam. Hale
Sam. Waters, Jr
Cotton Palmer
John Campbell
John Peirce [merch*]
Richard Tucker
Moses Noble
Giles Pickett
John Pliot
31.
Daniel Rogers. Absent at Nottingham
Peter Pearse d° at Newington
State of New Hamp,
Portsm0 14th Aug. 1776.
By order of the Com
tee H. Wentworth, Chairman.
Joseph Simes ) Q , .
Geo. Gains Select
William Langdon ) men
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
271
SIGNERS IN RABY (now Brooklinc).
George Russell
James Badger
Benjamin Muzzy
Randel MDonell
James Dickey
Nathell Patten
Lam so n Fa rns worth
Wi1' Hall
Denet Shaw, Jr
Eason Dix
Moses Lowell
Phinehaa Aken
Nath1 BadgeT
James Campbell
James Rallf
Swallow Tucker
Samuel Russell
George Woodward
.James M'intosh
Matliew Waless
Robert Sever
Isaac Shattuck
William Spaulding
23.
In Obedience to the Above Presept we have Taken the
Count and our men have shied it all.
We the Subscribers
Alex1 McIntosh ")
Benj. Sheattuck V Selectmen
Clark Brown J
SIGNERS IN RICHMOND.
Constant Barney
Jeremiah Thayer
Abraham Barrus
Nathaniel Whipple
Barnabas Thrusher
Israel Whipple
Oliver Barrows
John Danly
Isaac Benson
Daniel Read
Daniel Greens
John Scott
Michael Barrus
Alles Thayer
John Gansey
Jeremiah Thayer Jr
Ichabod Whipple
Dan Freeman
David Barney
Benjamin Thrusher
Ebenezer Barrus
Abraham Barrus, Jr
Timothy Robinson
Nehemiah Thayer
Dan Whipple
Othniel Day
Moses Tyler
Solomon Artherton
Azariah Comstock, Jr
Francis Norwood, Jr
Joseph Cass
Ebenezer Ornsbe
Reuben Parker
John Robinson
Peter Holbroock
Nathan Wodley
John Barrus
Joseph Kazey
James Kingsley
Amos Garnsey
Rufus Whipple
Jonathan Aretterton
Oliver Garnsey
Timothy Thomson
Ezra Ormsbee
James Westcott
Solomon aldrich
Eli Page
William Goddard
Henry In galls
Amos Hix
Jonathan Bozard
David Sheurman
Abner Aldrich Jr.
Simpson Hammond
Samoel Hix
Ephrm. Hix
Edmund Ingalls
Matturean fiallou
Richard Peters
Ebenezer Peters
Elezer Martin
Isrill Peters
John Woolley
Ebenezer Cole
Samuel Carpenter
Jonathan Jillson
John Elles
David Cass
Oliver Capron
Azariah Comstock
Seth Ballou
Moses Comstock
Ezra Day
Stephen Kempton
Jeremiah Bullock
Oliver Hix
Abiel Knap
Thomas Woolley
David Hix
Barnard Hix
Jacob Mump
Josiah Streaton
William Aldrich
Jonah Twitchel
Ephram Taft
Silas Taft
Abraham Man
Isquire Whipple
Grindel Thayer
-HAMPSHIRE.
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Thomas Craim
Moses Marten
I rten
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William
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Artemis Aldrieh
Enoch V
Paul Handy
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Jonathan (i
Israel PI
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Paul r
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Jonatfa
Daniel Peters 156.
A _ - AD. l\
John Danly \ men
a -•
q Why we the Subscribers do
notS fces f the Congress in taking up Armes
away the
ellow craters, not that wo .come out against the
s, at when ever we are
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Amos B L
Jeans A -is
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12.
SIGNERS L\ R1XDGE.
m Weiherbe
Jeremiah Towne
::i Carleton
Xehemiah Towne
Benja Bancroft
John Simonds
1776.]
Amasa Turner
Nathan Hubbard
John Page
John Toneshend
Ebenezer Locke
Jeremiah Chapman
Nathaniel Russell
Jacob Hobbs
John Dean
Salmon Stone
Enoch Hule
Seth Dean
Edward Jewett
Jonathan Sherwin
Abel Stone
Wm Russell
Nathaniel Page
Solomon Cutler
John Demary
John Handsom
Jonathan Sawtell
John Whitaker
James Crombie
John Sherwin
James Philbrick
Samuel Tarbell
Paul Fitch
Samuel Sherwin
James Wood
John Henaford
Richard Kimball
Ebenezer Chaplin
John Wetherbee
Benjamin Peirce
John Emery
Ebenezer Davis
Samuel Whitney-
James Cutter
Daniel Rand
Oliver Stevens
Solomon Rand
Jer^ Rnssell
Samuel Stanley
Joseph Stanley
Benjamin Lovering
Henry Godding
Joshua Webster
Ebenezer Shaw
ASSOCIATION TEST.
Joel Russell, Jr
Benj. Carlton
Abel Platts
Daniel Davis
Zebulon Converse
Isaac Wood
Benjamin Gould
Jona Ingalls
Josiah Ingalls
Jeremiah Norcross
Elisha Perkins
Caleb Winn
Joseph Plats
Page Norcross
Samuel Walker
Aaron Estey
Ezekiel Learned
Simon Davis, Jr
Richard Kimball, Jr
Daniel Russell
Jonathan Putnam
Stephen Jewet
David Hale
Nath1 Ingalls
Nehemiah Bowers
Richard Thompson
Samuel Rus
Francis Towne
Amos Davis
William Davis
Moses Hale
rge Lake
James Streetor
Richard Davis
James Carlton
Samuel IV. _
Deliverance Willson
Jeduthion Stanley
Jacob Gould
Elijah Rice
Israel Adams Jr
Caleb Huston
John Gray
Nathaniel Thomas
David Robbins
Oliver Gould
Jonathan Ball
John Thomson
Colony of New Hampsh1
273
Ichabod Thomson
Eleezer Coffeen?
Jephthan Richardson
Abij ah Haskell
Eliakim Darling
Asa Sherwin
Barnabas Carey
Benjamin Newman
Jehoshaphat Grout
John Lovejoy, Jr
John L
Othniel Thomas
John Buswell
Nehemiah Porter
Daniel Lake
Abel Plat
Reuben Page
Jonathan Town. Jr
Timothy Wood
Solomon Whitney
Israel Adams
Simon Davis
William Robbins
Jeabez Nor
Abel Perkins
Samuel Page
Joel Russell
Ezekiel Rand
John Ellis
''arker. Jr.
Jonathan Towne
Thomas Hutchinson
John Fitch
Jonh Parker
Asa Tyler
Sam" Parker
Ezekiel Jewett
Randall 1'
Simeon Ingalls
Henry Smith
Joshua Tyler
Daniel Grag
William Walton
Levi Mansfield
Benjamin Moore
David Adams
Samuel Adams
Daniel Adams
150.
Eindge, June y* 1st 1776.
In Obedience to the within Request we have desired all
18
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COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1778
Mali t to i ign the within Declaration ( e: cept
thoi o thai i ' cepted ) and i hey have ;ill Signed.
To th( Hon1 Genera) Assembly or the Hon™ Committee of
for 1 1": Colony of New I [ampshire
Edward Jewbti i Selectmen
.It. \'i HAN 8HERWIN \ of
Ai-.r.i. Stone J Rindge
[GNER8 in ROCHESTER.
In Con equence of 1 he resolution of the Hon. Continental
Congri , and to Shew our Determination In Joining with
i,ui A.merican Brethren in defending the Liven, Liberties and
the Inhabitants oi the I faited ( lolonies,
VVe tlie Subscribe] , do lierebj solemnly i ugagc and prom
ise that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the risque of
.mi Live and Poi I urn •.■■. i1 b A i m , oppoi e I lie I [osl ile pro
ceoding i of the Brittish Fleets and armies, against the Unii
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I*. I Kimball
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Jo i oh Dame
Danli i Wat on
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Thoma Ham
Jo ,,.i, Knight
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David Lalghton
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COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[171
The undernaned persons are of the Society of Friends and
do not Choose to Sign —
Elijah Tebbets
Elijah Tebbets, Jr
John Tebbets
Ezekiel Tebbets
Joseph Tebbets
Muzzy Gould
David Tebbets
Robert Tebbets
Mordecai Varney
David Varney
Moses Yarney
Rochester
By
Mose Yarney, Jr
Moses Austin
Eben1' Yarney
John Cloutman
Thomas Cloutman
Jonathan Dame
Isaac Twambly
Benja Meeder
Nath1 Meeder
Joha Meeder
Joseph Meeder 22.
15th Oct. 1775.
order of the Committee
A True Copy
Attest, Eben1' Tebbets, Clk.
Sam11 Jenness
Wm Davison
James Perkins
Jonathan Brown
Isaac Dow
Moses Seavey
Sam11 Seavey Jr
Robinson Treferrin
Nathan Towl
Samuel Seavey
Jeremiah Berry, Jr
Benjamin Garland
Nathan Goss
Peter Johnson
James Lock
Joshua Lock
James Goss
John Blunt
Levi Towl
Simeon Towle
Jonathan Lock
Trustham Sleeper
John Jenniss
Francis Jenness
Jona Jenness
Francess Jenness, Jr
Job Brown
SIGNERS IN RYE.
Bickford Lang-
Nicholas Dolbar
Joseph Sevey
Joel Ame
Olem Lowel, Jr?
Samuel Wells
Jonathan Goss
Marifeld Berry
Joseph Parsons
Benjamin Marden
Nathaniel Marden, Jr
Samuel Marden
Robart Sanders
Robart Sanders Jr
William Marden
Sam11 Marry
Simon Johnson
Ben Marden
Job Foss
Joathan Berry
George Randall
Joseph Hall
Jonathan Towl, Jr
Jacob Berry
David Smith, Jr
Joseph Marden
Nathaniel Rand
James Hobbs
John Lock, Jr
Benjamin Marden
Jeremiah Lock
Joseph Lock Jr
Richard Lock
Richard Lock 3
Joseph Lock
Alaxander Salter
Samuel Knowles, Jr
William Seavey, Jr
Samuell Hut chin
Joseph Rand
Arther Lebbee
Amos Seavey
James Seavey
Samuel Doustfoss ?
Paul Seavey
John Webster
Ebenezer Wallis
Joseph Rand
Mark Randall
Daniel Moulton
Thomas Wasson
William Seavey
Elexander Lear
Samuel Wallis
1776.J
ASSOCIATION TEST.
277
Samuel Wallis, Jr
John Band
William Kerry, Jr
Ephraxm Daucas
Levi Goss
Solomon Verrell
Reuben Moulton
Jonathan Philbrick
Nathaniel Jennes
John Jennes
Sam1 Jenness Jr
Rich'1 Jennes 3d
Job Jennes
Titus Philbrick
Elijah Lock
Peter Johnson, Seyner
Peter Garland
Nehemiah Moulton
William AVormwood
David Lock
Joseph Philbrick
Elijah Lock
Mikel Dalton
Job Jennes Jr
Jonathan Hobbs
[John Rand
JNathenill Rand
I Nathaniel Marden
William Morrison
Joseph Seavey
Joseph Yeaton
Wallis Foss
Richard Jenness
Richard Jennes
Jeremiah Berry
[Henry Elkins
Abraham Libbee
Simon Galland
Samuel Knowles
Samuel Rand
Samuel Elkins
Reuben Philbrick 123.
According to the above Preserpe, we the said Seleck men
of Rye has apilied to the inhabitants of said town and
sinied the above Preseip in full
Joseph Jenness
Nath1 Rand
Richaed Brown
SIGNERS IN SALEM.
William Hall
Amos Dow-
Evan. Jones
Nathaniel Woodman
Joseph Sanders
Jonathan Massey
Daniel Gordon
Benjamin Mosby?
Rapha Hall
Jonathan Corlis
Moody Morse
Jona Wheeler
RiclV1 Dow, Jr
Jacob Hardy
Nath1 Dow
John Morland
Josiah Hardy
Zech. Woodber
Richard Dow
Simon Johnson
Alexander Gorden
Phinehas Swan
Timothy Sargent
Abraham Amy
Seth Patee
Israel Woodbery
John Woodbery
John Morill Jr?
Joseph Hull, Jr.
Jesse Morill
John Morill
Timothy Merill
Daniel Corlis
Abraham Dow
Solomon Cole
James Sanders
Richd Kelly
Jonathan Gordon
Timothy Duston
Israel Young
Daniel Ladd
James Hastings, Jr
Timothy Johnson
Daniel Massey
Richard Kimball
John Bayley
William Tapley
Percy Dow
Stephen Currier
John Bayley Jr
Abiel Cross
Oliver Kimball
his
Josiah y Rowell
mark
William Bayley
Nath1 Merrill
John Smith
Israel Hull
David Nevens
Richard Hennesee
Sampon Wheeler
Stephen Wheeler
Abner Wheeler
James Hall
William Smith
Samuel Kelly
Nath1 Belknap
Jess Smith
Obadiah Eastman
Timothy Swan, Jr.
Thomas Dow
James Hastings,
Jeremiah Dow
Caleb Duston
Joseph Carlton
Iris
Joshua X Bayley, Jr
278
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Benoni Powell
David Copp
Jere. Foster
Samuel Johnson
Henry Little
John Johnson
Abbit Pettenatin
iBarnard Kimball
Daniel Haseltine \
mark
Thomos ?
Benj1 Wheehr
Abijah Wheelr
Jonathan Hesseltine,Jr. Tov \v v,f,„
, , 0 .,, James w ebster
John Aston
William Clough, Jr
John Clough
John Lowel
Parley Merrill
Adam Cole
Oliver Kimball.
Joshua Hall
Jx
Isael Smith
Phinehas Gordon
John Kinkead
Jonathan Daley
Samuel Day
Joseph Wright
Joseph Perkins
Timothy Swan
Joshua Swan
Asa .Mors
Solomon Smith
James Moorland
"William Moorland
Simon Bradford
John Bradford
John Corning
Thmas Macglaton
William Smith
Joseph Cresey
Asa Toilless V
William Gordon
Richard Messer
John Moor Bayley
David Bayley
Nehemiah Stanwood
Jonathan Hesseltine
James Corlis\ his mark ''^j;lh C1?»«h
Ben? Bixby William Ayer
John Carlton
lbullev Currier
Silas Wheeler
John Currier
Eliphalet Knight
Tho" Robinson
Nat Woodbery
Joseph Hull
Daniel Merrill
Hugh Campbell
Hugh Campbell, jr
Andrew Campbell
Joshua Bayly
Peter Duston
Asa Powell
John LanMser
Henry Lankiest
Aimer Bayley — raster
of the church.
William Sanders
Sam11 Sanders
hia
Abiel)( Asian
mark
Israel Ob©
Joseph Hariss
William Clement
Christopher Clment
Josiah Thissel
Jonathan Bayley, Jr
John Lowel. Jr
Henry Woodbery
Samuel Aver
his
Jonathan & Steven
mark
David Merrill
Benjamin Bixby Jr
Edward Patee '
Nath1 Gorrell
John Ellinwood
Nathan Webster
Benj* Rawlings
Jonathan Smith
Joseph Ordway
John Currier
Matthew Taylor
Caleb Marble 171.
To the Eonorable Committee of Safety for the Colony of
New Hampshire. Gent — .
We the Subscribers having shown the Declaration com-
monly called the Tost Bill to the Inhabitants of Salem as
by your Honors directed have found a number who have
neglected to sign Sd Test Bill whose names are as follows —
yiz —
Jesse Webster
Robert Young
William Leech
Joseph Merril
Dea Thomas Douglass
Peter Merril
JEbenezer Woodberry
Joshua Heath
David Ball
I>< a John Hall
John Keith
Nathan Asten
Wyman Clough
William Clough
Daniel Silver
Webster Emersion
1770. ]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
279
Jonathan Tenny
Oliver Saunders
Ebenezer Page
John Kelley
Enos Webster
John Ashby
Sam1 Hilton
Daniel Peasley Esq
Sam1 Clement
John Chase
John Clement
Capt. John Allein
Robert Ellingwood
Henry Saunders
Josiah Rowel, Jr
Phillip Rowel
Jacob Rowel
William TJiorn
Joseph Leech
Daniel Silver, Jr.
36.
William Hall ) . ,
Amos Dow footmen
RlCHARD MESSBE ) rf ^^
Dated Salem Augst 27th 1776—
SIGNERS IX SALISBURY.
Ebenezer Johnson
Sam Scribner
John Collin.-;
Reuben Greele
William Xuton
Benja Bean
Job Heath
Phinehas Bean
John Jam son
John Sanborn
Jacob True
John Gale
Moses Elkins
Rev. Jonathan Searle
Ebenezer Webster
Robert Smith
Andrew Pettingill
William Calef
Leonard Judkins
Jonathan Fifield
Edward Eastman
Shubael Grele
Benjra Hun toon
Jonathan Cram
David Pettingill
Joseph Bartlett
John Bow
William Webster
Jacob Garland
William Eastman
iJohn Fifield
| William Searle
Abel Tandey
jJeremiah Webster
I Edward Fifield
jMoses Garland
jEphrairn Heath
Eira Tucker
Eben. Tucker
Nathaniel Meloon
sHezekiah Foster
Nathaniel Meloon, Jr
Iddo Scribner
John Bean
jObadiah Peters Fifield
j Benjamin Scribner
Edward Scribner
Edward Scribner, Jr
[John Scribner
i Joseph Marston
iMoses Sawyer
John Challis
Bengman Grele
John Fellows
Ephraim Colby
| John Webster, Jr
Andrew Bohonan
Annieah Bohonan
Andrew Bonehon
Daniel Huntoon
Moses Selley
Gideon Dow
Nathan Colby
Joseph French
Stephen Call
Jacob Bohonon
.John Bowin
Benj — Sanborn
Joseph Basford
Daniel Scmell
John Webster
Isrell Webster
Robard Barber
Nathaniel Alar-ton
Matthew Pettingill
Ebenezer Clifford
Reuben Hoit
Joseph Fifield
Abel Elkens
Abraham Fifield
Richard Purmott
Danill Warran
Cutting Stevens
83.
This may Ceartfie the General Assembly or Commitey of
Safty of the Colony of New Hampshire, That we the Sub-
280
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
scribers have offered the within Declaration to the Inhabi-
tants of the Town of Salisbury, and tha Sign freely (Mr
Sinhler Bean and Joseph Bean excepted) 2.
Ebenezer Webster ^
Jonathan Fifield
Salisbury Sept. 12 : 177<
for
Salisbury
SIGNERS IN SANBORNTOWN.
Joseph Woodman
Chase Taylor
Abijah Sanborn
Benjamin Colby
Josiah Samborn
Jona Smith, Jr
Nicholas Clark
Jacob Smith
Ichabod Swain
Josiah Emery
James Gibson
Timothy Smith
Robert Smart
Ebenezer Morroson
John Thorn
Eliphelit Brown
John Colby
Moses Thomson
Nat1 Barley
Elisha Cates
Charles Thomas
Jacob Bumford
Joseph Clark
Cole Weeks
Stephens Bur ley
Jona Chase
Ebenr Sanborn
John Bryen
Will"1 Durgin Jr
John Lane
John Clark
Josiah Miles Jr
Nath1 Tilton
Isaac Colby
Ebnr Eastman
Enoch Cate
Benjamin Darling
Dan1 Fifield
Philip Hunt
William Tomson
Benjamin Sanborn
Moses Kendal
James Cates
Caleb Gilman
Dan1 Lary
Richd Beacham
Moses Gilman
John Robinson
John Johnson
Joseph Gilman
Samuel Harper
Satchel Clark
John Gale
Jonathan Cass
David Bay?
Dan1 Gale
Theo. Rundlet
John Folsom
William Hayes, Jr
Thomas Sinkler
Enoch Ealy
Joseph Hoit
Thomas Crichet
David Dustin
Andrew Jewett
Solomon Copp
James Gates, Jr
Nicholas Giles
Elisha Smith
Stephen Gale
Edward Kelly
Josiah Sambon
Aaron Samborn
Gedion Levitt
Moses Danforth
Jonathan Taylor
Sam1 Morrison
Ebenr Gove— 80.
Dan1 Sanborn
Jotham Rawlins
July the 3d 1776.
Pursuant to the wi
thiii Request the In-
habitants of said Ss
mbornton have all e
xcept one Benjamin
Holt Severally subsc
ribed their Names Ik
ireunto. — 1.
Aaron Sanborn ii
i behalf of the Selec
tmen, To the Honble
General Court or Cc
mmittee of Safety oi
the Colony of New
Hampshire —
SIG1
?ERS IN SAND(JW
rN.
his
John Colby
David Bennett
Samuel X Bean
mark
Peter Colby
Orlando Colby
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
281
David Sargent
Reuben Clough
Josiah Cotton
Zacheus Hunt
James Trussell
Rob't Collins
Henry Page
Edmund James
Ellis (?) Colby
Daniel Watson
Stephen Long
Samuel Judkins
Benjamin Elauders
Moses Hooke
Sherburne Sanborn
Timothy Tilton
David Sanborn
Samuel Sleeper
John Sleeper
Jethro Sanborn
Shrburn Tilton
Isaac Ladd
Oliver Smith Blake
Joseph Draper
Nath11 Ingalls
Jonathan Huse
Benjamin Colby
David Straw
Jona Colby, Senr
Daniel Stanford
Charles Pressey
Thomas Wells
William Rowel
Israel Huse
Spencer Bonnet
Sargent Wells
Jacob WeUs
Benjamin Wells
Phinehas Bacheldcr
William Been
Nathaniel Bussell, Jr
Edwin Bussel(V)
Nathaniel Busel
Jothan Stevens (V)
Zebediah Watson
John Tucker
Ebenezer Tucker
Jacob Tucker
•John Straw
John Pervere
William Ferren
Maseek Gordy
Robert Crawford
John Tilton
Benja Hunkins
David Tilton
John Fuller (?)
Samuel Ingalls
Ezekiel Eaton
Isaac Dow
David Moulton
Joshua George
Jonathan Wlnteaker
John Collins
Joshua Harriman
Theophilus Grifen
Thomas Grifen
Peter Grifen
Moses Heath
Asa Heath
Moses Grifen
Samuel Wyatt
Humphrey Clough
Nathan Hunt
Samuel Palmmar
John Hear see
Daniel Kelly
Samuel Hearsee
Samuel Daniels
Nath1 French
Benjamin Taylor
John Sanborn
Dad Sleeper
Moses Sanborn
Josiah Fowler
Daniel Davis
Richard Grefin
Samuel Sanborn
Joseph Tilton
Abraham Hook
Thomas Chase
Joseph Bayley
Edward Edmands
Thomas Fallows
Timothy Fallows
Benjamin Pillsbery
Joseph Hunt
Ela Dow
103.
In obedience to the within, We have Requested the parish
to sign this Instrument and in obedience the parish have all
signed but those whose names are here under written
Moses Hook \ Selectmen of
Reuben Clough g d
Ela Dow )
The Names of those that Refused to sign —
Ichabod Shaiv, Esq
Benjamin Shaw
Cornet Daniel Fitts
Thomas (Jotton
William Wooderd
Folensby Shaiu
Joshua Stevens 7.
Samuel Stevens did not sign, but is since son into the War.
282
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
F1776.
SIGNERS IN SANDWICH.
Isaac George
Nathaniel Knowls
Henry Weed
Richard Sinkler
Jeremiah Page
David Beau
Christopher Tapan
Bagly Welch
Samuel Brown
Jonathan Page
Johu Page
John Prescutt
Jacob Smith
his
Isriel X Giliman
mark
Simeon Smith
Eliphelet Maxfield
Enoch True
Joseph Hoyt
Thomas Berley
Daniel Bede
Elias Ladd
Elias Smith
Nathaniel Elbridge
his
Benj. X Atkenson
mark
John Glidden
Benja Bean
Edward Smith
John Ladd
Jeremiah Hilton
Daniel Beede, Jr
Micah Rice
Joshua Prescutt
Benja Blanchard
Josiah Bean
Edward Wells
Elias Ladd, Jr
Nath1 Scribner
Z1.
In Pursuance of the within Request we have asked all
male Inhabitants of Sandwich which are above twenty one
years old to sign the within Declaration
The names of those that Refuse to sign are as followeth
viz. —
Jacob Jewell
Benjamin Scribner
Moses Weed
Nath Weed
Henry Weed, Jr
Mark Jewel
Jacob Weed
Naihayi Beede
Aaron Beede 9.
Test — Mark Jewel ) Selectmen of
Joshua Prescut \ Sandwich.
June the 15th 1776.
SAVIL, CROYDON & NEWPORT.
Benjn Giles
Aaron Buel
Jeremiah Jenks
Samuel Hurd
Josiah Stevens
Ezra Parmele
Giels Kelcey
Ephraim Towner
Joel Bailey
Benjamin Bragg
(NEWPORT.)
Lemer Kelcey
Abraham Buell
Jesse Willcoks
Jesse Kelcey
William Stannard
Jesse Lane
Absalom Kelcey
Daniel Beuel (?)
Roswiel Kelsy
Joseph Buel
Phinehas Willcoks
Josiah Dudley
Nathan Hurd
Nathan Woodbury
Daniel Dudley
Robert Lane
Jedidiah Reynolds
Jedh Reynolds Jr
James Church
Isaac Newton
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
283
Ebenezer Meritt
Amos Hall
iJesse Bailey
[John Lane
I David Brown
Uriah Willcoks 36.
Newport June 20th 1776.
The Inhabitants of Newport that is required have all
Signed this Association
Josiah Stevens
Samuell Hurd
Aaron Buel
Selectmen of
Newport
Benj Swinerton
Isaac Sanger
Moses Whipple
Sam1 R,d Hall
John Sanger
Jacob Leland
David Warrin
Daniel Emerson
Joseph Hall
Seth Chase
Abner B rich am
(CROYDON.)
Bezaleel Gleason
James How
Stephen Powers
Benjamin Powers
Samuel Whipple
Phinehas Sanger
David Powers
David Stockwill
Eleazer Leland
Jacob Hall
Phinehes Hewton
Nathaniel Wheeler
Amos Hager
Seth Wheeler
Benoni Thomson
Abijah Hall
Timothy Fisher
Benjamin Thomson
Thomas Whipple
John Cooper, Jr.
81.
Croydon July 6th 1776.
Those whose Names are in the Colums at the Left hand
are Inhabitants of this Town —
Edward Hall
Ezekiel Powers
John Powers
John Cooper 4.
The four men above refuse to set there names to this paper.
John Cooper
Moses Whipple
Selectmen.
Robert Woodword
John Steven
William mack Breney
Ephraim Bradbury
Samuel Gunnison
Georg Walker Lear
Joseph Lear
(SAVILLE.)
his
Beniman X Howord
mark
his
Elezer X Sisco
niark
Joshua Gage
Benjamin Thurber
Daniel Grendel
Samuel Thurber
mark
Wm X Sisco
his
Daniel Shebune
Beniman Rand
William Lang
Michael Bowden 18.
Savil July ye 15th 1776.
The Inhabitants of Savill that is required have all Signed
this Association.
Sam1 Gunnison ) In behalfe
Benjmon Thurber I of Saville
284
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
SIGNERS IN SOCIETY LAND (now Antrim).
John McCleary
Thomas Stuart
Nathan Taylor
John Green
John Warren
Sam1 Moores
James Moores
Philip Kaley
Tristram Cheney
John Cheney
Joseph Boyd
Daniel Miltimor
Alexander Jemeson
William Smith
James Aiken
Isaac Butterfield
Robert Rogers
James Gregg
Alexander Parker
James Hopkins
James Duncan
Mathew Templeton
Morish Lynch
John Duncan
Robert Duncan 25.
SIGNERS IN SOUTH HAMPTON.
P. White
Henry French
Henry French, Jr
James French
Obediah French
Daniel French
Elihu French
Isaac Brown
Reuben Currier
Rob' Lonir
Timothy Huntington
Nathaniel Flanders
William Graves
Josiali Rogers
David Graves
Stephen Rogers
Samuel Peirce
William Cooper
Humphrey Pierce
Moses Pierce
Humphry Peirce Jr
Thos Shepherd
Richard Fitts
Nathan Fitts
Eliphelet Merrill
James Hedlock
Philip Flanders
Jacob Jones
Josiah Sawyer
Richard Sawyer
Israel Sawyer]
Ezekiel Clough Mr
Nathan Currier
Challis Currier
John Currier
Richard Currier
Louis Hadlock
Jacob Barnard
Joh Pilsbery
Enos George
Parker Flanders
Er Colby
Ezekiel Flanders
Timothy Flanders
Daniel Jones
Nicholas Currier
Nathaniel Rowell
Isaiah Dole
Jonthan Dow
Timothy Huntinton(?)
Moses Flanders, I sub-
scribe Provided that
the act or advice of
the said Continental
Congress be complied
with Respecting min
ute men
Edmund Pilsbury
Barnard Currier
Ephraim Carter
Abel French
Benjamin Clough
Abel Brown
N. Noyes
Thomas Tuxbury
Merrill Flanders
Onesiphorus Page
Richard Currier Flan-
Rich'1 Collins [ders
Philip Osgood
Ezekiel French
Joseph Jones, Jr
Joseph Jones
Joseph Merrill
Barnard Flanders
Philip Flanders
Thomas Currier
Jona Prasa
Benjamin Brown
Enoch Page
Richard Greele
Moses French
Jacob Dole
Daniel Page
Ebenezer French, Jr
Henery Tuells ?
Benjm11 Barnard
Josiah Flanders
Eliphelet Merrill Jr
Daniel Colby
William Clough.
85.
Colony of New Hampshire —
South Hampton June 24th 1776.
Agreable to the within, we have Desired the males in sd
Town to sign the Declaration on this paper & It hath been
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
285
complied with by all so desired excepting those whose names
are here after mentioned.
Jeremiah Flanders
Isaiah Flanders
Jeremiah Flanders Jr
Christopher Flanders —
Abel French
Joseph Merrill
4.
Selectmen
SIGNERS IN STRATHAM.
Daniel Clark
Andrew French Jr.
Samuel Foster
William Chase
Daniel French
Joshua Lane
Sam. Lane, Jr
Benjamin Green
James Kelley
John Dearborn
Simon Wiggin
Nich1 Rowlings
Mark "Wiggin
Abraham Til ton
Joshua Avery
Samuel Piper
Dudley L. Chase
Stephen Cate
David Smith
Noah Wiggin
Elisha French
Samuel Giles
Samuel Boynton
Joseph Clark, Jr
Benjamin Barker
Samuel Lane
Joseph Adams, Jr
Tuftin Wiggin, Jr
Thomas Odel
Winthrop Wiggin
John Stock bridge
Jonathan Piper, Jr
Nathan Levitt, Jr
Chase Wiggin
Daniel Pickerin
John Piper
Isaac Goss (?)
Bickford Kennison
Henry Kenniston
John Foss
Joseph Hills
John Crocket
Samuel Piper, Jr
David Crockett
John Burley
Samuel Wiggin
Joseph Adams
John Luey
Daniel Mason
William Moor Sen.
Joseph Stevens
Samuell Goodwin (?)
Joshua Rawlins
John Robinson
Tuftin Wiggin
Wheler Burly
Andw Wiggin Jr
Joseph Mason Jr
Joseph Smith
David Burly
John Taylor
Jonathan Rawlings
Francis Mason
David Jewell
Benimin Leavitt
Edward Taylor
Jotham Rawllins
Taylor Clark
Jacob Rundlet
Jonathan Hoifc
Ezra Barker
Jonathan Robinson
Ferd. Merrill
Josiah Leavitt
Joses Randall
Matthew Tom son
William Galley jr,
Jonathan Sibley
David Ilanaford
Joseph Norris
William French, Jr
John Leavitt
Sam11 Chapman
Josa Wingate
Josiah Thirstou
Daniel Jewell
John Sinkler
Jonathan Case, Jr
Sam. Leavitt
Thomas Veasey
Moses Chase
Joseph Fifield
Samuel Galley
Edward Mason
John Rundlet
William Galley
Jonathan Leavitt
William Moore
Rich'1 Rust
Walter Wiggin
Jonathan Wiggin
Cotton Dockum
Joseph Handrason
Jnde Allen, Jr
Harvey (?) Moore
John Stockbridge, Jr,
William Pottle
Andrew French
John Avery
William French
Richard Wiggin
Solomon Smith, Jr
Samuel Smith
David Robinson
Benjamin Merrill
James Merrill
Wm Pottle, Jr.
Josiah Allen
Joseph Merrill
Andw Wiggin 3d
286
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Seargeant Whitcher
Joseph Clark
Israel Stockbridge
Jacob Jewell
Abraham Stockbridgt
Nathanel Wiggin 3d
Thomas Veasy, Jr
Jonathan Piper
Ephraim Crocket
William Bolagh
John Manning ?
131.
Agreeable to the Instructions given us we the Selectmen
and Commitie have done all in our power for the purpose
within mentioned, and all the persons within are Volintary
Signers.
Stratham, September ye 3d ye 1776.
Simon Wiggin
Daniel Clark
Jonathan Wiggin I Selectmen
Moses Clark f & Comtee
Nich Rowlings
Jonathan Eobinson
Ebenezer Barker
Natl tan Barker
Moses Clark
Jonathan Chase
John Clark
Edward Chase
James Barborn
Capt Joseph Hoyet
Daniel Hoyet
Joseph Hoag
Nathan Hoag, a friend
John Hill
William Hash
Jonathan Jewett
Jacob Low
Enoch Merrill
Elijah Meader
Thomas Moore
Cor. Thomas Moore
William Moore 3d
Peter Moore
Joseph Mason
Capt George March
Enoch Merrill, Jr
Nicholas Meriner
Nathaniel Piper
Stephen Piper
Nathan Piper
Samuel Pottel
Benjamin Piper
Richard Scammon
Richard Sincklear
Isaac Stockbrige
Nathaniel Stevens
Stephen Thurston
Andrew Wiggin
Samuel Wiggin, Jr
Joseph Wiggin
Nathaniel Wiggin, Jr
Rev'1 Pain Wing ate
Boot. Samuel Shepard
Nathaniel Wiggin 42.
N. B. Five names that were on the above list are totally blotted out.— Ed.
The Above Names are those that Refuse to Sign the Asso-
ciation paper.
1776.] ASSOCIATION TEST.
From yr Humble Servte
Simon Wiggin
Daniel Clark
Jonathan Wiggin
Moses Clabke
Nich1 Rowlings
Jonathan Robinson
Stratham— September ye 3d ye 1776.
287
Selectmen
& Comtee
SIGNERS IN SURRY.
Woolston Brockway
Joshua Darte
Samuel Smith
Nathan Hayward
Jonathan Carpenter
Jonathan Smith
Abia Crane
Jonathan Smith Jr
Samuel ML'Curdy
John M° Curdy
William Hayward
Joseph Whitney
Joshua Darte Jr.
Nathaniel Darte
Thomas Smith
Peter Hayward
Ichabod Smith
Obadiah Willcox
Thos. Darte
Joshua Fuller
William Barron
Moses Ward
John Marvin
Delevarn Debelance
Abel Allen
Eliphalet Darte
Ebeuezer Daniels
Moses D. Field
Obadiah Willcox, Jr
Thomas Redding
Tristey Chapins
Job Gleason
Job Gleson, Jr.
Abner Skinner
Aaron Chapin
Hiram Chapin
Cornelius Smith
Thomas Harvey
Joshua Fuller, Jr
Nathan Carpenter
Benjamin Carpenter
Charles Rice 42.
Province of
New Hampshire j Cheshire SS, Surry, May 31st
A D., 1776.
In Complyance with the within Request we have offered the
same to Every person Required and no one has Refused to
signe it.
Obadiah Willcox )
Thomas Harvy \ Selectmen
Thomas Darte )
SIGNERS IN TEMPLE.
We the subscribers do hereby solemly profess our entere
willingness at the risque of our lives and fortunes, with
arms, to oppose the hostile attempts of the British fleets and
armies, against the United American Colonies, whenever
and to such a degree as such attempts of Britain may re-
quire.
286
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Seargeant Whitcher
Joseph Clark
Israel Stockbridge
Jacob Jewell
Abraham Stockbridge
Nathanel Wiggin 3d
Thomas Veasy, Jr
Jonathan Piper
Ephraim Crocket
William Bolagh
John Manning ?
131.
Agreeable to the Instructions given us we the Selectmen
and Commitie have done all in our power for the purpose
within mentioned, and all the persons within are Volintary
Signers.
Stratham, September ye 3d ye 1776.
Simon Wiggin
Daniel Clark
Jonathan Wiggin
Moses Clark
Nich Rowlings
Jonathan Robinson
Selectmen
& Comtee
Ebenezer Barker
Nathan Barker
Moses Clark
Jo?iathan Chase
John Clark
Edward Chase
James Darborn
Capt Joseph Hoyet
Daniel Hoyet
Joseph Hoag
Nathan Hoag, a friend
John Hill
William Hash
Jonathan Jewett
Jacob Low
Enoch Merrill
Elijah Meader
Thomas Moore
Cor. Thomas Moore
William, Moore 3d
Peter Moore
Joseph Mason
Capt G-eorge March
Enoch Merrill, Jr
Nicholas Meriner
Nathaniel Piper
Stephen Piper
Nathan Piper
Samuel Pottel
Benjamin Piper
Richard Scammon
Richard Sincklear
Isaac Stockbrige
Nathaniel Stevens
Stephen Thurston
Andrew Wiggin
Samuel Wiggin, Jr
Joseph Wiggin
Nathaniel Wiggin, Jr
Rev'1 Pain Wing ate
Doct. Samuel Shepard
Nathaniel Wiggin 42.
N. B. Five names that were on the above list are totally blotted out.— Ed.
The Above Names are those that Refuse to Sign the Asso-
ciation paper.
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
287
From yr Humble Servta
Simon Wiggin
Daniel Clark
Jonathan Wiggin
Moses Cl'aeke
Nich1 Rowlings
Jonathan Robinson
Stratham — September ye 3d ye 1776.
I Selectmen
'& Comtee
SIGNERS IN SURRY.
Woolston Brockway
Joshua Darte
Samuel Smith
Nathan Hayward
Jonathan Carpenter
Jonathan Smith
Abia Crane
Jonathan Smith Jr
Samuel McCurdy
John M°Cnrdy
William Hayward
Joseph Whitney
Joshua Darte Jr.
Nathaniel Darte
Thomas Smith
Peter Hayward
Ichabod Smith
Obadiah Willcox
Thos. Darte
Joshua Fuller
William Barron
Moses Ward
John Marvin
Delevarn Debelance
Abel Allen
Eliphalet Darte
Ebeuezer Daniels
Muses D. Field
Obadiah Willcox, Jr
Thomas Redding
Tristey Chapins
Job Gleason
Job Gleson, Jr.
Abner Skinner
Aaron Chapin
Hiram Chapin
Cornelius Smith
Thomas Harvey
Joshua Fuller, Jr
Nathan Carpenter
Benjamin Carpenter
Charles Rice 42.
Province of
New Hampshire
Cheshire SS, Surry, May 31st
A D„ 1776.
In Complyance with the within Request we have offered the
same to Every person Required and no one has Refused to
signe it.
Obadiah "Willcox
Thomas Harvy \ Selectmen
Thomas Darte
SIGNERS IN TEMPLE.
We the subscribers do hereby solemly profess our entere
willingness at the risque of our lives and fortunes, with
arms, to oppose the hostile attempts of the British fleets and
armies, against the United American Colonies, whenever
and to such a degree as such attempts of Britain may re-
quire.
288
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Joshua Todd
Nath. Ball
Ezekiel Goodale
Francis Blood
Stephen Garlin
Samuel Webster
Gershom Drury
Oliver Heald
Peter Wheeler
Ezekiel Jewet
Archelaus Cummii
Peter Felt
Zechariah Emery
Zedekiah Drury
Benja Byams
Jonathan Avery
John Everett
Silas Angier
Eldad Spofford
John Cragin
Aaron Marshall
Thomas Marshall
Abraham Shelden
Caleb Bancroft
Francis Cragin
Jonathan Morse
Peter Davis
James Foster
Elias Colburn
Robert Fletcher
Peter Wheeler, Jr
John Cragin Jr
Ephraim Heald
Stephen Putnam
Ebenezer Drury
Joseph Heald
Joshua Foster
Isaac Brewr
Stephen Cobb
William Drury
David Townsend
Amos Emery
Bejamin Tenney
Zebadiah Johnson
Silas Richard Stickney
John Brown
Joseph Richardson
Peter Heald
Jonathan Drury
Benja Cutter
William Manser
Samuel Burnap
Joseph Richards
Samuel Howard
Samuel Holt
Josiah Stone
Ephraim Brown
Benja Cragin
Caleb Maynord
Ebenezer Cobb
John Stiles
Zebadiah Dinsmor
Enos Goodale
Gorg Start
John Start
David Fuller
Joshua Felt
Seth Cobb
Abijah Goold
Jacob Foster
Eliot Powers
David Spoffard
Abraham Dinsmore
Archelas Willson
Aaron Felt
Giddeon Powers
Elijah Mansfield
Daniel How
Timothy Atten
John Patten
Vatel (?) Shattuck
Stephen Sanders
Andrew Lane
Peter Brown. 84.
The following persons Refuse to sign any association to
Defend America by amies against the Hostile attempts of
Britain
Joseph Putnam
Jacob Putnam
Joseph Gibbs. 3.
To the General Assembly or Committee of Safety for New
Hampshire —
We produced to the Inhabitants of this Town in town
meeting the Paper proposed by the Committee of Safety
to be sign'd by the Inhabitants of this Colony — Few if any
of the Inhabitants were willing to engage, & promise as
there proposed to oppose by arms to the utmost of their
power the hostile attempts of ye British Fleets & Armies.
As this seem'd to the Inhabitants plainly to imply somthing
far more than any common enlistment into the service, ever
engaging as soldiers, directly & during the continuance of
the warr, as well as exerting ourselves faithfully when en-
gaged ; this at least being within the compass of our power.
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
289
But it did not appear to the Inhabitants prudent or necessary
for any, or in any Degree law lull for all thus to engage.
The Town directly adopted the form of Association, signed
<m this paper which they & we hope expresses all Required
by the general Congress —
John Cragin
Oliver Heald
Georg Start
Selectmen
for Temple—
SIGNERS IN WAKEFIFLD.
David Copp
Nath1 Balch
Samuel Willey
John Wentworth
Joseph Parkins
Simeon Dearborn
John Home
Joseph Malcham
Daniel Hall
Ebenezer Cook
Jacob Wiggin
William Moor
Wm Blaidell
Richard York
John Carr
John Hills
David Ham
Elisha Piper
Samuel Allen, Jr
Nathaniel Balch, Jr
Eliphalet Quimby
Nathan Merdogh
John Wingate
John Cook
Eliphalet Philbrook
Benjamin Philbrook
Richd York
Samuel Sherborne
Samuel Haines
Jeremiah Gilman
Jeremiah Gilman Jr.
Andrew Gilman
John Gilman
Jonathan Gilman
Jonathan Gilman, Jr
Noah Kimball
Benjamin Perkins
Isiah "Wiggin
John York
Joseph Haines
Samuel Hall
Moses Copps
Stephen Hawkens
Joseph Sanborn
Joseph Leavit
Robert Hardy
Nathaniel Cook
Thomas Parkines
,Jon. Palmer
Jonathan Copp
Samuel Scribner?
John Kimball
Ben — Kiunem?
Clemt Steel
Clemt Steel, Jr
Samuel Allen
Abner Allen
Josiah Page
Tobias Hanson
Simeon Wiggin
Reuben Davis
Henery Robens
62.
According to the request of the Honourable Committy of
Safety for the Colony of New Hampshire this instrument has
been presented to the inhabitants of this town and unavaseley
aproved of and sind by them. 0.
Wakefield Septembr th 11, day 1776.
Jacob Wiggin \ Select
Nathan Mordogh \ men
Thomas Wortley
William Dusten
Sam Caldwell
John Robie
19
SIGNERS IN WEARE.
Ephraim Jones
Salvenus Emery
Jesse Blake
John Blake
Ezekiel Kimball
Thomas Kimball.
Ezekiel Carr
Thomas Evans
290
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
"Wintrop Clough Jacob Sargent jSeth Thomson
Benjamin Selly Jonathan Atwood Benjam Flanders
Jeremiah Page Caleb Atwood John Jewell
Samuel Ayer Eben Mudgit Timothy Corles
Benjamin Page Aaron Quinbe Joseph Hadlock, Jr
Nathaniel Weed Isaac Tuxbury David Moulton
Ezra Pillsbory Moses Quimbe John Mudget
David Parson (?) Jesse Clement Joseph Emons
Itharaar Eaton Samuel Selly John Simons
Reuben Martain Jonathan Hadlock Ebenzer Bayley
Samuel Straw Samuel Easman Philip Hoit
Obadiah Eaton Jonathan Worthly Nathan Cram
Abner Hoyt Samuel Ordway Daniel Gallusha
Israel Straw John Colby, Jr Jacob Graves
Samuel Paige Thomas Esmon Jacob Remsdele
Lemuel Paige Jesse Bayley Josiah Crown
Jonathan Paige Daniel Bayley. Joseph Hunton
Samuel Paige, Jr Timothy Worthly Moses Hoyt, Jr
Enoch Sweat Stephen Emerson Jacob Tuxbury
Robert Alcock E Cram Nicodemus Watson
PaulDusten Elijah Gove Samuel Worthen
Caleb Emery Caleb Whitaker John Ordway
John Muzzey Isaac Sargent Daniel Gould
John Worth Thomas Worthly Joseph Dalts (?)
Joseph lumbal Timothy George Moses Folonsbury
Sam Philbrick Joseph Huse Joseph Webster
Jabez Morrill Peter Rogers, Jr John Colby
Simon Pearkins Joshua Macfield (?) Jonathan Martain
Nathan Cram, Jr. Samuel Brackelbank Nathan Goud (?)
Dudley Chase Ephram Emerson John Huntington
Jonathan Blasdel George Hoyt Thomas Colby
John Webster Moses Hoit Jerediah Cram
Joseph George Jonathan Clement Timothy Corlis, Jr.
Elijah Green Ezra Clement Moses Flood
William Whiteker Jotham Tuttle John Faar
Moses Currier Mark Flood Simeon Hovey
Enos Ferrin Philip Sargent James Emerson
Asa Wliitieker Joseph Hadlock Marde Emerson
Timothy Clough Joseph Quenbe William Quemby.
Timothy Tuxbery (Daniel Hadley 131.
Colony of New Hampshire —
To the Hon. Committee of Safety of this Colony, whereas
we the Selectmen of Weare have caused this Declaration to
be Signed by a Number of men who apears to be well associ-
ated, to Defend by arms the United Colonies against the hos-
tile attempts of the British fleets and armies —
John Robie ) Selectmen
Jabez Morrill \ for Weare
Dated at Weare June 6th 1776.
Colony of New Hampshire.
To the Hon. Committee of Safety of this Colony.
Gen-
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
291
tlemen whereas we the Selectmen of Weare have Received a
Declaration from yon to be Sign by the Inhabitence of Said
Weare, we have acted according to the Orders of the Decla-
ration avc make Return of all who Refuse to sign to the Dec-
laration, a List of their names is on this paper.
John Robie J Selectmen
Jabez Morrill i for- Weare
Dated at Weare June
A list of mens names
Jonathan Dow
Daniel Page
Nath1 Peaslee
Silas Peaslee
Benja Peaslee
Ebenezer Peaslee
Jonathan Peaslee
Caleb Peaslee
Isiah Green
Isiah Green, Jr.
Elijah Purintun
Hezekiah Purintun
Jeremiah Green
Mi cah Green
John Gove
John Gove Jr
Jonson Gove
Stephen Gove
Daniel Gove
Elisha Gove
Jedediah Dow
6, 1776
called Quakers which is —
Eben1 Breed
Zeph Breed
Jonathan Eastes
Jonathan Osborn
John Hodgdon
Enoch Jonson
Edmund Jonson
James Buxton
Joseph Parkins
Samuel Colings
John Chase
Samuel Hovey
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Bayley
John Jewell Jr
Gorge Hadley
Nathaniel Carlies
Abraham Melvon
Asa Heath
Joseph Webstar, Jr
41.
SIGNERS IN WESTMORLAND.
Jonathan Holton
William Hutchins
Israel Amsby
Daniel Whitman
Abiel Eddy
Isaac Cobb
Daniel Cobb
James Butterfield
Benjamin Peirce
Ebenezer Brittun
Ebenezer Bailey
Joseph Wilborn
Henery Chamberlain
Abner How
Joseph Packerd
David Nathenell
Ephraim Leonard
Jacob Leach
Joseph Burt
Ebenezer Brittan 2d,
John Chamberlin
William Brockway
Joseph White
David Brittun
Ezekiel Woodward
Xathaniel Wilbore
William Brittin
David Wilbore
Benja Aldrich
Luther Bailey
Roger Conant
John Snow
Stephen Dutton
292
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Benjamin Glesen
Jonathan Willis
Seth Brittun
Jonas Butterfield
Artemas Witt
Ephm Wetherly
William Warner
Jonathan Sawyer
Caleb Aldrich
Daniel Howe
Shoriebiah Leach
Philip Wilbur 2d
John Ranstead
Thomas Chamberlain
Henry Walton
Haridan Wheeler
Zephaniah Leach
Josiah Leach, Jr
Aruniah Leach
Enos Burt
Jedidiah Chambrlin
Josiah Dodge
Caleb Briggs
Jonathan Cole, Jr
Aaron Chandler
Eleazer Robbins
David Jonson
David Glasier (?)
Ebenr Peirce
Daniel Pierce
Waitstill Scott
Amos Peirce
Elias Gates
Nathan Franklin
Edmund Goodenow
James Glesen
John Cole
John Scott
Nahum Goodenow
Noah Whitman
Nehemiah Man
Gideon Burnham
Jerh Tinkham
Ephraim Robbines
Joshua Warner, Jr
David Darby
Reuben Kendal
Israel Goodenow
Josiah Hacket
Jonas Robbins
Nathaniel Daggott
Samuel Works
Jonathan Goodenough
Jonathan Cole 3d
John Vezey
Moses Beunet
Fortunatus Glezen
Daniel Johnson
David Robins
William Day
Willis Johnson
David Stacy
Gideon Gilbert
Moses White
Asa Goodenow
David Robinson
John Doyl
Ephraim Brown
Job Warner
] Joseph Boynton
Alexr Trotter
Seth Gilbert
John Robbins
Samuel How
Jonah Edson
Benjamin Rogers
Jeptha Dow
Daniel Keys
John Warner
'Joshua Warner
jMicah Read
[Eleasor Robins, Jr
Daniel Blachard
Moses Brown
.David Winchester
Jonathan Winchester
jRobert Robins
Elijah Temple
Archelaus Temple
Isaac Leach
Josiah Leach
Increas Chamberlain
John Cooper
Reuben Tarbell
Philip Willbore
Seth Leach
Isaac Chamberlain
130.
In Obediance to this Declaration that we Reca from your
Honours we proseded according to your Directions and the
persons Names under written in this Collom are those that
Refuse to sign to the Declaration on your paper.
Westmorland June 12th 1776.
Benjamin Pierce
Ebenezer Brittun
Heber Miller
Mr William Goddard Aaron Broion
Lenord Keen Daniel Gates
Job Chamberlain John Butterfield. 6.
Selectmen
of Westmorland.
SIGNERS IN WILTON.
Hart Balch
Daniel Batchelder
[Joshua Blanchard
jEphrairn Baker
I Jona Burton
Ebenezer Chandler
177G.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
293
Jeremiah Holt
Joseph Snow
Daniel Barker
William Abbot
George Coburn
Benj;l Hideout
Jeremiah Abbot
Georg. Blanch ard
Theodore Stevens
Uriah Smith
Ephm Peabody
Abner Stiles
Thomas Lewis
Jonathan Livermore
Joseph Holt
Abiel Abbot
Jn° Burton, Jur
Jn° Martin
N. Ballard
Joseph Abbot, Jr
Benjamin Steel
David Blanchard
Uriah Ballard
Jonas Perry-
Richard King
Abraham Burton
Isaac Peabody
Timothy Gray, Sen
John Cram
John Cram, Jr.
Nathan Hesseltine
Thomas Towne
Nathn Hesseltine
William Patterson
Samuel Hutchinson
Jacob Putnam
William Bayl(?)
Ebenezer Perry
Benjamin Parker
Henry Parker
mark
Archelus H- Wilkens
his
Jonathan Hartshorn
| Simon Keyes
John Brown
'Joseph Abbot
Caleb Putnam
Nathaniel Greele
Nathaniel Putnam
John Buxton
John Stevens
Isaac Peabody, Jr
Timothy Dale
Abraham Butterfield
Enoch Fuller
Jona Parkhurst
Timothy Gray, Jr
Timothy Hall
John Keyes
Fifield Holt
William Goldsmith
John Dale, Jr
William Bayl Jr
Daniel Kenney
Amos Holt
Thomas Russell
Joseph Holt, Jr
Ebenezer Cram
Joseph Phelps
Joseph Cram
Jos: Butterfield
Asliby Morgan
Josiah Parker
Ebenezer Brown
Amos Coburn
Fifield Holt, Jr
Simeon Holt
Philip Putnam
Jacob Abbott
Timothy Holt
Joel Taylor
Elisha Hudson
Amos Fuller
David Kenney
William Brown
Stephen Blanchard
James Dascombe
Richard Whitney
John Dale
William Pierce
Samuel Shehlen
Silas Buss
George Hutchinson
Phinehaa Farington
William Abbot, Jr
Jonathan Greele
Abijah Perry
Bartholemew Stevens
Willom Grimes
James Grimes
Robert Watherspoon
John Craig
Robert Craig
Samuel Sharley
Abiel Holt
Iiis
Alexander .2? Milliken
mark
Stephen Buss
Joseph Stiles
Samuel Lovejoy
Henry Lovejoy
Benj" Blanchard
Jonathan Cram
Archelaus Putnam, Jr
John Burton
Jacob Putnam, Jr
Daniel Holt
Stephen Butterfield
Ezra Johnson
James Sharley
Alexander Sharley
John McFarland
Samuel Webster
William Letch
128.
Wilton June ye 3d 1776.
In obedience to the within Resolve of the committee of
Safty for the Colony of t New Hampshire, we the Subscribers
have Desired all Males above Twenty one Years of age, that
are Inhabitants of the Town of Wilton to sign to the within
Declaration, and but two have Refused or neglected to sign
(viz) Captain Eptin Butterfield and Archalus Putnam, whose
names we hereby Return to the General Court or Committee
294
COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
of Safty for the afore3*1 Colony, in Obeydiance to within
Direction. 2.
Richard Tayler ) Selectmen
Jacob Adams \ of Wilton.
SIGNERS IN WINCHESTER.
Sam1 Ashley
Ebnr Alexander
Nath Rockwood
Reuben Alexander
William Humphrey-
Gains Field
Elijah Dodge
William Holmes
Henry Bond
Israel Stowel
Nathaniel Wilder
William Dodge
Benjamin Wilson
Elijah Dodge, Jr
Asa Alexander
Eber Scott
Abraham Scott
Nehemiah Houghton
James Latham
Thomas Hukings, Jr
Nathan Twitchel
Samuel Very
Alexander McDowell
Amos Willard
Francis Very
John Atkin
Joseph Marbel
Samuel Bond
David Cady
Adonijah Fasset
Elijah Houghton
John Higgans
Ebenezer Taylor
Joseph Stowel
Reuben Rockwood
Nath1 Lawrence Jr
Ichabod Franklin, 3d
Abisha Carpenter
Daniel Owen
Sam11 Scott
Joseph Right
John Curtis
Nathaniel Chase
Jeremiah Hatch
John Stearns
John Peirce, Jr
Asahel Jewell
Seth Brett
Philip Goss
Ichabod Franklin, Jr
Andrew Putnam
Simon Chamberlain
Zachariah Field
Arthur Latham
James Whitney
Ziba Wane
Stephen Franklin
Henry Miles
Samuel Wright
Isaac Scott
James Franklin
Daniel Smith
John Alexander
Joseph Latham
Joshua Feild
John Butler, Jr
Henry Foster
Samu11 Healy
David Dery
John Hakag (?)
Samuel Fasset
Nathiel Lawrence
Stetson Holmes
Daniel Ashley
Nathaniel Oak
Waitstell Field
Ebenezer Scotts, Jr
Jonathan Wood
Elisha Smith
Elihu Field
Isaac Huckens
Moses Fay
Benjamin Freeman
Joshua Whitemore
Theod Watkin
Thomas Hutchins
Ezra Parker
Jeremiah Pratt
Zebulon Streeter
Nehemiah Healy
Seth Alexander
Stephen Belding
Josiah Stebbens
Abel Hammond
Ezekiel Kemp
Israel Field
Robart Newton
Seth Brett, Jr
Moses Belding
Amasa Burt
Gershom Roberts
Amaziah Robards
Stephen Putnam
103.
According to the within Resolve of the General Congress
we have called a meeting & it appears that all the before
mentioned Signers have agreed to stand by the within Cov-
enant
William Humphrey ) Select
Israel Stowel \ men
Winchester June 3d 1776.
1776.]
ASSOCIATION TEST.
295
Enoch Stowcl Absent
Asa Rockwood Sick
Siqjous are willing to
sine the within
Covenant
Winchester June ye 3d 1776.
Col0 Jonah Willard
the Revd Micah Lawrence
Paul Richardson
Capt Samuel Smith
Bengman Melven
Benjman Melven, Jr
Simon Willard
Elijah Willard
The Above Reting Names
nant —
WiLLm Humphrey
Israel Stowell
Prentice Willard
Bengman Wright
John Gould
Thomas Gould
JEbenezer Killom
Samson Willard
John Peirce
Select
men
15.
May ye 3d 177(
Refuse to Sine the within Cove-
William Humphrey ) Select
Israel Stowel \ men
SIGNERS IN WYNDHAM.
Hugh Graham, Jr
Will"1 Gregg, Jr
Alexander McCay
John Campbell
Henry Campbell
Robert Park
David Gregg
William Gregg
David Gregg Jr
Thomas Gregg
James Campbell
Arthur Darrah
Alexander Gregg
Williams Dinsmoor
John Cochran Jr
Alex Simpson
John Morison
Adam Templeton
Nath1 Campbell
Allen Hopkins
Thos: Wilson
Dan1 M°Craine
George Davidson
James Betton
John Anderson
Joseph Clyd
John Dinsmoor
John Davidson
John Simson
William Simson
Samuel M. Adam
Isaac Thorn
Benjm Thorn
Robt McAlvaine
John Clyd
Alexdr Park
Joseph Smith
James Richey
Alexander Merrow
John Cochran
James Cochran
Rob1 Dinsmoor
William Rowell
Will"1 Jameson
Isaac Cochran
Thomas Jameson
David Hopkins
Robert Smith
Jefferry Donnough
James Gilmore
James Jameson
George Wilson
Moses Duty
James Dinsmoor
William Dikey
John Armstrong Jr
Sam1 Morison
Andrew Park
Alexander Park
WiU* Thorn
Tim0 Ladd
Timothy Ladd, Jr
Eliphalet Ladd
Andrew Armor
Robert Spear
Alexander Richey
David Davidson
Nehemiah Hadley
Alexr Wilson
Hugh Brown
James Caldwell
David Currier
David Armstrong
John Armstrong
Sam1 Wilson
Ebenezer Hall
John Kyel
Hugh Clyd
296
COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
John Wilson
Simon Williams
Peter Merrill
Peter Merrill, Jr
James Wilson
Alexr Richey
Hugh Graham
John McCay
Thomas McCay
James Davidson
Sam1 Campbel
William Shed
Henry Campbell
Nathaniel Hemphill
Robert Hemphill
Gain Armour
John Morrow
John Miller. 96
State of New Hampshire, Windham,
August the 26th 1776.
To the Honorable Committee of Safty of this State the
foregoing Request hath been Punctually observed. Not with
standing Leiut Abraham Reed Mathew Heed, Amos Merrill,
hath Refused or Neglected to sign the foregoing Declaration.
Alex1- Wilson J
Sam1 Mopjson \ Selectmen
Nehemiah Hadley )
CORRESPONDENCE.
Between the time of adjournment, July f>, and the meeting of the General Assembly,
September 4th, 1776, the following Correspondence, &c., relating to public affairs, took
place.— Ed.
ALARM ON THE FRONTIERS.
Proceedings at a meeting in Hanover, 5th July, 1776.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 59.]
At a meeting of several Adjacent Towns at the College Hall, on Fri-
day the 5th Day of July 1776, (viz.) Lyme, Hanover, Lebanon, Tket-
ford, Norwich and Hartford.
Chosen — Amos Robinson, Clerk.
Chosen, Deacon Nehemiah Estabrook, Moderator.
Voted, To raise 50 men Exclusive of officers to Repair to Royalton,
to fortifie in that Town & scout from thence to Onion River & New-
bury.
Voted — To apoint one Captain & two Subalterns.
Voted— To apoint Mr. David Woodward, Captain.
Voted — To apoint Mr. Joshua Hazzen first Lieut.
Voted — To apoint Mr. Abel Lyman second Lieut.
Voted— To apoint a Committee of three men to Direct the Building
of the fort at Royalton & furnish sd Fort with all necessary supplies.
Chosen, Esqr Joel Marsh, Mr. Isaac Morgan, & Majr John Slapp to
be sd Committee.
Voted— To raise 250 men Exclusive of officers to go to Newbury to
fortifie, scout & guard there for three months unless sooner discharged.
Voted— To apoint Capt. Abner Seelys Majr of the last mentioned
Department.
Voted, — To divide sd 250 into four Companys.
Voted— To apoint Mr. Levi Willard, Mr. Oliver Ashley and Mr.
Samuel Paine to be Captains.
Voted — That the Captains apoint their Subaltons.
Voted— To apoint a Committee of three men to Direct & order the
affairs of the Newbury Department
Voted— That Col0 Bailey, Col0 Johnson & Col0 Olcutt be sd Commit-
tee.
Voted, — That this Committee engage to that the officers & soldiers in
both the afore mentioned Departments be honourably paid for their
services.
Voted — To dismiss this meeting — it is accordingly disraist.
A true copy taken from the Minutes
Test: Pr me, Amos Robinson, Clerk.
298 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Petition from Lebanon, aslciny assistance.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 67.]
Province of New Hampshire:
Lebanon, 6th July, 1776.
To the Honourable Assembly of the Province of New Hampshire:
May it Please your Honours :
The Necessitous & alarming circumstances the Inhabitants are under
in these infant & frontier Towns, since the army have retreated to
Crown Point out of the Province of Canada, leaving a Large Extent
of our frontiers open to the Ravages of the Savage Indians, being
almost Destitute of arms & amunition, & many of our Inhabitants
Leaving their houses & fields for a prey to our Enerays; — We humbly
trust your Honours will compassionate and aford us such Relief as
you in your wisdom shall judge Necessary from time to time; Especial-
ly at this present time. We would inform your Honours that the
Committees of several adjacent Towns met together & agreed to Raise
three Hundred men to build Garisons and scout for our Defence, as
you will see by a coppy of the proceedings of sd committee, which I
send you here Enclosed: But as we are destitute of arms, amunition
& money we are fearfull it will in a great measure prove abortive: and
this only alternative left us: Either such as can to make their Escape
into the Lower Towns, or fall a sacrifice to our Ememies. We there-
fore pray your Honours would aford us imediate Relief in the premir
ses, as it is of the utmost importance to us all ; and we shall as in duty
bound ever Pray.
In behalf of the Committee.
Nkhemiah Estabrook, Chairman.
Letter from J. Hurd Esq: — appeal for help.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 69.]
Concord, 7th July, 1776.
Sir—
By several persons I have met with on the Road coming from Coho'os
& by the best Intelligence I can collect, I find the Inhabitants there,
especially those on and near Connecticut River, from the upper & the
lower Coho'os are much more alarmed & apprehensive of danger from
the Enemy than we imagine; several Familys are already remov'd &
moving from thence — among the rest, I have found Mrs. Hurd with
part of my family(l) here at Concord, who was advised by the most
discrete of the people to leave the place, unless she could submit to
live, as they must do, crouded into a Garrison, & wch they were all
prepering for. The particulars of this, the Bearer, Col° Bayley who
goes Express on ye occasion can acquaint you of; and of the very
critical situation of all that part of the Country — that it is of the
utmost consequence the first of the reinforcements wch can be raised,
shou'd be sent into that Quarter & immediately.
It is yet uncertain whether General Sullivan has retreated to Crown
Point ; here is a person in Town (one Kinsman (2) ) who was at Otter
(1) The residence of Mr. Hurt! and family was Haverhill, on Connecticut River.— ED.
(2) (Note). This man also informs, that Messrs Gyles & Betton, whom he heard of
on the road, had altered their course & were gone to" Albany.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 299
Creek this day week, within 20 miles of Crown Point, he tells us there
was then no ace1 of Sullivan's having cross'd the Lake, but was thou't
still to be at Isle au Noix, or not far distant; and if so it may be best
that great part of the new Levies shou'd rendezvous at Coho'os as at
first designed — they might then by ranging yc woods give some check
to the Enemy & draw off part of their Forces from pursuing Gen1 Sul-
livan's army, as well as be a protection to our Settlers who must oth-
erwise desert many of their plantations & loose the Benefit of the
approach* Harvest, that is now very promising — this may be a double
help to us. I shall proceed on my Journey tomorrow for Haverhill,
leaving my wife here, and if any thing important occurs, immediately
advise you; but must beg leave to repeat my request, that we may
have some very speedy assistance; why may not Capt. Harper's Com-
pany if muster'd, or any other first in readiness, march off for this
purpose? It can be no detriment, & little out of the way, should they
afterwards be order'd to Crown Point. Shall be glad to hear some-
thing of this sort by return of Col° Bayley, for the Quiet of our people.
In the mean while remain with great esteem & Respect to you & the
Gen1 of ye Committee of Safety, Sir;
your most obecl' humle serv1.
J. HUKD.
The Honble Meshech We are, Esq.
Petition from Conway, for assistance.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 71.]
To the Honourable the Council and Assembly of the Colony of New
Hampshire.
The Petition of the Committee of Safety in & for the Town of Conway
in the County of Grafton and Colony aforesaid — humbly Sheweth :
That on the twenty-ninth of June last we were alarmed by an Ac-
count from Onion River by Coos of the Retreat of the Continental
army under the command of General Sullivan to St. Johns, and on
Sunday we sent off Nathaniel Merne ? Express to Coos for further par-
ticulars ; who returned last Night with account of their Retreat to
Crown Point Except a guard of about 1500 men left at Isl-u-nox, with
many other alarming surcomstances accompanying this.
By a memoriale from a joint Committee of this town together with
Fryeburg and Brownsfield in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay,
you will be acquainted with the situation of this place; and by the re-
moval of the Inhabitants of the Upper Coos that lays to the North-
westward lay us intirely open to the Savages, and except we are Sup-
orted we shall be obbliged to Leave these parts likewise we would
farther sugest that a party of men stationed here to send out Recon-
noitering partys from Soco River to Androscoggin River and elsewhere
would be a guard to the frontiers in this part of the Colony and the
Northwesterly part of the province of Main : and a Number of the In-
habitants are Destitute of fire-arms and Ammunition and are not able
to procure them at present without the aid of Court : We therefore in
behalfe of Said Inhabitants pray your honors to take our situation and
surcumstances into your wise consideration, and furnish the inhabitants
300 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
of this Town with 20 fire arms, one hundred weight powder, two hun"
dred of lead, five hundred flints, and if you think the frontiers of this
part of the Colony is in danger to Station such a party of men att thi3
place as in your wisdom shall think propper for their protection as
above mentioned ; and we in Duty bound shall ever pray, & will be ac-
countable for what arms, & ammunition is sent for said inhabitants.
Andrew McMillan "]
Thos Merrill
David Page }■ Committee.
Joshua Heath
Ebenezer Burbank J
July 7th, 1776.
Copy of a letter from Capt. Ira Allen.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 53.]
Onion River, July 10th 1776.
Gent"
Learn you are alarmed at the Retreat of our Army out of Canada.
Can Assure you the Savages have kill'd & scalp'd a number of men
by the River La Cole on the West Side of Lake Champlain; When
they will visit us or you is uncertain: Advise you to look sharp & keep
scouts out, but not to move except some families much remote from ye
main Inhabitants. Last Saturday was at Crown Point with General
Sullivan; he assured me he would do all in his power to protect the
Frontier settlements.
I proposed a line of Forts by this River to Cohos; he said he beiiev'd
that to be the best place and made no doubt, but it would be done: he
immediately ordered Col0 Waite & 200 men to this place, here to remain
and grant all protection in his power to the Inhabitants: before I left
there, General Schuyler, Gates & Arnold Arrived. I conclude there is
a Determination before this time in regard to all the Fronteers; I make
no doubt but a Line of Block Forts is agreed on by all from this River
to Yours & so round your Frontiers. Had Intelligence from St. Johns
about twelve days ago, our Enemy had but one hundred Tents wch at
most cou'd not be more than six hundred men — they appeared not to
be in much preparation for War; at Chamblee was but few men. Is
thou't by some the Enemy are busy in sending provisions & clothing to
all the Garrisons near the Head of the River St. Lawrence, and supply
the Indians with all necessaries. The Small pox has almost gone thro'
our Army; they are much better on Ace' of their Health than they
were; Gundaloes are builds, the vessels are preparing for War, I hope
in a short time they will be able to beat all the powers of Britain on
this Lake. Crown Point is proposed for Head Quarters. In haste,
Ira All ex.
Orders to Benjamin Giles, Esq.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 73.]
Colony of J T Benjamin Giles, Esqr.
New Ilampr $ J ' 1
Whereas the General Court of this Colony have been notified that
one Capt. Farnsworth of Connecticut is appointed by the Commissary
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 301
General of the Connecticut Forces to provide for the New Hampshire
Troops at Connecticut lliver, on their Rout to Crown Point : But as
our Troops are near ready to march, and that they may not be delayed
at No. 4, if any thing should hinder ('apt. Farnsworth from having
provision ready; you are desired to proceed with all possible dispatch
to said Xo. 4, and find whether any provision is there made for the
afores'1 men or likely to be seasonably made ; and if not to purchase
and transport to said No. 4, with all speed, nine thousand pounds
weight of Fork & the like quantity of Bread, and deliver the several
Companies of New Hampshire men as they arrive there, to each man
six days provision, allowing a pound of Pork and a pound of Bread pr
day. You will, if no other provision is made, provide- and have ready
to deliver to the first Companies that arrive, what provision you can
collect in that neighbourhood, while you are in the mean time collect-
ing more ; And for what Provisions you may Buy you may engage the
money to be paid as soon as you can send to Exeter therefor, — which
will be ready there in ten days from this time. Be expeditious by all
means; and when you have performed the said Business make return
to the Committee, unless you should have an opportunity to settle the
same with said Capt. Farnsworth.
By order of the Committee.
Ch: P. T.
Portsmouth Instructions to their Representatives.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 77.]
Colony of New Hampshire ? Portsmouth July 31st 1776.
Rockingham SS. $
At a meeting of the freeholders & others Inhabitants of said Ports-
mouth, pr adjournment, Among other things, Voted, That the Repre-
sentatives of this Town at the General Assembly be instructed for the
following purposes, viz:
1st That they do their utmost endeavour to procure the enactment of
a Law that from & after the Dissolution of this present Assembly that
no member of any future Assembly hold any other place in government
than his seat in said Assembly, & that when any such shall be chosen
& accept of a place, his seat shall become vacant & a new Writ issue to
his Constituents for a new choice.
2dlv That they do not consent that any Person should hold more than
one place in Government at a time.
3<iiy That they do in the most effectual manner secure to the peo-
ple of this State their inherent Rights of being judg'd & Govern'd in
the least prejudicial manner.
4th That they nor any other Representative in future shall consent to
any alteration, Innovation or abridgment of the Constitutional Form
that may be adopted without first consulting their constituents in a
matter of so much importance to their Safety.
A true Copy —
Attest. John Penhallow, Town Clerk.
Portsmouth, Aug1 7th 1776.
302 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Commission for Col. Isaac Wyman.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 79.]
In Committee of Safety, July 11th 177(3.
Sir — I send you by the Bearer your Commission as Col0 of a Regi-
ment of our Militia in the service ; also Thirty Pounds as Two months
advance wages. As the Troops will be along in a few days, it is ex-
pected you will go forward with them to Crown Point & join the
army there. The Captains Drew, Chandler, Shepard, Dearborn,
Blanchard, Harper, Parker and Weatherbee with their Companys, are
to make your Regiment ; as it is of great consequence that the men are
forwarded with Speed, Therefore Expect you will do what is in your
power that they make [no?] delay at No. 4. You will also receive
thirty Two Pounds for two months advance wages for your Surgeon,
Adjutant & Quarter Master with this, and Blank Commissions for those
officers to be appointed by you. Imploring the divine assistance on
your Endeavours to serve your country and that you may return in
Safety with Laurels of victory, is the sincere desire of him, who
In behalf of the Committee subscribes himself
Your very Humb1 Serv1.
Col. Isaac "Wyman.
Orders to Capt. David Woodward.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 81.]
Colony of New Hampshire
In Committee of Safety, July 11th, 1776.
To Capt. David Woodward of Hanover —
You are hereby authorized to Enlist Thirty men to serve under you
as soldiers for three months unless sooner discharged, to serve as Scout-
ing parties to Explore the woods & watch or oppose the motions of en-
emies coming against our Frontier settlements, taking orders from time
to time directing your Rout, from Col0. Jacob Bayley, Col0 John Hard,
and Col0 Charles Johnson, or any two of them, a Committee appointed
for that purpose. You are to take special care to Enlist none but good
able Bodied Effective men fit for such service, and they shall [be] paid
the same wages (viz. Forty shillings per month) as the Provincial
Troops raised and stationed for the particular defence of this Colony, —
and you shall be paid four pounds per month for your service, & one
Subaltern under you three pounds ten shillings per month. You are
also to provide Provisions for your Company giving them such allow-
ance as is delivered other Troops in the Army, for which you shall be
paid on exhibiting an Ace'. You are to appoint out of the number of
men as above Two Sergeants, whose pay is forty-eight shillings each.
1776.J CORRESPONDENCE. 303
Letter from Committee in Kittery, to the Committee of Corre-
spondence in Portsmouth.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 83.]
Kittery, July 12th, 1776.
Gentlemen — The Committee of Correspondence &c. for this Town
have receiv'd a Letter from ye Committee of Correspondence for Bos-
ton of the following import: viz: That they have information, and
reason sufficient to induce them to believe, that a communication has
been kept up between our Enemies ships & some of our small boats,
and that they have tho't it necessary for the common safety, to order
that no Boats or vessel be suffered in future to leave the Town without
special permission, and that they have confined the fishing Boats within
the Limits of one League from the shore. "We therefore think it ex-
pedient to advise you of this measure recommended to us, as without
your coming into a similar one, it will be of no effect. Wherefore we
shall be much oblidge to you for your opinion hereupon and what
methods you propose to take respecting this matter, and are with
respect, your most Humble Servants.
In the name & by order of the Committee,
John H. Bartlet,
Chairman.
Letter to the Selectmen of New Market.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 85.]
In Committee of Safety, July 12th, 1776.
To the Selectmen of New-Market,
Gentlemen — The Committee feel the greatest anxiety, and are
strongly depressed with the account from New Market, that any Inter-
nal Broil should in the least obstruct the forwarding those things so
absolutely necessary for the preservation of all that is dear to us.
Probably a Neglect of speedily Reinforcing our Northern Army may
occasion the Slaughter of our Bosom Friends & Innocent offspring,
while we are mingled in the common carnage. The truly forward and
Patriotic Disposition often shown by the Inhabitants of New Market,
in the common cause, convince the Committee that they will not now
attend to any particular dificulty and neglect the main object, while
their neighbours are nobly exerting themselves at this important time.
Therefore they desire you will with all possible speed, call a meeting
of all the Inhabitants of your Town, and proceed to raise the men
proportioned to you in Col0 Oilman's Regiment; at which time Col0
Gilman will attend & lend you all the assistance in his power to accom-
plish so noble and so necessary a purpose.
Letter from Capt. Robert Parker.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. IV. p. 87.]
Lee, July 13th, 1776.
Gentlemen — I am to inform you that I have just Recd a letter from
r Bigerat, Esq., Merchant in Martinico, who informs me that there
304 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
has been a great Scarcity of Provisions there; owing to a number of
vessels being detained in France on account of contrary Winds. On
the 6th of May was the first arrival for a long time, & since up to 14th
of the above month, 11 sail has arrived and has brought one hundred
thousand weight of Gunpowder & a great many Chests of fire arms &
great quantaties of course Woolen Cloths, thare is Likewis 1*2 sail of
ships expected ourly with 10,000 or 12,000 weight of Powder in each
vessell: he further adds, There is not a Board nor a Cod fish in the
Island & you may have Imediate Dispatch &a great Price for the above
articles. Therefore if your Honours think fit to send a vessell with
fish & Lumber, I think there is a Great Prospect of making a good
Voyage and little or no dangour of being taken as there is no Cruisers
on this Course, and will be chiefly hau'd up in the West Indies on ac-
count of the hurricane months. If your Honnours sees fitt to hire a
vessell & send for the above purpose, I know of one that is a good
sailor & will answer, & shall be glad to serve you in so good a cause, if
you think me worthy of being trusted as a master and am with Re-
spect your most obedient Humble servant,
Rob* Parker.
N. B. My letter was dated the 14th of May. He says Powder was
5s. 10c/. on account of our vessells weighting there so long, but it has
since fell a great Deal & he thinks it will be less. The first vessels
that goes there will get Woolen Goods cheap & I fear they will be much
wanted in our Army next winter.
[No address.] R. Parker.
Instructions to Capt. Jeremiah JJames.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 89.]
In Committee of Safety, July 13th 1776.
To Capt. Jeremiah Eames.
You are hereby authorised to Enlist Fifty good able bodied and
effective men officers included, to serve as soldiers under you for three
months (unless sooner discharged) as scouting parties to make their
head Quarters at Great Cohoss, not taking more than Ten of the In-
habitants of said Great Cohoss in the number: And you are to make
return as often as you can conveniently of your Routs, discoverys &c.
to Cols Bayley, Hurd, and Col0 Johnson at lower Cohoss, and take
their Instructions from time to time for your future conduct. The
men you Enlist are to be paid thirty shillings as a Bounty, and assure
them they shall receive forty shillings pr month when your Roll is
made up; and the Company are to choose a Lieut. Ensign & 2 Sergts;
you as Captain shall receive £6, your Lieutenants £4, and Ensigns £3,
Each Serg1 48s per month. The Capt. Lieuts. & Ens118 to receive no
Bounty.
Letter from Majr Jonathan Child.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 91.]
Chester, July 14th 1776.
To the Committee of Safety.
Gentlemen — Pursuant to my directions I proceeded to Ipswich,
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. £05
Salem 8c Marblehead in Quest of Guns — purchased Twenty three the
price about ten dollars each. Also by Col0 Bayleys advice Bought 200
w* of Lead, the amount of the whole is 77£. am Forwarding the same
as fast as possible. Have received the guns you lodged at Mr. Web-
ster's; the expences of Buying, Prate &c. I cannot now ascertain; will
forward an account soon as possible. Aney Commands you may have
further for me shall be punctually complied with. In haste am Gen-
tlemen your very humble serv*
Joxa. Child.
Letter from Committee in Moultonborough, to Jonathan Moid-
ton, of Hampton.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 93.]
Moultonborough, 15th July, 177G.
Sir—
By Daniel Beede, Esq. we understand there was a Prospect of ob-
taining on proper security from the Treasury, a sum of Money to pur-
chase Fire-arms for this almost defenceless town. Esq. Beede inform'd
us you were so good as to tell him you wou'd join him in Security for
the money on a day appointed, which day he was obliged to leave
Court on Express, & he agreed with Capt. Josiah Moulton to join with
you for security for the money in his stead, by which we flatter our-
selves you may have obtained the money. We, together with Lieut.
Jam6 Brown (who waits on you with this) were chosen a Committee
for this Town to purchase the Guns; Lieut. Brown goes on purpose to
consult you on the matter, receive the money if it can be had, & pur-
chase the Guns, if they are to be bought. If any difficulty shou'd
arise in your mind, in taking his security singly, we here engage to
indemnify you in letting him have the Money & will with him be an-
swerable for the payment of the same agreeable to the tenor of the
obligation he may give for the Money.
We beg, Sir, your forwarding the matter as you rll much oblige the
Inhabitants here as well as,
your most humw servts
Bradbery Richardson
Nathaniel Ambros.
To Jonathan Moulton, Esq.
Letter to the Hon. John Hancock.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 97.]
In Committee of Safety, at Exeter, July 16th, 1776.
Sir—
This moment the Committee were Honoured with the receipt of your
letter of the Gth Instant Inclosing a Declaration seperating the United
States of America from any connection with Great Britain, and for
their being Independent States. It is with pleasure we assure you,
that notwithstanding a very few months since many Persons in this
Colony were greatly averse to any thing that look'd like Independence
of Great Britain, the late measures planned & Executing against us,
have so altered their opinions that such a Declaration was what they
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306 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIEE. [1776.
most ardently wished for; and I verily believe it will be received with
great satisfaction throughout the Colony, a very few Individuals ex-
cepted. The 1500 of our Militia requested to recruit the army in
Canada are mostly raised. One Company marched from Portsmouth
yesterday; more are coming forward, and I believe most of them will
march this week. No cloth fit for Tents could be procured in this
Colony, and the men must remain destitute unless they can be supplied
from Southward. That he who putteth down Potentates & setteth up
States, may guard & protect the United States of America is the most
fervent and sincere desire of your obedient Hum0 serv*
(Copy.)
P. S. The General Court & Committee of Safety sit at Exeter,
where you will please to direct in future. This Express went 30 miles
out of his way by being directed to Portsmouth.
Letter from Capt. William Barron to the Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. IV. p. 99.]
Merrimack, July 16th, 1776.
Gentlemen — In consequence of the orders I Rectl from Majr General
Folsom for Raising sixteen men out of the Company under my Com-
mand (in this Town) for the service in Canada, I have Raised thirteen
Good effective men who are all well Equipt. I am myself chosen to
the command wch make fourteen in the whole. Caleb Stevens an
inhabitant of this town inlisted into said service & pass'd muster be-
fore the Date of my orders. I have called upon Capt. John Chamber-
lain & Sons who Treated my Lieut, (the messenger) & myself with
great abuse & ill language & Refused to assist by man or money.
Messrs Charity Lund, Robert Nesmith, Samuel Gibson, jun, Michael
Dalton & James Taylor have all utterly refused to Lend any assistance.
I have received Orders from the Muster master to march my men
forthwith; I shall pay strict obedience thereto, — I wish it maybe in
my power to give a good account of the Enemy on my return from
Canada.
I am, Gentlemen, with Great Respect,
Your most Hnmbl Servt.
William Barron.
Hon,,le Comtec of Safety,
Letter from Col. John Hurd.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 101.]
Haverhill (Coho'os,) 16th Julv, 1776.
Sir—
I have heard nothing from Exeter since I wrote pr. Col0 Bayley from
Concord; upon my coming into this Town last Tuesday, I found the
people had been in great consternation about the Indians, as I before
advis'd, that most of the women and children had come down from
Upper Coho'os thro' fear, & got into Garrison — the Haverhill folks
having collected together in different parts of the Town & built several
picketted Forts with good Breast-work of large pine Logs ; and in
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 307
Bath & Gunthwaite above us they had done the same; otherwise the
Upper Towns had been wholly deserted. I endeavored to quiet them
all in my power by assuring 'em, that besides the Force raising to go
into Canada, we should have a sufficient number to protect us on our
Frontier, wch wou'd soon be along; but 'tis with difficulty they can be
perswaded to think so; and some ill-minded persons, before Mr. Jona
Hale came up with yc powder & fire arms, took pains to propagate
that we should be neglected, and seriously proposed, if neither our
assembly nor the Massachusetts Avou'd send us speedy assistance the
best way to preserve ourselves from the Insults of the Savages, was to
send over to Gen. Burgoyne, acquaint him of our weak condition &
ask his protection: And this might very easily be done, did the enemy
know our circumstances & had Forces to spare; nothing but their Igno-
rance of the Geographical part of the country, or want of strength,
does prevent it. This was Brush's plan, & I am really surprised when
I reflect on the Danger, that our Assemblys are not more attentive to
it — 'tis certainly our weakest side.
The Haverhill & Newbury Committee have kept constant scouts
going for some time past between Lake Champlain & this River, and
by the last that came in, we have Letters (copys of wch I herewith
transmit) that give us some Encouragement. By a Scout that went
out yesterday to Onion River & another to Crown Point, I took the
Liberty to write General Sullivan & Col° Waite informs them what our
Gen1 Court had done lately & how we imagin'cl ourselves most exposed
to the Enemy, wch I hope may be some way serviceable.
There has been many Reports spread here of Indians being seen &
scouts fir'd at, but upon further search have prov'd groundless, & the
people in general appear more compos'd; some are returning to work
in their plantations, but leave their wives & children here, as the secur-
est place. What has already happen'd has been considerable Damage
to the new Settlements.
The bearer, Mr. Atkinson of Boscawen can inform of further par-
ticulars that you may please to inquire respecting our Circumstances
here, as he with a number of others from the Towns below came up
volunteers for our assistance on the first alarm. He has been good
enough to send us two swivel Guns or small field pieces that has laid
for some years at Boscawen, perhaps since last War (belonging as they
suppos'd to ye Province) for the use of our Forts, and tells us there's
two more at Canterbury, under Esq1' dough's care, wch may be very
useful to us. I beg the favor he may have ye Direction of the Com-
mittee of Safety to forward them also. They are no service where
they lye & can be easily transported here.
I wish to hear that some part of ye Detachm* design'd for our pro-
tection were upon their march. If we had but a small company to
guard the settlements at upper Coho'os for the present, it would be a
great satisfaction to the People & some among us talk of going on that
Duty for a fortnight or three weeks as volunteers, to chance their pay
— if no companys appear in a [The remainder of the letter is torn
off.— Ed.]
808 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Order respecting Samuel Dyer of Berwick.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 105.]
In Committee of Safety, July 18th, 1776.
Samuel Dyer, an inhabitant of Berwick in the County of York &
Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, being bro't before the Committee
charged with being unfriendly to the Liberties of this Country ; and
after hearing his Defence, and considering the matters objected against
him, the Committee do determine that the Said Samuel Dyer ought to
confine himself to the aforesd Town of Berwick, and in no case to come
within the Limits of this Colony under pain of Imprisonment, unless
Capt. John Langdon should see fit to receive him aboard the Conti-
nental Frigate under his care at Portsmouth, in which case he may En-
list and continue in that service.
By order of the Committee.
Orders to Col0 Joshua Wingate.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 107.]
Colony of N. Hampshire —
In Committee of Safety, July 17th, 1776.
To Col0 Joshua Wingate —
You are directed to repair to Charles Town, on Connecti-
cut Paver, and there take charge of such companies, as you may find
there, whose officers are commissionated under you, and take all neces-
sary care with the persons appointed at that place to supply the Troops,
to have the soldiers fixt off, taking their Rout for Crown Point or
Ticonderoga, or the place where the Continental Army may be; and
when you have done what appears necessary to you to do at Charles
Town, you will proceed forward and join the Continental Army as
aforesaid, putting yourself and Regiment under the command of the
General and Commander in Chief of said Army. If no Continental
officer has made provision at Charlestown for the soldiers you will
apply to Benjamin Giles, Esqr appointed by the Colony to deliver six
days provision at marching, to last the troops to Crown Point.
By order of the Committee, M. W.
Direction for Col. Jacob Bailey about raising men.
[State Pap. Revn. Vol. IV. p. 109.]
Colony of New Hampshire
In Committee of Safety, July 18th, 1776.
To Col0 Jacob Bailey — The Committee are in expectation that you
will accomplish your desire of keeping in Continental pay by order of
General Washington, the Sixty men employed by you to clear a Road
to Canada ; and as you have tho't fit to desist working on said Road,
that you now employ them as Scouting parties to Guard the Country.
But if you should be directed to disband them, you are hereby Impow-
ered to Enlist fifty men to be under the pay of this Colony until the
first of December next, unless sooner discharged ; and see that the
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 309
men fairly choose a Captain, Lieutenant & Ensign to command them.
Said Company, if raised to take orders from time to time from yourself,
Col". John llurd and Col0. Charles Johnson, to direct their conducl ;
Said men to receive thirty shillings Bounty, and fifty shillings per
month.
Lett* ■■ from the Chairman of Portsmouth Committee respecting
Capt. Roach.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. IV. p. 111.]
Portsmouth, 19th July, 177G.
Gent11. — Capt. Roach in the Schooner Polly having cleared from this
Port to the Eastward with a cargo consisting of 2 hhds. of Salt, 20
Bushells of Corn, 300 lbs Tobacco, 3 bbls Rum, & 3 bbs Cyder,
of the Inhabitants of this Town have made application to us to forbid
Ids departure supposing the risque too great at this time. We have had
Capt. Roach before us and he acquaints us that he intends to go to St.
Peters, and to carry with him exclusive of the above articles, Cash suf-
ficient to purchase a Cargo there of such Commodities as he supposes
will be suitable for this Markett.
We think it our duty to inform you of this matter and have desired
Capt. Roach to wait on you to request your opinion thereon.
I am, by Order of the Comtee of Safety,
Gent11, your most hhb1 serv*,
H. Wentworth, Chairman.
To the Hon1'1 the
Comtce of Safety, Exeter.
Letter relating to Mrs. Livius. (1)
[State Pap. Rev'1 Vol. IV. p. 113.]
Portsm0 19th July, 1776.
Gentlemen —
Mrs. Livius having inform'd this Committee that she was about to
apply to you for* leave to depart this place in order to proceed to her
Husband at Quebec, We beg leave to acquaint you that the Situation
of her Family is such as that we should think it expedient.
Maj1' Meigs & Capt. Dearborn inform us that Mr. Livius interested
himself with General Carlton to obtain leave for them to revisit their
Families, & that in return for his kindness they promised him to use
their utmost Endeavors to have his Family sent him.
If this measure meets with your approbation, We can see no reasona-
ble objection to Mrs. Livius' going with her Family as soon as she can
get away.
I am, by order of the Comtee of Safety, Gentl™
Yr most hble Servant
H. Wentworth, Chairman.
To the Honorable the
Comtee of Safety at
Exeter.
(1) "Wife of Hon. Peter Livius.— Ed.
310 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Order to Brigr Gen.1 John Stark.
[State Pap. Rev* Vol. IV. p. 115.]
State of New Hampshire, July 19th 1776.
To Brig1 Gen1. John Stark.
You are hereby required to repair to Charles Town No. 4. so as to be
there by Thursday next to meet & confer with persons appointed by
the Convention of the State of Vermont relative to the rout of the
Troops under your Command, their being supplied with provisions &
future operations. And when the Troops are collected at No. 4 you
are to take the Command of them & march into the State of Vermont
and there act in conjunction with the Troops of that State or any other
of the States, or of the United States or separately as it shall appear
Expedient to you for the protection of the People or the annoyance of
the Enemy; and from time to time as occasion shall require, send Intel-
ligence to the Gen1. Assembly or Committee of Safety of your Opera-
tions and the manovers of the Enemy.
(Copy) M. AVeare.
Letter fron Benjamin Giles, Esq.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV p. 117.]
HoNd Sr—
Would Inform I pursued agreeable to Instructions to be in read-
iness to give the troops a quick pass from Cliarlestown, arriving here
last Sabbath &c. I need not write the particulars of my conduct or the
cause of my purchasing Stores. Mr. Trott can inform as he is particu-
larly knowing to my conduct both before and after Capt. Earnsworth
came to No. 4, whose Orders are to purchase beef And that only for
the troops; a difficulty I am afraid will arise; his orders are to give
provision to a Complete Company only, and as I suppose that it is next
to impossible for complete Companies to march without being notifi'd,
I thought it my duty to advertise you, Sr that if possible the Captains
of each Company may have knowledge thereof. Billeting, Mileage, and
some other allowances are all to be paid at Ticonderoga, ye money be-
ing sent forward. Capt. Earnsworth came here last Thursday and is
gone off this morning, according to direction, I have dismissed the busi-
ness, but have some Pork on hand, can't say how much, Mr. Trott
will inform the Circumstance, I sent him to Hadley to purchase Pork,
I paid his Expense being 17s. 9d and have charged it, would be glad of
further directions respecting what I have taken in.
I rest, Sr yr Real Friend, and very humbl serv'
BENJa Giles.
P. S. I should have wrote in a different manner but Mr. Trott can
inform every particular.
B. G.
I Borrowed 44 dollars, which I have paid for Wheat and Pork, woidd
be glad if it can be sent by Mr. Trott. I promised to pay it directly.
Benj11 Giles.
In a hurry Mr. Trott waiting.
The Honble Meshech Weare, Esq.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 311
Letter from Col. Hurd.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. IV. p. 119.]
Haverhill, 20th July, 1776.
Sin — yesterday afternoon came in here to Coho'os a French man
from the river St. Francis, \vth whom & the Committees of Haverhill &
Newbury, I spent the Evening till late, to obtain what Intelligence we
could. He tells us — That he has been out from thence nineteen days
& undergone great hardship in his journey, having mistook his path
from the head of St. Francis to this River, that there was seventy-
two ships arrived at Quebec, & the ministerial Army made up 10,000
British & Canadians under General Carlton ; he knows nothing of
Burgoyne. The Indians of St. Francis & Canaughaga remain neuter,
& refuse to take up arms on either side — he does not think there's any
Indians out upon the Scout on this quarter ; he fled, as he says, for
fear of his life, having been a Captain in the Continental Service at the
Parish of three Rivers & advanced considerable effects for our Army;
is desirous of being convey'd to the General, & to the Continental Con-
gress ; his appearance to me is open & honest, tho' some of our* people
are jealous of him — keep a guard to watch the house (Mr. Thos John-
son's) where he lodges I intend to send him over to Crown point to the
commanding officer there.
We are anxious for Col0 Bayley's return to know in what manner
the men design'd for our protection are to be rais'd, and we shall look
for him this Evening, So that I hope I shall have ye pleasure of some
advices. I am very respectfully,
Sir, yr most humbl Serv4.
J°. Hurd.
The Honbl Col0. M. Weare.
Letter from Col0 Joshua Wentworth.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 121.]
Portsmouth, July 20, 1776.
Gentlemen — Pursuant to an order from Maj. Gen1 Folsom of 3d Inst,
to me Directed, to raise one hundred and fifteen Men out of the first
Regiment, I now have the pleasure to Inclose a Return of that Number,
who have Voluntarily Engaged in the service of their Country.
I am respectfully,
Gentln you m' ob. Servt*,
Josh. Wentworth.
To the Honbl the Committee of Safty
for the Colony of New Hampshire.
Letter from Col. John Bellows.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 123.]
Walpole, July 20th 1776.
Sir—
Lieut. Sargents hath return'd from Crown Point, in order to collect
some soldiers who deserted at the time when Major Butterfield resign'd
312 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
himself and Men to our Foes, and also to obtain a copy of the Muster
Rolls for the Four Companies which I mustered, as the Soldiers can
draw no pay until the Rolls are exhibited to the Pay Master. I desire
you would send the Copys by Mr. Trott, because Sargents must-retum
as soon as possible.
I am your Humbl Serv1
John Bellows.
Complaint of Zaccheus Clough of Poplin.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. IV. p. 125.]
Colony of ? In Committee of Safety,
New Hampshire \ July 20th, 1776.
Upon considering the Complaint of Zacheus Clough, Esqr of Poplin,
representing that he hath been much injured in his character, by de-
signing Persons, who he says, have falsely Insinuated to the publick that
he converted to his own use a Donation, with which he was Intrusted by
the Parish of said Poplin to deliver persons properly appointed to re-
ceive the same, for the use of the Poor of Boston suffering by the Port
Bill.
The Committee recommend, That the Committee of said Poplin
would call in to their aid the Committees of Two of the nearest Towns
or Parishes to them, Jointly to set and hear all accusations against
said Clough on the aforesd affair; and also his Defence thereon, giving
notice of the Time & place of meeting sufficient for his accusers to be
present. And after impartially hearing the matter to declare their
opinion thereon, that all concerned may be satisfied of the truth of the
Premises. M. Weaue, Chairman.
(Copy)
Certificate for Zaccheus Clough, Esq.
[State Pap. Revu Vol. IV. p. 281.]
Boston, Sept. 18th 1776.
This may certify all whom it may concern, That Zaccheus Clough
Esq1' did deliver the Committee of Charlestown one yoke of oxen, by
the direction of the Boston Committee on the first day of March one
thousand seven hundred & seventy five, agreeable to a Receipt given
said Clough by. Capt. Isaac Foster, Chairman of the Charlestown
Committee of Donation, and whatever may appear to the contrary as
to said Clough 's not delivering the same at the time Capt. Foster gave
the receipt is false and Injurious.
As witness our hands —
Edward Proctor') A Quorum of the
John White y Boston Comtee
Sam1 Partridge ) of Donation.
Attest— Alexr Hodgdon,
Clerk to the Bu.ston Cointce of Donation.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 313
Petition from Warren for Fire- Arms, >j-c.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 129.]
To the IIonol>le Committee of Safety for the Colony of New Hamp-
shire :
The Petition of us the Committee of the Town of War-
ren humbly sheweth: That the Inhabitants are Destitute of Fire arms
& Lead, and pray that your Ilonnours will grant us a sufficient Quan-
tity of Fire Arms and Lead, or otherways, grant us a Sum of money,
to purchase, fur which we, the Committee of Safety of said Warren
will account in behalf of said Town.
We shall ever Pray &c.
Joshua Merrill ") ComUc for
Joshua Copp >• the town of
Obediah Clement ) Warren.
Letter from Col. David Gilman.
[State Pap. Revu Vol. IV. p. 129.]
Head Quarters, Portsmouth, July yc 22'1, 1776.
Gentlemen — I have the Pleasure to Inform you that the works at
N. Castle gos on verry well. If nothing Extrordinary happens I am
in hopes the walls of that Important Fortress will be almost com-
pleated this week I believe I may veanture to say, it will be one of
the most compleatest ones upon the Contenant of America when fin-
ished. I should have been almost Ready to have mounted all the Can-
non on the fourt by this time, could I have got timber to have laid the
Platforms, but am still at a loss; should be glad how soon sum might
be procured for that Purpose. I flatter myself, Gentlemen, when I
have got these works a little out of the way, shall have an opportun-
ity to Discipline my men and make them sumwhat respectable in case
we should be attacked. I should think it proper to have sum person
appointed to muster the men here as the Capts. are Daily revtrting f
I am, Gentlemen with great respect your Honrs most obedient Humble
servant. D. Gilman.
License for 3Irs. Livius to go to Quebec.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 135.]
Colony of ? In Committee of Safety,
New Hampshire $ July 23d, 1776.
Capt. Henry Dearborn, who was one of Col0 Arnold's Detachment
and made prisoner at the attack upon Quebeck, on the 31st of Decem-
ber last, having had liberty to come Home on his Parole, and repre-
sented to this Committee, That the HonbIe Peter Livius Escp at Que-
beck treated him and other Prisoners with great humanity; and that
said Mr. Livius was desirous that his Lady and children now at Ports-
mouth in this Colony might be permitted to come to him at Quebeck :
Therefore Thomas Roach, Master in the Schooner Polly, with James
Stoodly, John Marsh & John Bowman, mariners, are hereby permitted
to depart this Port with provisions sufficient for their voyage only,
with Mrs. Livius & her four children on Board, for the sole purpose of
314 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
carrying her and said children to said Quebeck and then to return to
this Colony as soon as may be.
In -witness whereof we have affixed the seal of said Colony, the day
& year above mentioned.
By order of the Committee. M. Thornton, C: man, P. T.
Letter to Benja Giles Esq.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 139.]
In Committee of Safety, July 24th, 1776.
Sir — We received yours by Mr. Trott; have sent by him £20, and
and expect you will settle with him for his time & Expences in the ser-
vice. We hope Mr. Farnsworth or his Deputy will supply the Troops
in such a way as will help them to proceed; and tho' we would by no
means pretend to supply or any ways be concerned in the affair, unless
to prevent their returning home dissatisfied, in which case we would
desire you to do what you can in Reason to furnish them to march
forward. If the provision you have furnished is not wanted, you may
store it, and it will come to bear at some other time without doubt.
By order of the Committee,
I am, Sir, your very Hum1 Snt
M. Thornton, Ch'man, P. T.
Benja Giles, Esq_r.
Orders to Lieut. John Grilman.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 139.]
Colony of ]
New Hamp']' In Committee of Safety, July 26th, 1776.
To Lieut. John Giljian — Complaints being made to this Committee
that you received of the Colony Paymaster last year Coat money be-
longing to several Persons, soldiers in the same company with you,
which you have not paid to them & refuse to pay; Therefore that Jus-
tice may be done, you are required'to appear before this Committee on
Wednesday the seventh day of August next to answer to said Com-
plaint.
By order of the Committee, —
M. Thorntox, Chair" P. T.
In Committee of Safety, August 6th, 1776.
The Committee having heard Lieut. Gilman on the within Com-
plaint are of opinion, that he ought without delay to pay the Coat
money he has received in behalf of any soldier, to them respectively.
M. Weare, Chairman.
Letter from Col. John Hurd.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 145.]
Haverhill, Coho'os, 27th July, 1776.
Sir—
I am favored with yours of the 20th Inst. pr. Mr. Atkinson, & ob-
serve your several appointments to raise the men for the protection of
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 315
this part of yc country, wch by present appearances may be sufficient,
but how long they may continue so is very uncertain. I'm just now
informed by a person from the College that Capt. Woodward has
rais'd his men & gone out into the Woods to a place call'd Royalston,
I suppose about midway between Connecticut river and the Lake to
erect some Stockade or Fortification there, from whence they may keep
their scouts going; but they have not thought proper to inform the
Committee what their plan may be, or any thing of their Intentions.
We hear Capt. Jer. Eames is upon the Road on his way here, & wish
he may be able to make up his Quota of men, so as to be on Duty
soon, that the people at Upper Coho'os may keep about their Hus-
bandry, and not lose the advantage of such promising Crops as are
now on the ground. Col0 Bayley will I believe inlist his fifty without
Difficulty chiefly from those men that have been working on the new
Road, when we shall immediately employ them on necessary Duty.
One of our scouting partys came in from Onion River two days agoe
by whom I received a Letter from Col0 Wait, copy of wch shall inclose
& by wlh you'll observe the change of Command at that station, with
the complaints he makes; if it be so as there represented We must
have had some cruel Enemies — snake like in the Grass — that have been
secretly working out our Ruin all in their power, wch 'tis to be hoped
will by & by come to light. No wonder we have not succeeded better
in that Department.
As to those persons in this Quarter who proposed sending to General
Burgoyne or into Canada for assistance, we have our eyes upon them
& watch all their motions, but at present, think not prudent to make
much stirr.
This afternoon came into Newbury four French men from Metcalff's
on the Lake, in six days Travel, bad weather retarded 'em or they'd
have been here, they say, in three days, with a Letter to Col1' Bayley
from Mr. Metcalf, Extract of wch I have also inclos'd, by wch it ap-
pears our affairs in Canada are not so desperate as we might have
imagin'd. These men give much the same acco1 as the other a few
days agoe & having the appearance of open honest Folks we shall
treat them with Civility & forward 'em along to the army at Crown
Point, where they are desirous of going, as quick as possible with a
pilot & proper guard.
There 's also two or three of Bedel's soldiers come into Town direct
from thence who give very indifferent accts of our army there, such as
their being very sickly, that many officers of Stark's Reg' disgusted at
Gen1 Sullivan's being superseded, were determined to quit the service,
that great part of the Army were drawing off to Ticonderoga, Col0
Bedell & most of his officers returning home — but we don't give much
credit to these stories, as they come from Fellows we suppose to be
deserters.
I am glad to hear ye Powder mill is in such forwardness, & that we
are like to have a good supply of arms & Ammunition wch will give our
people fresh spirits. Your goodness I hope will excuse my lengthy
Epistles; beg my grateful respects to the Gentlemen of the Commit-
tee, & am
Sir, your most obed1 humb1 serv',
John Hurd.
To the IIonbl Mesh: Weare Esq.
Chairman of the Committee of Safety.
316 COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Extract of a letter from Mr. S. Metcalf, dated
Prattsburg, July 21, 1776.
[State Pap. Revu Vol. IV. p. 149.]
To Col. Jacob Bayley —
Dear Sir — " The bearers hereof are four Canadian officers,
late of Col. James Livingston's Keg1 who inform me that the Forces
in Canada are no ways equal to what they were at first reported, &
that Gen1 Carleton has miscarried in the plan he had laid to make him-
self master of this Lake by drawing three vessels wch had been pre-
viously built for the purpose over land past the Rapids of Chamblee,
they being entirely broken to pieces in the attempt, and now totally
abandoned ; so that Gen1 Sullivan will undoubtedly remain master of
this Country, for the season at least, he having fortified with an En-
trenchment & Cannon Point au Fer, on the North End of the Lake
where stands a Brick house commonly called the White House. This
is a very advantageous situation. It commands the Navigation towards
St. Johns, and is formed into a kind of an Island, by a deep morass,
that runs behind it from one Bay to the other. I having no Boat to
assist this People with, who are on their way to Albany, they were
constrained to go this Road, & as they speak very little English you
had better give them a Pass to Albany.
I am, dear Sir, y1' friend & obed' humb serv*
S. Metcalf."
Copy of Col. Waifs Letter to Col. Hurd.
[State Pap. Rev'1 Vol. IV. p. 1.31.]
Onion River, 20th July, 1776.
Sir— I received yours of the 14th Inst. I am at present at this place
wth 200 men & when order'd here I expected to have been station'd
here till the fall of the year, & to have built some Stockades from this
to Coho'os, but it seems it is otherways ordered. I am order'd to joyn
the army again wch I expect to do in live or six days; but Col0 Warner
of the Green Mountains is order'd to raise 300 men immediately to
proceed to these Frontiers & to guard the same ; but the particulars of
his orders I know not; have sent a man from hence to know whether
he is to relieve me or not. I apply'd to Gen. Sullivan for this Station
as soon as the Army retreated, that I might be a safe guard to our
Frontiers wch was readily granted; but he is now superseded by Gen-
eral Gates, and what will be done next, I know not, but it seems this
must be our unhappy Fate, the change of Command so often that it
keeps our Army in continual confusion. Sir — you must spare me a
little by way of complaint. This Northern Army has been treated
with most cruel neglect, or we might have been in possession of Que-
bec. Sir — When I arrived there, I found Generals without men. and
a small artillery without supplys, and commissarys without provisions,
paymasters without money & Quarter-masters without stores & Physi-
cians without medicines; & the Small Pox very brief m our army wch
has been our Destruction: — but must beg you'l excuse me & subscribe
myself,
Your humble serv1,
Joseph Wait.
To John Hurd, Esq.
1770.] CQHBESPONDENCE. 317
Letter from Col. John HurJ. to Son. Meshech Weare.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. IV. p. 153.]
Haverhill, 3d aug81 1770.
Sir — Since I wrote last Capt Eames lias been with us, & proceeded
to Upper Coho'os with about thirty men, not doubting he should be
able soon to make up his whole number.
The Committee have wrote to Capt. Woodward desiring he wou'd
come to Haverhill to consult with us respecting his scouts.
Capt. Payne of Lebanon who went on a scout a volunteer is just
now return'd: be tells us lie has been to Ticonderoga, where i
on Gen1 Gates, found the principal part of the army there having
quitted Crown Pt. as too infectious a place for the Reinforcements, till
it can be thor'ly cleansed, that a large number of Carpenters were
ernploy'd in building Batteaus, with design as suppos'd to go over the
Lake again. From Tya — he went to Crown Point where was only one
Regem4; made a short Tarry here, & then down the Lake to Onion
River — he saw Col0 Waite there; took his advice & proceeded to the
River Le Moel & so back to Coho'os striking the new Road — met no
enemy on the way brou't the same Report as mention'd by the French
man, that a Fleet was in the River St. Lawrence supposed to be
French, and the Regulars retreating from St. Johns to Sorrell.
I have a Letter from the Committee of the 25th July forwarded by
Mr. Jos. Whipple desiring me to send two swivel Guns to Upper
Coho'os for the use of Capt. Eames' party, wch shall be done as soon
as we receive the others from Canterbury, but we have only two yet
come to hand. Col0 Eayley has not yet been able to embody his
working party of men into a Regular Company under the order-; of us
as a Committee agreeable to yr Directions & unless they will consent
to form themselves as such, the Committee will proceed to enlist others
for the purpose. We defer this a few days, till we see how they agree
among themselves; When I shall a advise you further. In the mean
while remain, with my best respects to you & the Gentlemen of the
Committee,
Sir, yr most obed1 serv1,
J. HURD.
To the Hon1'1 Meshech Weare, Esq.
Letter from Eleaser Russell, Esq. to Hon. Meshech Weare.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 161.]
Honorarle Sir — A subject important to me, now leads me to ad-
dress you, For which I beg your indulgence, and that you will please
to lay the matter before the Honble Committee of Safety.
On the 4th of May last, Co11 Wentworth of the Committee for the
Town of Portsmouth bro't me the Association to subscribe, at a time
I was so ill as to be incapaWe of any thing. Upon growing better I
tho't largely of the matter, and finding my mind perplex'd wrote him
on the subject, which Letter at my request he consented to lay before
the Hon1'1 Committee of Safety.
Till yesterday, I never knew but the Association Paper, with my
letter had been in the Committees hands for more than Wo months:
318 COLONY OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
and now find myself bound by every principle of Honor, duty and
gratitude, to enlarge upon the affair.
It was, and is, ineerly to secure the morality of my mind, that I was
reluctant to put my name to it. Solemnly to bind myself to the per-
formance of what nature & necessity rendered impossible, I started at
the tho't of, and tlio' my health is mended, so wreck'd are my nerves,
that I cou'd not do one hour military duty to save my life.
The article of shedding human blood, in me is not a humor, but a
principle — not an evasion, but a fact. It was received in early life, and
has "grown with my growth and strengthened with my strength."
Not a partiality for British, more than savage blood; For all circum-
stances considered, I think the Latter more innocent than the former.
From the first Injuries done America by Great Britain, my tho'ts
took lire on the subject, and have been conceiv'd & uttered in one
unvaried strain, to the highest personage and down to the meanest
enemy, without hesitation or reserve: So that I can challenge all man-
kind to impeach me to my country.
To enlarge on the matter in my own favor would be easy, but might
appear indelicate; and, to be wholly silent in the case would be crim-
inal.
Therefore believing my conduct is to be judg'd of by persons of
Liberal sentiments & sensibility of mind, I am with the greatest respect
Honorable Sir,
your obliged & dutiful Hum1'1 serv4
E. KUSSELL.
Hon™ Col. Weare.
Portsm0 17th August, 1776
Proclamation by General Howe.
[Amer. Ar. Vth ser. Vol. I. 1776, p. 1121.]
A Proclamation by his Excellency the Honourable William Howe,
General and Commander-in-chief of all his Majesty's Forces within
the Colonies lying on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia to
West Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c.
Wheras it is represented that many of the loyal Inhabitants of this
Island have been compelled by the leaders in rebellion to take up arms
against his Majesty's Government: Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons so forced into rebellion, that on delivering themselves at Head
Quarters of the Army, they will be received as faithful subjects, have
permits to return peacefully to their respective dwellings, and meet
with full protection for their persons and property. All those who
choose to take up arms for the restoration of order and good Govern-
ment within this Island, shall be disposed of in the best manner, and
have every encouragement that can be expected.
Given under my hand, at Head Quarters on LoDg Island, this 23d day
of August, 1776. Wm. Howe.
By his Excellency's command.
Robert Mackenzie, Secretary.
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honble House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of New Hampshire at their Session
begun & held at Exeter on Wednesday the Fourth day of
September, A.D. 1776, by adjournment.
Towns & Places Represented.
North Hampton & Newtown, 1,
Exeter,
Portsmouth, 3,
Londonderry, 2
Chester, 2,
Hampton, 1
Northampton, 1,
Greenland, 1,
Newington 1,
New Castle 1
Ryel
Stratham 1
New Market 1
Kensington 1,
Kingston & East Kingston, 1,
Plaistow & Atkinson 1,
Salem, 1,
Pelham, 1
Raymond & Poplin, 1,
Brintwood 1,
Pembrook 1
Wyndhani 1
Concord 1
Canterbury & Loudon 1
Epping 1,
Deerfield & North wood, 1
Bow & Dunbarton 1
Epsom, Chichester & Allenstown, 1
Nottingham 1,
Sandown & Ilawke 1
Candia 1,
Names of the Members.
Hwe Phs White, Speak'
Noah Emery
Samuel Cutts Esqr
Sam1 Sherburne, Esqr
Pierse Long, Esqf
John Bell, Esq *
Moses Baroett, Esqr
Stephen Morse
Robert Wilson, Esqr
Josiah Moulton Esq
Dr. Levi Dearborn
Clem1 March, Esqr
Rich'1 Downing, Esqr
Henry Prescott, Esqr
Nathan Goss
Benja Barker, Esqr
Thomas Tash, Esq1'
Capt. Ezekiel Worthen
Sam1 Philbrick, Esqr
Samuel Kimball
Caleb Dustin
James Gibson
John Dudley Esqr
Samuel Dudley Esqr
David Gilman, Esq1'
James Betton Esqr
Timothy Walker, Esqr
Thomas Clough
Nehemiah Wheeler
Jeremiah Eastman Esqr
Capt Caleb Page
John McClary Esqr
Thomas Bartlett Esqr
Moses Colby
Moses Baker Esqr
320
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[171
Hampstead 1
Hampton Falls & Seabrook
Dover 2,
Durham 1
Somersworth 1
Rochester 1
Barrington 1
Madbury
Lee 1
Giln! an town & Barnstead, 1
Sanbornton & Meredith, 1
Leavitstown, Wakefield & Middleton 1
Sandwich, Tarn worth & Moultonborough 1,
New Durham, the Gore & Wolfborough
Amherst, 2,
Dunstable 1
Holies 1
Weare 1
Hopkinton 1
New Ipswich 1
Mason & Raby 1
Litchfield & Nottingham West, 1
Merrimac & Bedford 1
Deerfield & Goffstown 1
Boscawen & Salisbury, 1
Temple & Peterborough, 1
Wilton, Lyndshoro, Mile Slip & Dux- )
bury Farm, 1 ]
Heneker, Hillsborough Deering & )
Society Lands 1 }
Francestown & New Boston 1,
New Breton, Warner Perrystown &)
Fisherfield 1 \
Keen 1,
Walpole 1
Charleston 1,
Westmoreland 1
Richmond 1
Hinsdale & Chesterfield 1,
Marlow, Surry & Alstead 1
Dublin & Monadnoc, No. 5, 1
Packersfield, Stoddard Camden & Gilsum 1,
Rindge, JafErey & Peterborough Slip 1
Cornish, Plainfield Protectworth & )
Grantham 1 )
Winchester 1
Claremont 1
Swausey & Fitz William 1
Unity, Acworth, Lemster Sevill, )
Cro}'don & Newport 1 ^
Plymouth, Alexandria Cockermouth >
& New Chester 1 j
Capt. John Calfe
Stephen Evens Esq
Otis Baker, Esqr
Mr. John Smith, 3d
Ichabod Rollins, Esqr
James Knowles Esq1"
James Marden
Hercules Mooney, Esq
Joseph Badger Esq1'
Ebenr Smith, Esqr
Nathaniel Balch
Daniel Beede Esqr
Moses Nichols Esqr
Nahum Baldwin Esqr
Jona Lovewell, Esqr
Stephen Ames
John Worth
Stephn Harriman
William Shattuck
Amos Dakin
Asa Davis, Esqr
Matthew Patten, Esqr
Mose3 Kelley, Esqr
Henry Gerrish, Esqr
Samuel Moore
Jacob Abbot, Esq1"
Capt. Joseph Simonds
Timotliy Ellis, Esqr
John Bellows, Esqr
Elijah Grout
Ileber Miller, Esqr
Capt. Oliver Capron
Archibald Robinson
Nath1 Sartel Prentice Esqr
Eliphalet Stone
Joseph Rounseval
Enoch Hale, Esq
Moses Chase Esq.
Sam1 Emerson Esq.
177G.J JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 321
Rumney, Holderness, Gampton & > D • j Brainard Esn/
Thornton 1 \
Lyme, Orford, Wentworth Warren, ) Igrftel M E
Dorchester, Piermont, 1 \ J 1
Haverhill, (Jnnthwait, Bath, Lyman, }
Landaff & Morriston 1 C
Hanover, Lebanon, Kellian, Canaan, /
Cardigan & Grafton 1 $
Apthorp, Northumberland, Lancaster,^
Stratford, Conway, Cockbnrn, [
Colburn, Shelburn & the Towns [
above them 1 J
Wednesday, September 4th A.D. 1776.
The House met according to adjournment.
[A quorum of the Council not being in Session, Adjourn'd to]
Thursday, Sept. 5th 1776.
Voted to choose a Committee of this House to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board, to consult together and make
report to this House what Business is Necessary to be done
this Session and how long it will be Necessary for this Court
to set, and Wrhere to adjourn to ; and that John Dudley Esq1',
Col. Baker, John M'Clary Esqr, Nahum Baldwin Esq1', Capt.
Prentice, Jonathan Lovewell Esqr, Jacob Abbot, Esq1', Capt.
Long and Capt. Moulton, be the Committee of this House for
that Purpose. [Concurred, and Messrs. Thornton, Went-
worth, Clagett, Blanchard & Thompson, added.]
Friday Sept. 6th, 1776.
Voted To choose a Committee of this House, to join
a Committee of the Honble Board, to" take into consid-
eration the Resolves of the Honble General Assembly of
the' Massachusetts Bay respecting fitting out the Conti-
nental Frigate (1) at Portsmouth for a Cruise against the Ene-
my, and concerning Stopping the Export of Lumber &c.
(this day transmitted to this Court by a Comtee of that Court)
and to make report thereon to this house as soon as may lie ;
and that Col0 Sherburne, Col0 Walker & Henry Prescott,
Esq. be the Comtee of This house for that Purpose. Sent up
by Majr Tash. [Concurred — Messrs Thornton, Whipple &
Thompson added.]
(1) This Frigate was called the Raleigh.— Ed.
21
322 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Massachusetts Resolves.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 238.]
In Council, August 31st, 1776.
Resolved, That a Committee of suitable persons be appointed imme-
diately to repair to the State of New Hampshire & apply to the Gov-
ernment there, & if practicable, with the loan of as many Cannon as
can be spared from this State, to effect the fixing out the Continental
Ship now under the direction of Mr. Langdon, and to take immediate
measures that such number of Cannon & other necessaries, as without
distressing this State, may be lent to the Continent, may be safely &
expeditiously transported to Portsmouth. This ship to be fixed out
for the purpose of attacking the Milford or other ships of War dis-
tressing our Coasts; and in case said ship can within any reasonable
time be equipt for the Sea; —
Resolved, that two or more Colony armed vessels be directed to act
in concert with her, and that the Committee be, and are hereby
impower'd, to engage as many sea-coast soldiers, East of Boston, as
may incline to enter for said service; and in general to do every thing
necessary for effecting the aforesaid purpose ; and that the pay of the
sea-coast men continue, in addition to the Emoluments of the sea ser-
vice; the said Cannon and other articles that may be lent as aforesaid
to be returned as soon as the cruise shall be over, or as soon as they
shall be called for by this Government. Read & sent down &c.
John Avery, Dep. Sec.
In Council, Sept. 2d, 1776.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 239.]
Whereas Benja Greenleaf & Oliver Wendell Esqrs & Capt. George
Williams are appointed a Committee to repair to Portsmouth in the
State of New Hampshire, to procure the Continental Frigate to cruise
after the Milford and other Frigates of the Enemy that are infesting
the sea-coast of these United States —
Resolved, That the said Committee be directed to represent to the
Legislative authority of the State of New Hampshire, the expediency
of forthwith passing an Act to prohibit the exportation of Lumber for
a limited Time, similar to that passed by this State for that purpose.
Sent down — &c. John Avery, Dep Sec.
The Comtee [above appointed] being joined by a Comtee of
the Honl)le Board, made report.
That it be recommended to Mr. Langdon Continental agent for the
Frigate aforesaid to equip her as soon as Possible for a cruise against
the Milford or any other Vessell of our Enemies on the Coast in con-
junction with one of the Continental Frigates in the Massachusetts Bay
and other of their Colony Armed Vessells: and that a Committee be ap-
pointed to consult with Mr. Langdon on the affair, and assist him if he
needs it: and that any soldier in the Colony service have liberty to En-
jist for the Cruise, their wages to continue besides the Emolument of
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 323
i
Captures &c. they to return to their service when the cruise is over.
Also recommend that an Embargo until the Twentieth of November
next be laid on the exportation of All "Lumber from this State.
Signed M. Thornton, Chairman.
Which report being Read,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted,
[p. 169.] Voted and Resolved — That it be and hereby is Rec-
ommended to John Langdon Esq1' Agent for the Continental
Frigate now at Portsmouth to Equip the said Frigate as soon
as Possible for a cruise against the Milford or any other Ves-
sell of our Enemies on this Coast, in conjunction with one
of the Continental Frigates in the Massachusetts Bay and
other of their Colony Armed Vessclls ; and that Col0 Samu-
el Sherburne with Such as the Honbl Board shall appoint, be
a Committee to consult with said Mr. Langdon on that affair,
and to assist him if he need it ; And that any soldier in the
Colony service have liberty to Enlist for the Cruise, and their
wages to continue besides the Emolument of Captures &c.
and to return to their service when the cruise is over.
Sent up by Capt. Prentice. [Concurred, Mr. "Whipple
added.]
Voted and Resolved That an Act be drawn up & Passed
laying an Embargo on the Exportation of all sorts of Lum-
ber from any part of this Colony, and that a Committee be
chosen to join a Comtee of the Honbl Board to draw up &
bring in a Bill or Act to prevent the Exportation of Lumber
from this Colony untill the Twentieth day of November next,
and that Col0 Timothy Walker be the Committee of this
House for that purpose. Sent up by Col0 Walker. [Con-
curred— and Mr. Clagett added.]
[p. 150.] The Petition of sundry Inhabitants of Poplin
against Zaccheus Clough Esqr setting forth that he had
wrongfully taken pay out of the Treasury for his Travel and at-
tendance at the late Congress, and praying that they may not
be taxed therefor, Being read, and both parties heard there-
on— A vote was put whether the said Petition should be dis-
mist, and it Passed in the Negative. Adjourned.
324 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Saturday, September 7th 1776.
The House Resumed the consideration of the Petition of
the Inhabitants of Poplin, against Zaccheus Clough Esqr.
and after a full Debate upon the matter, the question was
put, Whether the said Zaccheus Clough had a legal right to
sit in the late Congress at Exeter as a Representative of said
Poplin, and a Vote being put thereon it passed in the Nega-
tive. Sent up by Moses Barnett, Esqr.
The House having taken into their consideration the case
of Col0 Asa Porter, (being apprehended as an Enemy to the
Liberties of this State) at it appearing that he is not fully
ready for Trial, and he making a Motion that this house will
admit him to Bail, and the same motion being considered
and a vote called thereon ; — it was Voted, That the said
Asa Porter ought not to be Bailed ; and further Voted, to
choose a Committee of this house to join a Comtee of the
Honble Board to consult together & make report to this house
how and in what manner the Said Asa Porter shall be Re-
strained or Confined untill the time of his Trial ; and that
Capt. Moulton, Deacon Baldwin, Capt. Harriman, Col0 Walk-
er & Ichabod Rollins, Esq1' be the Committee of this house
for that purpose. Sent up by deacon Baldwin. [Concurred
— Mr. Whipple, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Clagett & Mr. Ashley
added.]
Which Committee being joined by a Committee of the
Honblvi Board made a report as follows, viz.
'' The Committee of Both Houses appointed to take under considera-
tion in what manner Col0 Asa Porter (now in Exeter) shall be re-
strained from his General liberty, are of opinion that the said Asa
Porter recognise to the Government & People of this State in the sum
of five hundred pounds with two sufficient sureties in the sum of Two
hundred & fifty pounds each, conditioned that he personally appear be-
fore the General Assembly on the second day of their next session in
this State, to answer to all such matters & things as shall then & there
be objected against him, more especially touching his being concerned
in conspiracy against the State in conveying Intelligence of the public
affairs thereof to the Enemy; and do not exceed the limits of the
main street thro' the centre of Exeter and between the Bridge on the
River and the western Corner of the Revd Daniel Rogers meeting
house in said Town, and the space of one hundred yards on each side
of said street: That he hold no correspondence touching the Premises
with any person whatever without the knowledge of some person to be
appointed by the General Assembly ; That he stand committed to the
States Prison in Exeter untill the Resolves of the General Assembly
be complied with ; — which is humbly submitted.
Signed,— Wm, Whipple, Char."
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 325
[p. 151.] Which report being read, Voted, That it he not re-
ceived.
Voted, That Col0 Asa Porter lie committed to the Prison in
Exeter until! the Time that shall he appointed by this Court
for his Trial, and that he recognise to the Government &
People of this State in the sum of five hundred pounds with
two sufficient sureties in the sum of two hundred & fifty
pounds each, conditioned that he personally appear hefore
the General Assembly on the second day of their next ses-
sion in this State, to answer to all such matters & things as
shall then & there he objected against him ; more especially
touching his being concern' d in conspiring against the State
by conveying Intelligence of the Public affairs thereof to the
Enemy, and that he remain a True Prisoner within the lim-
its of the yard of said Prison as by law established, and that
he hold no correspondence touching the premises with any
person whatsoever, without the knowledge of some person
to be appointed by the General Assembly ; and that Noah
Emery Esq. be and hereby is appointed to Inspect all Letters
sent by said Porter to any Person whomsoever, or that shall
be Directed to or received by him, Sent up by Deacon Bald-
win. [Concurred.]
Copy of Papers on file relating to Col. Asa Porter.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. pp. 167-207.]
[Xote. These papers being very copious, and some of them merely repetitious as to
facts, only those of an official and essential character are here printed.— Ed.]
Letter from Col. John Hurd to Hon. MesJieeh Weave.
[State Pap. &c. Vol. IV. p. 176.]
(Extract.) August 7th, 1776.
Sir — " In my last I hinted to you that we had our Eyes upon those
persons who were propagating ye notion of the expediency of sending
into Canada for protection from the Indians & should keep a strict
watch upon their conduct.
Col0 Asa Porter we knew was the principal promoter of it, & Col0
Taplin of Newbury, who had both openly declared their opinion: Some
few of us here & at Newbury were secretly inform'd that there was a
plan propagating by those very persons to send into Canada, & that
soon; We tho't best to let it run on till their scheme was nearly ripe;
but Sunday mora8 an accident took place that alarm fd us & oblig'd us
to stir in the matter a little sooner than intended. An Indian young
hunter that knew the Road, & was tryed upon the matter happening to
blab it out: We expected the others wou'd take the alarm, when some
of the Gentlemen on Newbury side sent over to us of this town, that
they thought it absolutely necessary the Committee here should imme-
326 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
diately secure Col0 Porter while they were apprehending others on that
side, wch was soon done, together with one person in his house &
another at Bath, who had been employed under him.
They were all put under guard, & Monday morns the Committees of
these two Towns & several others met to consult on the business &
form'd themselves into a Court of Inquiry, at wch I assisted in conse-
quence of ye orders in yr last to take up such persons; and after two
days close attention by the Committees on this business of Examina-
tion of the several persons taken up, it appeared to them by the Evi-
dences & circumstances attending, that Col0 Porter & Col° Taplin, with
two others, David Weeks of Bath & Jacob Fowler of Newbury, had
been practising things very inimical to their country; adjudged them
accordingly & doom'd them to be sent to Exeter to the care of the
Committee of Safety, for we must look upon them as dangerous per-
sons in this quarter of the Country & more so at this critical time."
'' Col. Porter was very averse to the orders of his going to Exeter,
& wou'd feign have had a final Decision here, pretending there is not,
nor ought to be any higher power than our T° Committees — for he has
all along deny'd the Jurisdiction of our General Court, & must be
conscious to himself he has us'd us ill by frequent denial of our au-
thority & misrepresentation." Yr humbl serv1.
John Huud.
Letter from Col. J. Kurd, relating to Col. Porter.
[State Pap. Reva Vol. IV. p. 248.]
Haverhill, 12th Aug8' 1776.
Sir—
The Intention of the Committee was to have got Col° Porter off this
morning, but he has try'd ev'ry step in his power to prevent being sent
to Exeter, he has petition'd the Committee of this Town, & been so-
liciting several persons of the other Committees for a new hearing
under pretence that he has not had opport^ to vindicate himself, nor
to procure such evidence in his favour as he can do, if more time was
allow'd; but the Truth is, I am perswaded. that he thinks & has brou't
over Mr. James Bayley, chairman of the Haverhill Committee & two
or three other persons to be of the same opinion, that he ought not to
be sent out of the County for Tryal, that as this District is not repre-
sented, & has remonstrated agst our Form of Government, the Colony
Committee of Safety have no authority to order him to Exeter. I
have therefore been obliged to exert myself in this matter, as Capt.
Woodward can inform you, and have had a hard struggle to obtain
the point; some objecting too that we ought not to send Porter away
unless we send the whole N0., but 'tis the general opinion besides ours
of the Committee, that he is a dangerous person to tarry among us.
For my own part I shall not be easy to have him remain here longer,
as I can more particularly hereafter inform you. and my Reasons. In
the mean time I trust yr Committee will order Coll. Porter to be
properly taken care of. I would not recommend a close Imprisonment,
but that he is well secured.
If you think proper to allow him a hearing before the General Court
shou'd meet, you'll please to inform us by Capt. Woodward's return,
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 327
that the Evidences may be sent down to confront him wch we shall
look upon absolutely necessary, especially Mr. Dan1 Hall, and whether
it be advisable to send the otiiers who belong to New York Govern-
ment. AYre have had much trouble in tins Business as you may well
think & I am very sorry to give you so large a share by my long let-
ters, wch I beg you'll excuse, & am respectfully, Sir,
Your most humbl serv1
J. Huud.
To the Honbl Mesh. Weare, Esq.
Copy of a Letter from the Committee of Safety at Exeter, to
Col. John Hard, Haverhill, N. IT.
Exeter, AugRt 20th 1776.
Sin — By Capt. Woodward we received your several Letters, relative
to Coll. Porter &e. and return you with the other Gent11 at Coho'os our
thanks for your assiduity in detecting those supposed Rebels to the
States. The Committee have appointed a hearing for Col° Porter be-
fore the Gen1 Assembly on Friday the 6th of Sept. next, and in the
mean time ordered him on his peril to confine himself to the Town of
Exeter until that time. We think it expedient the principal Evidence
should attend the tryal, and that such Depositions as relate to the case
may be transmitted, which we desire you to take care of. As to Tap-
lin & the others accused, we desire the Committees to act what they
think necessary & safe, whether to send them down for tryal or not.
Pleas to the Jurisdiction of the Honble Assembly of Neiv Hamp-
shire in the case, State versus Porter.
[State Pap. &c. Vol. IV. p. 168.]
1st. Because it is the legislative Body, and it doth not consist with
the liberties of the People that the same Body which hath the Power
of making Laws, should also have the Power of executing the Laws,
or determining the causes of Individuals.
2nd All jurisdiction implies Superioi'ity of Power, and therefore it
would be absurd to suppose that this Body of men, constituted for the
Purpose of Legislation could thereby become vested with authority to
arrain before them for Trial or Punishment the persons of their con-
stituents whose servants they are, and to whom they are accountable
for their conduct.
3d]y. Because Courts are now open in this State for the Trial both of
criminal & civil causes ; In which case, if the Assembly should single
out the present accused & contrary to his inclination, confine him to a
Trial before them, it wo'd confirm the suggestion of Colu Hurd (a
member of the Assembly by whose order he was bro't before them)
that it was done out of personal Prejudice.
4,h,y. Because in accusations of a criminal Nature (especially where
the State is concern'd) the Party accused ought to have some share in
the choice of his Judges; or to have Liberty to except against so many
appointed by the Law that those who remain may be deemed his own
choice ; as is the case in trial by Jury.
328 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
5th,y. If the Assembly sho'd take cognizance of this case it wo'd car-
ry the Party accused to a Distance from Home or from his Country for
Trial, by which means he wo'd be deprived of the Benefit of Evidence
& the Credit of the Witnesses (which ought to be tried as well as the
Facts) could not be known to the Triors, and would be replete with
those very Inconveniences and equally oppressive & burthensome with
that adopted by the Brittish Parliament so much complained of in the
late Admiralty Courts.
gtMy_ Because the Assembly hath already heard the evidence against
the accused professedly in the quality of a Grand Jury.
7thly. Because the Accused wo'd be thereby deprived of the Privilege
of Trial by Jury which he hath repeatedly claimed and which hath not
only been held by the greatest authorities to be the best and only mode
of Trial consistent with the safety of the People (especially in cases of
treason) but hath by this Assembly been acknowledged to be a Bight
inherent in the People, which they ought not to be deprived of — In the
Preamble to their Act to abolish the Court of Appeal.
8th'y. Because the Representatives of a People (as Such) can have
no powei's but what are delegated to them by the People whom they
represent, and the People of New Hampshire have not delegated to
their Assembly or Representatives the executive or Judicial Powers of
Government.
9thl-v. In case the Assembly sho'd assume a Jurisdiction in this Case
a Precedent wo'd thereby be formed for future Trials of Treason, in
which the will of the Court shall be the Law as well to determine the
crime & Penalty, as to try the truth of the Facts : by which measure
the lives Liberties & Property of the People wo'd be made to depend
solely on the AVill of the legislative Body, which wo'd be an Establish-
ment of the most despotic Tyranny.
As it hath been suggested that I am only endeavoring to evade a
Trial by claiming a Trial by Jury, when there is no Law in this State
to determine the crime & Punishment of Treason, which is a Bar to
that mode of Trial ; I wo'd observe, that much less can it be objected
to a trial by Jury without Law, than to a Trial by the legislative Body
without Law, especially where the former Mode hath the consent of the
Party to be tried, & in favour of which there is a precedent in this
State in a Capital case; and sho'd the Assembly deprive a Man of his
right because they have not provided a mode of trial consistent with
that right, it wo'd be making an advantage of their own wrong. But,
notwithstanding it is not thro' my latch that there is no Law made to
determine the crime of Treason (upon which the safety of the State &
the Liberties of the People so essentially depend) I have no inclination
to make an advantage of it but am willing to be tried by the country,
& if found by the Judgment of my Peers to have done any Act against
this State, which having been done against the former Government
wo'd have been determined Treason by the Municipal Laws thereof,
I am content to incur the like Penalty.
Indorsed — Col. Asa Porters objections
to the Jurisdiction of the Assembly of
N. II. in his case— 1776.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 329
The Deposition of Daniel Hall, of Newbury, Husbandman, relating to a
plan forming by sundry persons at Goho'os to send over into Cana-
da for protection from the British troops :
[State Pap. &c. Vol. IV. p. 170.]
I, the said Daniel Hall testify and declare that being in Company
with David Weeks some time the beginning of July, & discoursing on
our present Distress & our Army's leaving Canada. Weeks seeming to
hang in favour the Ministerial Troops, sayd lie wished he knew my mind,
that he wou'd tell me something: I reply 'd that he need not be afraid :
then says he, I will tell you, — but swore if ever I told, he would kill me —
there is, Says he, a parcell of men joyning to send to Canada to General
Burgoyne for protection, & you are to be one of them, & they are to go
with Flaggs in their guns: When I agreed to joyn them & assist all
that lay in my power, Says Weeks, you must wait on Col0 Taplin for
further instructions. After that I waited on Col0 Taplin & requested
to know of him what we shou'd do, for I was afraid we should all
be cut off. Taplin reply'd. By G — d, if you'll be regulated by me, we
will do well enough, and that we must send to Canada for protection
& immediately, & he was afraid 'twas now too late: I want to see Col0
Porter before I do any thing, but by G — d,I dare not be seen with him.
I want to see Willard Stevens. I sayd you may see him at any time.
Taplin then desir'd I wou'd go & call him to the house. Calling again
on Taplin, I inquired how he made out with Stevens. He said, Well
enough; but they cou'd do nothing till they sent down the river, that
they shou'd have word by Sol° Stevens in eight days. Taplin desir'd
I would come by two or three times a day, that he would be a walking
out so as to speak with me often. He said he had seen Porter but cou'd
not do any thing till they had a Return up the River. We will howev-
er do well enough yet. We will own all Coho'os yet.
July 10. Soon after this, I went to Col0 Porter to buy Rum, and
when he crave me the bottle, sayd, I had better come & see it put up
myself. When we were in the cellar, he sayd He supposed I was not
ignorant of the plan that they had laid. I answered I knew of one by
Taplin. He sayd 'twas a matter of great consequence, and that they
must be as expeditious as possible, but not drive matters too fast. We
must have News from N. York. I answer'd we must not mind all that
was in ye papers. He sayd, I do not take much notice of them, but
they shou'd have Letters from private Gentlemen, and that it depended
in a great measure on the News they shou'd have from York. Cant
you, says he, lay a plan to go catching Moose, — for the Continent will
stand in need of meat. We won't say much now, but call on me in a
day or two, I will let you know how we proceed.
July 24. I then waited on Col0 Porter as before agreed. He sayd
that things workt well, but still they must wait a few days further for
News from New York — that he shou'd then be ready to furnish him
with a writing to carry to Canada, and he wou'd have me carry the writ-
ing ten or fifteen miles in the Woods, and secure it there, till I got one or
two more to go with me, under the pretence of going a Moose hunting ;
and then to proceed into Canada to General Burgoyne — that he slio'd
do the Letters up in such manner, that if they were to be taken, they
should not be discovered, for the writing shou'd be on the outside the
wrapper, to appear as some old account.
330 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
July 27. See Col0. Porter again, when he Said that he had thoughts
of altering the plan, for as Byal Chamberlain was going a Scout to St.
Johns that they would get all their party to go with Chamberlain so as
when they were arrived at St. Johns, they shou'd take care of him, as
they pleas'd — then go & see Col0 Peters, who we hear is deserted into
Canada, and to let him know their plan.
July 29. This day was in Company with Col° Taplin and with Wil-
lard Stevens & Solomon Stevens, each of them by themselves ; they
say 'twas best to rest sending over into Canada till Col0 Porter comes
up the River, expecting something of consequence by him (he was then
gone down to No. 4, on a journey after his negro man Neptune) and
till Mr. Abiel Chamberlain comes back from Canada, as the news seems
to be against them at present. But they Sayd, as soon as Chamberlain
returns, they wou'd have me go right off, and take Tim Omsted with
me. Willard Stevens sayd he was afraid to send writings, but cou'd
send a Token that shou'd do. Taplin sayd they wou'd have some
writing for him to carry to Col0 Peters — that I need not stay more than
half an hour in Canada, under pretence of going to catch moose.
Aug. 2. I waited again on Col0 Porter when he told me he had been
down the River, that he had seen lawyer Olcot, who lik'd the plan
well, & wou'd assist us as far as he cou'd. Says Col0 Porter, Indians
are seen down the River frequently — they have been seen in reality ;
there has been one regular officer & one Indian from Canada to Clar-
mont to see Mr. Cossit (1). they waited two or three days before they
durst venture in, but very luckily came in to one of our friends' houses
& there staid till they had done their Business — having seen several
Friends, but cou'd not see Cossit. Their business was principally to
see how many Friends there is here to the ministerial Troops and to
see if they wou'd help to conduct them to this part of the Country &
to take possession of the Country. Col° Porter further sayd, he tho't
it wou'd be best for Sol0 Stevens to go soon to Mr. Metcalf's, and let
him know the plan, & there, says he, we can be protected a few days,
till he can be sent to Canada to find Col0 Peters, to let him know you
are coming, and in a few days. I wou'd have you go over with Sim
Omsted but I want to hear more about that Fleet that they say are in
the mouth of Canada River, and whether the Regular Army are draw-
ing back from St. Johns or no — or whether they may be coming this
way or not. I have just thou't I would write to Col0 Peters by you to
this purpose, by way of cloak that I hear paper money is of no value
there, if he wou'd send me over a quantity of it, I wou'd spare him
my negro Boy, and under that I shall write further to this purpose,
that lie wou'd remember his friends here. When he sees my name he
will know the plan, for I dare not write further, you may tell him the
rest by Tokens. Col0 Porter also engaged that what Provisions & mon-
ey I wanted to carry me there, I shou'd have from him.
The above was sworn to
before the Committees of
Newbury, Haverhill &c.
In a public hearing.
Attest, J. Hurd, Clerk.
August 5th 1776.
(1) Rev. Raima Cossit was rector of the Episcopal church in Claremont. See notice of
him, Vol. VII. p. 70C— E».
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 331
Note. Other depositions follow the foregoing) some in favor of and aome against
Col. Porter, made i>y Nehemiab Lovewell, Jamefl Bayley, John Sanborn, Ezekiel Ladd,
Joseph Clark, Ephraim Wesson, Benajah Hall, Doctor John Porter, Thomas Cham-
berlain, Noah Moulton, Edwards Buckman, Ebem Rice, Joseph Haynes, Robert Haz-
eltine, & Thomas Miner— all which maybe seen by any person interested in N. H.
State Tap. Vol. IV. p. 176-214.— En.
Letter from Col. Jacob Bailey, relating to Daniel Hall, $c.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 196.]
Newbury, 3d Sept1", 1776.
Sir — I find that Doctor Porter has been very busie collecting Evi-
dences in order to invalidate Daniel Hall's Evide, but I know of no au-
thority for what he has been doing ; however, the Evidence relating
Hall's carrector must be looked upon as Enemical to our common cause
as well as all those who assist a man so Enemical as Esqr Porter, and
think that should any man appear from hence endeavouring to do it be-
fore you, they ought not to have their liberty to return. Thomas
Chamberlain who swares something against Hall has been very friend-
ly to Hall untill their plot was found out, and by his conduct must be
of Porter's party, as to any further tryal of Either of those we con-
demned as Enemical except they petition for it, I know of no author-
ity they have for it, but what I tho't was for them to be kept out of
mischief which I think still they and all such as espouse their cause
should be secured ; you will doubtless see the need of it when you hear
the Evidences and tryal ; certainly they that are not for us, are against
us. I shall be glad to know whether you will if needed receive from
our State the unfriendly, &c.
I only mention things as I hear what has been done by Docf Porter
was without any authority as I supposed I took no notice of it, so as
to attend his Courts.
I am, Gen1 your most Obedient Humble Serv*.
Jacob Bailey.
[p. 152.] Tuesday, Septr 10th 1776.
Voted That the sum of four Thousand pounds L'my be
levied & raised for the Colony Tax for the current year, to
be assessed on the Poll & Estates of the Inhabitants of this
State and to be paid into the Treasury on or before the first
day of March next. Sent up by Capt. Page. [Concurred
with an amendment, for £2500, instead of £4000, which
was adopted.]
[p. 153.] Voted, That Thursday the tenth day of October
next be appointed as a day of General Fasting & Prayer
throughout this State, and that Jonathan Lovewell Esq1' &
Col0 Walker be a Committee of this house to join a Commit-
tee of the Honble Board to form & Draw up a Proclamation
for that purpose and lay the same before this house as soon
as may be. Sent up by Col. Walker. [Concurred — Col0
Hurd added.]
332 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
The Petition of Geo. March praying to be liberated from
his confinement being read & considered, Voted, That the
prayer of said Petition be and hereby is granted, and the
said George March set at Liberty. [Concurred.]
The Declaration of the Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress Assembled July 4th, 1776 for
Independency, Being read and Published in this House,
Voted and Resolved, That this Colony Assume and take
upon themselves the Name & Stile of NEW HAMPSHIRE,
and that all Commissions, writs, Processes & all Law Pro-
ceedings which heretofore were made & issued in the Name
& stile of the Province of New Hampshire, or in the Name
& stile of the Colony of New Hampshire, shall henceforth
be made & issued in the Name & stile of the The State of
New Hampshire, and not otherwise. Sent up by Samuel
Dudley, Esq. [Concurred.]
[p. 154. p. 155.] Wednesday, Septr 11th, 1776.
Voted That Timothy Gibson of Heneker be a Justice of
the Peace for the County of Hillsborough.
The Petition of Hugh Tallant, Praying to be relieved from
his Imprisonment by order of the Committees of Inspection
of Nottingham West and Pelham, being heard upon the Evi-
dence produced and duly considered, It appears to this house
That although the said Committees in some measure ex-
ceeded their Power, yet that what they did was with a good
Intent to preserve the Peace & good order of the State :
Therefore
Voted, That the said Committees be discharged and that
the said Hugh Tallant be and hereby is Liberated from his
said Imprisonment, he recognising to the Government & Peo-
ple of this State in the sum of Two hundred pounds for his
good behaviour towards this State During the Pleasure of
the General Court. Sent up by Jno. McClary, Esq. [Con-
curred, and he recognised accordingly.]
Thursday, Sept, 12* 1776.
[p. 156.] Voted, That when any soldier who hath or shall
Enlist under one Captain in the Continental Battalion in this
Colony (not having received any money therefor) and shall
afterwards enlist under any other Captain (and receive the
money therefor) such soldier shall belong to the Captain
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 333
that firs' enlisted him, and the money so paid by the said
other Captain shall be restored to him by the Captain who
first enlisted said soldier. Sent up by Dea. Knowles.
Voted, To choose a Committee of this house to join a
Committee of the Hon1'1 Board to consult together and Nom-
inate Five persons to this House, out of whom to choose a
Delegate to represent this State in the Continental Congress
for one year next ensuing, and that Col0 Walker, Jonathan
Love well,. Esqr Maj. Downing, Capt. Long <fc Col'1 Badger be
the Committee of the House for that purpose. Sent up
by Maj. Tash. [Concurred, — Messrs. Wentworth, Ashley,
Clage t & the Secy added.]
Voted, To choose a Committee of this House to join a
Committee of the Honbl Board to consult together & Nomi-
nate to (his House three persons, out of whom for this House
to choose one to be nominated by the General Court to the
Hon1'1" Continental Congress, for Colonel, or first officer of
the Continental Battalion now raising in this State, and also
to nominate to this house a like number of persons for
second & third officers of said Battalion ; and that Capt.
Moulton, John McClary, Esq1' Deacon Baldwin, Capt. Pren-
tice, James Knowles, Esq1' Col0 Sherburne & Samuel Emer-
son Esq1' be the Committee of this house for that purpose.
Sent up by Maj1' Tash. [Concurred — Mess. Thornton, Whip-
ple & Giles added.]
Voted That one hundred & ten men including officers he
raised forthwith as rangers to guard the Western Frontiers
of this State, & to be in the service of this State untill the
first of December next, unless sooner discharged. That
each non-Commissioned officer & soldier have & receive a
Blanket or in lieu thereof twelve shillings, and that the offi-
cers and soldiers be paid the Same wages pr month as the
Rangers already in the pay of this State : that they be
divided into two Companies, Each company to be officer'd
with one Captain, one Lieutenant and one Ensign to be com-
missioned by the President. Sent up by Mr. Cutts. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 157.] Voted, That the Honble Matthew Thornton, Esq1'
(1) be and hereby is appointed a Delegate to represent this
State at the Continental Congress for one year next Ensuing.
Sent up by Mr. Cutts. [Concurred.]
(1) Hon. Matthew Thornton signed the Declaration of Independence, made on the
4th of July, after he took his seat in Congress in September.— Ed.
334 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
An Act to adopt and take the Name & Stile of State in
lieu of Colony of New Hampshire was read a third time and
passed to be enacted [Concurred]
[p. 158.] Voted That Pierse Long Esqr be nominated to
the Continental Congress as Colonel or first officer of the
Continental Battalion now raising in this State. That Jona-
than Burnham, Esqr be nominated for the second officer, &
Hercules Mooney Esqr be nominated for third officer of said
Battalion.
Voted. That the Proclamation (of this day) for a Public
Fast to be on the Tenth day of October next, be forthwith
Printed & Dispursed throughout this State.
Accts petitions, acts &c. passed on by the House and by the Council
from Sept. 4 to Sept. 12, 1776.
Petition of Lt. Andrew Marshall, complaining of his being discharged
from service by Col. David Gilman — granted and he restored.
Petition of James McMaster, concerning goods taken from him by
Comtee of Dover — granted a hearing.
Col. Otis Baker drew from the treasury, £250.
Capt. Isaac G. Pearson permitted to sail for Providence, R. I.
Capt. Sam1 Atkinson received from the Treasury £70 : 10 : 0, for
Rangers on the frontiers.
Col. Charles Johnson appointed muster master of sd Rangers.
Comtee to confer about Lt. Col. Folsom who refused to resign his Com-
mission.
Comtee to account for Excise, Powder money, quit-rents, &c.
Comtee to receive & inspect Salt-petre.
Hon. Jona. Warner to draw £293 : 0 : 1, from the Treasury.
Thomas Hall of Goffstown to have a guardian.
Justices of the Supr Court allowed £15, each.
Wyseman Clagett, Att. Gen. allowed £30.
Lt. Col. Jere. Folsom, discharged from his office.
Robert S. Towle, allowed £10.
Daniel Towle balance of ace1 allowed £14.
Friday, Sept. 13th 1776.
Voted to choose a Committee of this House to Enquire
(together with the Selectmen of Exeter) into the cause of the
members of this House being disturbed yesterday, in the af-
ternoon at the Court House by a smoke made in the next ad-
jacent house to cleanse Clothes of the Small Pox, and to find
out the Author or Authors thereof, and make report to this
House as soon as may be ; and that James Betton Esqr Capt.
Worthen & Deacon Baldwin be the Committee for that Pur-
pose :
177G.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 335
Which Committee, after Examination & Enquiry made
report.
That the Disturbance was occasioned by a fire inadvertently kindled
with some combustibles by a Negro man without orders directly or in-
directly from any person or persons: that they have Enquired of Mr.
Joseph Oilman & Dr. Adams the manner of their leaving the Small
Pox Hospital & cleansing themselves, and are clearly of opinion, That
the Public are not endangered of taking the Small Pox from the said
gentlemen. Signed
Ezekiel Worthen, Chairman.
Voted, That Mr. Benjamin Lawson take care of and keep
safe Colonel Asa Porter, and see him forth coming when this
house shall order.
Voted, That Simeon Goodwin of Haverhill be a Coroner
for the County of Grafton ; [and] Joseph Herrick, a Coroner
for the County of Hillsborough.
The Petition of James McMaster of Portsmouth Praying
that an order may issue to the Committee of Dover to restore
to him what of his property they have taken from him &c. Be-
ing read, argued by Counsel and fully considered,
Voted, That the Prayer of said Petition be not granted,
but that it be dismiss'd ; and further Voted, That it be and
hereby is recommended to the Comtee of Safety of Dover,
That they strictly on oath Examine Peter Mitchell, servant
or book-keeper to the said James McMaster, respecting any
Goods, monies or Effects of the said McMaster in his hands,
Possession or knowledge, and take the same into their Pos-
session & care, and make a True Inventory thereof and re-
turn to this House as soon as may be.
[p. 159-160] Saturday, Sept. 14th 1776.
"Whereas Capt. Lionel Bradstreet is now a State Prisoner
in this State (lately commander of the Nelly Frigate lately
taken & bro't into the Port of Piscataqua by two Continental
Armed vessels,)
Voted that he have leave and be Permitted to depart this
State, & repair to Boston or to Maryland or Virginia or any
Port or place on this Continent in order to get a passage
home to his Family in Great Britain. Sent up by Mr. Cutts.
[Concurred]
Voted, That Thomas Simpson Esqr of Haverhill be Cap-
tain of the first Company of Rangers last Voted to be raised
in this State : That Joshua Howard of Haverhill be his Lieu-
336 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
tenant ; That Mr. Josiali Russell of Plainfield be Captain of
the Second Company, and Mr. Ezekiel Carter of Concord be
his Lieutenant : That the said Captains and their Lieuten-
ants Nominate their Ensigns respectively, as may best an-
swer the Purposes of Raising the men. Sent up by Capt.
Long. [Concurred]
Voted to choose a Committee of this House to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to Fix out and give necessary
orders to the Two Companys of Rangers last Voted to be
raised in this State and to carry all Necessary measures into
Execution for Inlisting & equipping the said Companys for
said service, and that Capt. Prentice & Deacon Baldwin be
the Committee of this house for that purpose, and that the
said Companys be put under the direction of Col. Hurd &
Col. Charles Johnson, Messrs James Bailey and Jonathan
Hale, as to their Scouting Rout, &c. Sent up by Maj1' Tash.
[Concurred — Messrs. Wentworth, Thompson, Giles, Clagett,
& Blanchard, added.]
[p. 161.] The Honbl Council sent down the following Re-
solve of Council, viz.
Whereas by an Act of this State passed the last Session of the General
Assembly, it is Enacted that all Writs, Processes, Executions and other
matters in Law, which were returnable to or depending in any of the
Courts in each of the respective Counties in this Colony at the time of
the Establishment of the present Government, or that are now pend-
ing therein, shall be returned to & sustained by the respective Courts
by said Act established (before whom by Law the said Writs, pro-
cesses & matters are cognizable) at the first term of the several Courts
in their respective Counties ; and as it is but a short time since the said
Act was published, & thereby it is probable many persons in the remote
Counties of Cheshire & Grafton may not get the knowledge thereof by
the time appointed for the next Session of the Superiour Court in said
Counties ; and as it does not appear Necessary on account of other
Business that the Superiour Court should sit in said Counties at the
next Term, Therefore —
Voted & Resolved That all such matters as by the aforesaid Act were
to be brought forward and entered at the Superiour Court in said
Counties at the next Term, and all other matters arising in said Coun-
ties, returnable to or Triable at said First Term, shall and may be
brought forward & Entered at the second term of the Superiour Court
in each of said Counties ; and the said Court is hereby Authorized and
fully impowered to take Cognizance of & Proceed upon the same in all
respects as fully as they might have done, had the same been entered
the First Term.
In Council Sept. 18th 1776, Voted, That the foregoing be entered as
a llesolve of this Board and be sent to the Honble house for Concur-
rence. E. Thompson, Sec-V.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 337
In the House of Representatives, Sept. 14th, 1770.
The above resolve of the Hon1'1 Council having been read
& considered, Voted a Concurrence, and that the same be
entered as a Resolve of this House.
P. White, Speaker.
Entered according to the original.
It having been represented to this house that James
McMaster of Portsmouth is an enemy to the liberties of this
State, and this House having had considerable Evidence
thereof, It appears that it is dangerous to this State, There-
fore
Voted & Ordered that the said James McMaster confine
himself to the limits of the Town of Exeter, on pain of Im-
prisonment, until further order of this Assembly. Sent up
by Dea. Baldwin. [Concurred.]
Voted, That all Selectmen & Committees within this
State be and hereby are directed to make return of all the
Association papers Delivered out to them to be sign'd by the
Inhabitants, on the first Tuesday of the Next Session of this
Assembly.
[p. 162.] At a Special Convention of the Council and
Assembly of the State of New Hampshire on the 14th day of
September 1776, afternoon, for the Purpose of raising a
Battalion in this State to reinforce our army at New York &c.
Voted, That there be raised in this State one thousand
men officers included, to reinforce the army of the United
States of America at New York, to be divided into Two
Regiments, Eight Companies to a Regiment, and three com-
missioned officers to each Company, to be in the service
untill the first of December next unless sooner discharged ;
That each non-Commissioned officer & soldier shall receive
Twenty dollars down upon being mustered, and be made
equal to the Bounty of the Massachtts State afterwards ; That
the wages or pay of the officers & soldiers be the same &
their Rations the same as in the Continental Army ; That
the officers & soldiers be paid upon their being ready to
march untill they arrive at Head Quarters, or that Provision
be made for them by some Person or Persons to be ap-
pointed by this State, untill they arrive at Head Quarters ;
That the Field officers of each Regiment of Militia nominate
and appoint the Captains & subalterns of the Companies to
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338 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
be raised in their respective Regiments ; That Col0 Walker,
Jonathan Blanchard, Benjamin Giles Esq1' John Hnrd, Esq1-
Capt. Prentice, Deacon Baldwin & Jacob Abbot Esqr be a
Committee to give ont orders & make provision for marching
said men, to give orders to the several Colonels of Militia
for raising their proportion of the men and all other Neces-
sary orders for mustering and equipping them.
Voted That Capt. John House have orders to Enlist a
Company of Fifty Voluntiers officers included for the pur-
pose of Reinforcing our Army at New York, to be under the
command of the Col0 of one of the Regiments Voted to be
raised for that purpose ; and if Enlisted by him & mustered
so as to be ready to march with said Regiments ; these to
have the same encouragement as the other Companies of
said Regiment have.
[p. 163.] Monday, Sept. 16th 1776.
Voted, That the same [foregoing action of the Special
Convention] be accepted and entered as a Resolve of this
House.
Voted, That all officers and soldiers now in the pay of
this State & station' d at New Castle and Piscataqua Har-
bour, Excepting Capt. Sutler's & Capt. Daniel's Mattross
Companys be and hereby are discharged from Duty there.
[Concurred.]
Tuesday, September 17th 1776.
Voted, That there be paid out of the Treasury to the Per-
sons hereafter named, the several sums hereafter mentioned
to pay off the officers and soldiers now to be raised, for a
[p. 164.] reinforcement to our Army at New York, in their
respective Regiments to be by the said several persons ac-
counted for, viz. Col0 William Whipple, four hundred sev-
enty six pounds ; Col0 Stephen Evens six hundred pounds ;
Col° Jonathan Moulton, three hundred & fifty-four pounds ;
Majr Thomas Bartlett for Colonel Gilman's Regiment six
hundred fifty four pounds ; Col0 John Webster for his own
Regiment Two hundred Twenty Eight pounds & for Col0
Matthew Thorntons Regiment Two hundred sixty four
pounds ; Lieut Col0 Jacob Gale for Col0 Bartlett's Regiment
Four hundred and Fifty pounds ; and Col° Thomas Stickney
Four hundred sixty two pounds — and that the said several
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 339
persons be and hereby are appointed Muster-masters & pay-
masters of said Troops in the said respective Regiments,
and that the President give orders accordingly. Sent up by
Mr. Jno. Smith. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Thomas Tash Esqr be Colonel of the First
Regiment now raising to reinforce our Army at New York,
and that Majr Joseph Welch be Lieut. Colonel of said Regi-
ment, and Lt. Colonel William Gregg be Major of said Reg-
iment ; That Nahum Baldwin Esqr be Colonel of the Second
Regiment of said Reinforcement, That Capt. Gordon Hutch-
ins be Lieutenant Colonel, & Capt. Nathaniel Sartel Prentice
Major of said second Regiment. Sent up by Col° Walker.
Voted to choose a Comtee of this House to join a Comteeof
the Honbl Board to consult upon a Plan of choosing <fe calling
in the Next Council & Assembly for this State, and to form
a Precept for calling the same, and to lay the same before
this House as soon as may be ; and that Col0 Walker, Mat-
thew Patten, Esq1' Jonathan Lovewell Esq. John Dudley Esq1'
and Dr. Dearborn be the Comtee of this House for that pur-
pose. Sent up by Col. Walker. [Concurred.]
[p. 165.] Voted, That the field officers & staff officers of
the Two Regiments of Reinforcements Destin'd for New
York be paid one month's advance pay before they march.
Sent up by Col. Walker.
Wednesday, September 18th, 1776.
Voted, To establish a Post rider to ride weekly from Exe-
ter to Charleston (No. 4) and back again to carry letters to
& from the Northern Army, and that Mr. Wheeler, James
Betton, Esq1' Col0 Walker and Mr. Grout be a Committee of
this house to join a Committee of the Honbl Board to consult
together and make report to this house what Person is proper
to employ for that Business, and what Towns he shall ride
through, what time he shall set out from Exeter and what
time he shall return. Also what sum is proper to advance
out of the Treasury to encourage such Post rider. Sent up
by Capt. Simonds.
Whereas it is Represented to this house that there are
sundry Perishable goods & effects in Amherst in the County
of Hillsborough, belonging to Zaccheus Cutler, Esq. (who
has lately fled from said Amherst & joined our Enemies)
and are likely to be damaged unless taken care of, Therefore
340 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Voted, That it be & hereby is recommended to the Commit-
tee of Safety of Amherst to take the said Goods & effects
into their care, and return an Inventory of the same to this
house or to the Committee of Safety of this State as soon as
may be ; and also that said Committee of Safety of Amherst
take care of what Real Estate the said Cutter has in said
Town, and lett out or improve the same that the Promts
thereof may not be lost. Sent up by Dr. Nichols.
Whereas it is represented to this house that there are sun-
dry Goods & Effects of one Crane Brush (who hath lately
fled to our Enemies) now in the Towne of Charleston in the
County of Cheshire, which Goods & Effects are likely to be
[p. 166.] Damaged or wasted unless taken care of : There-
fore Voted That it be & hereby is recommended to the Com-
mittee of Safety of Charleston, to take the said Goods &
Effects into their care, and return an Inventory thereof to
this house or to the Committee of Safety of this State as
soon as may be. Sent up by Dr. Nichols.
Whereas the Towns of Hanover, Eelhan, Lebanon, Ca-
naan, Cardigan and Grafton, were classed together in the
Precept sent them for their choice of a Representative in
this house — and it appearing that the said Towns are large
enough in Number of Inhabitants to have two Representa-
tives in the General Assembly, Therefore Voted and Re-
solved, That for the next choice of Representatives, Their
be issued one Precept for a Representative to the Towns of
Hanover, Canaan & Cardigan ; and one precept for a Repre-
sentative to the Towns of Lebanon, Relhan and Grafton.
Sent up by James Betton, Esq. [Concurred.]
P. M.
Voted That a Committee of this house be chosen to join
a Committee of the Honble Board to consult and Nominate
to this House proper persons for a Committee of Safety to
transact the business of both Houses in the recess of the
General Court ; and to report what business is most neces-
sary to be done this Session, and from what time & to what
time this Court shall adjourn ; and that John Dudley, Esq.
James Gibson, Col0 Sherburne Col0 Baker, and Matthew
Patten Esq1" be a Committee of this house for that Purpose.
Sent up by Col0 Sherburne. [Concurred.]
[p. 167.] Voted, to concurr the resolve of the Honbl Coun-
cil concerning Juries in all the Counties except Rockingham.
Sent up.
1776. J JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 341
In Council Sept. 18th, 1770.
"Whereas many of the male Inhabitants in the several Counties with-
in this State being now in the armies of the United States, persons
cannot be spared from the Business of Husbandry &c. to form two Ju-
ries, viz. One for the Inferior Court and one for The Court of Gener-
al Sessions of the Peace : And also considering that in all probability
there will be little to do in the Said Courts for some time :
Therefore it is Resolv'd that the several Clerks of the Inferior Courts
in the Counties of Strafford, Hillsborough, Cheshire and Grafton, Issue
Venires to call Petit Juries to serve both at the Inferior & Court of
General Sessions of the Peace, and the Jury impannell'd at the Inferior
Court, if that shall set first in the County, shall be the Jury for the
Sessions. And so if the Sessions set first the Jury Impannelled there
shall be the Jury for the Inferior Court. This Resolve to be in force
till further orders of the General Assembly. Sent down for concur-
rence.
Voted and Resolved, That Precepts signed by the Presi-
dent of the Council And Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives, Issue to the Same Towns Parishes and places in this
State for the choice of a New House of Representatives (as is-
sued for the same number of Representatives for the present
House) to meet at Exeter on the third Wednesday in Decem-
ber next & to continue for one year ; and that the said pre-
cepts be returned by said third Wednesday in December next
into the Secretary's office at Exeter, and the aforesd Presi-
dent & Speaker or either of them shall administer to the re-
turned members before they take their seats, the Following
Oath :
"You swear that will endeavour to the utmost of your power, Honest-
ly, Faithfully & Impartially to act in your office of a Representative, for
the best and true interest of this State & of your constituents, So help
you God."
And in said Precepts for the choice of Representative,
every voter in the County of Rockingham shall be directed at
the meeting Called for the choice of Representatives, to bring
in five votes on one paper, for five persons being respectable
Free-holders and Inhabitants in that County, having a Real
Estate of two hundred pounds in this State, to be members of
the Council for the year ensuing, and after the votes are all
bro't in, the several Town & Parish clerks are directed to
seal up all such votes under cover and send them to Exeter
by the second Wednesday in December next Directed to
Messrs , who are hereby appointed a
Committee to receive all such votes, and carefully to Examin
them, And the five persons who have the greatest Number of
Votes, They shall summon to attend at Exeter on the third
342 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Wednesday in December next to take their seats as members
of the Council, and the said Committee shall return (by said
third Wednesday in December next) to the President &
Speaker aforesaid a Certificate under oatli that said five Per-
sons summoned had the greatest Number of Votes, as re-
turned to them ; and the said President or Speaker shall ad-
minister to each Person before he takes his seat as a member
of the Council, an Oath to the same Purport as that taken by
the Representatives.
[p. 168.] And in the Precepts to choose Representatives
within the County of Strafford every Voter shall be directed
to bring in his votes for Two persons to be members of the
Council for the year ensuing as in Rockingham, Which votes
shall be sealed up by each Town or Parish clerk and sent by
them to Dover by the Second Wednesday in December next,
Directed to a Committee hereby ap-
pointed for that purpose which Committee shall proceed in
every respect as far as it relates to the choice of the two Mem-
bers of the Council, as the Committee for Rockingham are
directed to do in the choice of the Five.
And the same Directions shall be given in the Precepts, &
observed by all concern' d for the Counties of Hillsborough
and Cheshire, and are ap-
pointed a Committee for Hillsborough to meet at Amherst
the Second Wednesday in December next, where and to
whom votes are to be returned. And
shall be the Committee for Cheshire, to meet at
Walpole, where and to whom the votes shall be returned.
And in the Precepts for the County of Grafton the voters
shall be directed to choose one person for a member of the
Council for the ensuing year, and the votes shall be sealed
and directed to a Com-
mittee hereby appointed for that Purpose & sent to
by the second Wednesday in December next, which
Committee shall make return as those in the other Counties.
And Forms of Precepts shall be made out by the Secretary
in the following words :
State of New Hampshire.
The Government and People of Said State, To the Selectmen of
in Said State, Greeting :
Yon are hereby required to Notify the Legal Inhabitants paying
Taxes in the giving them fifteen days notice, to meet at some
convenient place in your to elect person (having
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 343
a real Estate of the value of Two hundred pounds Lawful money in
this State, to Represent them in the Assembly to be held at Exeter, on
the third Wednesday in December, at three o'clock in the after-
noon, and to Empower such representative for the term of one year,
from their first meeting to transact such Business, and pursue such
measures as they may .Judge necessary for the public good. And the per-
son who shall be elected, you are to Notify that he attend at time & place
above mentioned. And at said meeting Every Voter as aforesaid, on
one paper is to bring in Votes for Persons being re] mi able
Freeholders & Inhabitants within your County, having a Real Estate
of Two hundred Pounds to serve as member of the Council for the
year ensuing. And the Clerk of your is hereby directed to
Seal up all such Votes under cover and send them to in your
[r. 169.] County by the second Wednesday in December next, Direct-
ed to a Committee appointed to receive them. And it is
Resolved that no person be allowed a seat in Council or Assembly, who
shall by himself, or any person for him, before said choice, treat with
Liquor &c. any Elector with an apparent view of gaining their Votes
or afterwards on that account ; and make return of this writ, with
your doings thereon into the Secretary's office at Exeter, by the third
Wednesday in December next.
By order of the Council & Assembly.
President.
Speaker.
Secretary.
Exeter, Septr 1776.
Thursday, September 19th, 1776.
Voted, That Capt. Joseph Parsons of Eye, be second
Major of the first Regiment of Militia in this State, in the
room and stead of Ephraim Pickering who has resigned.
Sent up by Capt. Simonds.
Toted, That Samuel Dudley Esq1 be Lieutenant Colonel of
the Fourth Regiment of Militia in this State in the room &
stead of Jeremiah Folsom Esq. who is dismist. Sent up by
Capt. Simonds. [Concurred.]
Voted That Joseph Gilman of Exeter be and hereby is
appointed Treasurer for the County of Rockingham, and
that he be not qualified to act in said office untill he give
bond in the sum of Two Thousand Pounds with two sureties
in one thousand pounds each, to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives for the use of said County, for the Faithfull
Discharge of his said duty & Trust. Sent up by Mr. Love-
well. [Concurred.]
[p. 170.] Voted, That the Hon™ Matthew Thornton Esq.
have and receive out of the Treasury One hundred pounds
Lawful money, to be by him accounted for, and that the
344 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
President give order of payment accordingly. Sent up by
Mr. Lovewell. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Honbl Meshech Weare Bsqr Nathaniel
Folsom Esq1* Ebenezer Thompson Esqr Wyseman Clagett,
Esq1' Phillips White Esq1" Samuel Cutts, Esq1- John Dudley
Esqr Capt. Josiah Moulton, Mr. John Smith, Col0 Otis Baker,
Richard Downing Esq1' & Matthew Patten, Esqr be and here-
by are appointed a Committee of Safety of this State, to
transact the Business of the Council & Assembly in the re-
cess of the Court, with all the Powers & Authorities that the
last Committee of Safety of this State had, Used & Exer-
cised. Sent up by Col. Walker. [Concurred.]
Upon reading the Petition of Asa Porter, praying to be
released from his confinement in Prison,
Voted, That the petitioner be released from his imprison-
ment in Exeter Goal, he giving Bond agreeable to the former
vote of this house, to confine himself to the Town of New
Town in the County of Rockingham untill further order of
this Court. Sent up by Col. Walker. [Concurred.]
[p. 171.] Voted and Resolved, That as any new Towns or
Settlements in this State shall increase in their Number of
Inhabitants from year to year or from time to time, Precepts
shall Issue for their sending delegates to Council & Assem-
bly, so as to be fully represented according to their Numbers
Proportionable with other parts of the State. Sent up by
Mr. Ames. [Concurred.]
Voted and Resolved, That when and so often as it shall
happen that any Person or persons not being soldiers in the
service of this or any of the United States, shall be indebted
(upon simple contract) to any creditor or Creditors, In-
habitants within this State, and any such Debtor shall be
seized of any Real Estate in Pee Simple, or Personal Estate
within the same State : It shall and may be Lawful for any
such Creditor to Purchase a writ from out of the Inferior
Court as the Law directs, and by virtue thereof may attach
such Estate, and Proceed to Judgment and Execution, Un-
less at the time of Calling the said Action, the Defendant shall
give good security (to be determined by the Court) to answer
the Plaintiffs demand ; and if it shall appear to such Court
that such security was tendered within six months before the
Action brought, such action shall be dismissed and the De-
fendant allowed his costs. And also whenever it shall ap-
pear that any Defendant is a soldier or any ways employed
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 345
in the service of the United States and necessarily absent,
The Judges of the Court arc hereby enjoined ex officio, to
cause such case to be continued i'rom time to time as occa-
sion may require, untill the return of the defendant.
It is also Resolved That such Process may be had & Issued
& such attachments made upon tbe Debts and Estate of ab-
sconding Debtors in the hands of any Attorney, Agent,
Factor or Trustees, as were heretofore accustomed by virtue
of a Law of the late Province of New Hampshire. Sent up
by the Clerk. [Concurred.]
[p. 172.] The Petition of James McMaster being read and
considered,
Voted, That Peter Mitchell confine himself to the town of
Exeter in this State, untill further order of this Court, upon
Pain of Imprisonment.
Voted, That the vote of this house appointing Joseph
Parsons of Rye second Major of the First Regiment be &
hereby is reconsidered & made void.
Voted That Major George Gains be and hereby is appoint-
ed Second Major of the First Regiment of Militia in this
State. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the thanks of this House be presented by the
Speaker to Col0 David Gilman for his good services to this
State as Colonel of the Provincial Troops lately stationed at
New Castle and Piscataqua Harbour. Which was according-
ly done in Presence of the House.
Friday, September 20th 1776.
[p. 173-171.] Voted That the several Captains of the Mat-
tross Companies stationed at Piscataqua Harbour have orders
to Enlist such of their Companies as will Enlist as Mattresses
in the Battalion now raising on the Continental Establish-
ment to be under the Command of such field officers as the
Continental Congress shall Commission to command such
Battalion. Sent up by Capt. Long. [Concurred.]
Voted That Hercules Mooney, Esq. be Lieutenant Colonel
of the Continental Battalion now raising in this State, and
that Capt. Caleb Hodgsdon be Major of said Battalion in the
room & stead of said Hercules Mooney, being advanced. Sent
up by Mr. Cutts. [Concurred.]
Voted That the Militia Act be forthwith Printed and Two
hundred and Fifty Copies of it Dispersed through this State.
346 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
[p. 175.] Voted That James Knowles Esq. and Mr. George
Place of Rochester, be a Committee to call upon Mr. Jona-
than Door of Lebanon in the County of York, & Desire he
would shew them a Lead mine lately Discovered by him,
that they may bring some of the ore for trial in this State,
and if it should prove good to Engage upon the Honour
of this Court that he shall be well paid for his Discovery &
trouble.
The following Resolve was passed Septr 5th 1776, but not
then Entered, viz :
"Whereas the American Congress have lately extended their
Former Resolutions relating to ships & other vessells, their
Tackle, apparel and Furniture and all goods, Wares & mer-
chandise belonging to any Inhabitant or Inhabitants of Great
Britain taken upon the High Seas or between high & low
water mark ; To all ships and other Vessells, their Tackle,
apparel and Furniture, and all goods Wares & Merchandise
belonging to any subject or subjects of the King of Great
Britain, Except the Inhabitants of the Bermudas and Provi-
dence or the Bahama Islands : In order to carry into effect
the Resolutions of said Congress touching the above matters
according to the Design and Intent thereof ;
[p. 176.] Be it Resolved, and it is hereby Resolved by the
Council and house of Representatives for said Colony, That
the Judge of the Court Maratime for this Colony for the time
being, is hereby fully & amply Impowered to hear Try, ad-
judge & Determine the Justice of any Capture or Captures of
any ships or other vessell, their Tackle, Apparell & Furniture,
and of all goods, Wares & Merchandize belonging to any sub-
ject'or subjects of the said King, Except as before excepted,
that'have been or shall be taken and brought into any Port
or place within this Colony ; And if upon Trial of such Cap-
ture or Captures it shall be found that the ships or other
vessells and goods, Wares &, Merchandise so taken & brought
in, belong to any of the subjects aforesaid, Except as before
excepted, Then the said Judge shall and may Proceed to con-
demn & Distribute the Same, as the Law of said Colony &
Resolutions of said Congress shall direct. Sent up by the
Clerk. [Concurred.]
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 347
Sept. 20th 1776.
The House adjourn' d to the last Wednesday of November
next at three of the Clock afternoon to meet at the Court
House in Exeter.
Atts Noaii Emery, Clr D. P.
Accts, Petitions, Votes &c. passed on by the House and concurred,
from Sept. 13 to Sept. 20th, 1776', inclusive.
Petition of John House & Daniel Clap for pay for Camp Kettles &c.
not granted.
Col. Bellow's excused from sending his quota of men &c.
Col. Ashley not excused from sending his quota &c.
Rangers to receive one half months pay, upon being mustered.
Billeting to be paid to the New York regiments.
Nahum Baldwin allowed to dispose of fire arms in his hands, to
soldiers going to New York — price £3: 10 each.
Bread Act adopted and put in force.
Petition of Selectmen of Charlestovvn, to be paid for charge of sick-
ness of Nath1 Hatch — not granted.
Committee of Safety, of Wakefield, all'd, £2: 4: 0.
Selectmen of Brentwood all'd for guns & blankets —
Dan1 Fowle's acct. allowed £14:
Nath1 Jordan's ace1 allowed £5: 6: 6.
Benja Giles acct. allowed £2 : 16 : 0.
Meshech Weare & Doctor Dearborn's ace' allowed £10: 1 : Of.
Asa Davis' Ace* allowed & settled.
Comtee to examin Doct. Josiah Gil man's ace'.
Scouting party at Conway to be under direction of the Committee
of Safety.
Petition of Alexander Scott & others, of Stoddard — hearing granted.
Petition of John Dutton & others, of Stoddard — hearing granted.
Tax Act passed.
Petition of Oliver Parker— hearing granted.
Rev. Elijah Fletcher, all'd, £0: 12: 0.
Jonathan Leavitt, all'd £1: 19: 8.
Capt. Dearing all'd pay roll — £50 : 5: 8.
Committee of Safety for last year, all'd, 8s per day, and travel
Committee of Safety for current year, 7s per day, and travel
Col. Ilurd, all'd £400, for Rangers at Cohoss.
Nath1 Furber, all'd £6: 7: 6.
Col. David Gilman, all'd Staff Roll, £65: 9: 0
Report of Comtee on Col. David Oilman's acct. accepted.
Doct. Josiah Gilman's acct. all'd £11: 17: 7^-
Simeon Ladd all'd £2: 8: 0, to build a watch-house.
Josh. Wiggin, all'd £3: 8: 0
Powder mill Comtee all'd £4: 8: 0
Amos Dakin all'd £1: 9: 8.
Oliver Capron all'd £1: 6: 6.
Elijah Grout all'd £15: 0: 0
Capt. Timothy Clement's pay Roll all'd £334: 8: 8
348 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1 7
Capt. Nathan Brown's pay Roll all'd £363: 10: 11.
Capt. John Calfe's pay Roll all'd £379: 10: 11
Capt. Titus Salter's pay Roll all'd £189: 9: 4.
Hon. Matt. Thornton, all'd £40.
Capt. VVorthen, all'd £50, to build a Bridge at New Castle.
Henry Prescott, added to Comtee for New Castle Bridge.
Petition of Anna Richardson, against Benjamin French, referred to
any Justice of the Peace in Rockingham Co.
Committee to report allowance for Col. Oilman's table.
Old Fees as authorized by law, to be taken.
Pay of members, 6s pr. day, & two pence per mile travel.
Pay of Council, 6s per day & two pence per mile travel.
Noah Emery Clerk Gs. per day extra.
Ebenr Thompson, Secy 6s. per day extra.
SPECIAL CONVENTION
[p. 177.] State of New Hampshire.
Wednesday, Oct1' 16, 1776.
At a Special Convention of the Hon1'1 House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of New Hampshire Begun and held
at the Court House in Exeter on the sixteenth day of Octo-
ber, A. D. 1776 at three o'clock afternoon, being convened
by summons from the Honble Committee of Safety for said
State, in consequence of a Requisition of the Hon1'1 the Con-
tinental Congress concerning raising Three Battalions in this
State to serve during the Warr, &c.
The members being called over & seated, The Clerk read
the Resolves of the Continental Congress of the 16th, 18th
& 19th of September last and the Honbl President Hancock's
Letter of Requisition thereon. Then the House adjourned
to 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Resolve of Congress for raising an army during the war.
[State Pap. Rev* Vol. IV. p. 280.]
In Congress, September 16, 1776.
Resolved, That eighty-eight Battalions be enlisted as soon as pos-
sible, to serve during the present War, and that each State furnish
their respective Quotas in the following Proportions, viz.
New Hampshire 3 Battalions
Massachusetts Bay 15 Ditto.
Rhode Island 2 Ditto.
Connecticut 8 Ditto.
New York 4 Ditto.
New Jersey 4 Ditto.
Pennsylvania 1 2 Ditto.
Delaware 1 Ditto
Maryland 8 Ditto.
Virginia 15 Ditto.
North ( 'arolina 9 Ditto.
South Carolina 6 Ditto.
Georgia 1 Ditto.
350 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
That Twenty Dollars be given as a Bounty to each non-commission-
ed Officer and private Soldier, who shall enlist to serve during the
present war, unless sooner discharged by Congress.
That Congress make Provision for granting Lands in the following
Proportions to the Officers and soldiers who shall so engage in the serv-
ice, and continue therein to the close of the War, or until discharged
by Congress, and to the Representatives of such officers and soldiers
as shall be slain by the Enemy ; Such Lands to be provided by the
United States, and whatever Expence shall be necessary to procure
Such Land, the said Expence shall be paid and borne by the States in
the Same Proportion as the other Expences of the War, viz :
To a Colonel, 500 Acres,
a Lieutenant Colonel 450 Ditto,
a Major 400 Ditto.
a Captain 300 Ditto.
a Lieutenant 200 Ditto,
an Ensign 160 Ditto.
Each non-commissioned officer & soldier, 100 Acres.
That the appointment of all officers and filling up vaca'ncies (except
general Officers) be left to the Governments of the several States and
that every State provide Anus, cloathing and every Necessary for its
Quota of Troops according to the foregoing Estimate ; the Expence of
the cloathing to be deducted from the pay of the Soldiers as usual.
That all Officers be commissioned by Congress.
That it be recommended to the several States that they take the
most speedy and Effectual Measures for enlisting their several Quotas.
That the Money to be given for Bounties be paid by the Paymaster in
the Department where the soldier shall Enlist.
That each Soldier receive pay and Subsistence from the time of their
Enlistment.
September 18, 1776.
Resolved, That if Rations be received by the Officers or Privates
in the Continental Army in money, they be paid- at the Rate of Eight
Ninetieth parts of a dollar per Ration.
That the Bounty and Grants of Land, offered by Congress by a Res-
olution of the 16th Instant as an Encouragement to the officers and
Soldiers to engage to serve in the Army of the United States during
the War. shall extend to all who are or shall be Enlisted for that term,
the Bounty of ten Dollars which any of the soldiers have received from
the Continent on account of a former Enlistment, to be reckoned in
part Payment of the Twenty Dollars offered by said Resolution.
That no officer in the Continental Army is allowed to hold more than
one Commission, or to receive pay but in one capacity.
September 1!), 1776.
That the Adjutants of Regiments in the Continental Army be allow-
ed the Pay and Rations of Captains, and have the Rank of first Lieu-
tenants.
In order to prevent the officers and soldiers who shall be entitled to
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 351
the Lands hereafter to be granted by the Resolution of Congress of the
10ih, from disposing of the Same during the war,
Resolved, That this Congress will not grant Lands to any person
or persons claiming under the assignment of an officer or soldier.
By order of the Congress
John Hancock, President.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock — relating to enlistment of Sol-
diers during the War.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 292.]
Philad". Sept. 24th, 1770.
Gentlemen —
You will perceive by the inclosed Resolves, which I have the honor
to forward, in obedience to the Commands of Congress, that they have
come to a determination to augment our Army, and to engage the
Troops to serve during the War. As an Inducement to enlist on these
Terms, the Congress have agreed to give, besides a Bounty of twenty
dollars, a Hundred Acres of Land to each soldier; and in Case he
should fall in Battle, they have resolved that his children, or other Rep-
resentatives, shall succeed to such Land.
The many ill consequences arising from a short & limited Inlistment
of Troops, are too obvious to be mentioned. In general, give me leave
to observe, that to make men well acquainted with the duties of a sol-
dier, requires Time ; and to bring them under proper subordination
and Discipline, not only requires time, but has always been a work of
much difficulty. We have had frequent experience that men of a few
days standing, will not look forward ; but as the time of their discharge
approaches, grow careless of their arms, ammunition &c. and impatient
of all Restraint. The Consequence of which is, the latter Part of the
time for which the soldier engaged, is spent in undoing what the great-
est Pains had been taken to inculcate at first. Need 1 add to this, that
the Fall of the late General Montgomery before Quebeck is undoubt-
edly to be ascribed to the limited time for which the Troops were en-
gaged, whose Impatience to return home, compelled him to make the
attack, contrary to the conviction of his own Judgment. This Fact
alone furnishes a striking Argument of the Danger and Impropriety of
sending Troops into the field, under any Restriction as to the Time of
their Inlistment. The noblest enterprise may be left unfinished by
Troops in such a Predicament or abandoned at the very moment suc-
cess must have crowned the attempt.
The heavy and enormous expences consequent upon calling for the
Militia, the Delay attending their Motions, and the Difficulty of keep-
ing them in the Camp, render it extremely improper to place our whole
dependence upon them. Experience hath uniformly convinced us of
this, some of the Militia having actually deserted the Camp, at the
very moment their services were most wanted. In the mean time the
strength of the British Army which is great is rendered much more
formidable by the Superior Order and Regularity which prevail in it.
Under these circumstances, and in this Situation of our affairs, it is
evident that the Only Means left us of preserving our Liberties, is the
Measure which the Congress have now adopted, and which I am order-
ed most earnestly to recommend to you, to carry into immediate effect.
352 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Without a well disciplined Army, we can never expect success agst vet-
eran Troops ; and it is totally impossible we should have a well disci-
plined Army, unless our Troops are engaged to serve during the war.
To attain therefore this most desirable End, I am to request you will
at once, and without a moments delay, bend all your attention to raise
your Quota of the American army. The Times call for the greatest
Dispatch and Vigour of Conduct. When the bloody Standard of Tyr-
anny is erected in a land of Liberty, no good man, no Friend of his
Country, can possibly remain an inactive Spectator of her Fall. Dis-
play therefore, I most earnestly entreat you that Virtue which alone can
Save her, on this occasion. Let us convince our enemies, that as we
entered into the present contest for the Defence of our Liberties, so
we are resolved, with the firmest Reliance on Heaven for the Justice
of our Cause, never to relinquish it, but rather perish in the Ruins of
it. If we do but remain firm, if we are undismayed at the little Shocks
of Fortune, and are determined at all hazards that we will be free, I
am persuaded, under the gracious smiles of Providence, assisted by
our most strenuous endeavours, we shall finally succeed agreeably to
our wishes, and thereby establish the Independence, the Happiness,
and the glory of the United States of America.
As the Troops now in service belonging to the several States, will
be considered as part of their Quota in the American Army, you will
please to take such steps as you judge necessary to ascertain what
number of the Troops, as well as what Officers will engage to serve
during the war. I send by this Express, blank Commissions, to be
filled up with such as you shall please to appoint. I also forward a
Number of the Rules and Articles of War, altered by Congress and
just published.
I have the honor to be
Gentlemen, your most Obed' &
Very Hhbl Serv',
John Hancock, Fresid'.
Honble Assembly of the
State of New Hampshire.
Thursday, October 17th, 1776.
The House met according to adjournment.
Voted, That the House Resolve themselves into a Com-
mittee to join the Honbl Board in order to confer & act upon
the business necessary to be done.
Voted, That this House resume their Power as a House of
Representatives.
Voted To chose a Committee to repair immediately to
Boston in order to confer with the General Court of the
Massachusetts Bay upon the Best method of raising the New
army, or if they have fixed upon a method of raising their
Quota of said army, to get Information thereof, and make
return to this Court as soon as may be, and that Col0
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 353
Timothy Walker and Mr. James Gibson be the Committee
for that purpose.
Voted That the Precepts to be sent out for choosing; the
Council & Representatives for the ensuing- year Issue to
Lyndsborough instead of Wilton, Temple instead of Peter-
borough, Surry instead of Alstcad, Plainficld instead of
Cornish, New Town instead of South Hampton, Hillsborough
instead of Deering, Salisbury instead of Boscawen, Sand-
wich instead of Moultonborough, Monadnoc No. 5 instead of
Dublin, Sandown instead of Hawke, Poplin instead of Ray-
mond, and Bedford instead of Merrimac. Sent up by Mr.
Prescott. [Concurred.]
P.M.
Voted to have a Committee of this house to join a Com-
mittee of the Honble Board to take into consideration wheth-
er the Town of Conway separately may be allowed to send
a Representative to the Gen1 Court the ensuing year, or
whether they make choice of a Representative in conjunction
with other Towns, either in the manner they did for the
current year, or otherwise, and to make report thereon as
soon as may be.
Voted, That John Dudley Esq. Col. Badger & Col. Gilman
be the Committee of this House for that Purpose. Sent up
by Dr. Dearborn. [Concurred — Mr. Folsom & Mr. Giles
added.]
[p. 178.] Whereas a Complaint is Exhibited by the Com-
mittee of Safety of Nottingham against Benjamin Whittier
of said Town respecting his being Inimical to the Liberties
of the United States of America. In consideration of which,
Voted That the said Whittier be ordered to make his ap-
pearance before the Gen1 Court on Friday the 18th Inst, at
three o'clock in the Afternoon, then & there to answer to
such things as may be alledged against him. Sent up by
Maj1' Bartlett. [Concurred.]
Voted to choose a Committee of this house consisting of
five persons to join a Comtee of the Honble Board to take into
consideration the Expediency of Choosing a Comtee or Com1-''*
to send to our armies at New York & Ticonderoga to use
their Influence in engaging Soldiers for the New Army to be
raised agreeable to a late requisition of Congress, and make
report thereon to this house as soon as may be ; And Col0
Sherburne, John McClary Esq1' Col0 Badger, Col0 Kelley &
Col0 Gilman be and hereby are appointed a Committee of
23
354 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
this House for that Purpose. Sent up by John Dudley, Esqr
[Concurred — Messrs. Folsom, Giles, Clagett, Blanchard &
Ashley added.]
Voted, That the President of the Council make out a
Permit for Mr. James M. Gregore of Londonderry to Pass
from this State to the State of New York.
Friday, October 18th 1776.
[p. 179.] Voted, That Capt. Harriman, Col0 Evans, Col°
Sherburne, John McClary, Esq1- Col0 Badger, Col° Kelley &
Col0 Gilman be a Comtee of this House to join a Comtee of the
Hon1'1 Board to Nominate to this house Eight Persons, out of
whom for this house to appoint four to be sent as a Commit-
tee with such orders & Powers as the Court see fit to Entrust
them with, to Ticonderoga, and that some one or more of
them may go from thence to New York, after knowing what
can be done at Ticonderoga Concerning Enlisting the New
Battalion to be raised in this State. Sent up by Col0 Evans.
[Concurred — Messrs. Folsom, Giles, Clagett, Blanchard &
Ashley added.]
An Information and accusation being laid before this house
by the Comtee of Safety of Nottingham against Benjamin
Whittier of said Nottingham, as being Enemical to the Lib-
erties of this State, Being exhibited to this Court, and the
said Whittier being bro't before this house to answer to the
same, and the Parties being fully heard thereon, It appears
to this House that the said Benjamin Whittier is not friendly
to the Liberties of the States of America : It is therefore or-
dered, That the said Benjamin Whittier Recognise to the
Government & People of this State in the sum of Five hun-
dred pounds for his good Behaviour towards this State and
the other United States of America in all respects, for the
Term of six months next ensuing, and that he stand Com-
mitted untill this order be comply' d with. Sent up by Mr.
Cutts. [Concurred.]
Saturday October 19th 1776.
Benjamin Whittier of Nottingham in the County of Rock-
ingham, Yeoman, came before this House and recognised to
the Government & People of the State of New Hampshire in
the Sum of five hundred pounds for his good Behaviour
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 355
towards this State, and the other United States of America,
in all respects for the term of six months next ensuing.
Att : N. Emery, CI. D. Repr.
[p. 180.] Voted, to choose a Committee of this house to join
a Committee of the Honl)1 Board to consult and report to this
house what method is best to take concerning- the Powder
now on hand in this State, whether to store it or Distribute
it into Several Towns (as the Powder house in Exeter is full)
and that Ichabod Rollins, Esq1- John Bell Esqr & Col0 David
Gilman be the Committee of this house for that Purpose.
Sent up by Mr. Betton.
Voted, That the Honbl Benjamin Giles Esqr & Jonathan
Blanchard Esq1- of the Councill, Col0 David Gilman & Col0
Stephen Evans of this House be and hereby arc apppointed a
Comtee to go to Ticonderoga with such orders & Powers as
the General Court shall see fit to intrust them with, respect-
ing recruiting the New Battalions now to be raised in this
State on the Continental Establishment, and for one or more
of them to go from thence to New York, if necessary, after
knowing what can be done at Ticonderoga respecting recruit-
ing said Battalions, and to try what recruits they can raise
among our Soldiers there for the said Battalions. Sent up
by Jn° Dudley, Esq1'. [Concurred.]
Voted and Resolved that the third Thursday of November
next be & hereby is appointed to be observed as a day of Pub-
lic Thanksgiving throughout this State, and that the Comtee
of Safety of this State Form a Proclamation to be signed by
the President & Printed and dispersed throughout this State
for that purpose. Sent up by Mr. Smith. [Concurred.]
Other matters acted on by the Convention, Oct. 16, 17, 18 and 19 —
1770.
Comtce appointed to examine Master Rolls — viz. Henry Prescott, Col.
David Gilman, & Dr. Dearborn.
Salt petre Comtee to draw pay for what is received.
The Receiver Gen1 authorised to receive and pay for Gunlocks made
in this State.
Capt. Titus Salter, all'd on pay Roll, £199 : 11 : 11.
Dunbarton allowed to have one-half barrell of Powder.
Joseph Stacey's ace1 all'd. 15s.
Petition of Margaret Little of Bedford against James Carnes — hear-
ing granted.
Capt. Eliphalet Daniel's pay Roll all'd, £141 : 15 : 6.
Precepts to Jaffrey, & Peterborough to send a member; also Rindge
to send one member.
Salt P tre committee to exchange po\vder for Salt petre.
Sam1 Moore's Ace4 all'd, £1 : 12 : 0.
356
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
Officers & Soldiers raised in New Hampshire to be paid the same as
in Massachusetts.
Enlisting orders to be given out.
Nathan Taylor, door keeper, all'd 12s.
The House adjourn'd to Wednesday the twenty seventh
day of November nest at three of the clock, afternoon, then to
meet at the Court House in Exeter.
Att : N. Emery, CI. D. Repr.
A Pay Roll of the Members of the Honbl House of Representatives at a
special Convention begun & held at Exeter on the 16th day of Octo-
ber, A. D. 1776, on a Summons from the Honbl Committee of Safety.
(1)
Names of Members.
Travel.
Days. Sum
total.
Hon. Phillips White, Speaker
8
4 £1
0 : 8
Noah Emery Esq. Clerk
0
3 0
18 : 0
Samuel Cutts, Esq.
14
4 1
8 : 8
Samuel Sherburne
14
3 1
2 : 8
John Bell, Esqr
22
4 1
11 : 4
Moses Barnett, Esq.
22
4 1
11 : 4
Stephen Morse
20
4 1
10 : 8
Robert Wilson Esq.
14
4 1
8 : 8
Josiah Moulton, Esq.
8
4 1
6 : 8
Dr. Levi Dearborn
6
3 1
0 : 0
Richard Downing Esqr
15
4 1
9 : 0
Henry Prescott, Esq.
17
3 1
3 : 8
Nathan Goss
12
3 1
2 : 0
Benja Barker, Esq.
3
4 1
5 : 0
Ezekiel "Worthen
7
4 1
6 : 4
Sam1 Philbrick Esq.
4
4 1
5 : 4
Sam1 Kimball
16
4 1
9 : 4
Caleb Dustin
20
4 1
10 : 8
James Gibson
35
2 1
3 : 8
John Dudley Esq.
18
4 1
10 : 0
Sam1 Dudley Esqr
5
4 1
5 : 8
David Gilman Esqr
35
4 1
15 : 8
James Betton, Esqr
20
4 1
12 : 8
Timothy Walker, Esqr
40
2 1
5 : 4
Thomas Clongh
40
4 1
17 : 4
Nehemiah Wheeler
8
4 1
6 : 8
Jere: Eastman, Esq.
22
4 1
11 : 4
Capt. Caleb Page
50
4 2
0 : 8
John Mc Clary Esqr
24
4 1
12 : 0
Thomas Bartlett, Esqr
12
3 1
2 : 0
Stephen Evens Esqr
18
4 1
10 : 0
Otis Baker Esqr
18
4 1
10 : 0
(1) The pay for travel was at the rate of id. per mile, and for attendance lis. per day.
—Ed.
1776.]
JOUBNAL OF THE HOUSE.
357
#
Names of Members.
Travel.
Days.
Sum total.
John Smith 3'1
12
4
8 : 0
Ichabod Rollins, Esqr
21
4
11 : 0
James Knowles Esq
25
4
12 : 4
James Marden
25
4
12 : 4
Joseph Badger Esq.
40
4
17 : 4
Nathaniel Balch
50
4
0 : 8
Jona Lovewell Esq.
40
4
17 : 4
Stephen Ames
44
4
18 : 8
Stephen Harriman
50
3
14 : 8
Amos Daken
58
4
3 : 4
Asa Davis Esqr
35
4
15 : 8
Moses Kelley Esqr
35
4
15 : 8
Henry Gerrish Esqr
50
o
8 : 8
Samuel Moore
65
4
o
5 : 8
Joseph Simonds
65
4
2
5 : 8
Timothy Ellis Esq.
88
4
2
13 : 4
Archibald Robinson
100
3
2
11 : 4
Joseph Rounseval
85
4
2
12 : 4
Enoch Hale Esq.
72
4
2
8 : 0
Daniel Brainerd
94
3
2
9 : 4
Noah Emery Extra pay as Clerk
0
18 : 0
John Smith, Extra pay as Ass'
clerk
0
12 : 0
£86 .
10 :8.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Note. The following papers— Correspondence, &c, relating to public matters from
August 23d to October 8th, 1776, are contained in Vol. IV. State Papers, in the Secre-
tary's office, and are all of historical interest and value.— Ed.
Letter from the Committee of Safety, Charlestown, to General
Horatio Gates.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. IV. p. 220.]
Charlestown, 23d Augst 1776.
Sir — We have rec'd the favr of your Honours Request of the 19th
Inst, directed to the Comtee of Safety for the Town of Charlestown
and communicated to us thro' the Hands of the Revd Mr. Olcott, de-
siring of us to examine into the conduct of Docf Stevens in inoculat-
ing the Troops on their march thro' this place to Ticonderoga. As we
may presume to say, we have the publick service of the army, and the
deliverance, freedom & safety of our Country, as truly at Heart as any
can pretend to, so that we cannot but join with you in condemning a
practice that must have the most pernicious effects in regard to the
Health and success of the Army : And had your information respecting
Dr. Stevens conduct that he has inoculated the Militia as fast as they
arrived at No. 4, been founded on the truth of facts, we freely acknowl-
edge it would justly have merited the high Resentment you have
expressed.
Pursuant to your request we have called Doct. Stevens before us,
and had him under examination. We are sorry to observe that we
were under the necessity and disadvantage of examining the Docf
without his being under the solemnity of an Oath, by reason that no
qualified Magistrate could be obtained to administer it; yet the Docf
has made such solemn declarations before us, which together with Col-
lateral Evidence from other Quarters, is to us satisfactory as to the
true state of the Matters relative to his conduct in inoculating. In-
deed, Sir. we cannot pretend after due examination wholly to excul-
pate the Docf; all that we think necessary to take upon us at present
is, to give you an exact account of what we find to be the true state of
the Doctor's conduct and our doings relative thereto, and thus you
will be capable of judging how far the Docf is culpable, and whether
or not Ave have done the Duty that might be expected of us in the case.
When Capt. Wetherbee began to inlist his Company the small Pox
was bri(>f[yife'?~\ in the Army at Crown Point; some that intended to
enlist & others who had inlisted, in the whole to the number of about
Twenty-five, applied to Docf Stevens & were by him inoculated.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 359
Three or four weeks after this Capt. Wingatewith a number of other
officers on their inarch to Ticonderoga applied to l)octr Stevens to be
inoculated, and were by him refused; and on this ground that he had
lately understood it was contrary to General Orders that any of the
inarching Troops should be inoculated. A short time after this being
applied to by Col. Fuller and Docf Meriam partly thro' their impor-
tunity & partly thro' their signifying they had applied to a General
officer for liberty, who had not forbidden them, Docf Stevens was pre-
vailed upon to inoculate them and their servants, & Lieut. Mooney, to
the number of five, and this is the whole number of the marching
Troops that Doc' Stevens has inoculated, tho' great numbers have
applied to him & been refused.
We trust your Honr from this representation will view the matter in
something of a different light from what it seems your information has
exhibited; We only beg leave further to observe that we will take all
possible care that no other of the Troops shall be inoculated and that
all whether officers or others, now under inoculation here shall be per-
fectly cleansed, before they march to join the Army at Ticonderoga.
We conclude by assuring your Honor that we shall be ever ready to
serve you & army in this or any other Business that may come before
us. Sam1 Hunt — Chairman of the Comtce
of Safety, Charlestown.
Honbl Horatio Gates, Esq. (Copy.)
Letter from Col° Moulton.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 228.]
( State of New
I Hampshire: Rockingham SS.
To the Honourable Committee of Safety of the State Aforesaid:
Pursuant to orders, directing me to raise & equip Fifty nine men out
of the Regiment under my command, in order to join & assist our
Army at New York, at this important crises, I have with the greatest
dispatch in my Power, caused said Number of men to be raised &
equipp'd (saving two) and have also mustered said men & paid to each
Commission officer, one months advance pay, & to each non-Commisj
sion officer & Private their Bounty, besides two pounds ten shillings to
each officer & soldier, for their travelling expenees from their Homes
to Head Quarters, agreeable to the Resolve of the Council & Assembly
of said State; and having formed said Men into a Company & ap-
pointed a Captain & two subalterns to the same (a List of which is
inclosed) I have ordered said Captain to march off, with his Com-
pany, on Thursday the 25th Instant and to continue the same, with
all possible dispatch towards New York by the way of Hartford in
the State of Connecticut, where I have directed him to stop, to receive
directions for his further Regulation. I have also furnished him with
such Copys and Certificates, as I apprehended woul'd be necessary
that lie should have committed to his care.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your most Obedient Humb1 Serv1
Joxa. Moulton.
Hampton, Aug4 24, 1776.
360 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Letter from Col. Jacob Bailey.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 236.]
Newbury, 27 August, 1776.
Gent" — According to your desire the Continental men under my
inspection have tarried and about twenty-five have Inlisted to tarry
until the first of December, to be under the command of Sam1 Atkin-
son, Capt., Jonathan Robbins Lt. and Peter Dustin, Ensign, and will
wait upon you for the Bounty, marching money, and further orders as
I did not think best to Jnlist the Inhabitants and have sent Mr. Atkin-
son and the other two to Inlist the remainder. The men will certainly
be wanted, if our Army should proceed over the Lake, we shall imploy
them in that service to make the road, drive cattle, &c. if not, the
Enemy will undoubtedly come to us. I have sent to Gener1 Gates and
doubtless shall in two days know the certainty and shall transmit to
you. Col0 Hard will inform of other matters. lam, Gent" with the
greatest regard, Your most Humble serv1
Jacob Bailey.
Letter from Col. TJwmas Stickney, to the Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 314.]
Concord, Aug8t 28th 1776.
Gentlemen —
Pursuant to orders, Rec'1 from Majr General Folsom, dated the 3d of
July last, requiring me forthwith to raise & equip One hundred & six-
teen men, out of the Regiment under my Command, in order to rein-
force the Army under Gen1 Sullivan, suppos'd to be at Crown Point ;
and to make a Return of my doings therein to you ; I immediately Is-
sued my orders to the several Captains in my Regiment, to forthwith
Raise their respective Quota, & by the Returns they made me of their
doings therein, it appears that the whole number of said Men are rais'd
Equipt & March'd to the place of their destination.
I am, your most Hum1'1 Serv'
Thos. Stickney, Colonel
of the 13th Regiment in the Colony of New Hampshire.
To the Honbl the Committee
of Safety, for the Colony of New Hampshire.
Letter relating to the Ship Prince George.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. IV. p. 316.]
Portsm0. Aug1 29th, 1776.
Gentlemen —
The Ship Prince George commanded by Capt. Emms had her trial
last week ; the Jury brought in their Verdict & condemned three quar-
ters of Ship & Cargo to the use of the Colony — the other quarter to
the Matross Company (Stationed at Fort Washington) to be equally
divided between officers & privates — tho' both the Resolves of Congress
& Law of the Colony, say, the Captors shall have one third & the Col-
ony two.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 361
There was also a trial of the Masts &c. which were claimed by Mr.
Perry: the -Jury thought the claim was not Good, & condemned them
to the use of the Colony likewise. I shall in a day or two decree Ac-
cording to the Jury's Verdict & Issue a Precept to the Sheriff to sell
and make distribution According to said Verdicts, and should be glad
you would appoint Pearae bong Esq* Agent for the Colony, that there
may be somebody here to take eare of its Interest, &C.
I am, Gentlemen, your most obed' hhw Serv',
J. Brackett.
Letter from Portsmouth Committee, concerning a Billiard Ta-
ble.
[State Pap. llev" Vol. IV. p. 242.]
At a meeting of the Committee of Safety for the Town of Ports-
mouth held at their Hall on the 31st day of August, 1775 :
Voted, That the following state of a case this day brought before us
be presented to the Colony Congress for their advisement.
Mr. Moses Woodward complains against a number of persons mak-
ing a forceable Entry into his house on the Evening of the 28th Instant,
and then and there with force and violence destroyed a Billiard Table
which he had not suffered to he used for fourteen days past, and that
thereby he was damaged to the Value of Twenty five pounds Lawfull
money (as he says) and the life of his wife also endangered, who is far
advanced in her pregnancy, and upon evidence being brought by him
in support of his complaint, it appears to this Committee, That he has
fully proved that George Pierce, William Walden, George Walden,
Samuel Odiorne & William Broughton were (among others) the per-
sons concerned in this assault, and the said Committee considering the
Said conduct of these persons to be of too high a nature for their de-
termination, have agreed humbly to submit the Same to the wisdom of
the Colony Congress, and to Order the said persons into the custody
of Capt. Til ns Salter, an officer in the Colony service, untill the Con-
gress shall determine the same.
By order of the Comtoe
H. Wentworth, Chairman.
[Indorsed] " Letter from Portsmouth
Comtee concerning Woodward's Billiard
Table, 31 Oct. 1777." (1)
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, relating to the danger of an
Attack on New York.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 252.]
Philadelphia, Sept. 3J, 1776.
Gentlemen —
Our enemies being determined to make a powerful attack on New
York and the States adjoining thereto, & having for this purpose col-
lected their whole force from every part of the Continent, it is incum-
(l) There appears to In; some confusion of dates. Probably the paper ia misplaced.—
En.
862 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
bent on the United States of America to take the most effectual meas-
ures to defeat their deep laid Scheme against their country.
The Congress have just received Information from Gen1 Washington
of the very great & Superior Strength of the Enemy, and if we con-
sider the recent change in the Situation of our affairs at New York, we
shall soon be convinced that nothing will prove an adequate Remedy in
our present circumstances, but the most vigorous exertions on our Part.
I am therefore by order of Congress to request you will immediately
send all the aid in your power to our Army at New York.
The State of our affairs is so extremely critical that Delay may be
attended with fatal consequences. Suffer me therefore to press you in
the name & by the Authority of your Country, to an immediate com-
pliance, & with all the earnestness so naturally suggested by the Impor-
tance of the cause. Altho' I doubt not your own ardor would be a
sufficient stimulus when called on by the voice of Liberty, yet my anx-
iety is so great I cannot refrain on the present occasion from beseech-
ing you to exert yourselves. Everything is at Stake; our Religion,
our Liberty, the Peace & happiness of Posterity, are the grand objects
in Dispute ; which, that we may be able to procure & transmit to fu-
ture generations, is the constant & uninterrupted Avish of
Gentlemen, your most obed1
Yery Hiimw Serv1,
John Hancock, Presid1.
To The Hon*1 Assembly of
New Hampshire.
Letter from the Selectmen of Charlestown to the N. H. Com-
mittee of Safety.
[State Pap. Rev" Yol. IV. p. 262.]
Charlestown, Sept. 6th, 1776.
Gentlemen — Your favour came to hand yesterday informing us of
General Gates's complaint against the conduct of a person acting as a
physician in this town, Inoculating Soldiers for the small pox when on
their march to the army; Had the GeneraFs Complaint have been
founded upon the whole truth of facts, it would most certainly have
been highly justifiable by all good men, and the Doct1" punished, as an
enemy to his country deserves ; no doubt the General was by some
body informed of such proceedings — probable an enemy to the Doctor
or to the scheme of Inoculating for the Small Pox; the most glorious
invention ever yet found out for the preserving the lives of mankind
against the power of that sovereign disorder, in its natural course,
which hath been for many years approved of, by the most skilful 1 phy-
sicians in most of the Civilised States on Eai'th; and is now Recom-
mended by the Continental Congress, and by the several Assemblies
of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Ray.
We received General Gates' Letter of the 19th of August upon the
subject of complaint, which hath been answered by the Comtoc of
Safety, a copy of which you have herewith inclosed.
We conceive it rather hard that we should bear the whole weight of
General Gates Resentment, since other Towns have been guilty of the
like offences; there has been many of the soldiers inoculated at Keen
1770.] CORRESPONDENCE. 363
and Claremont, and we do not at present see why it is not as likely
that the small Pox sho'd be carried to the army from cither of those
places as from here; we have no reason to believe that any of the
soldiers have carried from hence to the army, but we can with great
truth assert that the Small Pox has been by the soldiery brought &
left here. One man who came from Ticonderoga, another belonging to
Col. Woglesworth Regiment, and another belonging- to Col. AVhitcombs
Regiment, and we have reason to suspect that several of the inhab-
itants have taken it from the soldiers of the two Continental Regi-
ments on their Rout thro' this town from Boston to Ticonderoga, who
were inoculated at Boston.
"We are desirous of quieting the minds of our Brethren in the army,
in case we can be assured that the Small Pox shall not be brought here
again by the soldiers, who are continually marching to & from the
Army; upon these several circumstances, we suppose it cannot be kept
out of the Town, and we must conceive it to be a breach of privilege
to be denied of the same liberty of inoculating our Families that other
towns in tins Colony injoys, which we suppose at present to be highly
expedient for their safety, which we can do and not expose any soldiers
inarching to or from the army; or any body else, as we had proposed
to remove the Pest House from where it now is to about two miles dis-
tance from the Town & from the Road, and put the management of it
under such proper Regulations as that no person hereafter shall be
exposed to take it the natural way; we had proposed to lay the Docf,
the Nurses attendence & each person inoculated, under Bonds not to
spread it thro' their means, so that all persons may be assured of safety
in that regard ; notwithstanding if it be your will & pleasure, that a
final stop be put to it in this town, we will do our indeavour to do it,
tut its impossible at present to cleanse the town of it; the inoculation
is stopt at present, therefore beg to know your sentiments of the mat-
ter. Pray, Gentlemen, consider that we are more exposed than all the
people in the Colony besides.
Gentlemen, we are your most Humb1 servts
Samuel Hunt } Selectmen
Wm. Heywood > of
Exos Stevens. ) Charlestown.
Hon,J,e Comtee of Safety.
Letter from Eleaser Russell, Esq. on Maritime Fees.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 264.]
Honorable Sir —
By mistaking the time of the Courts setting, I am rather late in
mentioning Fees for the maritime office.
1 As no Fees were ordered by authority, I did not Care to act my own
judgment in the case: therefore ask'd the opinion of several merchants
on the articles in the enclosed list, and upon their advice have hitherto
acted; at the same time keeping an exact account of what I have taken
from each person and promising, if the Hon1'1 Court shall fix the fees
lower to return the over plus.
From wood coasters, (which is the bulk of the business at present) I
364 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
liave taken only Is. 6d. for a pass, and that because the authority of the
Forts shou'd be kept up & proper submission made to them.
There lias been but one foreign vessel clear'd since my appointment
& the owners who were present, said the Fees were not enough & offer'd
me more.
The Coasting fees are one quarter part of what was formerly taken
by the King's officers; and the Foreign not more than one fifth part.
In the Massachusetts State, no officers are yet fixed, & some of their
coasters have murmured at these fees being so high — one or two of
our own, who had run for some time without order, have also tho't
hard of paying any thing. I ardently wish to be instructed on the mat-
ter, in order to proceed without blame.
Far be it from me to utter any thing that may bear the air of dicta-
ting; and yet Duty to those who appointed me strongly urges, That I
should offer some tho'ts for consideration; Especially as my stand in
life has given me an insight into the affairs of office, and an opportuni-
ty of observing the conduct of those who have rioted on the spoils of
trade.
I have ever tho't it unreasonable that an individual shou'd grow Rich
upon the labors of the Public; and yet an equivalent may be expected
for a person devoting his whole time to a service. Fees that wou'd
now give a bare decent living, wou'd be too high, if trade should return
to its natural flow, and exorbitant, if it should double what it was sev-
en years past; and yet a difficulty wou'd attend their being fixed too
low now. Such are the humors of mankind that innovations are ever
disagreeable; and in this case it might be much better to reduce than
to enlarge.
At present, and perhaps for some time, one person may easily do the
duty of the maritime office, and I honestly declare, that fees which Num-
bers of people might dispise, wou'd satisfy me.
Shou'd trade return to the course it had five or seven years ago, I'm
sure from experience that the whole time of two persons would be scarce
sufficient to go thro the business. Then it may be proper for the prof-
its to be such that the officer might pay a Deputy or Clerk; rather than
return to the old erroneous track of multiplying officers, or paying them
out of any Revenue that may be collected.
Wou'd it not be better that one list of fees should answer for the
whole Continent? There ever was a murmuring, when they were high-
er in one place than another. I shou'd prefer their being rather lower
than higher here.
There formerly has been & is now some uneasiness that a vessel of
10 tons should pay as much as one of an 100. This I submit: After men-
tioning that there is the same expense of paper, and often more time, in
doing the business of the smaller. The case seems similar to going
thro' the Courts to recover a debt of 10 lbs. or 100.
I have made no mention in the endorsed list of endorsing Registers,
as often as Vessels change their masters ; or of cancelling or filing Eonds;
both which occasion considerable writing.
If I have erred in offering my tho'ts, Its being from a sense of duty, I
hope will expiate the fault, & am, Honorable Sir,
Your most obedient and dutiful Humbl Serv',
E. Russell.
Portsmouth. 9th Sept. 177G.
To the Honorable Meshech Weare, Esq.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 365
Letter from Col. David Grilman, relating to his being Supersed-
ed in office.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 268.]
Portsmouth, Sept. yc 13th, 1776.
Gentlemen of the Counsel
& house of Representatives
I am inform'd that you have made choice of Capt. Pearse Long to
command the Battalion now raising for the protection of this State, a
person I ever esteemed as a Very great friend of mine ; and if lie ob-
tained the appointment farley, had as live be superseded by him as any
person in the State. If it had been agreeable I should have been will-
ing to have continued in the service ; but as I find it otherways, and
content to live a retired life ; Although I have been at great cost to
equip myself for a short service, much shorter than I expected when I
engaged. I think, Gentlemen, since I have been in the service I have
Discharged my Duty to a Punctillio, in that I have Dun part of the
Duty of a farmer, Engineer, Col°, and almost Every other officer be-
longing to a Regiment, and that I have endeavoured that none of the
Interest of the State should be wasted ; And what thanks have I got for
my service, but to be slited by my own countrymen, in that they
have not dealt with me so generosly as they have with my subaltern offi-
cers, in giving me the offer of tarrying in the service, although I have
taught them the first Principles of the Military Art. Gentlemen, I do
not make this Complaint because I desire you to make any alteration
in your choyce, neither do 1 desire it ; but to let you know that I have
a spirit as well as another man, and know when I am treated with the
Respect that is Due to a Person who has been ingaged in the cause of
his country as early as any one, and Dus not want a Layer to Plead
his sincerity. I think, gentlemen, at least you ought to be as cautious
of slighting or offending Real friends, as you are of Pleasing or Retain-
ing of enemys, least you make Enemies instead of Friends; for such
treatment as I have Received will have a Natural tendency to make
Enemys ; though, God forbid that it should have that effect on me. I
do not remember that when we groaned under our old Constitution
that Ever an officer was slighted or Neglected for faithfully adhering to
his duty, but on the contrary Promoted ; but I am sorry that I have it
to say, there is too much of that in this day. I fear very much if there
is not sum alteration very soon you will be put to it to get any person
who is worth employing to ingage in your service ; for men of Spirit
will be causus of Ingaging and fitting themselves, when they are dayly
liable to be Discharged without any crime laid to their charge or reason
assigned therefor.
I shall conclude at this time, in wishing you divine derection, and
hope that Providence in his own time will open a Door for our Releafe,
and that our troubles will have a final Issue. I am a well wisher to
my Country And the glorious cause we are engaged in.
From your affectionate friend and Very humble
Servant — David Gilman.
866 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Resolution of Congress relating to Gun-powder.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 272.]
In Congress, August 28, 1776.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Legislatures of the several
States of America, to cause suitable Inspectors to be appointed to
examine and determine the quality of all Gun-powder manufactured
within their Jurisdiction, and that no person be allowed to vend any
gun-powder manufactured in any of the States of America, unless the
same, in the judgment of such Inspector, shall be of sufficient quality,
and to make such laws for executing this, or any other regulations for
promoting the manufacture of good gun-powder, as to them may seem
most convenient.
Orders to Col. Benjamin Bellows, jun.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV p. 278.]
Exeter, Septero1 16th 1776.
Sr — Orders were yesterday sent off from hence to you for your rais-
ing Fifty men in your Reg' to recruit our Army at New York, and
£300 in money to pay them £6. each. Upon a review of the matter
this day, considering the Frontier state of your regiment, it is deter-
mined that you omit raising the men at present: And as one Capt.
John House of Hanover hath received orders (1) to raise a Company
of Volunteers for said service you are appointed Muster-master to said
Company and to pay each able-bodied effective man lie enlists six
pounds; and if he should Enlist more than 50 met, you are desired to
advance the money & your Draft therefor shall be Honoured. But if
he should not be able to Enlist so many as 50 men, it is expected you
will make up that number out of your Regiment. You are desired to
acquaint Capt. House of your being appointed mustr master to his
Compy. By order of Council & assembly, I am your very humbl serv'.
Letter from Col. John Hurd, relating to Rangers at Cohos.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 280.]
Exeter, 20th Sept. 1776.
Sir — The Bearer Mr. Moses Chace will inform you of the two addi-
tional ranging Companies allow'd by our Assembly to be raised for the
defence of our Frontiers, to serve till the first of Decern1" next, one of
weh 'tis expected will be taken chiefly out of yr Regiment, the officers
being so appointed. Mr. Russell of Plainfield for the Captain by the
recommendation of Mr. Chace; the said company to consist of fifty
five men including officers, and wdl you are desir'd to see muster'd &
properly equipped; for weh purpose the money is now sent by Mr.
Chace; viz. The Bounty or blanket money 12s each, & half month's
advance pay wch you'll please to receive of him & deliver out to officers
(1) The order to Capt. John House of Hanover, to enlist fifty men for New York, is
dated Exeter, 14th Sept.,1776. See MS. State Pup. Itevn., Vol. IV. p. 27G.— Ed.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 36T
& men agreeable to the memor'" herewith. This Company is to ren-
dezvous & make their Head Quarters at Cohos & for their scouting
marches to be under the Direction of a Committee there — Col° Cha8
Johnston, Mr. Jon" Hale, Mr. James Bailey & myself; and as I am
authorized to furnish them with provisions I must desire you would, in
my behalf supply them when & while they are in your Neighborhood,
for the amo* of which I will either pay you the money or give an
order on the Committee at Exeter for it. Mr. Moses Chace has also
promised me to assist you in this Business. I shall write you again
from Coho'oswhen I return there in about a fortnight from this & shall
be glad to hear also from you. In the mean while remain with due
respect,
Sir, your most humle serv4
Col0 Jon a. Chace.
John IIurd.
Money be paid officers &
Captain half mo8 pay —
Lieut " "
men.
3
2
Ensign " "
1:
15.
4 Sergeants at 24s
4 Corporals " 22s
1 Drummer 22s
4:
4:
1:
1G
8
0
4:! Privates 20s
43:
55 Blankets at 12
33:
0
£93: 1
Paid out 83:15
Cash left in my hands 9: 6
93:
Letter from General Washington — relating to exchange of
prisoners.
[State Pap. Rev11 Vol. IV. p. 290.]
Head Quarters. Harlem Heights, 29t!l Sept. 1776.
Gent"
General Howe having signified to me a desire of making a general
exchange of Prisoners, both officers and privates, it becomes necessary
to have an exact Return of the numbers in our possession.
You will therefore, be pleased to have all the Continental prisoners
of war, (belonging to the land service) in the different Towns in your
State, collected and brought together to some convenient place, from
whence they may be removed hither when a Cartel is fully settled.
When they are collected, you will please to have made out, and
transmit to me, an exact Return of the Names of the commissioned and
Staff officers, their Ranks and the Corps to which they belong; the
Names of the non-commissioned and privates need not be mentioned —
their numbers will be sufficient.
368 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 1776.
As it will be more convenient to send them by Water than by Land,
which may always be safely effected by means of a Flag, I think you
had better order the prisoners to some place contiguous to a Port there
to remain till you hear further from me. But if the number should be
too small to make up a Freight for a vessel, I think you had better
send them to the State of Massachusetts Bay, that they may come for-
ward with the prisoners from thence.
I have the honor to be, Gent"
Yr most obl serv1
G:° Washington.
The Honbl Convention of }
New Hampshire. }
P. S. Be pleased also to make a Return of the Prisoners belonging
to the British Navy with the names & Ranks of the officers.
Letter from N. H. Committee of Safety to May. Gen. Ward.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 298.]
State of New ) In Committee of Safety at Exeter
Hampshire ) Septemr 24th, 1776.
Sir — One thousand men raised by this State to recruit the army
under Gen1 Washington at New York, are now just beginning to march
& we expect will all be on the Road in 2 or 3 days. As no direction
was sent us about ammunition in the hurry of raising the men, that
matter was overlooked until now, & whether there is a necessity of any
being carried from hence, we are not enough acquainted with the State
of the magazines at New York to determine.
Therefore we tho't it necessary to send the Bearer Express to Bos-
ton, and if you suppose it prudent for the men to be supplied with any
before they reach N. York, we request you will send forward to Hart-
ford in Connecticut (where our Troops are to rendezvous) such Quan-
tity of Powder & Balls as you judge necessary for 1000 men, out of the
Continental Stock in your care. We request this more particularly as
our stock is small for our own internal defence.
By order of the Committee,
I am your Humbl Serv'
Hon1'1 Maj. Gen. Ward.
Petition in favor of Lieut. Abraham Perkins.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 300.]
To the IIonbl the Committee of Safety for the State of New Hampshire:
The subscribers, officers in the Battalion in the Continental service
under the command of Col0 Pierse Long: That before the promotion
of Majr Hodgdon, he as Captain of a Company in said Battalion with
his subaltern officers had enlisted Sixty men for said service, forty of
whom have passed muster; That as said Company by reason of said
Promotion is now without a Captain, it would be very agreeable to
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 369
them as well as to most of the officers of the said Battalion, if the Com-
mand of the said Company should be Conferred on Mr. Abraham Per-
kins, the first Lieutenant of said Company, who is an able expert offi-
cer & one who has always been ready & willing to discharge the Duty
of his station, & to whom we imagine the said command naturally falls.
Wherefore we Pray your Honours to appoint him Captain of the said
Company, as we conceive you will thereby give content to the soldiers
belonging to the same, & contribute to the increase of the Harmony
subsisting among the officers of said Battalion, & as in Duty bound
shall pray, &c.
Sept. 24* 177G.
Hercules Mooney Titus Salter
Caleb Hodgdon Shackford Seaward
Eliphalet Daniell William Cooper
Wendum Janvrin Meshach Bell
Ebenezer Dearing Tobias Leighton
Thos. Bowler John Calfe.
Col. John LangdovUs Return of enlisting three men.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 303.]
State of |
New Hampshire } Portsmouth, September 28th 1776.
Agreeable to the Requisition (1) to me directed, the Company under
my Command have raised three men, viz.
Benjamin Dockum, Benjamin Dockum,jun. & Jonathan Kenneston,
all able men & equipt with one good Musquet each, which are to be
charg'd to them or return'd to the Colony, the price of which three Guns
is Twenty-three Dollars.
John Langdon.
Letter from Col. Jacob Bayley to John Hurd, JJsq., relating to
affairs in Canada.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 301.]
Newbury, 21th Sept. 1776.
Sr. — By Sarjant Daniel Booth of Col0 Hitchcoke's Reg' and Capt.
Toppan's Compa Taken at Quebeck in Gen11 Montgomery's Defeat,
and inlisted May last into the Royal Immigrants, Deserted from them
from Point O'Trembles, twenty three Days since; we learn that Col.
McLane is gone to London, that their is thirteen Regiments in Canada,
about 450 men in each, that they are stationed in Deferaut Parts of
Canada, that Sr John Johnson has about 1000 Indians eighteen miles
above Montreal, that the Regts in Canada are as follows, viz. the 9th,
20, 21, 2-1, 29, 31, 31, 47, 53, 72 Royal Imigrants, Sr. John Johnson's
5 Compa8 of the Trane,(2) 150 mariens and two Regts of Hassions,
one of Horss, ye other foot. Great preparations for crossing the Lake.
(1) The requisition was made by Benj. Giles, Chairman of a Com'ee appointed for the
purpose. — Ed.
(2) Uncertain whether this word is Trane or Franc— Ed.
24
870 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Two vessels of force, &c. I should have wrote more particular, but
am now setting of for New York. Am, Sr, your Humb1 Serv'
Jacob Bayley.
To John Hnrd, Esq.
Resolves of Congress.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 306.]
In Congress, Sept. 25th 1776.
Resolved, That a Committee of Congress consisting of one Delegate
from each State be appointed with Authority to employ proper Persons
to purchase in their respective States, a sufficient number of Blankets
and Woolens fit for soldiers, and that they take the most effectual and
speedy methods for getting such Woolens made up And distributed
among the regular Continental Army in such Proportion as will best
promote the public Service, and that they also purchase all other nec-
essary clothing for the soldiers in such Proportion as they judge upon
the best Information will be wanted and that the said Comtee be Au-
thorized to draw on the President of Congress for the Sums necessary
to Execute this Business, they to be accountable for the Amount of
their Draught and Disbursement.
The Committee are Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Paine, Mr. Ellery, Mr. Wil-
liams, Mr. Floyd, Mr. Stockton, Mr. Ross, Mr. McKean, Mr. Middleton,
& Mr. Hall.
Oct. 10th Members added, Mr. Witherspoon, Mr. Stone, & Mr. Penn.
Resolve, That it be recommended to the General Assemblies and
Conventions of the United States to forward to Head Quarters the
cloathing, blankets and necessaries, which they may have provided in
consequence of the Resolution of Congress of the 19th of June last,
drawing on the President for the Cost and conveyance thereof, in which
it is hoped the utmost Diligence & Expedition will be used, that those
who expose themselves to danger in defending and protecting their fel-
low citizens may suffer as little as possible from inclement seasons.
Extract from the Minutes
Chas. Thomson, Secy.
Letter from Gen1 Artemas Ward.
[State Pap. Revn. Vol. IV. p. 308.]
Boston, 26th Sept. 1770.
Gentlemen —
Your letter of the 21 Instant I received last evening, and agreeable
to your request I have ordered 500 lb. of powder, & 1000 lb. of Ball out
of the Continental Store, to be forwarded this morning with the utmost
expedition for Hartford, and there to be delivered to the Committee of
Correspondence, who will deliver it to the Commanding officers of your
Regiments as soon as they arrive there.
I am, gentlemen
Your obedient, Humble Servant
Artemas Ward.
Committee of Safety
in New Hampshire.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 371
Letter from Andrew Colburn to Hon. Matthew Thornton.
[State Tap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 310.]
Camp near New York, at Mount Washington, Sept. 27, 1770.
IIoxd Sir—
I had the honour of transmitting to your Hon'1 Assembly on Febru-
ary last, a petition for the pay for the services I performed as Brigade
Adjutant, for the New Hampshire Departments; I, at the same time,
mentioned the pay the other officers Recd in the same station, in the
Colony of Massachusetts Bay, which was certifyed by the Honbl Briga-
dier (now Maj1') Gen1 Sullivan, which was eight pounds ten, pr. month
L. money. Maj1' Brewer's Certificate attended my Petition, certifying
this fact; if therefore your known Honour and strickt attachment to
this service, where I have been always engaged (and expect still to be
so), would be kind enough to have this matter settled, in that most
Honbl Assembly in which you have the Honour of presiding — that I
may have order for my money transmitted to me by Mr. White, Lt.
and Qr Master of the 4th Reg', who is sent to New England on Business
of his Reg4 will be most oblidging to me ; who will be very carefull in
Delivering it to me; he will inform your honour of any thing Relative
to this matter, that you may be pleased to know. In the mean time,
I have the honour to be, with great personall Regard your Hon8 most
Humb1 & obedient Serv1
Andrw Colburn.
To the Honbl Mathew Thornton, Esq.
Letter from Col. Samuel Wigglesworth relating to sickness in
the army at Crown Point.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 318.]
Mount Independence, opposite Ticonderoga, Sept. 27, 1776.
To the Committee of Safety for the State of New Hampshire:
Gentlemen —
When I waited upon you to receive a Commission for Docf
Moores, if 1 am not mistaken, Col0 Thornton informed me that there
would be a supply of Medicines proper for the Campaign without fail.
In hopes it would be so, I appeased the Troops at No. 4. But alas!
how have we found ourselves mistaken. Gentlemen, I wish you could
transport yourselves to this place for a moment, to see the distressed
situation of these troops; and no Medicines: near one half of this
Regiment is intirely incapable of any service; some dying almost every
day. Col" Wyman's Regiment in the same unhappy situation. There
are no medicines of any avail in the Continental Chest; Such as are
there, are in their native State unprepared; no Emetick, nor Cathar-
tick; no mercurial or antitnonial Remedy; no opiate or Elixer, tinc-
ture, nor even any capital medicine. It would make a Heart of stone
melt to hear the moans & see the distresses of the sick & dying. I
scarce pass a Tent, but I hear men solemnly declaring they will never
engage another Campaign without being assured of a better supply of
Medicines.
The above (Gentlemen) is the real state of this army in General.
Now, Sirs, think how much more unhappy & distressed the condition
372 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
of these troops must be, should the Enemy attack our Lines. Num-
bers of wounded (which is the never failing consequence of obstinate
Battles) and nothing suitable wherewith to dress their wounds!
Gentlemen, you will excuse the Freedom I have used in transmitting
to you the state of this army in the above respect, I tho't it my duty
to acquaint you therewith.
I am, Gentlemen, with great respect
Your Humble Servt
Sam1 Wigglesworth.
P. S. I have before wrote you on this subject, but fearing it should
not come to hand, I have once more attempted it, & send by a person
of Fidelity & Trust,
Resolves of Congress, relating to Physicians and Surgeons for
the Army : also to full Representation.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. IV. p. 320.]
In Congress, September 30th, 1776.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Legislatures of the
United States to appoint Gentlemen in their respective States, skilful
in Physick & Surgery, to examine those who offer to serve as Surgeons
or Surgeons' mates in the Army & Navy, and that no Surgeon or mate
shall hereafter receive a Commission or warrant to act as such in the
Army or navy, who shall not produce a Certificate from some or one
of the examiners so to be appointed, to prove that he is qualified to
execute the office.
That all Regimental surgeons and Mates, as Avell as those of the
Hospitals, be subject to the direction and controul of the Directors in
the several departments.
That no soldier be discharged from the service as disabled unless the
certificate of disability be countersyned by the Director, Assistant
Physician or such Surgeon of the Hospital, nor be excused from Duty
for sickness, unless the Certificate of Sickness be countersyned by One
of those persons where Access may be had to them.
In Congress, October 1st, 1776.
Whereas a full Representation in Congress of the several United
States is highly necessary on Business of much Importance to America,
therefore,
Resolved, That the President be desired to write Letters to the Con-
ventions and Assemblys of the respective States, requesting that Meas-
ures be taken to cause as speedily as possible, a full Representation of
the said States in Congress.
By order of Congress.
John Hancock, Presid*.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 373
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, relating to Surgeons, $c.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 326.]
Philada Oct. 2d, 1776.
Gentlemen —
The many & just complaints of the insufficiency of the Surgeons and
their mates to discharge their Duty in a proper manner, have induced
Congress to pass the inclosed Resolve recommending it to the several
States to appoint Some skilfull Examiners, without whose' Approbation
no Surgeon or Surgeon's Mate, shall Receive a Commission either in
the Army or Navy.
The Congress being at present deeply engaged in matters of the ut-
most importance to the welfare of America, have judged it absolutely
necessary that there should be a full representation of the several
States as soon as possible. For this end I am to request, in obedience
to their commands, you will immediately take proper Measures to com-
ply with the inclosed Resolve in order that the United States may be
fully represented in Congress, and the sentiments of America be the
better known upon those interesting subjects that lie before them. I
shall therefore only once more request your compliance with this Re-
quisition of Congress, and have the Honour to be
Gentlemen, Your most Obed* & very hh1 Serv1,
John Hancock, Presid'.
HonbI Assembly of New Hampshire.
Petition of Joshua Heath of Conway.
[State Pap. Rev". Vol. IV. p. 324]
To the Great and General Court or Assembly of the State of New
Hampshire, Octor 1776.
The Petition of Joshua Heath of Conway in said State, humbly
shews : —
That your petitioner having had the command of a Party of men rais-
ed by order of said State and Posted in this Place for scouting the
Woods in order to make the earliest discovery of an Enemy should
any be coming from Canada against these parts; I apply'd myself &
Party as closely to that service as was in my power : That in doing of
which I took much pains to find some of the Indians who used to hunt
in the woods back of this department, who I immagined might be
there — the unhappy war notwithstanding. Altho' I found none of
them in the woods, in my first endeavours for that purpose, yet being
pretty well satisfied in my own judgment, which was strengthened by
Capt. Miles's who well knows the nature of the Indians, I thought
there was a probability that some of them were hunting on the Branch-
es of the Ammariscoggin & Kennebeck Rivers, therefore I sent Capt.
Miles with a small party in quest of them in those places who had the
good Fortune to find an Indian named John Baptist Ahasompommet,
commonly called Sabbatis (who is well known among us) His Squa
and Sister and brought all home with him. By conversing with this
Indian I found that he and all the other Indians which he informed me
were hunting in the parts where he came from were in such great dis-
tress for want of ammunition and other necessaries as would oblige
374 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
them to go to Canada for them, except some speedy care was taken to
prevent it : And as it appeared to me it was not likely they would be
supply'd there without they would take up the hatchet against us, I
run the venture to use my Endeavours to hinder their going, and for
that end I agreed with this Indian to help me to a Conference with the
others ; and by his Assistance I had a Conference with a party of them
on the 19th Inst, at Ainariscoggin River, as by my Journal herewith
exhibited will more largely appear. And as your Honours will thereby
be informed that they manifest great willingness to be Friendly to us,
and that nothing is Avanted but supplies to keep them so, and will see
the Encouragement I have given them of my Endeavours to help them
(which I was moved to purely to prevent their going to Canada) I
your said petitioner humbly pray your Honours would please to take
the case under Consideration, and by such ways and means as you
shall Judge proper, afford the said Indians such Necessaries as will se-
cure their Friendship to us, and as in duty bound prays —
Joshua Heath.
Resolves of Congress.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 328.]
In Congress, October 2d, 1776.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the several States to make
legal Provision to compel the furnishing of necessary supplies and
assistance to the Quarter Master General of the Continental Army on
reasonable terms for the public use.
October 7th.
Resolved, That a Commissary of Prisoners of "War be appointed in
each of the United States.
That the said Commissaries be directed to make monthly returns of
the State and condition of the Prisoners under their respective care, to
the Board of War.
That the said Commissaries be appointed by the respective States.
Resolved, That as a farther encouragement for Gentlemen of abili-
ties to engage as Commission officers in the Battalions to be furnished
by the several States to serve during the War, their monthly pay be
increased as follows:
A
Colonel
75 Dollars
Lieut Colonel
60 "
Major
50
Captain
40
Lieutenants
27
Ensigns,
20
Quarter Master
27£
Adjutant
40
In Congress,
October 8th.
Whereas it is necessary that the most speedy and effectual Measures
be taken for raising the new army,
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Assemblies, Conventions
and Councils of Safety of the several States, which have any Regi-
ments now in the Continental service, either at New York, Ticonderoga,
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 375
or New Jersey, that they forthwith appoint Committees to proceed to
those places with full powers to appoint all the officers of the Regi-
ments to be raised by their States under the new Establishment.
That such olficers may proceed immediately to enlist such men as
are now in the service and incline to re-inlist during the war and that
such Committees be instructed to advise with the General officers, and
promote such officers as have distinguished themselves for their ability,
activity and diligence in the service, and especially for their attention
to military discipline.
That the said Committees be also instructed not to appoint any offi-
cer who has left or shall leave his station in the army, and is absent
without leave from the General or some other officer having authority
to grant the same.
Resolved, That for the further encouragement of the non-commis-
sion officers and soldiers who shall engage in the service during the
war a suit of cloaths be annually given each of the said officers and
soldiers, to consist, for the present year of two linnen hunting shirts,
two pairs of Overalls, a leathern or woolen waist coat with Sleeves, a
pair of breeches, a hat or leathern cap, two shirts, two pair of hose,
and two pair of shoes, amounting in the whole to the value of twenty
dollars, or that sum to be paid to each soldier who shall procure those
articles for himself, and produce a Certificate thereof, from the Captain
of the Company to which he belongs, to the Paymaster of the Regi-
ment.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Assemblies and Conven-
tions of the respective States from Virginia to New Hampshire inclus-
ively to take the most effectual Measures for compleating by the Tenth
of November, their proportions of the levies to be raised during the
war.
As the army has greatly suffered through the defect of some of its
regimental officers,
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Assemblies and Conven-
tions of the respective States to use their utmost endeavors that all
the officers to be hereafter appointed be men of Honor and known
abilities without a particular regard to their having before been in
service.
By order of Congress.
John Hancock, Presid1.
In Congress, October 3d, 1776.
[State Pap. Rev" Vol. IV. p. 332.]
Resolved, That five Millions of Continental Dollars be immediately
borrowed for the use of the United States of America, at the Annual
interest of four per Cent.
That the faith of the United States be pledged to the lenders, for the
payment of the sums to be borrowed and the interest arising thereon,
and that Certificates be given to the Lenders in the Form following:
" The United States of America, acknowledge the Receipt of
Dollars from which they promise to pay to the
said or Bearer on the day of with
Interest, at the rate of four per Cent, per Annum, agreeable to a Res-
376 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
olution of the United States, passed the third day of October, 1776.
Witness the hand of the Treasurer, this day of
A. D.
Countersigned"
by the Commissioners of one of the Loan-offices hereafter mentioned.
That for the convenience of the Lenders, a Loan office be established
in each of the United States, and a Commissioner to superintend such
office be appointed by the said States respectively, who are to be respon-
sible for the faithful discharge of their Duty in the said offices.
That the Business of the said Commissioners shall be, to deliver Cer-
tificates for all such Sums of money as shall be brought into their respec-
tives offices, agreeable to these Resolutions, which Certificates shall be
indented, and the Checks kept in the same office — to keep Books, in
which regular Entries shall be made of the sums borrowed, and of the
Time when, and of the Names of the persons by whom the said sums
were lent — to transmit to the Continental Treasurer once a month an
account of the Cash in their respective offices and to answer all Draughts
of the Treasurer to the amount of the Cash which they shall at any
time have in their hands as aforesaid.
That the Treasurer of the United States shall send to the respective
Loan offices such a number of Certificates and of such Denominations,
as shall be ordered by the Commissioner of the Treasury.
That no Certificate be issued for less than three Hundred Dollars.
That the several sums of Money to be borrowed, shall be repaid at
the office where the same was lent, at the Expiration of Three Years;
and that the annual Interest shall be likewise paid at the said office.
That the said Commissioners of the respective Loan-Offices, be enti-
tled to receive of the United States, one-Eighth per Cent, on all monies
which shall be brought into their respective Loan-Offices in Lieu of all
Claims and Demands that they may have for transacting the Business
of their said offices.
October the 7th.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Assemblies and Conven-
tions of the United States respectively, to annex such Penalties by Law
to the Crime of counterfeiting the Bills or Notes of the Continental
Loan-Office, as are, or shall be annexed to the crime of counterfeiting
Continental Currency.
Ordered, That the foregoing Resolutions be published, and copies
thereof sent to each of the United States; and that the respective States
be desired to send to the Committee of the Continental Treasury, the
Names of the Commissioners by them appointed in consequence of the
said Resolutions.
By order of Congress,
John Hancock, President.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 377
Note. The Correspondence, &c, which follows to November 28, 1776, is copied
from MS. " State Papers" in the Secretary's olliee, Vol. V.— Ed.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, — relating to the Army.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 1.]
ThilacK Oct1 9th, 1770.
Gentlemen — The enclosed Resolves, which I transmit in obedience
to the commands of Congress, will inform you of the Ample Provision
they have made for the support of both officer and soldier, who shall en-
ter into the Service during the war. The Pay of the former is consid-
erably increased, and the latter is to receive annually a compleat suit of
cloaths, or in lieu thereof, the sum of twenty dollars, should he provide
the suit for himself. This additional encouragement, besides the twen-
ty Dollars Bounty, and one hundred Acres of land formerly granted,
the Congress expect will be the means of engaging the Troops to serve
during tiie war. For this purpose also, 1 am to request, you will ap-
point a Committee or Committees, to repair immediately to the Army,
to induce such of the Troops as have been raised by your State to en-
list during the War, and to appoint officers for the Same.
The Congress, for very obvious reasons, are extremely anxious to
keep the Army together. The dangerous consequences of their break-
ing up, and the difficulty of forming a new one, are inconceivable.
Were this Barrier once removed, military Power would quickly spread
Desolation and Ruin over the face of our country. The importance
and indeed the absolute necessity of filling up the Army, of providing
for the Troops, and engaging them to serve during the war, is so appar-
ent, and has been so frequently urged, That I shall only request your
attention to the Resolves of Congress on this Subject, and beseech
you, by that love you have for your country, her Rights and Liberties,
to exert yourselves to carry them speedily and effectually into Execu-
tion, as the only means of preserving her in this her critical and alarm-
ing situation. I have the Honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obed1
and very Humbl Serv',
John Hancock, Presid1.
Honble Assembly of
New Hampshire.
Letter from Joseph Whipple, Esq relating to Roads leading
to Cohos.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 5.]
Portsmouth, Octr 13th 1776.
Sir—
The Committee of Safety for this State having by an advertisement
bearing date the 25th of July past very seriously and urgently recom-
mended to the inhabitants & proprietors of the several Towns & Tracts
of Land therein to repair their Roads & Bridges, so that Warlike &
other Stores might be transported for the defence & use of the Inhab-
tants of the Frontier Towns, particularly the Road leading from Wolfe-
borough through Conway to the Upper Cohos, & the said recommend-
ation having been totally disregarded (excepting only by the Maso-
378 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
nian Proprswho have repair'd their Road from "Wolfeboro" towards Con-
way.)
I therefore, in behalf of myself & the public who are great sufferers
by said neglect, beg leave, with great deference to the judgment of the
Committee to request their immediate consideration on this Subject; for
as the winter season is now near at hand, it will be a matter of great
difficulty to make these repairs a few weeks later. The Road which is
referrd to in the Comtces advertisement & which is still neglected leads
from the Upper Cohos downward to Conway, Avhere the Bridges
are lifted out of place by a Remarkable Freshet which happen'd a year
past, which renders passing almost impracticable for horses & totally so
for a Carriage of any kind, & also many Trees (Windfalls) lying across
the road.
I humbly conceive that a detachment from the Companies now sta-
tioned at Northumberland & Conway might effect this Business without
any detriment to the public good — which however, I submit to the wis-
dom of the Committee.
I have the honor to be with great respect
Your most obed4 & most hhbl Serv4
J. Whipple.
To the Honble the Chairman
of the Committee of Safety.
Representation relating to Capt. Jeremiah Eames.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 7.]
To the Honble the Gen11 Cort for the State of New hamp* or the Comtee
of Safety for the same: —
Several of the Inhabitants of the Towns in the Uper Cohose
upon hearing a leter Directed to Capt. Jeremiah Earns by the Comtce
of Safety for this State, which Letter is an answer to several Com-
plaints exhibited by Capt. Bucknam against the conduct of Capt.
Eames in the execution of his ofice since his appointment among us,
We now Beg to Let this Honble Court know our sentiment Relative to
his conduct amoung us : when the sd Capt. Eames came among us with
his appointment, the Inhabitants were very backward in our Husband-
ry Business, by reason of our distressed situation under apprehension
of danger from our Enemys — ten of our number being inlisted before
Capt. Eames arrived, several of which were heads of familys; aplica-
tion being frequently made to the Capt. for assistance by the soldiery
to help the Inhabtants in securing their Grain, &c. which if neglected
would render our continuing with the familys then Resident here
impracticable; but by his Indulgence & assistance has contributed
much to our Relief and been a mean of bringing back a number of
familys that had Removed from this part of the Colony, and altho the
sd Capt. Eames has not for the greatest part of the time since here
employed his men in building forts, yet he hath stedily keept scouts on
Discovery which hath so quieted the minds of the Inhabatants that the
country is now Repcopled and as we have never discovered no Disposi-
tion in the said Capt. to Disserve the Publick nor us as Individuals,
we now pray that no former Representation may terminate to his Dis-
honor or Disadvantage.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. o79
Not doubting your veracity, wishing your Honors that wisdom
proper to direct, asking that protection our peculiar circumstances call
for, Respectfully subscribe our Names —
Nathanel Mepel? Nathan Caswell
Enoch I bill Joseph Barlow
Thomas Peaverly Nathan Barlow
Daniel Spalding John Smith
Tho" Beverly, Junr Gideon Smith
Moses Bage, James Brown
Archippus Blogget
Thomas Blogget
Josiah Hlogget
Moses Quimby
John French
Edward Mardn.
Tories sent from the State of New- York, for confinement in
Exeter, N. H.
[State Bap. Vol. V. pp. 13-31.]
(Extract p. 14.)
In Committee appointed by the Convention of the State of New York,
for enquiring into, detecting and defeating all conspiracies which
may be form'd in the said State against the Liberties of America:
Fishkill, October 17th, 1770.
Resolved, That it hath become more particularly necessary and expe-
dient to provide for the internal Beace and security of this State, by
removing from it all persons, who are notoriously disaffected and
inimical to the measures persuing for the safety and Defence of the
United States of America.
Resolved, That the Bersons hereinafter named be forthwith removed
to the several places affixed to their respective Names, there to remain
at their own expence, under such Restrictions as shall be enjoined
them respectively by the Legislative authority or by the Committees of
the several States to which they may be so removed.
Resolved, That Letters be written to the respective Legislatures or
Committees aforesaid, inclosing them Copies of the Resolutions of the
Convention of this State appointing this Committee, together with
Lists of the Bersons sent to the respective Blaces; distinguishing such
Bersons as this Committee deem most dangerous to the Liberties of
America, by an Asterism.*
Ordered, That Copies of the foregoing Resolutions be sent to the
respective Legislatures or Committees of the several States to which
the Prisoners herein after named, shall be removed.
380
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
The Names of such Prisoners as are sent to the Town of Exeter in the State
of New Hampshire.
Samuel Sweet Griffin Marcy
Isaac Veal Agrippa Martin*
John Tanner* (kill'd.) John Wheeler
Peter Boyce
Asa De Long
John Montgomerie
Peter Shearer*
Joseph Tyce
Robert Burdock
Benjamin Chase
James Gosling
Michael Vincent
Stephen Hunt*
Robert Thome
Leonard Vincent
Daniel Beadle
Jonathan Thorne
James Pettit
John Grant
George Peters*
Joshua Gidney*
Samuel Mabbitt*
Joseph Mabbitt*
John German
John l)e Graaf
Jacob Bush*
Jacob Sharpstone
Elisha Powel*
Silas Duel*
Aaron Haight, Jun.*
Abel Peters*
Mathias Cook*
John Cook*
Stephen Thorne*
Samuel Burdock
Jeremiah French*
Revd Mr. Bryant*
Major Ross*
Elkanah Briggs
Thomas Briggs, jun*
Roger C uttler
Dirck Dutcher
William Merritt
Moses Fowler
Joseph Gage
Increase Jackson*
Eli as Doty
Silvester Stone*
Benjamin Trip
Matthias Cook*
Silas Rushmore*
Enoch Lester*
David Long*
Cornelius Lawrence*
Nathaniel Thorne*
Moses Shaw
Daniel Southwick*
Daniel Doughty,
Goal)
Samuel Mott*
Rickbell Williams
Martin Dop
Hugh Moshur*
Gores Storm
Dirck Van Vleet*
Peter Weaver*
Coon Smith
James Bryant*
Joshua Dakins*
Hendrick Younkhans
Jonathan Dueli
Robert Duell
Andries Pulver
Wardall Pulver
Adam Weever
John Miller*
David Hoffman
James Parker
Johannes Cole
Timothy Doughty*
John DeGraaf*
(in Johannes Medlar
William Doughty
Matthias Lester
Ge
Dous
hty (in Judah Swift
Goal) Charles Vinsent
Timothy Duell Ephraiin Wheeler
Laughlin M'Intosh William Cooper
John P. Row Asa Brown
Michael Smith [Esq.*Anthony Carpenter
Henry Van Denbergh Elisha Rose
Richard Swedecker,EsqrCaleb Seaman
Baltus Van Kleck* Joseph Hitchcock
Peter Van Denbergh Eli Crosby
John Van Denbergh* Gilbert Dickeson
Samuel Isaacs,* Goal Ebenezer Rider
Alexander Hare* Goal Jacob Lawrence, junr
Isaac T. Lassing
John Robinson
Extract from the Minutes.
A. W. D. Peyster, Secy.
In Committee appointed by the Convention of the State of New York
for inquiring into, detecting and defeating all conspiracies which
may be formed in the Said State ag6t the Liberties of America :
Fishkill, Oct' 26th, 1776.
Whereas *Stepheu Baxter, John Stewart, *Stephen Baxter, Junr,
Jonas Kamiff, Richard Jewel, Nathaniel Gildershue, are notoriously dis-
affected to the American cause —
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 381
Resolved, That they be forthwith removed under Guard to Exeter,
in the State of New Hampshire, there to remain under such Restric-
tions as to the General Court or Council or Committee of Safety shall
seem most advisable.
Resolved, That those of the above mentioned Persons, whose Names
are mark'd with an Asterisk* be closely confined in Jail.
"Whereas it would be inconsistent with the public Safety to suffer
any Persons who have been concern'd in treasonable Practices, or who
are notoriously disaffected to the American cause, to remain confined
in the Goals of this State during its present situation :
Resolved That all the Prisoners at present confined in the Goals in the
Counties of Dutchess and Westchester, be forthwith removed to Exe-
ter in the State of New Hampshire there to remain in Goal, till fur-
ther Orders from this Committee or the Legislature of this State, un-
less sooner discharged by due course of Law.
Resolved. That this Committee pledge the publick Faith of the State
of New York for the subsistance of such Prisoners as shall be confined
in Goal, aiid for all such others, who either thro' illness or any other
cause shall be incapable of subsisting themselves by Labour.
The following is a List of Prisoners from White Plains Goal in the
County of Westchester now sent to Exeter in the State of New Hamp-
shire.
James Boundage Billy Sanders
Joseph Purdy Samuel Purdy
Levy Devoe Azariah Whitmore
James Budd Capt. Jagger.
The following is a list of Prisoners Names who were confined in
Poughkeepsie Goal, in the County of Dutchess, now sent to Exeter in
the State of New Hampshire.
Frederick Ham, Junr John Lawrence
(James Lummery) sick John McDonald
Edward Talbot Thomas Barker
Lewis Hogg Samuel Glass.
Obediah Griffin
These Persons were all more or less concerned in a late Insurrection
in Dutchess County, and the greatest Part actually in Arms.
George Browing: — Endeavoring to Inlist Men in the service of the
Enemy.
Adam Barrack 7 For notorious Disaffection to the American
Christian Barrack ]" cause and for escaping from the Goal of New
York, where they were confined by order of the Provincial Congress,
being taken in supplying the Enemies Ships with Provisions.
John Ilallock : — For notorious Disaffection and for assisting the
above mentioned two persons when pursued in order to be taken.
Extract from the Minutes.
A. W. D. Peyster., Sec^.
382 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
In Committee appointed by the Convention of the State of New-
York for inquiring into, &c.
Fishkill, Octr 29, 1776.
Resolved, That all the Prisoners who have been removed from the
Jail of the City and County of Albany pursuant to a Resolution of the
General Committee of tlie said County of the 25th Inst, be forthwith
sent under guard to Exeter in the State of New Hampshire.
Whereas it appears to this Committee from the Examinations trans-
mitted by the Committee of Albany in their Letter to this Committee
of the 25th Instant, That the following Persons have either been aiding,
assisting or abetting the Enemy in subverting the Liberties of America
or are notoriously disaffected to the measures persued for the establish-
ment of American Liberty, to witt: —
Isaac Mann Peter Browne, )
John Hitchcock to be in irons }
Laughlin McGaffin Joseph Junnecliff
Nathaniel Douglass, ? William Burns
alias Haggles. $ Alexander Anderson
James Waddell John Feathers
Abraham North, > Thomas Pearson,
to be in irons. |
Resolved, That they be closely confined in Goal, till further Orders
from this Committee or the Legislature of this State, unless sooner dis-
charged by due course of Law.
Resolved, That a List of all the Prisoners sent from the County of
Albany be transmitted to the General Court or Committee of Safety of
the State of New Hampshire, distinguishing by an Asterism the Names
of such persons whom this Committee deem most dangerous to the pub-
lick Safety in order that they may be put under such restrictions as the
General Court or Committee of Safety of the said State shall deem
most proper.
The following is a List of the Names of the Prisoners from Albany,
including those mentioned in the last page.
Timothy Clossen Thomas Flood.
Anthony Clossen William Tunnecliff
Isaac Mann William Duncan
John Hitchcock Major Snell
Seth Chace Casper Bonwer
Alexander White Jury Weaver
Laughlin McGaffin Coenract Kelder
Nathaniel Douglass William Marter
James Waddel Alexander Boyd
Abraham Van North John Sherfelt
Jonathan Owen Peter Grawbergh
John McMurtrey James Sloan
Peter Brono Gilbert Scharpe
Peter Bresee Alexander Thompson
Peter Brasee, jun. Joseph Tunnecliff
Henry Brasee, William Burn
Cornelius Brasee Alexander Anderson
John House John Feathers
John Livingston Thomas Pierson.
Extract from the Minutes A. W. D. Peystek, Sec?.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 383
In Committee appointed by the Convention of the State of New
York, for inquiring into, &c.
Fishkill, November 3, 1770.
Whereas it appears to this Committee that Thomas Bullis was one of
the persons concerned in an attempt last summer to disarm the Friends
to the American cause, and that there is Reason to imraagin that the
said Bullis and a certain Johannis Van Tilen had intentions of joining
the Enemj ,
Resolved, That they be forthwith moved to Exeter in the State of
New Hampshire there to be closely confined in Goal until further or-
ders from this Committee or the Legislative Authority of this State,
unless sooner discharged by due course of Law.
Thomas Bullis
Johannis Van Tilen.
Whereas the following Persons Inhabitants of this State were lately
taken in arms against "the Liberties of the United States in a late
skirmish between a detachment of the Continental Army, and a Party
under the command of the late Major Rodgers to witt:
Joseph Deane Joseph Carle
Stephen Saw Walter Browne
Elijah Carle Gilbert Myers
John Angevine Frederick Devoe
David Lawrence Solomon Parent
James Angevine Jonathan Eely
John Cliarlick Stephen Travis
Ruben Stives James Canady
David Travis Moses Travis.
Jonah Worden Abraham Browne
Elijah Bartoe Elnathan Appleby
Jonathan Asten Jedediah Davis
Francis Berley Jacob Cad well Burr
dames Thorpe William Washburn.
Resolved, That they be forthwith march'd to the Town of Exeter in
the State of New Hampshire, and that they be closely confined in Goal
in such Parts of the said State as by the General Court or Council or
Committee of Safety of the said State shall be thought advisable.
Whereas Thomas Gonunck has been represented to this Committee
by the Committee of Dutchess County as a person highly disaffected to
the American Cause and whose residence in this State at this Juncture
is inconsistent with the safety thereof —
Resolved, That he be forthwith removed to the town of Exeter in the
State of New Hampshire there to remain under the same Restrictions
with the other Prisoners destin'd to that place by a Resolution of this
Committee of the Seventeenth Day of October last.
Extract from the Minutes
A. W. D. Peyster, Secy.
In Committee appointed by the Convention of the State of New
York, for enquiring into, detecting and defeating all Conspiracies,
which may be fornPd iu the said State against the Liberties of Amer-
ica.
384 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Fishkill, November 8. 1776.
Whereas it appears clearly to this Committee that Jacob Dean, Solo-
mon Haight and Solomon Eltinger are notoriously disaffected to the
American Cause, which they have evinced by refusing to receive in
Payment the Continental Currency and endeavoring to depreciate the
same ;
Resolved that they be forthwith removed to Exeter in the State of
New Hampshire there to remain at their own expense under such Re-
strictions as to the General Court or the Council or Committee of Safety
of the said State shall appear most advisable.
Whereas it appears to this Committee that Dr. Weeks has been
engaged in a treasonable Conspiracy against the Liberties of America:
Resolved that he be forthwith removed to Exeter in the State of New
Hampshire, there to be closely confined in Goal untill further orders
from this Committee or the Legislative Authority of this State, unless
sooner discharg'd by due Course of Law.
Whereas Richard Rodgers has been aiding, assisting and abetting
the Enemy in their attempts to subvert the Liberties of America,
Resolved, That he be forthwith removed to Exeter in the State of
New Hampshire there to remain in Goal till further order from this
Committee or the Legislative Authority of this State unless sooner
discharged by due course of Law.
Whereas John Carpenter of Huntingdon in the County of Suffolk
on Long Island has been lately taken in Arms against the United
States of America,
Resolved, That he be forthwith removed to Exeter in the State of
New Hampshire, there to remain in Goal untill further order from this
Committee or the Legislative Authority of this State or of the Com-
mander in Chief of the American Army, unless sooner discharged by
due course of Law.
Whereas this Committee are clearly convinced that Jacob Russell,
Daniel Mc Guire, and Israel Tuttle of Ulster County have been trait-
orously concerned in inlisting Men for the service of the Enemy, and
that Patrick M°Donald of Orange County has harbour'd the said per-
sons knowing them to be traitors to this State;
Resolved That they be forthwith removed to Exeter in the State of
New Hampshire, there to remain in Goal untill further orders from this
Committee or the Legislature of this State unless sooner discharged by
due course of Law.
Resolved, That the order of the twenty sixth of October last so far
as it respects the confinement in Goal of John Ilalluck and Lewis
Hogg be disannulled, and that the said persons remain at their own
Expence at such place and under such Restrictions as the General
Court or Council or Committee of Safety of the State of New Hamp-
shire shall seem adviseable.
Extract from the Minutes.
A. W. D. Peyster, Sec>'.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 385
Letter from Pliarne, Penet <|* Co. of Nantes, France, to the
Committed of Safety — offering trade $c.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 30.]
Nantes, 21 October, 1770.
The Respectable Members of lite Secret
Committee of the Province of New Hampshire.
Gextl"
Although we have not the pleasure of your acquaintance, we never-
theless shall take the liberty to assure you of our Respects, and make
our offer of service to you, in Europe; and for your Assurance of what
we have the honnour of offering shall referr you to the lion1,1 Conti-
nental Congress and Secret Committee of Philadelphia, to whom our
names are well known and with whom we passed a contract in February
last for the furnishing of ammunition and other necessary articles in
your present situation: and further you may inform yourselves of Gov-
ernor Cook at Providence and Mess8 Nichs & John Brown of the same
place, which Last we have despatched two vessels since the establish-
ment of our house in this place.
We hope, after your informations concerning us, be it from the Con-
gress or the Generals of the Army, and in particular from Doctor
Franklin, that you will be satisfied, in order to put confidence enough
in us to consign all vessells you send for this part to our house. And
we flatter ourselves to find the best sale possible for your merchandise,
and send in Returns what goods you will think proper to order, if they
are to be had in France.
We are able to furnish you at demand, with cannon & gun powder,
salt-petre, sulfre, lead, Iron & Brass Cannons of all sizes, Muskets,
such as we have sent the Congress, being of the last made for the
Infantry of France, proved, well finished and perfectioned, with double
birdedocks. We have muskets at all proof from 12 to 22 livres pr.
piece with Bayonets and steel Ram-rods, and bores suitable for ball of
11 or 10 to the ld, all the muskets are uniform of the same size and
same modell; we have also handsome & good gun locks, which are well
finish'd & conditioned.
We have the honnour of observing that their is only our house able
to furnish you with the foregoing articles, and that we shall take upon
us the risk and dangers of putting them on board, and to let your ves-
sels go out of our Port freely; them are powers that we are trusted
with, and which we have in our hands. Not any other house in France
shall be able to give you the like advantages, and furnish you with
such amunition which we receive directly from the Manufacturers of
the King.
We are able to furnish you also with all kinds of Broad cloths fit for
clothing of soldiers; we have sent a quantity to Messrs. Browns of
Providence. Y\re have them of all Colours, good quality and well
sorted, for the price of 5,6 & 7 livres pr. Ell; but the following Colours
of the same quality will be somewhat higher, — such as scarlet, prussian
blue, yellow and green; and further, we are able to furnish you with
such cloths as will be desired likewise with all kinds of Blanketts from
3, i, 5, 6 or 7 livres pr. pice; also linens for shirting the Troops from
30 to 50 souce pr. Ell. We shall be able, Gentlemen, to furnish you in
general with every kind of Merchandise of the first quality, and at the
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386 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
most reasonable rates; and you may assure yourselves that -we shall
despatch immediately every vessell you shall think proper to^ address
us, whether the Cargo is sold or not.
We have established our house in this place, thinking it the safest
and most convenient port in France for the American Trade ; and we
have entered in partnership with one of the richest and first houses for
business in Nantes, — the name is J. Gurel, merchant upon Isle frydeau;
therefore in addressing your vessells to that house by giving us imme-
diate notice, will be the same as if addressed directly to us, making
but one and the same house for all the Trade we have with North Amer-
ica.
In case you should send a vessell to Bordeaux we take the liberty of
recommending to you the house of Messrs Recule' de Bamarain & Rain-
beaux, being one of the most principal houses there, and who we
think, will do your business better than any other can do.
We have in our house and at the head of our affairs that we transact
with North America, Mr. Wilt, a young man from Philade, who holds
our correspondence in English; therefore, if you should have any
affairs particular or secret to transact or negociate you may be assured
of the order and discression that reighus in our house.
We have the honnour to be in the mean time, with our most sincere
Respects, Gentlu,
Your most Obed' Hhb1 Servts
Peiarne, Penet & Co.
Instructions to the Committee sent to Ticonderoga, S^c.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 41.]
State of ) In Committee of Safety, at
New Hampshire \ Exeter October 21st, 177G.
To Jonathan Blanchard, Benjamin Giles, Stephen Evans and David
Gilman, Esqrs :
You being appointed by the Council & Assembly of this State a
Committee to repair to Ticonderoga, there to Endeavour to promote
the raising our Quota of men for the Continental Service, agreeable to
Resolves of Congress, and if you find it unlikely to raise the whole
there, then for one or more of you to proceed from thence to New
York & endeavour to promote the raising of the remainder there :
And the Council and Assembly having adjourned, and left the giving
you further directions to this Committee : Therefore you are instruct-
ed, when you arrive at Ticonderoga, to consult with the general and
other officers, about transacting your Bus9, and fill up & deliver the
Commissions, for Field Officers for two Regiments, to men of the most
esteemed Capacitys, especially for knowledge in military affairs, be-
longing to this State, who have served in the Army ; and then with
advice of the respective Field officers, fill up & deliver Commissions to
the several officers, Surgeons & Chaplains, for each Regiment ; And
you may assure the Officers & soldiers, that in addition to the Conti-
nental pay Bounty and Cloathing, this State will in every respect give
the same to their Troops that the State of the Massachusetts Bay give
theirs : And that this State will during their Service, do every thing in
their power to make their duty as easy and their circumstances as com-
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 387
fortable as possible, and will do their utmost endeavours that such nec-
essaries as the Troops may want shall be transported where they be &
sold at the lowest rates. The medicines sent by you, being part of
what this State have procured with a great deal of dilhcidty, tliey send
for the benefit of their distressed Brethren in the service, and would
have you divide it among the Regiments raised in this State. You are
to advise us from time to time of every material occurrence, and after
making all the dispatch in your Business that circumstances will allow,
to make a return of your doings.
(Copy of Instructions &c)
Letter of Introduction to Gen. Washington.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 44.]
In Com1™ of Safety, Octr 21st, 1776.
State of N. IIampr, —
May it please your Ex°y
The Council and Assembly of this State, have appointed Jona.
Blanchard, Benja. Giles, Stephen Evans, & David Gilman Esq" a
Comtce to repair to the Camp & there use their utmost endeavours to
promote the raising our Quota of men for the new army. And we
pray leave to introduce those Gentlemen to your Excellency's favour,
and protection, resting fully assured that you will afford them every
assistance in your power in expediting the very necessary and impor-
tant business of their mission.
In behalf of the Comtee, I am, Sir, with due respect,
Your Excy's very hhbl Serv1
(Copy)
His Exc>'. Gen. Washington.
[Note. A similar letter of introduction was sent to Gen. Gates.— Ed.]
Letter from Col. Thomas Tash, to the Committee of Safety, in
New Hampshire.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 50.]
Peekskill in Cortland Manor Ocf 2G 1776.
This comes to acquaint your honours that I arrived at Hartford in
Conetcot the second Instant & one company the same day, which I sent
forward next morning & Likewise I sent Col° Welch of the same day
with a letter to General Washington acquainting him that I was at
Hartford & Expected the whole of my Redgmt to be there in 3 or 4 days
& should send the Companys of for New York as fast as they get hear
and should follow them after the last Company had arrived. I like-
wise let him know we had no Camp equipage such as pots, kittles &c
Neither was it in the power of the State of New hampshire to procure
any as there was no tin — I set of from hartford the 8th Instant & all the
companys had gone forward except Capt. Prescoat & I thought I would
wate no longer for him & I left orders for him to folow as fast as possible
— when I arrived at Stamford Col0 Welch was there & bro't me a letter
from the General Washington directing me to procure quarters for my
lledgmt & Col" Baldwin's at Stamford & Horse-neck but to have the
majr part at horse-neck if quarters could be procured for them — he
388 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
likewise directed me to furnish our selfs with Camp utencels from the
Inhabitants if posable — I applied to the Committee to furnish me with
pots &c. but Col0 Baldwin had got their before me & had got almost all
to be had, they made out to get me 3 & I sent Rownd for several milds
& procured a small number more by advansing the Cash in hand for
them. The 13th Instant arley in the morning Rec<1 orders by Express
from General Sulivan to march my Redgmt to Kingsbridge with all pos-
able speed & likewise to aquant Col. Baldwin that he must march
Likewise — accordingly we got wagens to carry our bagage redy about
two o'clock P. M. & got the whole to horse-neck Sunday knight nine
o'clock. Sunday knight the 13th Instant Recd a letter by express from
General Washington to march my Redgmt to Fishkill, as the Conven-
sion was there sitting in such a difficult scituation with Regard to the
numbers of disefected Persons in many Counties of the State that they
could not trust their own milisha so well as ours, therefore ordered me
to march with all posable speed to said Fishkill which I did the next
morning & sent the general a letter aquainting him of the same, before
I got to Fishkill Recd a letter by Express from the Congress that they
did not want but two Companys, but I had got them within two miles
of the place so that it was too late to go back that knight, so I went
forward & wated on the Congress & let them know my orders, & the
presedent Mr. Livingston said that he was sorry we com so far that is
the whole Redgmt but desir'd I would send back to stop the remainder
& turn them back to Peekskill where we must remain till further orders
to garde the Shores to stop the men of war's people landing to carry off
Cattle. & Leave twro Companys their which I did under the comand of
Col0 Welch & the Remander I have posted from this place about eight
miles down the river to watch the motion of the Enemy & sent a letter
to General Washington aquanting him of my Rout & the orders 1 had
Rec'1 of the Congress (1) & how I had posted my Regmt and he wrote
back very frindly & told me I must be under the imediate derection of
the Convention (1) of this State with Regarde to marching the Redgmt
or any part to any place till further orders. I have nothing further at
present, as you know the nuse full as well as I, therefore would beg
leave to subscribe myself, Your honnors, most obea'
humble serv1
Tho: Tash.
P. S. Col0 Baldwin is at White Plains
with Redgmt & the main body of the army
is their, the Redgint I comand is almost
all in good health and high spirits.
The Committee of Safety.
Letter from Col. Joseph Welch.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 57.]
Fishkill, State of New York, Oct. 31, 1776.
To the Honorable the Council and Representatives of the State of New
Hampshire :
Gentlkmen —
Col. Tash, agreeable to your Directions march'd on for Head Quar-
(1) The writer uses tne words Congress and Convention, as the same— meaning the
Convention of New York, which at that time was in session at Fishkill, N. Y.— Ed.
1770.] CORRESPONDENCE. 389
ters till he received the Generals orders to pass on with Ins Regiment
to the Highlands, and post his men from Peeks-kill to Fishkill, about
twenty miles along the Post Road, and from fifty to seventy miles
North of New York to assist the State of New York against their To-
ries, and be ready in case the Brittish ships should come so far up the
River, to prevent their landing men and doing Damage. I am Sta-
tioned at the Fishkill, with Capt. Calef's and Capt. Robinson's Com-
panies, under the direction of a Committee appointed by the Conven-
tion of the State of New York, "for enquiring into, detecting and de-
feating all conspiracies which may be formed in the said State against
the liberties of America." Numbers of disaffected persons have been
taken up, and sent to the States of Pennsylvania, Connecticut and
Massachusetts Bay : but as their numbers are still great and the Com-
mittee at a Loss where to send them, to prevent their mischievous de-
signs from hurting the common cause, applied to me to know, whether
I tho't they might venture to send any to the State of New Hampshire :
I informed them that our State was well disposed to the cause of Amer-
ica, and it was my opinion would readily give their assistance in that
affair ; and if they did send any to order them to the Honorable Court
to be disposed of by them in such manner as they should judge best;
which opinion of your goodness and judgment in this matter, I hope
will be kindly accepted from, Gentlemen,
Your most humble serv4,
Joseph Welch.
N. B. The Companies under my Command are very healthy.
P. S. Capt. Prescott with his Company is order'd to join my other
two Companies here to day.
Letter from Hon. John Jay, of New York — relating to tories.
[State Pap. Revn Vol. V. p. 37.]
Gent.—
The Committee appointed by the Convention of this State for the
Purpose of inquiring into, detecting and defeating all conspiracies
which may be formed therein against the Liberties of America, find it
indispensably necessary to remove a Number of dangerous and disaf-
fected Persons, some of whom have been taken in Arms against Amer-
ica, to one of the neighboring States.
On Conferring with Lieut. Coll. Welch relative to sending them to
New Hampshire, he was of opinion, that the zeal which your Honble
Body have uniformly manifested for the American Cause, would induce
you cheerfully to receive and dispose of them in such Manner as to pre-
vent the further execution of their wicked and malicious Designs.
The Committee desire that all such of the Prisoners as are not di-
rected to be confined and not in circumstances to maintain themselves,
be put to labour and compelled to earn their subsistance; and they
have directed the Bearer Egbert Benson, Esq. Chairman of the Com-
mittee of this County to pay you five hundred dollars on Account of
the expences you may be put to by complying with their request.
The Committee beg leave to recommend this Gentleman to your No-
tice and confidence, he will communicate to you the Instructions given
390 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
him by the Committee and readily give you any information that may
be necessary to enable you to form a judgment of the characters of the
several Prisoners and the Degrees and Restriction proper to enjoin them.
By order of Committee,
I am, Gent": Your most obe hum serv'
John Jay, Chairman.
The HonWe the General Court
of the State of New Hampshire.
[No date.]
Col. RoV Vn Rensilaer' s order about Tories to be sent to Neiv
Hampshire.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 61.]
Sir — You are hereby ordered to march with the Prisoners, whose
names are in the inclosed annexed List with all despatch to Exeter in
the State of New Hampshire. You are to have a particular Eye upon
those marked with an Aslerism, & to confiue those in Irons who appear
to be dangerous.
I am, Sir, Yours
Rob1 V11 Rensilaer.
To Capt. Funda.
Head Quarters, Nov. 1st, 1776.
Letter from Col" Jona. Blanchard, of the Committee sent to
Ticonderoga, to raise men for the Continental service, §c.
(Extracts.)
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 63.]
Mount Independence, Nov. 0th, 1776.
Sir — " We arrived here last evening in company with the Gentlemen
appointed by the Mass" State who we accidentally fell in with at Man-
chester.
" The next morning, both committees waited on General Gates (who
received us with politeness) and layed before him our Business & solic-
ited his assistance & protection.
" The General observed, That by our raising the wages, the other
States would be under a necessity to do the same, & that in fact, it
was Stating the pay of all the soldiery.
" Committees from Pennsylvania & the Jerseys have been up & com-
missioned Field & other officers, for a number of Battalions & are
recruiting.
[The Committee appointed Field officers — see next Report.]
''When the shattered part of our Fleet returned in the manner you
have doubtless heard, an attack was expected immediately; the Gen-
eral sent expresses to raise the Militia; upon which alarm, about 1000
or 1500 men came in from New Hampshire, Massa Bay & the Green
Mountains & great pains have been taken to fortify this Mount, which
is now pretty strong. A party from the Enemy in Thirteen boats
about ten days since appeared in sight of the place & sounded the
Lake; but they soon retired.
" The Canadians, Indians & Regulars have evacuated Crown Point ;
their numbers not certainly known, but supposed to be about one
thous'1 Canadians & Indians & seven Thousd Regulars.
" Our Continental Troops here must be relieved, their task has been
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 391
arduous. The General prays that the Battalion stationed at Ports-
mouth, would come here; he has wrote by Lt. Col0 Cilley to Major
General Ward, at Boston, for his order for their removal; by this
means our men will be discharged & the recruiting greatly facilitated.
"We fear that we cannot Inlist many at present. Provisions are plenty
& good; about thirteen or fourteen Thousd men, militia included, draw
allowance. The two mortars that are here are rnin'd.
" There is plenty of Gun powder & a great number of Cannon. A
supply of Medicines are arrived and on the way ; those we recd at Exe-
ter are deliver'd according to order. We shall endeavor or some of us,
to attend the General Court at their next sitting. It is expected that
two thousand five hundred men or thereabouts must Garrison these
places this winter. Barracks are Building with all the Dispatch possi-
ble. We make no Doubt but you pay the greatest attention to the
article of clothing. We have been as Industrious in our Business & as
attentive to our orders as possible.
" We are with great respect,
Your most obedf hhH servts
Joxa. Blanchard, for the Comtee<
Hon. Meshech Weare, Esqr. to be communicated.
The Small Pox is not in Camp,
nor any where this way."
Col. Blanchard' 's Report to the Assembly.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 258.]
Mr. Blanchard, one of the Comtee appointed by the Council & Assem-
bly of this State to repair to Ticonderoga to officer & raise two Bat-
talions for the Continental army, Begs leave to inform the Honble house,
that the Comtce arriv'd at that place on the 2d day of Novr Instant :
That the next day they waited on General Gates & advised with him :
The Comtcc likewise consulted the Field officers & Captains now in
the army from this State :
That on the 8th day the Comtce appointed & Commissioned the fol-
lowing Gentlemen Field officers, for the first & second Battalion, viz:
John Stark, Esquire, Colonel ~)
Joseph Cilley, Esqr Lieut. Col0 > First Battalion.
George Reed, Esqr Major )
Enoch Poor, Esquire, Colonel )
Nathan Hale, Esqr Lieut. Col° > Second Battalion.
Windborn Adams, Major ) %
Mr. Nathaniel McClintock appointed & Commissd Adjutant to the
Second Battalion.
The Comtee appointed,
Jason Wait of Alstead, Esqr "]
Amos Morrill of Epsom, Esqr | Captains for the
j . , ( Amos Emerson of Chester )-
„ i nnA \ Isaac Farwell of Charlestown first Battalion,
advanced ( Ebenr Frve Gf Pembroke J
Benjamin Titcomb ) » ^ -r, "
Fred" Mordent Bell \ of Dover' E^5
James Norris of Epping, Esqr. Captains
James Carr of Somersworth, Esqr )~ for the
John Drew of Barrington, Esqr Second Battalion.
Lieuts. $ Elijah Cloyce of Fitz William
Advanced } Samuel Blodget of Goffstown J
392 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
The Committee delivered to each Captain inlisting orders, & ap-
pointed several subalterns & gave orders likewise :
The General inform'd the Comtee that the money in the Military
chest was nearly exhausted, that he could illy spare any; he however
deliver'd to Col0 Poor about five thousand Dollars which he distributed
anion-- the Recruiting officers.
The Several officers inlisted near one hundred men & the Comtce ap-
plied to the General to appoint a muster-master, but he declin'd. The
Comtee then appointed Col0 David Gilman: he pass'd about thirty (the
others immediately upon their inlistment had furloughs) they were
sworn before Benjamen Giles, Esq.
The General proposed to discharge all the Continental troops from
this State, on Fryday the 15th Inst.
The Committee then took under consideration the want of money.
The immediate release of all the old Troops & soon discharge of the
militias: that several Battalions of Jersey troops were to tarry till
March; and upon the whole, tho't adviseahle for the service of this
State, to leave that place. Benjamin Giles & David Gilman Esqrs set
off for New York, to fill-up the Vacancies in that Department.
The Comtee were as industrious in their business & as attentive to
their orders as possible, & hope that their doings will meet the appro-
bation of the General Court.
The Comtee at New York appointed
Capt. Jeremiah Gilman of Plastow
1st Lieut. William Sartell, of Charlestown
2d Lieut. William Ilutchins of Weare
Ensign Nathaniel Kimball of Plastow.
Capt. John House of Hanover
1st Lieut Gould of Cockermouth
Ensign Blake of Lebanon.
Capt. Caleb Robinson of Exeter
1st Lieut. Moses Dustin, of Candia
2d Lieut Micah Hoit of Newtown
Ensign, Ebenezer Light of Exeter.
Capt. William Scott of Peterborough
1st Lieut. Moody Dustin of Litchfield
2d Lieut. Josiah Munro of Amherst
Ensign Benja Snow of Plymouth.
Lieuf. Col. Coburn recommends Amos Coburn for 2d Lieut. Adoni-
jah Goodeneau for 2d Lt. or Ensign ; Capt. Holms of Walpole for a
Captain. Nath1 McCalley of Derryfield for Lieut, to Capt. Morrell's
Company.
Letter of thanks from General Horatio Gates.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 67.]
Ticonderoga, November 9th 1776.
Gentlemen — I return you, and the officers & soldiers of the Regiments
under your command, my sincere thanks for the Spirit and Expedition
both you & they have shewn in marching upon the first alarm, upwards
of one hundred & fifty miles, to the support of this important pass,
1770.] CORRESPONDENCE. 393
when threatened with an immediate attack from the Enemy's Army. I
now dismiss you with the Honour you have so well deserved. 1 fur-
ther Certify, that neither you nor any under your command, have re-
ceived any pay or reward from me for your services upon this occasion;
that I leave to be settled by the General Congress with the Convention
of your State. With great respect,
I am, Gentlemen, your most obed'
Hum1'1 Serv1
Horatio Gates.
To Colonel Ashley & Colonel Bellows
commanding the Regiments of Militia
from the County of Cheshire, in the State
of New Hampshire.
Jnlisting Orders to Gapt. Joshua Abbot.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 200.]
To Capt. Joshua Abbot.
You are hereby impowered immediately to inlist a CompJ' to consist of
Eighty six able bodied effective men, including non-commissioned offi-
cers & Privates, as soldiers in the service of & for the defence of the
United States, upon the Establishment fixed by the HonbI° Congress,
with such additional encourgement given by the State of New Hamp-
shire to continue in that service till the end of the present War, (1)
unless sooner discharged by Congress, & that you cause said men when
so inlisted to pass muster as soon as may be, the non-commissioned offi-
cers to be appointed by the Captain & subalterns of each Company &
to make Return.
Benj"1 Giles 1 n ...
-r „ r, Committee
JoNa Blaxciiard , ,, n, ,„ a{
/vr t , N d i, xi r from the State or
(ft, 4*.) £&££» J NewH^sto
Action of the N. H. Committee of Safety, in relation to the
Nevj York tories.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 85.]
Nw Hamp1 \ In Coramittee of Safety,
November 14th 1770.
The Committee, taking into consideration what is necessary to be
done with a number of persons sent into this State by order of the
State of New York, and enquiring of the officers who conducted them
& receiving such information as they could give relating to the Crimes
charged against them (the Convention of New York not having as yet
transmitted any thing relative thereto) Have determined that at pres-
ent and until some information arrives from the State of New York,
(1) The bounty & encouragement offered by the State of New Hampshire to each non-
cominis-doned ollicer & private soldier, was, one blanket or 18s annually; 20s per
month to b.' pail semi-annually: Ami the additional encouragement offer* d by Con-
gress, 20 dollars bounty; 100 acres of land, a suit of clothes annually to consist of two
linen hunting shirts, two pair of overhalls, a leathern or woolen waistcoat with sleeves,
oue pair of breeches, a hat or leathern cap, two shirts, two pair of stockings & two pair
of shoes, all equal to the value of twenty dollars.— Ed.
394 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
That Silvester Stone, Daniel Daughty, George Daughty, Adam Weav-
er, Daniel Hoffman, James Parker, Thomas Bullis, George Blanchard
& Timothy Daughty be committed to the Prison in Exeter, having the
Liberty of the yard in the day time only; and that all the other per-
sons may provide their own lodgings any where within six miles of the
State House in the Town of Exeter, except in the Town of New
Market, at no time going beyond those limits, and that they strictly
observe their conduct relative to political affairs, & by no means en-
deavour to use words or arguments to people they may converse with
tending to hurt the Interest of the States of America, or in opposition
to the present contest with Great Britain, on pain of immediate
imprisonment. Any of the above persons being of the society called
Quakers (not of the number ordered to prison) observing the above
caution may go to the Towns of Dover, Hampton Falls, Seabrook &
Kensington, if they think fit and take quarters with the People there
of that Society. Every person when he has provided himself with
Lodgings is to take care to return his name, & the name of his Land-
lord, & in what Town he resides, to General Folsom at Exeter.
M. Wkake, Chairman.
Certificate.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 91.]
In Committee of Safety, Novembr 15th, 1770.
This Certifies that Capt. A. Funda of the State of New York, has
guarded by order of said State (as he says) Seventy four Persons, and
delivered them into the custody of this Committee under the character
of being unfriendly to the States of America, which persons are for
the present disposed of until some Information concerning them may
be transmitted to us from the Convention of New York.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 119.]
NSfcl!ampr 1 In Commifctee of Safety, Novr 23, 1770.
Sir — By two different guards, viz. Capt. Funda, and Capt. Robin-
son, from the State of New York has been delivered into the care of
this Committee about two hundred persons, sent by the Committee
appointed for enquiring into and detecting Conspiracies against your
State. Also, the Votes & Resolves of said Committee relative to the
confinement and care of said persons.
Pursuant to said Resolutions we have ordered sixty seven of said
persons to be confined in several Prisons in this State, and the Re-
mainder have Liberty to provide their own Lodging, and support
themselves by labour or other ways in several Towns allotted to them
under cautions & restrictions for their behaviour.
We must acknowledge the civil & polite behaviour of the Gentlemen
from New York who had the care of the Prisoners. In perticular Mr.
Benson in whom appeared the Gentleman & generous, disinterested
supporter of American Liberty.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 395
The persons Committed to our care, we shall proceed with according
to the Resolves of your Committee until further information.
Indorsed — " Copy to
New York Convention, 23 Nov. 177(i."
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 121.]
Sate of ) In Committee of Safety
N. Hamp* J Novenv" 23, 1776.
Ordered, That Sylvester Stone, Daniel Doughty George Doughty &
Adam Weaver, persons sent to this State from New York Convention as
enemies to the rights of America, be sent to the Town of Nottingham,
and David Hoffman, James Parker, Timothy Doughty and George Blan-
chard be sent to the Parish of Deerfield, to be put out in such Families
(by the respective Selectmen) as will take them to Board, or hire them
to Labour. Said persons observing on pain of Imprisonment not to use
words or arguments to people they converse with, tending against the
measures carrying on by the American States.
Letter from the Hon. Wm. Whipple — relating to the army $c.
Philadelphia, 28th Novr, 1776.
Sir — Inclosed you have a Resolution which Congress wish may be
executed as soon possible. What quantity can be procured in New
Hampshire you are a much better judge of than I can be, but I am
sure the army will dispense with all that can be obtained. I would
wish to be informed of the success of the Resolution transmitted you
some time ago for procuring cloathing. I hope every exertion will be
used to furnish the soldiers with these necessary articles.
Col. Bartlett can inform you of the State of the Army when he
pass'd through it, since which I have no reason to think there has been
any alteration for the better with respect to cloathing. The disposi-
tion that the State that I have the honor to represent, has hitherto
discovered, leaves no room to doubt that proper measures will be pur-
sued to effect these purposes, as well as compleating the Quota of the
new army.
Gen. Howe is on this side Hudson's river with 8 or 10,000 men ; it's
thought by some that he intends to march this way ; if so, I natter
myself we shall give a good acco' of him, as proper dispositions are
making for his reception.
Accts from abroad are very favorable, tho' of such a nature that I
am not at liberty to communicate them. We have nothing to do but
keep a sufficient army in the field to oppose that of the enemy one
campaign more, and its over with them.
I am, with every sentiment of respect
Your most obed' serv4
Wm. Whipple.
P. S. My Colleague is now confin'd
with the small pox, but is on the
recovery & I expect will be out in
a few days.
896 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Resolve of Congress, Nov. 27, 1776, relating to a Supply of
Shoes cf c. for the Army.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 131.]
Resolved, That the Delegates from the four New England Govern-
ments be directed to take the most effective measures to have at least
10,000 pair of Shoes and 10,000 pair of Stockings purchased in those
States and sent forward to General Washington's head quarters, with
all possible expedition for the use of the soldiers under his Command.
Extract from the Minutes.
Chas Thomsox, Sec^.
JOURNAL
OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
RESUMED.
NoTE. The Joirfnal of the House of representatives which follows. is copied from
fee original) in a bouad MS. volume, to the Secretary's office, labelled "State Records
—Journal of the House, 1776-77."
Thf i';':i'l' r i-t reminded. I!i:!t only such parts of this Journal, are copied in full as are
of general and public interest : while matters of a more private and local nature, are
referred in in an abridged form and smaller Type.— Ed.
State of New ) At a Convention of the Representatives of
hire \ the State of New Hampsk1 begun & held at
Exeter in said State on Wednesday the 27 day of Nov1* 1776,
by adjournment —
The members of the House being called over, sent a mes-
sage to see if there was a Board — who returned & said there
was not a board ; Then adjourn' d to tomorrow, 9 o'clock A. M.
State of New ) A List of the Members of the 3onUe House of
Hampshire \ Representatives of the State of New Hampshire,
at their session begun <f holden at Exeter on Wednesday
Novr 27th A. D. 1776, by adjournment.
[Copied from State Pap. Vol. V. pp. 135-137.]
TOWNS & PLACES.
NAMES OP MEMBERS.
0
Northampton
& "Newton
Hon. Phillips White, Speak'
8
Exeter
Noah Emerv Esq. Cler.
0
Portsmouth
Sam1 Cutts, Esq
14
"
Sam1 Sherburne
14
"
Pierse Long;
14
Londonderry
John Bell. Esqr
22
Chester
Stephen Morse
20
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1776.
"■d
TOWNS & PLACES.
NAMES OF MEMBERS.
a *
- >
Chester
Robert "Wilson, Esq
14
Greenland
Clement March, Esq
10
Newington
Richd Downing Esq
15
New Castle
Henry Prescott, Esq.
17
Rye
Nathan Goss
12
Hampton
Josiah Moulton, Esq.
8
Northampton
Dr. Levi Dearborn
6
Kensington
Ezekiel Worthen
7
Hampton-falls & Seabrook
Stratham
Benja Barker, Esqr
3
New Market
Thomas Task, Esqr (1)
8
Brin twood
Samuel Dudley Esqr
5
Poplin & Raymond
John Dudley, Esq1"
IS
Epping
Nehemiah Wheeler
8
Nottingham
Thos Bartlett, Esq1
12
Deerfield & Northwood
Jere: Eastman, Esq1
22
Epsom, Chichesr & Allenst"
John McClary Esqr.
24
Pembroke
David Gilman Esqr
35
Concord
Timothy Walker, Esq1'
40
Canterbury & London
Thomas C lough
40
Pelham
James Gibson
35
Wyndham
James Betton, Esqr
26
Salem
Caleb Dustin
20
Plastow & Atkinson
Samuel Kimball
16
Kingston & E. Kingston
Samuel Philbrick, Esqr
4
Sandown & Hawke
Moses Colby (2)
11
Candia
Moses Baker, Esq1 (3)
Hampstead
John Calfe, Esqr (4)
Bow & Duubarton
Capt. Caleb Page
50
Dover
Stephen Evans Esqr
18
u
Otis Baker, Esqr
18
Durham
Mr. John Smith, 3d
12
Summersworth
Ichabod Rollins, Esqr
21
Rochester
James Knowles Esqr
25
Barringtou
James Marden
25
Madbury
Lee,
Hercules Mooney, Esqr (5)
Gilmanton & Barnstead
Joseph Badger, Esq"
40
Sanbornton & Meredith
Ebenr Smith, Esq*
52
Leavitston, Wakefield and Middleton
Nathaniel Balch, Esqr
50
Sandwich, Tamworth, & Moulton- \
borough \
Daniel Beede, Esq.
68
New Durham, the Gore, and )
Wolfeborough £
(1) Col. Tush, being in the army, did not attend, at any time, during the session.
(2) Did not attend.
(3) Did not attend, Col. in the army.
(4) Did not attend ; Capt. in the army.
(5) i >i.i not attend— Col. in the army.
1776.]
JOURNAL OF TIIK HOUSE.
599
TOWNS & H.U'KS.
NAMES OF MICMIiEKK.
Amherst
Dunstable
Holies
We are
Hopkinton
Boscawen & Salisbury
Wilton, Lyndsboro'," Mile Slip & |
Duxbury farm )
Mason & Haby
New Ipswich
Temple & Peterborough
Hillsboro', Heneker, Deering & }
Society's Land )
Litchfield & Notting'" West
Merrimac & Bedford
Derryfield & Goffstown
Francestown & New Boston
New Breton, Warner, Perryston }
& Fisherfield, J
Rindge, Jaffrey and Peterboro' Slip
Dublin & Monadnock, No. 5,
Packersfield, Stoddard, Camden 7
& Gilsom j
Keen
Westmoreland
Richmond
Hinsdale & Chesterfield
Marlow, Surry & Alstead
Walpole
Charleston
Cornish, Plainfield, Protector- )
worth & Grantham )
Winchester
Claremont
Swansey & Fitzwilliam
Unity, Acworth, Lemster, Savil, }
Croydon, Newport \
Pli mouth, Alexandria, Cocker- {
mouth & New Chester \
Rumney, Holderness, Campton \
& Thornton ]
Lyme, Orford, Wentworth, Dor- \
Chester, Piermont & Warren \
Haverhill, Gunthwait, Bath, Ly- )
man. Landaff, Morriston £
Mdses Nichols Esqr (1) 40
Xa/atm Baldwin, Esq1 ('2) 40
Jona. Lovewell, Esqr 40
Stephen Ames 44
John Worth 50
Stepn Ilarriman 50
Henry Gerrish Esqr 50
Jacob Abbot, Esqr 50
Amos Dakin 58
William Shattuck GO
Samuel Moore G5
Joseph Simonds 65
Asa Davis, Esqr 35
Matthew Patten, Esq
Moses Kelley, Esq1"
Enoch Hale, Esqr 72
Eliphalet Stone 78
Joseph Rounseval 85
Timothy Ellis, Esqr 88
Heber Miller, Esqr 96
Oliver Capson 100
Archibd Robinson 100
Nat. S. Prentice Esq. (3) 100
John Bellows, Esqr 103
Elijah Grout 114
Moses Chase, Esq 130
Samuel Emerson, Esqr 85
Daniel Brainard Esq.
Israel Morey, Esq
OW>i<l not attend— Col. in the army.
CJ) ]>id not attend— Col. in the army.
(3) Did not attend.— Ed.
400 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [177G.
TOWNS & PLACES.
Hanover, Lebanon, Relhan, Ca- 7
naan, Cardigan, Grafton, j"
Apthorp, Northumberland,
Lancaster, Strafford, Conway, ~)
Cockburne, Colburn, Shelburn, >
& the Towns above them, )
Thursday, Nov1' 28th, P. M.
Voted, That the hearing & trial of Col. Asa Porter, which
was appointed to be heard this day be postponed to Thursday
next in the forenoon.
Voted, To choose a Committee of this house to join a
Committee of the Honle Board to consider of the petitions of
John Me Donald, James Glass, Levi Devoe, John Lawrence
& others, now prisoners in Dover Goal, from the State of
New York & to report what is necessary for the present
relief of them & any other of the Indigent Prisoners sent
here from that State, and in what manner & way they shall
be provided for: And that Col0 Sherburne, John Dudley
Esq1', James Betton Esq1" Col0 Kelley & Ichabod Rollins, Esq1'
be the Committee of this house for that purpose. Sent up
by Capt. Moulton. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett & Folsom,
added.]
[p. 2.] Friday, Nov1' 20th, 1776.
The petition of Peter Mitchell being read & considered,
Voted & ordered, That the said Peter Mitchell confine him-
self within the town of Dover, until furthir order of this
Court, on pain of Imprisonment.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 55.]
Dover, Oct1 29, 1776.
Sir — Peter Mitchell haying lately signified to the Committee of Do-
ver his Desire to be liberated from his present confinement & they
having no objection to such liberation ordered me to signify the same
to the honbl° Committee of Safety for the State &c.
Tuos. Wk Waldhox, Chairman.
To the Honble Meshach TVcare, Esrp
Exeter.
177G.J JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 401
Voted That a Committee be chosen by this house to call upon
all Persons who have made use of any of the masts belong-
ing to this State and receive of them their proper value, and
to examine all attested accounts bro't in againsl them, and
pay what they find justly due on such accounts and to Dis-
pose of such of said masts as are remaining, to the best ad-
vantage for this State — and to make report of the same, to
this house as soon as may be ; and that Samuel Cutts <fc
Joshua Wentworth, Esqrs be the Committee for that purpose.
Sent up by Rob* Wilson, Esq1'. [Concurred.]
Voted, To choose a Committee of this house to join a
Committee of the Board, to enquire into the Embezzelmcnt
of the sails & rigging & other materials belonging to the
ship Prince George lately sunk in Piscataqua harbour, and
to find and secure the same, and sell them for the use of this
State, and to make report to this house as soon as may be ;
and that Henry Prescott, Esqr of New Castle & Capt. John
Rollins of Somersworth, be the Committee of this house for
that purpose. [Concurred, & John Parker Esq. added.]
David Page Esq. appointed a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Grafton. Samuel Kelley of Dover, Coroner for the County of Straf-
ford, in the room of Nath1 Cooper who has refused; John Fabyan of
Newington, Coroner for the County of Rockingham, in the room of
John Nutter, deceased; Stephen Ames of Hollis, Coroner for the
County of Hillsborough, in the room of Daniel Emerson, jun. who
refused ; and James Stoodley, Esq. of Newington, a Justice of the
Peace for the County of Rockingham.
[p. 3.] Voted, That Nathaniel Folsom Esqr, Nicholas Gil-
man & Mr. Joseph Gilman be a Committee to make neces-
sary Provision for and take care of all the Prisoners sent to
this State from the State of New York, and that the said
Committee be and hereby are authorized to Dispose of those
that are not confined in Goal in any place or places in this
State where they shall judge most convenient for the safety
of the States, and that the said Committee have power to
draw on the Treasurer for any sum of money not exceeding
one hundred & fifty pounds in the whole for the said purpose.
The expenditure to be accounted for by said Committee.
Sent up by Mr. Wheeler. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Major Downing, John Dudley Esq. Col0
Badger, Col0 Walker, &John McClary, Esq1' be a Committee
of this house to join a Comtee of the honble Board to consult
25
402 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
together and report to this house, the best ways <fe means for
answering the late requisition of Gen1 Washington for one
thousand of the Militia of this State to be raised and sent to
his aid in New York. Sent up by Mr. Clough. [Concurred.
Mr. Wentworth, Bartlett, Folsom, Blanchard and Ashley,
added.]
Joshua Bailey, Esq. appointed Justice of the Peace for Rockingham
County, and Joseph Sawyer of Warner a Justice of the Peace for
Hillsboro' County.
[p. 5.] In the House of Representatives, Decr 2, 1776.
Voted, That Col. Joseph Badger be Speaker pro tempore.
Voted, That General Nathaniel Folsom have & receive
out of the Treasury two hundred pounds for the purpose of
purchasing cloathing for the soldiers in the service of the
Continent, to be by him accounted for, and that the Presi-
dent give order of payment accordingly. Sent up by Mr.
Smith. [Concurred.]
Tuesday, Decr 3d, 1776.
Voted, That Capt. Stephen Harriman, be & hereby is ap-
pointed to repair to Newbury & Salisbury and any other
places & procure one hundred bushells of Salt at the cheap-
est rate he can for the use of this State, and procure it to be
transported to Exeter as soon as possible in order to salt up
Provisions for the use of the Army. And that he receive
out of the Treasury seventy pounds for that purpose to be by
him accounted for and that the President give order of pay-
ment accordingly. Sent up by Capt. Moulton. [Concurred.]
(p. 6.] Voted To choose a Committee to join a Comtee of
the Hon1'1 Board to Nominate a Comtee to go to Providence,
to consult with the Committees of the other States of New
England upon some method to support the credit & prevent
the Depreciation of the Paper Currency, and also to Nomi-
nate a Committee to make out and forward the account of
this State against the Continent, and that Col0 Walker, Capt.
Moulton, & Maj1' Bartlett be the Comtee of this House for
those purposes. Sent up by Capt. Moulton. [Concurred.
Messrs. Blanchard & Folsom added.]
Voted, That the Honble Phillips White, Esq1' & Col0 Timo-
thy Walker be & hereby are appointed a Committee to repair
to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, to consult with
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 403
the Committees of the other States of New England upon
some method to support the Credit & Prevent the Deprecia-
tion of the paper Currency of these States, and that they
receive out of the Treasury twelve pounds to be by them
accounted for.
[p. 7.] Voted <fe Resolved, That each prison-keeper in this
State, be allowed eight shillings per week for each person in
Prison from the State of New York for Diet, & that the said
Prisoners be allowed firewood, and that an exaet account
thereof be kept & rendered by such Prison-Keepers for
allowance. Sent up by Mr. Brainerd. [Concurred.]
Voted & Resolved, That none of the Prisoners sent into
this State from the State of New York have leave to write or
send Letters to any person or persons whatever or wherever
without the same being inspected by the Committee (or one
of them) appointed by this State to have the care of said
Prisoners, and the name of one of said Committee indorsed
thereon ; and that the said Committee have Instructions
given them for their conduct in all other matters respecting
said Prisoners, by a Committee of this house & of the Honbl
Council to be appointed for that purpose, and that Mr. James
Gibson, Mr. MeClary & Mr. Lovewell be a Committee of this
house to join a Committee of the Honbl Board to make out
such Instructions to the above Committee. Sent up by Mr.
Brainerd. [Concurred — Messrs. Bartlett, Thompson, Ash-
ley, Blanchard, Wentworth and Giles added.]
[p. 9.] Wednesday, Decr 4th 1776.
Voted & Resolved to raise and equip one thousand men,
officers included, of the Militia in this State to repair imedi-
ately to New York & put themselves under the command of
General Washington, or the Commander in chief there for
the defence of the States of America. Sent up by Col.
Walker.
The Comtee appointed to consult upon the best ways and
means for answering the late requisition of General Wash-
ington for raising part of the Militia in this State, &c. made
report (as on file) (1) which report is recd & allowed, and
thereupon —
Voted, That five hundred men be Draughted from the
several Regiments in this State as soon as possible, & officer'd
(1) This report has not been found on file.— Ed.
404 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
& sent to New York, That the wages of the officers & men
be the same that is given by the State of the Massa Bay,
That the field officers of the regiments aforesaid appoint the
Captains & subalterns of the Companies in their respective
regiments. Sent up by Mr. Grout. [Concurred.]
House of Representatives, Dec. 4th, 1776.
Mr. Blanchard bro't from the Board a Resolve of Council
to Desire the Honble Congress to transmitt to the State
20,000 Dollars, to provide Cloathing &c. for the army.
[Concurred.]
Accts, votes, petitions &c. acted on by the House and concurred by
the Council, from Novr 27th to Dec. 4th, 1776. [See Rec. of Council.]
Ace1 of James Anderson for going Express to Ticonderoga, aild,
£4:10.
Petition of David Meader, for damages done his meadows by masts
lying thereon — Committee to examine.
Allowed, John Ayer, £10 for detecting James Ryan in counterfeit-
ing Bills of credit.
Committee appointed to report on necessary business.
Salt-petre Comtee paid for expences £21:9:^.
Dr. George Wood alld £5:5 for medicines and attendance.
Thomas Footman, alld £4:10 for loss of a yawl boat in service of
the State.
A Comtee appointed on the Salaries to be paid the several Civil offi-
cers.
j Vote appointing a Committee to superintend a Loan Office in this
State.
Petition of inhabitants of Society Land, for incorporation.
Maritime Act to be amended.
Pay of the Council & Assembly to be paid by the Treasurer, but
replaced by a General Tax on the Polls and estate of the people.
Noah Emery's Ace' to be examined.
Petition of inhabitants of Camden, to be incorporated by the name
of Washington — a bill to be brought in.
Petition of inhabitants of New Marlborough, to be incorporated as
Marlborough.
Majr Timothy Ellis, alld 30s. for carrying money from Exeter, to of-
ficers engaged in recruiting the army.
Losses of Capt. Dearborn's company at Quebeck to be made up.
Petition of Margaret Little against James Carnes — hearing granted.
Thursday, Dec1- 5th, 1776.
Voted, That Col0 David Gilman be Colonel of the Regi-
ment now to be raised & sent to New-York, and that Maj1'
Thomas Bartlett be Lieut Col0 and Maj1' Peter Coffin be Majr
of said Regiment. [Concurred.]
1776.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 405
[p. 11.] Voted That James Betton, Esqr be and hereby is
appointed a Committee to repair to the Camps in New York
and try if he can engage Five hundred of the Militia of this
State 'now on duty there to tarry there till the first day of
March next under such Encouragements as he shall be
directed to offer them from this State. Sent up by Mr.
Cutis. [Concurred.]
Upon reading a Letter from Col0 Jacob Bailey to this
House respecting the Indians near Cohos &c. Voted, That
Col0 Jacob Bailey have & receive out of the Treasury, fifty
pounds for the Purpose of purchasing Necessaries for the
Indians at & near Cohos, to trade with the said Indians for
furs &c. he to be accountable to this State for the same and
that the President give order accordingly. Sent up by Mr.
Smith. [Concurred.]
Letter from Col. Jacob Bailey, relating to Indians.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 169.]
Exeter, 4th December 1776.
Sir — I have had of late opportunity to converse with Indians of the
St. Francis tribe, and perceiving the Indians are informed by Our Ene-
mies in Canada, that it is impossible for our States to supply them with
articles they need and of course they must be wholly beholden to and
must join them ; — In order to counteract their plan, I inform them that
it is in our power to Supply them as reasonably as they can be supplied
in Canada, and have hired an Indian with two men ordered by Capt.
Ames to proceed to the Indian hunting ground to inform the Indians
that we are ready to Supply, if they chuse at Uper Co'os in Exchang
for Bever &c. as reasonably as they can be supplied in Canada ; to in-
form them that we are the same as to them as twelve years past; that
we wonder that they should make themselves strange, that we don't
mean to intreat them, but to inform and undeceive them.
For the servise of the Indian I promised him a blanket and his Squa
and three children one each ; Should think it will be a great saving to
this State if some supplys for Indians be Conveyed to Uper Co'os and
directed to be exchanged reasonably with them for furs &c. for if the
Indians trade with us we need no soldiers. I thought it Duty to give
Information. Beg leave to subscribe myself your very
Humble servant,
Jacob Bayley.
To the Honble the Speaker of the
House of Representatives for
State of New hampr
To be Communicated.
Memorandum of Articles suitable for Indians, viz.
2 doz. Blankets, AVhite or Blue
406 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Do. shirts corse, white or check
30 yds. half-thicks or other cloath equal thereto.
Powder & Lead.
At present the above is as much as will be needed at Uper Coos.
Jacob Bayley.
Decr 5th 1776.
[p. 12.] Yoted, to choose a Committee of this house to
join a Committee of the Honble Board to take under consid-
eration the Letters from the States of Rhode Island & Massa
Bay this day recd with copies of Letters from Gen1 Lee &
from Gov1 Trumbull <fec. and to report thereon, and that Jno.
Dudley, Esq. Col0 Badger, Col0 Sherburne, Major Ellis &
Mr. Patten, be the Committee of this house for that purpose.
Sent up by S. Dudley, Esq. [Concurred — Messrs. Ashley,
Blanchard, Wentworth, & Giles added.]
Resolve of the General Assembly of Massachusetts.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 97.]
In the House of Representatives, Nov. 16th, 1776.
Resolved, That the Honblc Tristam Dalton & Aron Orne, Esqrs, with
such as the Honble Board shall join, be a Committee to meet Commit-
tees from the General Assemblies of the States of Connecticut, New
Hampshire, and Rhode Island, at Providence, in Rhode Island, the
tenth Day of December next, Provided said Assemblies think proper
to appoint such Committees: Then And there to hold a Conference re-
specting further Emissions of Paper Currency on the credit of any of
said States. Also, on measures necessary for supporting the Credit of
the Public Currencies thereof; and that the said Committee (if the
Committees of the other States so met agree thereto) be empowered
to communicate to the other United States of America the Intention
of their Convention, and urge that Some measures be taken by them
to the same purpose & to give like Information to the IIonblc the Con-
tinental Congress, and propose to them whether the Regulation of the
Currencies is not an object of necessary attention, and to Report as
soon as may be.
And it is ordered, That the Secretary immediately transmit authen-
ticated copies of this Resolve to the General Assemblies of the several
States afore-mentioned.
Concurred in Council, Nov. 16, 1776. Thomas dishing added.
A true copy —
John Avery, Dep. Sec>\
Resolve of the General Assembly of Rhode Island.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 105.]
Thursday, 21st Novr 1776.
Whereas the General Court of the State of the Massachusetts Bay,
by a Resolve of the Sixteenth of this Instant November, have appoint-
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 407
ed a Committee to meet Committees from the General Assemblies of
the States of Connecticut, New Hampshire and this State, at Provi-
dence, on the tenth Day of December next, in case such Committees
be, by the Said Assemblies appointed, to hold a Conference respecting
further Emissions of Paper Currency on the Credit of any of the said
States, also upon measures necessary for supporting the Credit of the
publick Currencies thereof &e. It is therefore —
Voted and Resolved, That the Hon" William Bradford, Esq. Col0
Jonathan Arnold and Henry Marchant, Esq. be hereby appointed a
Committee to meet the said Committee from the State of the Massa
chusetts Bay, at the time and place and for the purposes in the afore-
said Resolve mentioned ; provided the States of Connecticut and New-
Hampshire shall think proper to appoint Committees for the same pur-
poses ; And that the Secretary immediately transmit Copies of this
Resolve to the States of the Massachusetts Bay Connecticut and New
Hampshire.
A true Copy. — Witness,
Henry Ward, Sec?.
Letter from Gov'1' Trumbull of Connecticut.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 123.]
Hartford, Nov1 25, 1776.
Sir — In Answer to a Resolve of your Assembly proposing a Con-
vention of the Several States respecting further Emissions of Paper
Currency and for supporting the Credit thereof; am desired by the
Assembly of this State to advise that the proposal would be very
agreeable and might have very Salutary effects ; yet as we understand
that the Honble Continental Congress have taken the subject into
consideration with a purpose to Act upon it, we are fearfull least a
Convention as proposed at this time, would give umbrage to the other
States and cause some unhappy Jealousies which might prove detriment-
al ; we have already passed Sundry Acts for the purpose of securing the
Credit of our Currency by making the Continental Bills and our own
a Tendry in all payments : also, by stating & regulating the prices of
the necessaries and conveniences of life and enforcing the Same ; the
rapid and exorbitant rise of which has a great tendency to depreciate
the Currency ; Copies of which several Acts will, if desired, transmit
you when leisure permits ; Wherefore this State beg leave for the pres-
ent to decline the motion made. I am, with great truth & Regard
Sir, Your Obedient Hhw Serv1.
JoNa. Trumbull.
To the President of Council
of the State of Massachusetts Bay.
Letter from Gen. Charles Lee to Gov. James Bowdoin of
Massachusetts.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 111.]
Camp at Phillipsburg, Nov. 21at, 1776.
Sir — Before the unfortunate affair of Fort Washington, it was my
opinion that the two armies, that on the East and that on the West
408 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
side of Nth River, must rest each on its own bottom, that the idea of de-
taching & reinforcing from one side to the other, on every motion of
the Enemy, was Chimerical; but to harbour such a thought in our
present circumstances is absolute insanity. — In this perswasion
should the Enemy alter the present direction of their operations and
attempt to open the Passage of the Highlands or enter New England,
I shou'd never entertain a thought of being succour'd from the West-
ern army. I know it is impossible ; we must therefore entirely depend
upon ourselves : to Connecticut and Massachusetts I shall look for
assistance; the time of service of the men who compose the little Corps
under my command is near expiring, the Enemy's Troops are well
clad for a Winter Campaign ; shou'd they attempt when winter setts
in to open the Communication of the Highlands or enter New England,
I know not what we have to oppose them; some means must be de-
vised to raise your Regular Battalions, for as to your Militia they are
grown more detestable than ever, not from the bad Quality of the men,
for they are certainly good, but from the wretched character of the
officers, particularly of the lower sort, who want every attribute of
soldiers & citizens; they want spirit, patience, constitution, integrity &
Public virtue of course. If your men run away, you may be assured
that the way is led by the officers; there are notwithstanding some
worthy subjects amongst them ; but the bad predominates so enor-
mously that little confidence can be placed in your Militia. I must re-
peat therefore, that I hope not only the Legislative Body, but the
whole Gentlemen of the New England Provinces will exert themselves
to forward the completion of the Continental Regiments ; — for Heaven's
sake, Sir, contrive to send us some lilanketts, otherwise we must dis-
solve away, before the time of our natural death. I hope the cursed
jobb at Port Washington, will occasion no dejection ; the place itself
was of no value; for my own part I am perswaded that if we act with
only common sense, spirit and descision, the day must be our own.
Adieu, Dear Sir, and believe me to be most respectfully, yours,
Charles Lee.
A true copy — Attest — John Avery, Dep>' Sec>'.
Friday, Dec. 6th, 1776.
The Comtee appointed to consider of the Letters recd yes-
terday, made report, (as on file) viz. That the 500 men
voted to be raised with all possible despatch and sent for-
ward : That Mr. Betton proceed on his journey according to
his Directions, and that officers be appointed to raise the 3d
Continental Battalion Imediately.
Whereupon, Voted, to choose a Committee of this House
to join such as the Honbl Board shall appoint to Proportion
the five hundred men, (now to be raised and forwarded to
New York) to and among* the several Regiments in this
State, and to give out orders to the several Cols or command-
ers of said Regiments to draught their several Quotas of
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said 500 men, and that Col" Sherburne, Mr. Shattuck, Col0
Baker, Mr. Bellows & Mr. Brainerd be the Com*** of this
house for that purpose. Sent up by Mr. Shattuck. [Con-
curred.]
It being represented to this house, That the Revd Mr. Jon-
athan Livermore of Wilton has in Sundry instances been En-
imical to the Liberties of America, — Therefore
Voted, That the said Mr. Jonathan Livermore be cited to
appear before the general Assembly of this State on the Sec-
ond Wednesday of the sitting of said Assembly after the
twentieth day of December ins* to answer to what may be
objected against him in that behalf ; and, That Timothy Far-
rar, Esq. of New Ipswich be impowered to take affidavits for
and against the said Mr. Livermore. Sent up by Capt. Si-
monds. [Concurred.]
[p. 14.] The Comtee to consider of the expediency of Salting
up Provisions made report, which being read and considered,
Voted, To receive & accept the same ; and thereupon,
Voted, That General Folsom & John Burnam Hanson, be a
Committee to procure on the best terms they can as much
Beef & Pork for the use of this State as they can get & find
salt to save, and that said Committee procure and Store up as
many Beans and Peas as they can procure ; and that for that
end the said Hanson receive out of the Treasury three hun-
dred pounds, and that Gen1 Folsom receive out of the Treas-
ury seven hundred pounds to be by them severally accounted
for. and that the President give order accordingly. Sent up
by Mr. Smith. [Concurred.]
P. M.
Voted, To choose a Comtee of this House to join such as
the Honbl Board shall appoint to consider of and Report
to this house what shall be deemed Treason against this
State and what shall be deemed Misprision of Treason or
Concealment of Treason, and the mode of Executing Judg-
ments against persons attainted of Felony, and to prepare &
bring in a bill accordingly. And that John Dudley Esq1' Mr.
Lovewell and Mr. Patten be the Comtec of this house for. that
Purpose. Sent up by Mr. Clough.
[p. 15.] Saturday, Decr 7th 1776.
Voted, That the several Colonels or Commanding officers
of the Regiments of Militia in this State be muster masters
410 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
& pay masters of such officers & soldiers as shall be Draught-
ed in their respective regiments (excepting the sixth regi-
ment, and in that Regiment, That Capt. Abiel Abbot of
Wilton be muster master and paymaster) and that the said
muster masters & and pay masters imediately after the mus-
tering the said men return perfect Rolls of them to the
General Assembly or Comtee of Safety of this State for the
time being. Sent up by Mr. Smith. [Concurred.]
[p. 16.] Monday, Decr 9, 1776.
Sundry letters and copies of Letters were produced in the
House and read — [of which the following are found on file.]
viz.
Letter from General Lee.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 133.]
Camp Phillipsburg, 27th, Nov. 1776. (1)
Sir — As the. whole fate of America depends on the speedy comple-
tion of the new Army ; all Considerations ought undoubtedly to be
postponed to this object. The officers, (and indeed it must necessarily
be so) are of opinion, That nothing impedes the Recruiting of the Ar-
my so much as the present rage for Privateering, that unless this is in
some measure checked it is in vain to expect any success. I wou'd
therefore humbly refer to your consideration whether it is not expedi-
ent to lay a temporary Embargo on Privateers, until the Regiments of
each State are compleated. Oar situation is so delicate and alarming,
and the absolute necessity of the army's being raised without delay
so obvious, that you will at least excuse the liberty I take in proposing
the outy move which occurs to me
1 am with the greatest respect,
Your most Ob* humble serv*,
(Copy) Charles Lee.
To the Honblc James Bowdoin,
President of the Council of the
State of Massachusetts Bay.
Letter from Col. Anthony Wayne to Col. Hurd.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 125.]
Ticonderoga, 25th November, 1776.
Col. Hurd —
Sir — The Enemy retreated from Crown Point with their whole force
about three weeks since. One or two Regiments of them are stationed
at the Isle aux Noix, one at St. John's, and one at Chamblee, the re-
mainder are Cantoon'd from Montreal to Quebec.
(1) General Lee wrote another letter, dated Nov. 30. 1770, wliich has not been found.
—Ed.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 411
A strong garrison remain here during the "Winter, which will be rein-
forced early in the Spring. But I have no direction respecting matters
in your Quarter. I shall write to Gen1 Schuyler on the occasion. If
you should be able to gain any Intilligenee of the Enemies motions, that
would affect this Port, it cannot be too early convey'd to. Sr your most
Obedient Humble servant
Ant? Wayne, Col0.
Letter from Governor Cooke of Rhode Island.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 149.]
Providence, Decemr 3, 1776.
Sir — I think it my duty to inform you that I have just received un-
doubted Intelligence that yesterday morning a large fleet of square-
rigged Vessels was seen between Block Island and Montauk, who in all
probability are designed for an attack upon this State. When The let-
ters giving me this Information were writing Eleven Sail were plainly
discovered, and before the Expresses came away, several more hove in
sight. The Authority of New Hampshire will make such use of this
Intelligence as Prudence shall suggest, and at all Events prepare the
Force of that State to Act as the exigency of affairs shall require.
I am in great haste,
Sir, your most Obed' hhM Serv',
Nicns Cooke.
HonbI Speaker of the Assembly
of New Hampshire.
Letter from Henry Ward, Esq. of Rhode Island.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 129. Extract.]
" Sir — I am directed by his Honor the Governor to acquaint you that
A Privateer belonging to this place arrived here this morning, who
took a light Transport ship, being one of 130 Sail bound from New
York to Great Britain and the West Indies, under Convoy of Three
Ships of War, and which without doubt is the Same Fleet that we re-
ceived information was taking on board a Body of Troops at Staten
Island."
I am, Very respectfully, Sir,
Your Honors most obl humble servant
Henry Ward.
Honble Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the State of New
Hampshire.
Letter from Gov. Cooke of Rhode Island, to Gov. Bowdoin of
Massa-
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 179.]
[Extract.] Providence, Dec 7th 1776.
5 O'clock, P. M.
" Srn — By Expresses & other Channels I have certain intelligence that
between 10 & 11 o'clock, A. M. 30 sail of Ships were seen coming into
412 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
the Harbor of Newport, and that upwards of 100 sail were between
two & three o'clock between Canonicut & the Main Land steering di-
rectly up the River. The General Court must be fully apprised of our
dangerous situation, and of the fatal consequences of the Enemy's ef-
fecting a lodgment upon the Continent & need not any argument to
excite them to exert the force of Massachusetts Bay upon this most
important occasion, upon the event of which the fate of America may
depend."
Your most obed' Servant,
Nicholas Cook.
Hon. James Eowdoin, Esq.
(Copy sent to New-Hampshire)
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weave to Gov. Boivdoin, of 3Iassa-
chusetts.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 183.]
Exeter, 10th Decemr 1776.
Sir — Having received certain intelligence that a large number of the
Enemies Ships had made their appearance at Rhode Island, the Gener-
al Court of this State have sent orders to the Colonels of our militia,
to hold their respective Regiments in readiness to inarch on the Short-
est notice, to the relief of that State if necessary And have in the
mean time Despatched the Bearer Major Samuel Philbrick to Boston
to gain further intelligence of the Designs of the Enemy, and to trans-
mit the same to us with the greatest dispatch.
I am with all due respect,
Sir, your most Obed1 humb. Serv1,
M. W. President of the Council.
To the Honbl James Bowdoin, Esq
President of the Council of
Massa'. State.
[p. 17.] Tuesday, Decern1" 10th, 1776.
The report of the Committee on letters from Rhode Island
Boston, &c. was read — whereupon
Voted, That Sam1 Philbrick Esq1* repair immediately to
Boston & get what Intelligence he can about the affairs of
Rhode Island, & return & make report as soon as possible.
Voted, That General Folsom be and hereby is Directed to
order all the militia of this State instantly to prepare them-
selves with all necessary warlike accoutrements & six days
Provision, — as an order for their marching may follow this
in Twenty-four hours.
Voted & Resolved, That a General Embargo imediately
take place and continue, till the further order of this Court,
on all vessels of every Denomination (excepting such as
may be fitted out by order of the United States, or either of
1770.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 413
them, or by the Board of War in behalf of this State or such
as may so continue from one harbor in this State to another,
or such as may be permitted by the Gen1 Assembly, or in the
recess thereof by the Council or Committee of Safety of this
State) And That all vessels departing in violation of the
foregoing Resolution, shall with their Cargo, tackle & appur-
tenances lie forfeited to and for the use of this State & re-
covered by a Libell to lie tiled for that purpose in the mari-
time Court of this State, at any time within one year after
the offence committed, by the Naval officer of the Port
where the said vessel may be seized. And in case any vessel
departing as aforesaid shall not be seized in one year after
her departure, The owner or Freighter thereof shall forfeit
and pay the value thereof, to be sued for and recovered in
the Inferiour Court of Common Pleas in the County where
the offence may be committed, by the Naval officer of the
Port or place from whence the vessel departed ; one third to
his own use and the other two thirds to the use of this State,
and in all trials in the maritime Court or Inferior Courts in
consequence of the resolution aforesaid any party aggrieved
may appeal to the Superior Court of Judicature in this State.
Resolved, That the Naval officer where there are any, and
where there are no Naval officer, the Comtee of Correspon-
dence, Inspection & Safety in the several maritime Towns in
this State be ordered and are hereby Impowered to see the
foregoing Resolutions be put into Execution. Sent up by Mr.
Smith.
[p. 18.] P. M.
Voted, That Alexander Scammell Esq1' be Colonel of the
third Continental Battalion to be raised in this State, during
the Warr, and that Major Andrew Colburn, be Lieut. Col0 and
Major John Hale, be Major of Said Battalion. Sent up by Mr.
Lovewell [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col. David Gilman be added to the Commit-
tee on Claims <fe muster-rolls during the present session of
this Assembly. Sent up by Mr. Barnett.
The House having heard the Evidences against Col0 Asa
Porter, and his objections to the jurisdiction (1) of this Court,
and after due consideration thereof,
Voted, That the said Asa Porter appears to be An enemy
to the Liberties of the United States of America, and that as
(1) See ante. pp. 32-4-331, 335. Ed.
414 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
such, lie ought to be confined — And that a Committee of this
House be chosen to consult with a Committee of the Honbl
Board & make report how & in what manner he shall be con-
lined, and that Mr. Gibson, Mr. Brainard, Mr. Patten, Mr.
Baker, Mr. Lovewell, Mr. Morse & Mr. Bell be the Comtee of
this house for that purpose. Sent up by Mr. Bell. [Con-
curred— Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Ashley and Mr Giles added.]
Wednesday, Decr 11th 1776.
Voted, That Samuel Brooks Junr lie appointed Quarter
master to Col0 David Gilman's Battalion of Militia now rais-
ing for reinforcing the Army at New York.
Voted, That Majr Benja Barker and Henry Prescutt Esq9
be added to the Committee of Claims & muster-rolls During
this Session. [Concurred.]
[p. 19.] Voted, That Doctr Moses Nichols of Amherst be
Colonel of the sixth Regiment of Militia in this State : — That
Capt. Noah Lovewell be Lieut. Colonel and Capt. Samuel
Chase be first Major and Capt. Abiel Abbot be second Major
of said Regiment. Sent up by Mr. Lovewell. [Concurred.]
P.M.
Voted To choose a Comtec of this House to join a Comtee
of the Honbl Board to consult together and report to this house
on the Expediency of sending an Independent Company to
consist of one hundred men, officers included, to reinforce the
army at New York, to be under the Command of such Gen1
officer as they shall be ordered to by this State, and to be
limited to such Duty as this State shall order ; and that Dr.
Dearborn, Majr Barker, Mr. Lovell, Mr. Betton <fc Mr. Grout,
be the Committee of this House for that purpose. Sent up
by Capt. Worthen. [Concurred — Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Ash-
ley and Mr. Giles added.]
[p. 20.] Voted, That Nath1 Folsom, Nicholas Gilman &
Joseph Gilman Esq1'8 the Comtee appointed to take care of the
Prisoners sent to this State from the State of New York,
examine the accts of Capt. Jonathan Robinson, Lieut. Dan1
Jewell, & Lieut. John Weeks for their charges of escorting
the said prisoners to the several Goals in this State, and
allow what they judge reasonable for their several accounts,
and that they pay them & charge the same to this State.
Sent up by Mr. Lovewell.
1776.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
41.
[From Records of Council, Decr 11th, 177C, p. 111.]
Orders drawn in pursuance of Votes of General Assembly in favour
of Muster-masters and pay-masters, to pay advance to the men raising
to recruit the army and advance to several officers going in said ser-
vice, viz.
NAMES OF MUSTER-MASTERS.
Money
advanced.
To whom orders were deliver'd.
Col0 Bagder
£130:0
Himself.
Col0 Stickney
188
Lt. Col0 Oerrish
Col" Evans
252 : 13
himself
Lt. Col0 John Wentworth
180)
Col" Moulton
145^
General Folsom.
Col" Nich8 Oilman
255)
Col0 Jos1' Bartlett
180
himself
Col0 Jn° Webster
87
Jona. Blanchard
Esq'
Majr Pinkerton
99
Ditto
Col0 Daniel Moore
193
Ditto
Col0 Nichols
229
Ditto
Col° Enoch Hale
160
Major Ellis
Lt. Col0 Hammond
141
Ditto
Col0 Bellows
107
Ditto
Col0 Chase
141:10
Ditto
Col0 Morey
154
Daniel Brainerd,
Esq'
Col° Davd Hobart
112
Ditto
Col0 David Oilman
17:10"|
Lt. Col" Th. Bartlett
Maj Peter Coffin
14:10 1
12:10 f
themselves
Q' Master Sam1 Brooks
8 J
Thursday Decern1 12th, 1776.
Voted, That Capt. Moses Leavitt and Lieutenant John Ha-
ven have leave to enlist a Company of Voluntiers to consist
of one hundred men, officers included, to join the Continental
Army at or near New York, and to remain there untill the
first day of March next, to be under the Command of such
Brigadier General as the Commander-in-chief shall direct,
and that they shall receive such pay & further encourage-
ment as any other Company in the regiment now raising in
this State for said service shall have, and that the said Leav-
itt & Haven shall have leave to Nominate their Subaltern of-
ficers for said Company to be commissioned accordingly by
the President, and that the President give order for their
first months advance wages & for their travel. Sent up by
Dr. Dearborn. [Concurred.]
416 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Voted, That Peter Mitchell have leave to travel an)r where
within twelve miles of the Town of Dover,
[p. 21.] The Report of the Commitee of both houses ap-
pointed to consider how <fc in what manner Col0 Asa Porter
shall be confined, being received and Considered.
Yoted, That the said Asa Porter be imediately taken into
custody & confined in the Goal in Exeter, with liberty of the
Yard of Said Goal, he giving bonds with two sufficient sure-
ties to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Sum
of five hundred pounds Lawful money for the use of this State,
That he abide & remain a true prisoner, within the limits of
Said yard untill further order of the Gen1 Court or Commit-
tee of Safety of this State. Sent up by Dr. Dearborn.
[Concurred.]
P.M.
[p. 22.] It apearing to the house necessary that an exact
knowledge of the State of the Militia in this State should be
had, and the Service done by each Regiment, in the present
Warr, exclusive of Alarms, therefore,
Voted That General Folsom be & hereby is directed to is-
sue his orders to the several Colonels of the Militia in this
State, requiring them as soon as may be to make return to
him of the Number of men in their respective Regiments
that arc subject by Law to bear arms, and the Number of
men that have done service in the present war & the length
of time they engaged for, exclusive of Alarms, and that the
several Colonels on receit of such orders, issue their orders
to each Captain in their respective Regiments to make re-
turn to their respective Colonels of the Number & Names of
such men as aforesaid in their respective companys under
oath to their faithfullness & Impartiality therein. Sent up
by Mr. Lovewell.
Voted, That the late Committee of Safety of this State
be & hereby are chosen & appointed a Committee of Safety
for this State in the recess of the General Assembly , and
untill a new Assembly takes place in this Stale, and that
they have & exercise all the powers & authorities that they
have heretofore had & exercised, within this State. Sent up
by Mr. Rollins. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Major George Gains, Quarter-master <fe Bar-
rack-master in the State render a just & compleat account of
all Stores and materials belonging to this State now in his
care and custody, & that he collect all such Stores and mate-
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 417
rials not now in his care, and render an account thereof to
the Gen1 Assembly or Committee of Safety as soon as may
be. Sent up by Capt. Earriman. [Concurred.]
Si'iii a messenger to Major Peter Coffin to come & declare
to the house whether he accepts his appointment as Major of
the Battalion of Militia now raising to reinforce our army
at New York or not. Who appeared & accepted.
[p. 23.] Friday, Dec1'. 13th, 1776.
Voted, That Capt. Josiah Moulton be muster-master of
Capt. Moses Leavitt's Company of Yoluntiers now to be
raised in this State to reinforce the Army at New York.
Sent up by Mr. Marden.
Letter from General Schuyler.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 167.]
Saratoga, December 3d, 1776.
Sir — The Term of Inlistment of the Troops that now Garrison Ty-
conderoga, Fort George &c. will expire on the last day of this month,
and I fear they cannot be prevailed upon to remain there after that ;
it is therefore of the utmost Importance that troops should be expedit-
ed into this Department, the soonest possible, and agreeable to the in-
closed Resolution of Congress. I do myself the honor to entreat you
to order such parts of each Regiment to be raised in your State for this
Department as can be got ready, to march, so as that they may arrive at
Tyconderoga by the latter end of this month.
As it is impossible to prevent the Enemy from gaining Intelligence
of what passes in this quarter, should the Troops now at Tyconderoga
leave it before others come up to relieve them, General Carlton will
doubtless take the advantage of it and possess himself of that impor-
tant post, and what the consequences would be are easily conceived; I
do not therefore doubt but that every exertion will be made by your
State to hasten on the Troops. I am, Sir, most respectfully,
Your obedient humble servant,
Ph: Schuyler.
Honbl President of the State
of New Hampshire.
[The aforesaid letter was referred to Mr. Rollins Majr Downing &
Mr. Knowles, to answer.]
Yotecl, That Mrs. Abigail Odlin, widow of the Revd Mr.
Woodbridge Odlin, Deceas'd have & receive out of the Treas-
ury for his attending & praying with the Gen1 Assembly,
part of the year past, the sum of thirty shillings, and that
the President give order of payment.
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418 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
[p. 24.] Voted That John Bellows Esqr have & receive out
of the Treasury Twelve pounds nine shillings in full for
eight Guns supply'd by the town of Walpole for Capt. John
Marcy's Company in Col0 Reed's regiment in June 1775 —
he to be accountable for the same to this State, or to produce
the said Marcy's rec1 for said Guns on account of this State,
& making the said Marcy accountable therefor, and that the
President give order accordingly. Sent up by Dr. Miller.
Votes, Petitions, Accts Bills &c. passed on in the house and concurred
by the Council, from Dec. 5 to Dec. 13, 1776. [See Council Records.]
James Betton, paid £20 for expenses of going to Gen. Washington
army, in New York.
Timothy Walker & John Gibson, alld £3: 6, for journey to Water-
town, Ms.
Petition of John Eaton for a review of his case before the Superiour
Court — granted.
Petition of Robert Archibald — committee to hear the case.
Allowed Thomas Clough £1: 10, for carrying orders to militia offi-
cers &
Capt. Ezekiel Worthen, paid £2 : 8: for going to Great Island to buy
lumber for a Bridge.
A committee to report how the Captors of the Ship Prince George
shall be paid their proportion.
Joseph Lamson, alio'1 l'ds for services as Constable.
Nathan Goss alld £2: 5: 6, for building a watch-house at Rye.
Treasurer directed to sell gun locks belonging to the State to Mr.
Archibald Robertson.
Benj. Giles, Esqr alld £12: 12: If for going to Ticonderoga, New
York. &c.
Col. David Gilman, alld balance of ace' £5: 6: 3, for going to Ticon-
deroga &c.
Jona Blanchard, Esqr alld balance of ace* £1S: 0: 6, for going to Ti-
conderoga, &c.
Gen. Eolsom, to receive £100, to buy cloathing for the army.
Do. to receive £500 to buy cloathing for the army.
Maj. George Gains, as Quarter-master, to receive £200 out of the
Treasury.
Meshech Weare Esq. alld 19s. 7d. for postage on public letters.
Iron chains, (295 lbs.,) used in fire-rafts, to be delivered to Ichabod
Rollins, Esq.
Pay-roll of Capt. Samuel Atkinson, alld £325: 14: 5.
Col. Jacob Bailey, alld £250 to pay soldiers at Cohos.
The witnesses in Col. Asa Porter's trial alld for time & travel from
Cohos to Exeter, £42: 18.
Muster-roll of Capt Thomas Simpson, alld & paid £199: 10.
Act to incorporate the town of Washington, formerly Camden.
Act to incorporate Marlborough, formerly New Marlborough.
Act to settle the dispute between Margaret Little & James Carnes,
of Bedford.
Act for regulating the choice of County Treasurers & Recorders of
Deeds.
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Rev. Isaac Mansfield, all'1 30s for services as chaplain in the Assembly.
Gen. Folsom authorized to buy 50 bushels of salt for the State.
Rev. Daniel Rogers, all11 60s for services as Chaplain in the Assembly.
Ace' of Simeon Ladd, pd. £4: 17: 7£
Act to prevent the spreading of Small Pox.
John Rice, all'1 £2: 13: G. for an anchor lost in the public service.
Dr. Jackson Hall alld £23: 3: 7* for medicines &c.
James Rundlet, door keeper, pd. £3: 0: 6.
Balance of Capt. Thomas Simpson's acct. pd. £6: 14: 0.
Voted, That this House (having finished the Business of
this Session) be and hereby is Dissolved.
God save the United States of America.
Day of Fasting and Prayer.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 185.]
In Congress, December 11, 1776.
Whereas, the Just War into which the United States of America have
been forced by Great Britain, is likely to be still continued by the same
violence and Injustice which have hitherto Animated the Enemies of
American Freedom: And, whereas it becomes all Public Bodies, as
well as private persons, to reverence the Providence of God, and look
up to Him as the Supreme Disposer of all events, and the Arbiter of
the Fate of Nations: Therefore the Congress hereby
Resolve, That it be recommended to all the States, as soon as possible
to appoint a Day of Solemn Fasting and Humiliation, to implore of
Almighty God Forgivness of the many sins prevailing among all Ranks,
and to beg the countenance and Assistance of his Providence in the
Prosecution of this just and Necessary War. The Congress do also in
the most earnest manner recommend to all the Members of the United
States, and particularly to the officers Civil and Military under them,
the Exercise of Repentance and Reformation; and further, do require
of the said officers of the Military Department, the Strict observation
of the Articles of War in general, and particularly that of said Articles
which forbids Profane Swearing and all other Immoralities; of which,
all such officers are desired to take notice. It is left to each State to
Issue out Proclamations fixing the Day, that appears most proper for
their several bounds.
Extract from the Minutes,
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
Letter from Jn° Man, a prisoner at Amherst.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 187.]
Amherst 11th Decr. 1776.
Good Sir —
Leaving Exeter sooner than I expected, I omitted calling on you to
know if a line to this Committee concerning the Limits of the Indul-
gence granted me, would be necessary. I am One of the Prisoners
limited to Six miles at Exeter, and on application, you Sir, in Conjunc-
tion with several others Gentu of the Comtee permitted me to be Station-
ed here with my Father, restricted the Same as tho' I had remained
420 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
at Exeter ; Since my arrival here, finding a few individuals dissatisfied
at the freedom I took of walking out, have by Mr. Barker's advice,
continued almost wholly within doors, not willing to give offence or
cause of unease to any one.
Please therefore, Sir, to certifie by a line to the Committee of this
place, or acquaint the Bearer Mr. Barker of the indulgence you were
pleased to grant me, and your favour will be duly acknowledged, by
Sir, your obedt Servt,
Jn° Man.
Coll. Wier, Chairman of the
HonWc Committee, Exeter.
Letter from Hon. Mesliech Weare to Neiv Hampshire delegates
in Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 195.]
Exeter, Decembr 16th, 1776.
Gentlemen —
By order of the General Assembly I transmit a resolve of theirs, in-
closed in the Letter to the Pres', and desire your attention in getting
the money forwarded as soon as possible, as our Treasury is nearly
empty. The plenty of paper money and the depreciation thereof has
such an effect, we are fearful of making more. Very considerable
Quantities of Shoes, Leather-Breeches, and some other articles can
be procured here, and if the Sum of money requested can be augment-
ed I think it may be laid out for cloathing here.
Great Sums has been advanced to the Militia Sent to Ticonderoga,
New York, &c. Six hundred are now raising to march in a few days
for New York, in consequence of a request of Gen1 Lee. Such has
been the hurry and amazing Difficulties we have had to wade thro'
(many of which you are well acquainted with) has hitherto hindered
Our Accts from being forwarded, but they are now considerable for-
ward. Some few outstanding Accts here only hindering ; and as upon
a hasty reflection upon the numbers we have raised, supplied &c. it
will appear that a very large Sum is due to us, if some can be trans-
mitted it would now put us in a situation of going forward in the Gen-
eral Defence much better than otherwise we can do.
No money can be procured here for the Continental Bank, or any
other under 6 per cent, and indeed I think no great Sum for that. Pri-
vateering, buying up prize Cargoes and monopolizing them at any
price seems to be the attention of the mercantile part who have the
money in their hands.
I enclose you an Address of Several Towns in the County of Graf-
ton to the people at large (fabricated I suppose at Dartmouth College)
and calculated to Stir up contention & animosities among us at this dif-
ficult time : Especially as our Government is only temporary & the
State of matters not allowing a Revisal. However this Pamphlet with
the assiduity of the College Gentlemen, has had such an effect that al-
most the whole County of Grafton, if not the whole, have refused to
send members to the new Assembly which is to meet next Wednesday.
(Copy) [In hand writing of Meshech Weare, Esq.]
Note. The editor has not been able to find the particular pamphlet above referred
to, hut its general import may be inferred from the proceedings of the several towns,
■which follow:
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State of New Hampshire.
The Government and People of said State to the Selectmen of Hanover,
in said State, greeting:
You are hereby required to notify the legal inhabitants paying taxes
in the towns of Hanover, Canaan, and Cardigan (giving them fifteen
days notice,) to meet at some convenient place in your town, to elect
one person, having a real estate of the value of two hundred pounds
lawful money in this State, to represent them in the Assembly, to be
held at Exeter, on the third Wednesday in December next, at three
o'clock in the afternoon, and to empower such Representative, for the
term of one year from their first meeting, to transact such business
and pursue such measures as they may judge necessary for the publick
good. And the person who shall be elected you are to notify that he
attend at time and place afore-mention'd.
And at said meeting each voter, as aforesaid, on one paper, is to
bring in votes for one person, being a reputable freeholder and inhab-
itant within your County, having a real estate of two hundred pounds
to serve as members of the Council for the year ensuing.
And the Clerk of your town is hereby directed to seal up all such
votes under cover, and send them to the house of Mr Green, in Went-
worth, in your County, by the second Wednesday in December next,
directed to Francis Worcester, Charles Johnson, and Abel Chandler, a
Committee appointed to receive them.
And it is Resolved, That no person be allowed a seat in Council :>
Assembly, who shall, by himself or any person for him, before said
choice, treat with liquor, &c, any elector, with an apparent view of
gaining their votes, or afterwards on that account.
And make return of this writ, with your doings thereon, into the
Secretary's Office at Exeter, by the third Wednesday in December next.
M. WEARE, President.
P. White, Speaker.
By order of the Council and Assembly:
E. Thompson, Secretary.
Exeter, September 30, 1776.
Hanover, November 27, 177G.
Pursuant to the within precept, we notified the inhabitants paying
taxes in the town of Hanover, Canaan, and Cardigan, to meet at the
Meeting-house in said Hanover this day, for the purposes within men-
tioned, who being met passed the following Votes, viz :
1st Voted unanimously, That the Address of the inhabitants of this
and other towns, to the people of the several towns through this Colo-
ny, published by their Committee in July last, is truly expressive of
our sentiments respecting representation, and the unconstitutional form-
ation and procedures of the present Assembly of this State.
2d. Voted unanimously, That we will not Choose a Representative, as
directed in the precept issued by the Assembly of this State, for the
o wing reasons, viz:
1. Because no plan of representation is as yet formed in this State
consistent with the liberties of a free people, in that the people have
not universally had a full representation in any Assembly since the
State was declared independent of the Crown of Great Britain, by which
declaration we conceive that the powers of Government reverted to the
422 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
people at large, and, of course, annihilated the political existence of the
Assembly which then was ; notwithstanding which they have since pre-
sumed to act in the name of the people, and in their precept undertake
to prescribe and limit the mode of proceedure in our choice of a Repre-
sentative, while it does not appear that they are to be chosen for the
purpose of recognizing the rights of the people and assuming such Gov-
ernment as shall be agreeable to them, though nothing of that nature
has at any time been done in this State, except a plan formed by the
Representatives of a part of this State, by which the whole rights of
the people are assumed by that House.
2. Because the precept, in consequence of which this meeting was
called, is inconsistent with the liberties of a free people, in that it directs
to have different corporate towns (who have a right to act by them-
selves in all cases) to unite for the purpose of Choosing a Representa-
tive and Counsellor.
3. Because it limits us in our choice to a person who has real estate
of two hundred pounds, lawful money; whereas we conceive that there
ought to be no pecuniary restriction, but that every elector is Capable
to be elected.
3d. Voted unanimously, That the Selectmen be directed to make re-
turn of the foregoing vote, with the reasons annexed, together with
the precept, to the Assembly proposed to be held at Exeter, on the
third Wednesday in December next.
4th. Voted unanimously, That we will not give in our votes for a
Counsellor as directed in the precept.
1. Because we can see no important end proposed by their creation,
unless to negative the proceedings of the House of Representatives,
which we humbly Conceive ought not to be done in a free State.
2. Because every elector ought to have a voice in the choice of each
Counsellor (in Cases where they are needful) and not be restricted in
his Choice to any particular limits within the State. For which reason
we protest against any Counsellor being chosen in this County as di-
rected in the precept.
5th Voted unanimously, That the Clerk be directed to make return
of the last Vote with the reasons annexed, and our Protest, as the pre-
cept directs, relative to vote for a Counsellor.
6th Voted, That this meeting be dissolved.
And it was accordingly dissolved.
Attest: Ichabod Fowler,
Thomas Durkee,
Selectmen of Hanover.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Lyme, legally warn-
ed, and convened at the house of Ebenezer Green Esq., on Monday the
25th of November, and Continued by adjournment to Monday, the 2d
of December inst:
1st Voted, that the pamphlet lately published by the Committee of
the towns of Lyme, Hanover, Lebanon, and Plainjield, is truly express-
ive of our sentiments on Representation, and the unconstitutional form-
ation and proceedings of the present Assembly.
2d. Voted, That we cannot comply with the precept issued to this
town, in Conjunction with five other towns, for choosing a Repre-
sentative, for the reasons following, viz: Because the present plan of
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 423
Representation is entirely inconsistent with a free State, where every
corporate town hath an undoubted right to act for themselves in choos-
ing a member of the Legislative body; because the elections are lim-
ited to persons of £200, lawful money real estate, for their choice,
whereas every elector in free States is capable of being elected.
3d. Voted, That the Clerk be directed to make return of our reasons
for our non-compliance, to the proposed Assembly that is to sit at
Exeter, on the third Wednesday of December next.
Voted, That we cannot comply with the direction to the choice of a
Counsellor in manner proposed in the precept, for the reasons follow-
ing: First, Because that in every free State the people have an un-
doubted right to their voice in the choice of the whole Council, either
by themselves or their Representatives; secondly, because we cannot
see any good proposed by confining the electors to certain limits within
the State for their choice.
3d. Voted, That the Clerk be directed to make return of our reasons
for non-compliance to the Committee appointed for the receiving of
the votes for a Counsellor, and also to enter a protest against the
choice.
Test: Jon a. Child, Town Clerk.
The reason why we do not join with the towns of Unity, Acivorth,
Lempster, Saville, Croydon, and Newport, as we did last year, in choos-
ing a Representative, is this, viz : Then we supposed they was to act
only upon the present exigencies of the Government; but now the case
is much altered. The honorable Continental Congress has declared
their independence of Great Britain; therefore we think that the pres-
ent Assembly has not taken right methods in issuing out their precepts
for the choice of Representatives and Counsellors for the year ensuing;
for, in the first place, they have, as to Representative in some incor-
porated towns, allowed two or three Representatives; to others they
have joined five or six towns together, whereas we think every incor-
porated town ought to be represented by themselves. Then, as to
Counsellors, in one County they have ordered five, in some two, and
in one County but one, which we look upon not according to liberty;
for as this State is but one body, we think they ought to be chose by
the people at large. And also they have ordered that neither of these
shall have a seat in the Assembly without they have real estate to the
value of two hundred pounds, lawful money; whereas we think every
lawful elector is a subject to be elected.
Voted, That the above reasons be sent to the Council and Assembly
of this State, which is to convene together at Exeter, the third Wednes-
day of this instant, and that the Town Clerk shall sign it in behalf
of the town.
This done at a legal town meeting, Acwortk, December 9th, 1776.
Thomas Putnam, Moderator.
A true copy, Attest: Sam'l Silsby, Town Cleric.
To the honourable Council and Assembly of the Colony of New Hamp-
shire to be convened and assembled at Exeter on the third Wednesday
of December instant.
The petition of the inhabitants of the towns of Marlow, Alstead, and
424 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Surry, humbly showeth; That whereas it is the advice and direction of
the Continental Congress relative to the assuming Civil Government
in this Colony, have advised and directed the Provincial Congress of
this Colony, previous to their assuming a form of Civil Government,
that they at their Convention do grant warrants for a full and free
election of Representatives in this Colony; and whereas various coup-
ling of various towns together in the western parts of Colony, and al-
lowing but one Representative to a coupling, and we being differently
treated from the major parts of this Colony, who are allowed a Repre-
sentative to each town; and whereas the towns of Marlow, Alstead and
Surry, are towns incorporated with all invariable privileges and immu-
nities that any other towns do or may enjoy in this Colony, and being
thus coupled together, as aforesaid, are abridged or curtailed of the
privilege of each individual town electing a Representative, which we
humbly conceive cannot be construed to be a full and free election or
representation of the said Colony, agreeable to the advice of the Conti-
nental Congress above recited; we, therefore, your humble petitioners,
would beseech the honourable Council and House of Representatives,
that previous to the further pursuing the plan of Civil Government,
that there may warrants be granted for a full and free election or rep-
resentation of each of the individual towns above-mentioned, pursuant
to the advice of the Continental Congress aforesaid; thus shall your
humble petitioners, as in duty bound, ever pray.
Sam1 Gustin, Woolston Brockway,
Absalom Kingsbury, Jonathan Smith,
Committee from Marlow, Alstead and Surry.
Dated Colony of New Hampshire, Marlow, December 11th, A. D. 1776.
To Mr. Michael Creasy, Representative for the Town of Ches-
terfield, in the State of 'New Hampshire:
Sir : Whereas it having pleased Almighty God to humble the people
of this land, by permitting the tyrant of Great Britain and his minions,
in the fulness of their rage, to prevail against them by subverting the civil
constitution of every Province in his late American dominions, affect-
ing thereby the activity of law and justice, and the introduction of
vice and profaneness, attended with clomestick confusion, and all the
calamities attendant on a dissolution of the power of Civil Govern-
ment, which, in this alarming progress, have made it absolutely neces-
sary for each State to separate itself from that land from whence their
forefathers were exiled by the cruel hand of tyranny, and to form for
itself, under the Ruler of all the earth, such plans of Civil Govern-
ment as the people thereof should think most conducive to their own
safety and advantage: Notwithstanding the importance of an equita-
ble system of Government, as it affects ourselves and our posterity, we
are brought to the disagreeable necessity of declaring, that it is our
candid opinion that the State of New Hampshire, instead of forming an
equitable plan of Government, conducing to the peace and safety of
the State, have been influenced by the iniquitous intrigues and secret
designations of persons unfriendly, to settle down upon the dregs of
Monarchical and Aristocratical tyranny, in imitation of their late
British oppressor. "We can by no means imagine ourselves so far lost
to a sense to the natural rights and immunities of ourselves and our
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 425
fellow men, as to imagine that the State can be either safe or happy
under a constitution formed without the knowledge or particular au-
thority of a great part of its inhabitants; a constitution which no man
knows the contents of, except that the whole Legislative power of the
Stair is to be entirely vested in the will and pleasure of a House of
Representatives, and that chosen according to the sovereign determi-
nation of their own will, by allowing to some towns sundry voices in
the said House, others but one, and others none; and in a Council of
twelve men, live of which are always to be residents of Rockingham
County, who by the assistance of two others of said Council, have the
power of a casting voice in all State affairs.
Thus we see the important affairs of the State liable to be converted
to the advantage of a small part of the State, and the emolument of
its offices, by reason of the other part of the State not having an equal
or equitable share in the Government to counterbalance the designs of
the other. You are therefore authorized and instructed to exert your-
self to the utmost to procure a redress of the afore-mentioned griev-
ances, and in case they will not comply, to return home for further
instructions.
Solomon Harvey, per order Com.
Chesterfield, December ye 12th, 1770.
The inhabitants of the Towns of Haverhill, Lyman, Bath, Gunthivait,
Landaff and JMorrislown.
At a meeting legally warned, in Consequence of a precept from the
Assembly at Exeter, for the purpose of Choosing a Representative, as
also to give in their votes for a Counsellor for the County of Grafton,
having refused a Compliance with said precept, have chosen us, the
subscribers, a Committee to return the precept, together with the rea-
sons of their non-compliance; which reasons are as follows, viz:
First. Because no plan of Representation has yet been found in this
State consistent with the liberties of a free people; and it is our
humble opinion, that when the Declaration of Independency took
place, the Colonies were absolutely in a state of nature, and the pow-
ers of Government reverted to the people at large, and of Consequence
annihilated the political existence of the Assembly which then was.
Secondly. Because the precept directs to have a number of different
towns (who have an undoubted right to act by themselves separately)
to unite for the purpose of Choosing a Representative and Counsellor.
Thirdly. Because we are limited in our Choice of a Representative
to a person who has a real estate of two hundred pounds, lawful mon-
ey ; whereas we Conceive that every elector is capable of being elected.
Fourthly. Because that no Bill of Rights has been drawn up, or
form of Government Come into, agreeable to the minds of the people
of this State, by any Assembly peculiarly chosen for that purpose,
since the Colonies were declared independent of the Crown of Great
Britain.
Fifthly. We refuse to give our votes for a Counsellor, because we
Conceive that in a free State there ought not to be a Council invested
with the power to negative the proceedings of the House of Represent-
atives.
Sixthly. Because if a Council is necessary, every elector ought to
426 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [177G.
have a voice in the Choice of each Counsellor, and not to be restricted
to any particular limits within this State.
For which reasons we protest against a Counsellor being Chosen in
this County, as directed in the precept.
Ephraim Wesson, Elisha Cleveland,
John Young, James Bailey,
Joiix Clark, Committee.
Haverhill, December loth, 1776.
Letter from Geo. Measam — Commissary of Cloathing.
(Extract) [State Pap. Vol. V. p. 199.]
Ticonderoga, December 15th, 1776.
Sir — " The Congress having done me the honor of appointing me
Commissary of Cloathing for the Northern Army, it is therefore my
duty to send for your Government a Return of Cloathing wanted for
the Troops in this Department. But as I have not the Detail of the
Troops each State will furnish for this Department in the Spring, I
cannot at present furnish you with a particular Return of cloathing
wanted from your State nor have I yet been able to complete the Reg-
ulation of this office, &c.
" I beg leave to transmit for your Government a Copy of the Re-
solve of Congress relative to the establishment of this office, and am
with all regard, Yours & the publick's most Obed1 Serv*
Geo. Measam."
To the Honw President of the
Assembly of New Hampshire.
Resolves of Congress.
Resolved, That a Commissary of Cloathing be appointed to each of
the Armies of the United States, whose duty shall be to make Constant
returns to the Assemblies or Conventions of the respective States, of
the Cloathing wanted for their Several Regiments, to receive and pay
for the same, to deliver it to the Paymasters of the respective Regi-
ments to be by them distributed to the non-commissioned Officers &
Soldiers and deducted from their wages respectively, unless allowed as
a bounty by order of Congress.
Resolved, That George Measam Esqr be Commissary of Cloathing
for the Northern Army.
Letter from Gen. Washington, relating to the exchange of pris-
oners of war.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 209.]
Camp above Trenton Falls
Decr 22d, 1776.
Gent" —
The accounts received from New York respecting the distresses of our
prisoners induce me to recommend to your Honbl body, that measures
should be taken to effect an Exchange as soon as possible & as far as
circumstances will admit of. Ever since the Cartel has been settled
177G.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 427
between Gen. Howe & myself, I have been endeavoring to accomplish it;
but my attempts have not been attended with but little success. For
the prisoners belonging to the British army and who have been sent
from Jersey, Pennsylvania & Maryland, Gen1 Howe or rather his Com-
missary has undertaken of his mere motion & contrary to my express
requisition, to return a number belonging to us, who were not called
for, and whose releasemenl should have been postponed till after that
of others — I have wrote to Gen1 Howe upon the subject, & presume in
further, that none will be sent out, but those who are named by me.
That this business may not remain an object of further delay, I would
advise, that all the prisoners in your State be immediately sent to the
commanding officer of the British Troops on the Island of Rhode island,
taking two exact Lists of the names, corps & Ranks of the officers, and
the number of privates, signed by the officer of the highest rank : One
to be sent with him accompanied by a line to Gen1 Howe, that the par-
ticular prisoners belonging to us & to be received in exchange, will be
required by me: to which end, I must request, that the other List be
immediately transmitted to me, that the requisition may be made.
I have the honor to be, with great respect,
Gent" your most obed' serv'
G:° Washington.
[Committee of New Hampshire]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
[p. 25.] State of New ) At a Convention of the members
Hampshire \ of the Honble House of Representa-
tives of the State of New Hamp-
shire, begun & held at Exeter on
Wednesday, the 18 Dec1' 1776 :
The members generally met & the President & Secretary
came into the House, and the President administered to the
returned members the Necessary Oath of Qualification and
then retired : Whereupon the House proceeded to Choose a
chairman, and Joseph Badger Esq1' was chosen. Then the
house proceeded to choose a Speaker, And the Ballots being
taken it appeared that John Langdon, Esqr was elected Speak-
er, who took the Chair accordingly.
Then adjourned to 9 o'clock to morrow morning.
State of New Hampshire.
A List of the Members returned to sit in the Hon11 House of
Representatives of the State of New Hampshire, at Exeter on
Wednesday the 38th day of December, A. D. 1776.
[Copied from MS. Vol. in Sec^8 office.]
Towns & Places. Names of Members.
Portsmouth Hon. John Langdon, Speaker.
" Geo: Gains, Esq1'
" John Pickering, Esq.
Exeter Sam1 Gilman, jun. Esqr
" Thos Odiorne
Londonderry Moses Barnett, Esqr
John Bell, Esqr
Chester John Webster, Esqr
" Rob4 Wilson, Esqr
Greenland Josha Hains,
Newington Richd Downing Esq1
New Cftstle
Rye Nathan Goss
1776.]
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429
Hampton
North Hampton
Hampton Falls & Seabrook
Southampton & Newton
Kensington
Strathain
Now .Market
Epping
Brintwood
Poplin & Raymond
Nottingham
Deerfield & Northwood,
Epsom, Chichester &c.
Pembroke
Concord
Canterbury & London,
Pelham
Salem
Plastow & Atkinson,
Kingston & E. Kingston,
Sandown & Hawke,
Hampstead
Candia,
Bow & Dumbarton,
Dover
Durham
Summersworth,
Rochester,
Barrington,
Madbury
Lee,
Gilmanton & Barnstead,
Sanbornton & Meredith,
Leavittston, Wakefield, &c.
Sandwich, Tamworth, &c.
New Durham, &c. &c
Amherst
Dunstable
Holies
Wcare
Hopkinton
Salisbury & Boscawen,
Mason & Raby
New Ipswich
Temple & Peterborough
Litchfield & Nottingham W.
Merrimac & Bedford
Derryfield & Goffstown,
Wilton, Lyndeborough, &c.
Josiah Moulton, Esqr
Dr. Levi I >earborn
Henry Robie
Stephen Bartlett,
Ebenezer Totter
IJenj" Barker
Sam1 Gilman
Josiah Norris
Sam1 Dudley
John Dudley, Esqr
Tho8 Bartlett.
Jere: Eastman
Jacob Emery
[Timothy Walker, jun. (1) ]
Thomas Clough
James Gibson
Jona Wheeler
Nat'1 Pea body
Sam1 Philbrick,
Jethro Sanborn
Samuel Little
Sam1 Moore
John Bryant
Stephen Evans Esqr
Jn° Wentworth, jun.
John Smith
Paul Wentworth
James Knowles
Joshua Fuss
John Demeritt, Esq1'
Joseph Sias, Esqr
Jos: Badger, Esqr
Ebenr Smith, Esqr
Simeon Dearborn
[Jona Moulton, (4th June)]
Moses Nichols
Peter Woodbury
Stephen Ames
Mattw Pettingale
Amos Dakin,
Frans Blood,
Asa Davis, Esqr
John Goffe, Esqr
Fran8 Epes
(1) Timothy Walker, jun., was chosen
pears in the list next March.— Ed.
represent Concord, but Gordon Hutchins ap-
430 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Hillsboro', Heneker, &c. Jos: Simonds
New Briton, Warner, &c. Francis Davis
Charleston [David Taylor, 12th Mar.]
Keen Timothy Ellis
Walpole Chrisr Webber
Westmoreland Ebenr Brittin
Richmond Oliver Capron
Winchester Reuben Alexander
Claremont Elihu Stevens
Hinsdale & Chesterfield Michael Cressey
Marlow, Surry &c. Obadiah Wilcocks
Svvanzey & F. William,
Dublin & Monadnock, No. 5, Jos: Greenwood
Stoddard, Packersfield &c, Jos: Rounceval
Rindge, Jaffrey &c.
Cornish, Plainfield, &c.
Unity, Acworth, &c. &c. Benja Giles, Esqr
Plimouth, Alexandria, &c.
Rumney, Holderness &c. Daniel Brainard Esqr
Lancaster, Northumberland, &c. Jos: Whipple.
Note. No other Towns were represented.— Ed.
[Present at the first Session of the Council, March 18, 1776.
The Honbl Meshech Weare, Esqr "]
Josiah Bartlett, Esqr I ,-, -onnir'„\.om
■xr. , , ,-,., ' p1 _ > lor Kockmgliam.
Nicholas Gilman, Esqr j
George King, Esqr J
John Wentworth, Esqr 7 For
Ebenezer Thompson, Esqr ^ Strafford.
Jona Blanchard, Esqr > For
Matthew Patten, Esqr } Hillsboro'
The Honble Timothy Walker, Esq one of the members for Rockingham,
not come in.]
Thursday, December 19th 1776.
Voted, That Noah Emery Esq1" be and hereby is elected
Clerk of this house, who was sworn in the house by the Pres-
ident of the Council accordingly.
Voted to choose a Comtee of this House to join a Comtee of the
Board to Examine into the State of the Treasury & report
thereon as soon as may be And that Mr. Whipple, Mr. Wil-
son & Capt. Blood be the Comtee of this house for that pur-
pose. Sent up by Mr. Whipple. [Concurred. Messrs. King,
Wentworth, Blanchard & Thompson added.]
Voted, That Mr. John Smith be the Assistant Clerk of the
House.
Voted, To choose a Comtee of three Persons of this State
to repair to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, with
177G.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 431
full power in conjunction with the other New England States
to lay a Plan for settling an Army of sufficient force there,
and that Gen1 Nath1 Folsom, Philips "White Esq1 and Col0
Supply Clapp be the Committee of this State for that pur-
pose. Sent up by Maj. Gains. [Concurred. J (See preced-
ing letters.)
[Correspondence relating to affairs in Rhode Island.
Letter from Gov. Cooke of Rhode Island to the General As-
sembly, New Hampshire.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 191.]
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.
In General Assembly, Providence, Decembr 13, 1776.
Honorable Gentlemen —
We have not as yet perfect Intelligence of the force of the Enemy
upon Rhode Island, but by the best accounts we have been able to col-
lect, their number does not exceed eight nor fall short of Pive thousand
men.
The militia of the Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut with a Spirit
and an ardor that does them Honor, have march'd to our Assistance;
and with the militia of this State Amount to between Six and seven
Thousand, who are at present posted in many different places round
the Bay, but without Form, not having a leader, nor any general plan
of offence or defence.
In this Situation of affairs, being sensible that although the Blow
hath first fallen upon us, the Safety of New England, and perhaps the
Fate of America depends upon establishing an army with the ut-
most expedition, Capable of opposing that Body of the Enemy
which hath taken possession of Rhode Island and fully convinced
that the authority of this State will prove inadequate to the giving
Form to and regulating an Army collected from the different States,
and to the directing of their operations, we have appointed a Coun-
cil of War, with full power to exert the force of this State in con-
currence with Committees that may be appointed from the other New
England States, on the necessary measures for the common Defence &c.
We transmit you by Express a Copy of the vote not doubting your
immediate Attention to this most important object, and the most vig-
orous exertions of the powers of your State for the publick Safety.
We are, Honorable Gentlemen, your most
Obed1 hum1'1 Serv{,
RiCHd Cooke.
Signed at the request and in behalf of
the General Assembly.
P. S. The Legislature of this State have appointed a Committee to
draft a Bill for fixing the price of necessaries for the army and the in-
habitants, as we have intelligence the State of Connecticut have done,
and we hope your State will enter into a like measure.
Honble General Assembly of
the State of New Hampshire.
432 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Resolution of Rhode Island relating to a Council of War.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 195.]
December 13th, 1770.
To the House of Magistrates:
Gent.
Whereas a large Body of the Enemy have taken possession of
the Island of Rhode Island and are endeavoring to penetrate the
Country, so that it is become necessary for the Public utility of this
State that a Council of War be immediately appointed: Therefore,
Voted and Resolved — That his Honor the Governor his Honor the
Deputy Governor, the Honble Stephen Hopkins Esquire, Ambrose
Page, Esquire, Mr. John Tanner, John Dexter, Esquire, the Honble
Joshua Babcock Esquire, Mr. Cromel Child, the Honbl William Greene,
Esquire, and Henry Ward Esquire, be and they are hereby appointed
a Council of War; that they or the major part of them be fully em-
powered to do, act, and transact, all and every thing and matter for
the well being and security of this State and the United States in
general: That they make and ordain all such Rules, Orders, and Regu-
lations, for the well governing, Ordering, Disciplining, Cloathing and
Supplying the army now raised or to be raised by this State, and the
other Neighboring States in conjunction (if such an army should be
raised) as to them shall seem Right and Just.
And that all such Rules, Orders & Regulations by them made in the
recess of the General Assembly shall be of as full force and authority
to all intents and purposes as though made and passed by this Gen-
eral Assembly.
Voted & passed.
Pr. Order, J. Lyndon, Cler.
In the Upper House, Read
the same day & concurred.
Pr. order. R. J. Helme, Secy, pro Temp.
(A true Copy.)
[Agreeably to the foregoing, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New
Hampshire, were invited to appoint Committees to meet at Providence,
23d December, 1776, to confer on the matters proposed. See State
Pap. Vol. V. p. 197.— Ed.]
Hon. Meshech Weave, in Answer to Gov. Cooke of R. I.
[State Pap. Vol. V p. 207.]
State of New Hampshire, Exeter, Decembr 19th, 1776.
Sir—
I received yours of the 13th Inst. And laid the Same before our Gen-
eral Assembly (at their first meeting), this day. In consequence of
which a Committee is appointed to repair immediately to Providence,
and there to Act in conjunction with the Committees from the other
N. E. States on such matters as may be by them tho't necessary for
the defence of your State.
I am, Sir, with all resp1 yr h. Serv',
(Copy) M. W. Pres*.
Gov. Cooke.
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 433
[p. 26.] Voted and Resolved, That any vessel or vessels be
permitted to go Coastwise from the Port of iPiscataqua to
any port or ports in the State of the Massachusetts Bay,
under the usual Legal restrictions, provided they carry no
Provisions or Warlike stores. Sent up by Maj. Gains.
[Concurred.]
Voted to choose a Com'tec of this house to join a Comtee
of the Honble Board to consider of and make report upon
sundry complaints <fe Petitions exhibited to this house by
sundry Persons sent prisoners to this State from the State of
New York, and that John Dudley Esq1" Rob* Wilson, Esqr
John Bell, Esq1' John Wentworth, Esq1' & Mr. Knowles be
the Comtee of this house for that purpose. Sent up by Mr.
Dudley. [Concurred — Messrs. King, Wentworth & Blan-
chard added.]
Friday, Decr 20th, 1776.
Voted To choose a Committee of this house to join a
Comtee of the Honble Board to draw up Instructions for the
Com**56 chosen yesterday to repair to Providence, and that
John Dudley Esq1' Mr. Wentworth & Mr. Whipple be the
Comtee of this house for that purpose. Sent up by Mr. Sam1
Gilman. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett, Mr. King & Mr. Blan-
chard added.]
[p. 27.] Voted, To choose a Committee of Nine of this
house to join a Comtee of the Honble Board to consider of &
make report upon the matters of the Petition of a Number
of Committees of sundry towns in the Massachusetts State
and in this State concerning the regulation of Trade &c.
And that Mr. Gibson, Col0 Badger, Capt. Moulton, Col0 Pea-
body, Capt. Alexander, Capt. Symonds, Mr. Bell, Maj1' Gains,
Mr. Knowles, be the Comtee of this house for that purpose.
Sent up by Mr. Knowles. [Concurred — Mr. King, Mr. Gil-
man, Mr. Wentworth, & Mr. Patten added.]
Voted, That a Precept issue from this house (to be sign'd
by the Speaker,) to each of the Several towns & Districts
in this State, where they have chosen representatives, who
decline the Service, or whose representatives, have been ad-
vanced to the Council to send a Representative to this As-
sembly, in the room & stead of Such who so decline or are
so advanced.
Voted, That Mr. Joseph Gilman, Capt. Josiah Gilman
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434 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
and Mr. John Taylor Gilman be and hereby are appointed a
Committee of Claims to receive and Examine all claims
against this State and report thereon to this house, and that
they meet on every Wednesday & Thursday after this week,
during the sitting of this Court, and during the sitting of
the Committee of Safety, on every Wednesday in the recess
of the Court, and that they cause the days of their meeting
to be published in the Exeter Chronicle, and that they attend
that service this day & tomorrow, and that they be under
oath to the faithful discharge of that trust. [Concurred
Dec. 25lh.]
Voted, That the Honble Josiah Bartlett, Esq. be appointed
one of the Committee of this State to repair to Providence in
the room & Stead of Phillips White Esqr. who was appointed
yesterday but declines the service.
Voted, That Gen1 Folsom, Col0 Bartlett & Col0 Clapp have
& receive out of the Treasury One hundred Dollars, to be by
them Accounted for, and the President give Order according-
ly. [Concurred.]
[p. 28.] Saturday, Decern1' 21st, 1776.
The Committee of both Houses on the petitions of the
Prisoners from New York made report as on file, which was
read & accepted — and thereupon,
Voted, That Joseph Gage, Elias Doty & Timothy Closson,
three of the said Prisoners, have leave to Depart this State
to proceed to the State of New York on Muiulay, 30th day of
Dec1' Curr*. & be permitted to be absent six weeks & no
longer, they giving security for their return to this State at
the expiration of that time ; That they in the mean time Live
notice to the other Prisoners, of the day of their departure,
in order that they may send by them for any Supplies, and
that the said Gage, Doty and Closson do absolutely & Bona
fide depart on said day and take from the Council, Assembly
or Committee of Safety, a Pass to carry them to the State
of New York. Sent up by Mr. Betton. [Concurred.]
Copy of a Letter to William Duer, Esq. Chairman of Com-
mittee in Neiu York, — relating to prisoners, Sent to this
State.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 237.]
Exeter, December 27th, 1776.
Sm — The prisoners sent from your State have been received here &
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 435
disposed of agreeable to the Resolutions of your Committee & the ad-
vice of Mr. Benson sent from you. Great uneasiness prevails among
them & their clamours of being sent here without an examination at
home, and consciousness of their innocence which they assert, has had
considerable influence among the People in these parts in their behalf.
Three of the Prisoners of the number of those not directed to be con-
fined in Goal have liberty to return to New York: viz. Timothy Clos-
son, Joseph Gage and Elias Doty, to provide necessaries for themselves
& other prisoners here, & to return in 6 weeks unless they have license
from the Convention of New York or your Committee to remain at
home. And as a great number of them make such protestations of
their not being Sensible of their having ever given any Occasion for
any person to Suppose them unfriendly to the American cause, we
wish an Impartial Enquiry might be made into their characters, and if
any appear innocent who was taken up and sent from their homes in
the Confusion and unavoidable hurry that you was involved in at that
time, that an order may be sent for their discharge. Some of the per-
sons who had the liberty of providing their own lodgings have eloped ;
the number & names we cannot transmit, as this letter is wrote to be
forwarded by a person ordered to Philadelphia on urgent business, &
cannot be detained. However, one John Vandeburgh Esq1", is among
the number — many more we expect will follow their example. The
five hundred dollars Sent by your State is expended and a considerable
sum advanced to Support the prisoners in Goal, which amount to near
Seventy, and necessaries for some others who appear poor and naked,
tho' not in prison. As our Treasury is empty & cant be soon supplied
within ourselves, it would very much Assist us at this time to have
such a sum transmitted from you as you think adequate to support the
Prisoners while they may tarry here, or at least for some time. I am,
&c. [Probably Mr. Weare]
William Duer, Esq. Chairman of
Committee &c.
[p. 29.] The remonstrance of the Town of Sandwich against
the Election of Jonathan Moulton, Esq. as a representative
for the Towns of Sandwich, Moultonborough & Tamworth,
being read & considered, Voted, That a new Precept be sent
to the Selectmen of Sandwich to cause a Representative to
be elected to represent the said several Towns in the General
Assembly now Setting in Exeter.
Voted, That Dr. Peter Green of Concord be Surgeon to.
the Regiment under the command of Col0 David Gilman.
[Concurred.]
Letter from Dr. Peter Green.
Concord, 22d Dec. 1776.
Sr— I this day received your Epistle, am oblig'd to you for the good
opinion you have been pleased to entertain of me in desiring my com-
pany in the present Campaign : but must return for answer, that my
Domestic Affairs (whatever my inclination might be) would be a suf-
ficient Bar to my acceptance, from your Humb1 Serv1,
Peter Green*.
436 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
Munday, Dec. 23d, 1776.
[p. 30.] Voted Col0 Asa Porter be advertised, and that a
Comtee be chosen to join a Committee of the HonWe Board to
report a proper Draught of the advertisement, and also what
reward shall be given him or them that shall apprehend said
Porter & bring him before this House, and that Mr. Gib-
son, Mr. Ellis, Doctr Dearborn be the Committee of this
house for that purpose. Sent up by Mr. Clough. [Con-
curred— Messrs. Wentworth & Blanchard joined.]
Voted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Comtee
of the Honbl Board to consider of the expediency of Dis-
tributing the State's Powder amongst the several Towns in
this State, and how & in what manner the same shall be
done, and to report thereon as soon as may be, and that Majr
Gains, Mr. Knowles, Mr. Potter, Sam1 Gilman Esq1' Mr.
Peabody, Capt. Alexander, Capt. Barnett, Mr. Wilson, Col.
Goffe, Capt. Pettingale, Mr. Dearborn, Mr. Dakin, Mr.
Greenwood, Capt, Webber, Mr. Whipple, Mr. Stephens,
& Mr. Brainard be the Comtee of this House for that purpose.
Sent up by Mr. Peabody. [Concurred — Mr. Gilman and Mr.
Patten, added.]
[p. 31.] Voted, That Col. Israel Morey, and Col0 Timothy
Bedel be sent for to attend the General Assembly on the 2d
Wednesday of the next session of this Assembly to account
for the monies by them severally received out of the Treas-
ury. [Concurred.]
Voted, That all persons who have received the Publick
monies out of the Treasury of this State be called upon to
lay their accounts of Expenditures of the same before the
Committee on Claims at Exeter as soon as may be, and that
the Secretary cause this vote to be advertised in the several
Publick Newspapers in this State as soon as may be, that all
such Persons may be without excuse. [Concurred.]
Voted, to choose a Committee of this house to join a
Comtee of the Honbl Board to nominate six persons to this
house, out of whom to choose two delegates to represent this
State in the Honbl Continental Congress for one year next
ensuing, and that Mr. John Wentworth jun. Col. Badger,
John Dudley Esq. Col0 Goffe, & Mr. Speaker be the Comtee
of this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. King &
Wentworth added.]
Voted to choose a Committee of five from this House to
join a Comtee of the Honbl Board to take under consideration
1776.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 437
all Petitions & remonstrances from any of the Prisoners in
this State from the State of New York and any other Peti-
tions of the like nature, and report thereon, and that John
Dudley Esqr Samuel Gilman Esq* Col0 Peabody, Mr. Odiornc
& Maf Philbrick be the Comtee of this House for that pur-
pose. [Concurred.]
[p. 82.] On report of the Comtee to nominate Delegates to
the Continental Congress :
Voted That Col° William Whipple & Col0 Josiah Bartlett
& Col0 Matthew Thornton, be and hereby are Elected & ap-
pointed Delegates to represent the State of New Hampshire
in the Continental Congress at Philadelphia for the term of
one year from the 23d day of January next, and that any one
of them in the absence of the others have full power to rep-
resent this State, and that no more than two of them attend
at one time. [Concurred.]
Voted to choose a Committee of this House, to join a Comtee
of the Honbl Board to prepare and bring in a Bill against
Treason & misprision of treason & for regulating Trials in
such cases, and for Directing the mode of Executing Judg-
ments against persons attainted of Felony, — and that Wm.
Parker Esq1' John Pickering Esq1' & John Wentworth, jun.
Esq1' be the Committee of this house for that purpose. [Con-
curred.]
Wednesday, Decr 25th 1776.
Voted, That John Moor jun. of Pembroke be appointed
first Lieutenant of Capt. Eben1' Freye's Company in Col0
Stark's regiment in the Continental Service : That Asa Sen-
ter of Londonderry be second Lieutenant & Joshua Thompson
of Concord (1) be Ensign, of said Company. [Concurred.]
[p. 33.] P. M.
Voted, That the Rolls of the several Captains in Col0
Long's Regiment of Continental Troops be made up & paid
to the month of December Instant, <fe also a Staff Roll of the
said Regiment to the same time, and also that they receive
further one month's pay up to the seventh day of January
next ; That a paymaster of said Regiment be appointed to
pay such of said Regiment as Col0 Long shall return a Roll
(1) After the Revolution, Lieut. Joshua Thompson resided in Concord, on the east side
of the river, in a gambrel roof house still standing, nearly opposite the Union School
House. He died April C, 1831, aged 81.— Ed.
438 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
of to this house as ready to march & do the Duty of said
Regiment ; That such as are fit for Duty shall be paid each
one penny per mile Travel to Charlestown ; That some per-
son be appointed to provide Provisions there for them to last
them to Ticonderoga ; That Carriages be provided to trans-
port the Baggage of Said Regiment ; That the several Cap-
tains of said regim* be called upon to account for the money
they received to pay advance wages ; That the several Cap-
tains be directed when they begin their march, if any of the
soldiers should be so base as to Desert from the service, to
give notice of the names & places of abode of such Persons
to the General Court or Committee of Safety, that they may
be taken up & Imprisoned untill an escort can be provided to
carry them after the regiment : That Noah Emery, Junr of
Exeter be Paymaster to the said Regiment : That Col0 Sam-
uel Hunt of Charleston be appointed to provide Provisions
for their marching from Charleston to Ticonderoga : That a
waggon be provided for each Company consisting of Sixty five
men and a waggon for the Field & Staff officers ; That Mr.
Joseph Ayers of Portsmouth be and hereby is appointed Wag-
gon master for said Regiment, & in case of his refusal that
the said Col0 Long be impower'd to appoint one or more for
the said service. [Concurred.]
Letter from Capt. JzMjjhalet Daniels.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 223.]
Portsmouth, l)ecemr 25th, 1776.
Mesiiech Weare, President }
of the State of New Hampshire j"
Sk. The time is now most expired of the last enlistment: should be
glad, if I am continued, to have orders to Enlist a nother company,
that when the time is out that the Fort may not be left destitute as was
the case last winter, before I had orders. I beg leave of chusing my
subalterns; as to Lt. Marshall, his conduct since he was Restored, does
not suit me, and has been absent many times without my knowledge.
I recommend Mr. Mendum Javerin to be my First Lt. & Seth Walker
to be my Second Lt. which has been my Orderly sargeant. I beg that
you would stipulate the wages that'T may engage the men.
1 remain, your most ob4 humbl serv1.
Elipiialett Daxiell.
Thursday, Decr 26th 1776.
Voted, That Col0 Evens be called before this house to be
examined, Why the Company draughted out of his regiment
have not marchd to their head quarters.
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 439
[p. 36.] Resolved, That the Treasurer & Receiver General
of this State be and hereby is inipowercd to Borrow a sum
not exceeding Twenty thousand pounds on the credit of this
State for the term of one year, at the rate of six per cent
Interest; and that he Issue Notes in the following form, viz:
The State of New Hampshire acknowledge the receit of
Pounds from A. B. which they promise to pay to the said A. B.
on the day of with Interest at six
per Cent, agreeable to a Resolve passed the day of
1776.
Witness my hand,
Sec-^.
Treasurer & Receiver, Gen1 (1)
Resolved, That James Betton Esqr be & hereby is ap-
pointed to repair (without Loss of time) to Philadelphia
and request of the Honble Congress the Twenty Thousand
Dollars that this State have resolved to apply for to purchase
cloathing. Likewise to obtain a sufficient sum to pay the
Bouiitys of the three Continental Battalions to be raised in
this State ; and inasmuch as this State is largely in advance
for the Continent and judge it inexpedient at present to
emitt any more money, That the said James Betton Esq1' be
impowered to apply to the Honbl Congress for payment of
part of the said money advanced, not exceeding seventy
thousand Dollars. Sent up by Mr. Dearborn. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Treasurer & receiver Gen1 be & hereby is
Directed, not to Emitt any of the Notes this day resolved to
be issued by him, for any sum less than fifteen pounds.
[Concurred.]
Letter to Hon. John Hancock.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 235.]
Exeter, December 27th, 1776.
Sir — This State very desirous of exerting with full vigour all the
strength of this Small Republic in the common cause, find" themselves
much obstructed in pursuing their Resolutions for want of money, and
the Depreciation of the present currency is such that discourages them
from emitting any more: Have therefore sent James Betton Esqr Ex-
press, to request of the Honble Congress 20,01)0 Dollars, to purchase
shoes, stockings and other cloathing, agreeable to the desire of Con-
gress, a considerable quantity of which we can soon procure & forward
to the Army: Also that money may be transmitted to Col0 John
Stark, Col0 Enoch Poor & Col0 Alexander Scammell — persons appoint-
ed to command the three Battalions directed to be raised in this State
(1) Col. Nicholas Gilman was Treasurer and Receiver General.— Ed.
440 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIBE. [1776.
to serve during the war, to enable thein to pay the Bounty offered to
soldiers by Congress, — which money they could not obtain of the pay-
masters in the northern or Eastern Department; they having none in
stock: Also a sum in part of what this State hath advanced for the
Contenent, the accounts of which advance will soon be forwarded.
Hon. John Hancock, Esq.
Letter to our Delegates in Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 243.]
Exeter, December 27th, 1776.
Gentlemen — Enclosed I send you the Copy of a vote appointing
you with Col° Bartlett Delegates to represent this State in Congress
one year from the first of Jan^ next. Mr. Betton who brings you this
is sent by the General Court to solicit money for this State for several
purposes as he will show you in his Instructions. The great need we
have of a supply for our Treasury must excuse my very earnest desire
of all your aid in procuring the same. Great sums we must advance
in addition to the Continental Establishment or no men can be enlisted
here. Every thing is so amazing dear that the soldiers say their wages
will not half suppoi't them. We expect soon to be under the necessity
of raising a Body of men to releive the Massa and Connecticut Militia
at Rhode Island. One thousand of our militia are just come home
from New York, & five hundred newly raised are now on their march
for that place. All the intelligence you are permitted to disclose from
Congress, be kind enough to send us. especially good news, which we
are almost strangers to at present, and therefore shall receive it as a
rarity.
P. S. The names of the persons for Field officers in the Continental
Battalion raised here have been sent forward some time for approba-
tion as the Regiment is now ordered to Ticonda by Gen. Ward, we
desire you to forward the appoint,nts
Honw Matthew Thornton &
William Whipple.
[p. 35.] Friday, Dec1' 27th, 1776.
Voted, That Theophilus Dame Esq1' furnish & supply the
Prisoners under his care from the State of New York, with
what is necessary & Reasonably sufficient for their support
unt ill further order of this Court, and render his account
thereof for allowance. [Concurred. <£30 from the Treas-
ury appropriated for that purpose.]
Voted, That Capt. Eliphalct Daniel have order to Enlist
Sixty seven men, officers included, and that Capt. Titus
Salter have order to enlist Ninety men, officers included, to
be stationed in the forts for the Defence of Piscataqua har-
bour for the term of one year from the first day of January
1776.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 441
next, if not sooner discharged ; & that the officers have the
same pay &' allowance as for their past services, and that the
non-commissioned officers & soldiers have two dollars as
Blanket money & the same wages as they had the last year.
[Concurred.]
[p. 36.] The Committee of both Houses for regulating trade
&c. made report : which was accepted :
Whereupon Voted, That a Committee be chosen and ap-
pointed forthwith to repair to the Massachusetts State, and
there consult with the Committee there appointed to bring
in a Bill for the purpose of regulating Trade, &c. and that
they make it their business so to conduct matters that a Gen-
eral regulation may take place which may be suitable to the
circumstances of the four New England States ; also that
they lie Impowercd to bring in a Bill as soon as may lie, and
that the Honbl Phillips White, Esqr & Col. John Hale be
the Committee for that purpose. [Concurred.]
[Upon report of a Committee to name a Surgeon for Col0
David Gilman's reg* :]
Voted, That Doct1' Joseph Barnes of Litchfield be appoint-
ed Surgeon to Col0 David Gilman's regiment destined for
New York, and that in case of his Neglect or refusal of that
trust, the field officers of Said Regiment appoint another in
his Stead. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col0 David Gilman's adjutant & Surgeon re-
ceive out of the Treasury one month's advance pay, viz. to
the Surgeon seven pounds, ten shillings & to the adjutant
Five pounds ten shillings, & for travel 2d per mile each for
300 miles to be Deld to Mr. Stephen Bartlett pursuant to the
request of said Col° Gilman, and that the President give or-
der Accordingly. [Concurred.]
[p. 37.] Voted, That the Non Commissioned Officers & Sol-
diers of Col° Long's regiment be paid One months advance
wages more than already Voted, to be paid them ; viz : from
the 7th of January to the 7th day of February next, to enable
them to perform their march to Ticonderoga, and that the
President give order Accordingly. [Concurred.]
Saturday, Decr 28th 1776.
[p. 38.] The Report of the Comtee on the New York prison-
ers being read was received :
Voted, That John Man have leave to Depart this State
442
STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
| L776.
A repair to the City of Albany A to Stillwater in the State
of New Fork, for the term of Eorty days from the firsl day
of Jan3 nexl he giving Bond with surety (<» the Speaker of
lliis house for the sum of one thonsand pounds lawful money
thai he shall, on the third day of JanJ next, proceed directlj
on his said Journey, and return to the place of his present
confinemenl within forty days from the time of his departure,
A in the mean time keep the pence of the United States and
be of the good behaviour towards all the subjects thereof an* I
thai the Prosidenl give him a Pass accordingly.
Voted, That the Honble George Frost, Esq1' of Durham be
added to tho Committee to repair to the Mass" State to con-
sult with their Comt0<1 concerning the regulation el' trade &c.
and thai the lien1'1' Phillips While, Ms.,. Col0 John Mule A
the said George Frost, Esq1' or anj two of them have lull
power te execute the said ( 'em mission. [Concurred.]
Monday, Dec1 80th L776.
Voted, To choose :i Com1'" of this house to join a Com*"
of the lion1'1" Board to take under consideration the difficul-
ties A Grievances Subsisting A complain'd of by sundry
Towns A People in the County of Grafton & any other
Towns, respecting the presenl Form of Government, and
also concerning ascertaining the Election of Councillor Eor
| p, :;'.». | said County of Grafton, ami to reporl thereon, ami
thai Sam1 Oilman ]un. Esq1 Mr. Whipple, Mr. Giles, Maj1
(Jams, Maj1' Ellis, Mr. ihaincrd A Mr. John Went worth JlUlr,
Capt. Webber A Mr. Odiorne bo the Comtee of this home Eor
thai purpose. [Concurred — Messrs. Kim1;, Blanchard &
Thompson added.]
Tuesday, l>oC 31»1 L776.
Voted, That John Dudley Esq1 Col0 Goffe, Capt. Moulton,
Mr. Dell, Capt. Webber, Mr. Knowles, Mr. Gains, be a Com*"
of this House to join a Comt6a of the Hon1'1' Hoard to cousid-
er o{ ami make report what wages a pay tin' Bonu members
of the Council ami House o{ Representatives shall have Eor
their servioes '(ov the current year.
Voted, Thai a Committee be chosen to join a Committee
i))i the lion1'1 Hoard, to consider o{ and reporl upon the expe-
diency of plaoing out the officers ;md men belonging to the
1778.] JOl BNAL OF THE HOUSE. I \->
Schooner George lately Bro'1 into Piscataqua harbour as a
J'ri/.c, aild where lliev : li:i 1 1 lie Btatioiied, ;i"Tec:il»|e in i 1 1< ■ re
solves of ( 'ongrcss, and that .Mr. Speaker, Mr. Whipple & .in"
Dudley Esq1' bo tho Com180 of Hii;'. liouso for that purpose.
[Concurred.]
VoteR, petitions, Acou. &o. pai ised on by tlie House and Concurred
by the Council from Decr. 18, to Dec. 31*, 1776: | Bee Recof Council.]
Gen1 Fol om, Col0 Bartlett & Col0 Clapp, all" LOO dollars Pot ex-
pence i" I.'. I land.
Cnpt. Titus Salter's mui ter roll, paid, £190:8: 10.
I.t. Samuel Fowler's Ace.1, alld & paid,
Ace1 of Maj' Philbriok for going express to Boston, all*5 £1 : II.
Maj. Peter Coffin, alld £5:8:6. for going to Boston on public busl
in
All1' Andrew Coburn £80 in full for service as Brigade Adj*.
('om1" lo consider the expediency of chartering two vessels in Ports-
mouth barbor.
Col. Badger s muster roll i ettled.
Capt. -I-- i. ili Russel to receive £10, to be accounted for.
A Committee appointed to Con ider the expediency of ending a new
Precept to Cornish, Plainfteld, Protectworfch & Grantham, to chuse a
Representative.
Instructions given to James Betton, sent to Philadelphia, not found.
Samuel Cutl alld '' !00 for supplying troops near Ports nth.
Commil appointed to examine an article in the Exeter Gazette,
which reflected on the town of New Market.
Joseph Stacey, prisoner keeper at Exeter, all" £50, toward upporl
i dc New V'nk prii oner >,
Mose i Kelley, i heriff of Elillsboro' Co. alld £20, for supporting pris-
onei .
Elii ha Thomas, all" £10, on account of a wen.,. I recd in the Service.
John Rober on, all" 80* for Coat & blanket due him as a soldier.
Ace1 of -John Bryant, alld £8: L2, for taking up a deserter.
Letter from Col. Pierse Lonff, relating to the Schooner George.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 280.]
Portsm0, Dec' 27th, 1770.
Gbn' This morning I Received advice of one of the Enemii i Ten-
dei being drove into our Harbour. I thought it. my duty to secure
her; being apprehensive that the prisoners might attempt an i cape
with the prize, I immediately ordered a number of soldiers to embark
on board boal i to take pos e lion of her, and in the interim prepared
others to follow: In one of which I went myself; when I came on board
I found Capt. Mooney and Major Hodgdon, with a sufficiency of men
fco bring her to town. We hove her from off tho shore and proceeded
as far up the River as the tide would permit before it was pent. After
which I gave orders for the pri oners to be brought fco town, who are
444 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1776.
now, to the number I think, 43 or 45, under a proper guard, exclusive
of five officers who were brought up by Capt. Pinkham (the person
who brought her in) and put to Lodge at a public house. The Capt.
of the Raleigh order'd a guard on them, for which I am much obliged.
This night Capt. Salter, in conjunction with Capt. Rob4 Parker, who I
have appointed pilote of her, will bring her to her mooring. I shall
be obliged for an order for the Disposition of all the prisoners, except-
ing those who will be accompanied to Exeter to morrow by Capt.
Deering to be examined and disposed of as you may judge proper.
I am, Gentlemen with due respect, your
most obed1 serv'
Piehse Long.
P. S. I beg leave to observe that Capt. Pinkham had this vessel
delivered to him by the officers and people belonging to her, to do with
her as he thought proper, which induced him to make this push. He
has libelled her, and applied to a friend to transact his business.
Letter from Capt. Thomas Tkompso?i, relating to the Schooner
George.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 241.]
Portsm0 Decemr 27, 1776.
Gent" — I have to inform you that the Schooner lately commanded
by Capt. Burke now a Tender to the Milford, was run on shore last
night at Little Harbour; She has four officers passengers, besides the
one that commands & about Fifty men, the Officers shall be sent off
early to morrow morning; should be glad of* your further directions in
behalf of the United States, for the disposal of the Prisoners who are
now in custody of Col0 Long, — all but the Officers who are in my Care
Your Humbl Serv4
Tiios Thompson.
To the Honbl the Council &
Assembly of the State of
New Hampshire.
Letter relating to General Washiyigton 's Victory at Trenton.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 245.]
Peekskill, 30th Dec. 1776.
Dear Sir — I have now the Pleasure of informing you of a grand
victory gained by Gen1 Washington at Trenton on the 26th Inst. His
Excell-V with about 3000 men crossed the Delaware on Christmas
Evening, and thro' a very heavy storm of rain, snow and Hail marched
and began his attack ab' 8 o'clock in the morning of the 26th, and after
a Battle of 35 minutes, routed the whole and took 919 Prisoners, ex-
clusive of Killed and wounded. I was at Head Quarters, saw the
Prisoners, and have the acco1 directly from the General. If you have
not this before you receive this, I must beg you would draw it off in a
proper manner. I am but this instant arrived, and the Express just
setting off. I am, Sir, your Humb Serv'
Fkancis Shaw.
To Mr. John Avery, jun.
1777. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 445
Letter from Gen. W. Heath, relating to the Battle at Trenton.
[State Tap. Vol. V. p. 219.]
(Copy) Peekskill, Dec* 30, 1776.
Sir — By Col0 Chester, this moment .arrived from his Excellency
Genera] Washington, who is at Newton, I have the pleasure to acquaint
you that early on the morning of Thursday last, his Excellency in
person, at the head of about three thousand of our Troops, crossed
the Delaware & attacked the Enemy at Trenton, consisting of about
1600 men ; and after a brisk action of* 35 minutes, entirely routed them;
1 Col" 2 Lieut. Colonels, 3 Majors, 4 Captains, 8 Lieutenants, 12 En-
signs, one Judge Advocate, 2 Surgeons Mates, 92 Sergeants, 20 Drum-
mers, !) musicians, 25 officers servants, and 740 Rank & file were taken
prisoners; besides kill'd & wounded; 0 pieces of Brass Cannon, two of
which were 12 pounders, 12 drums, 4 Standards, 1200 small arms, 6
waggons, a number of swords, Caps &c. are Trophies of victory. We
had not more than four kill'd & eight wounded. All the prisoners
except one were Hessians. Our troops behaved with the greatest
bravery-
This signal victory at this time will be productive of the best conse-
quences—ardor glows in every face and I hope we shall soon retrieve
all our losses. (1)
I am, Sir,
With respect and esteem, your obede Hum1 ser1
W. Heath.
A true copy — Attest
John Avery, Dep. Secy.
[Address wanting.]
Letter from the Hon. Matthew Thornton.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 3.]
Baltimore Jan? 1st, A. D. 1777.
Hoxd Sir,—
The weakness of my eyes since the Small Pox, is the reason I have
not done myself the honor to write to you & the Honble Council &
House oftener & more at large. At present, the bearer waits & I have
only time to Say General Washington has Gained two very consider-
able victories over the enemies of America ; & the Congress expects
every moment the news of a grand engagement.
For further news I must refer you to newspapers ; if you are led to
believe mistakes by them (or either know not what to believe) the cur-
rent reports here are as uncertain. I have not been favoured with one
Letter publick or private Since I left my own house, I would take it as
a great honor to receive a letter from you. or any worthy friend.
Pray, Sir, take the trouble to present my compliments to the Honbl
Council & House, & Accept the Same from your most obedient, & Sir, yr
Humbl Serv1,
Matthew Thornton.
The Hon''1 Meshech Weare, Esq. Exeter.
(1) See full account of this battle in general Histories. Holm »' Annals, Vol II. do.
252, 253.— Ed. ll
446 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from Col. Plerse Long.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 1.]
Portsm0, January 1st 1777.
Sin — I am informed by the several Captains from Exeter, that I am
censur'd by the Court as the means of preventing the Regiment down
here from being properly settled and paid. Its hard to be Reflected on
without cause. Its true when the Committee of this State were writing
to Congress on some other business (which was only a few days after
our appointment) I happened to be with them on some business, and
observing that the Field officers were mentioned to have been appoint-
ed to this Command, in a Postscript of a Letter, I told the Secretary
that I thought it would be best to omit writing about us, until Col0
Whipple went to Congress, which would be the next Monday, and, of
consequence would make but a few days difference. I must confess I
really thought the Congress would have been informed by him of the
appointment, and that the Commissions would have come in conse-
quence thereof; though I hope neither of the Field officers would stop
on that account. Its true, instead of Col0 Whipple's setting out on
Monday, he stopped untill the middle of the week, with whom I had
the pleasure of riding as far as Hampton; at which place I asked if the
Committee had wrote by him, respecting our appointment: His answer
was, No. I cannot conceive how it can be construed, that I prevented
the Commissions from coining. I dont know in any one instance that
I either said or did more; and am sure I had no intention then nor
since to backward their coming. But I defy all Nature to say, that I
have not used every expedient to get the Regiment prepared to move
off; and to think that after doing all this and exerting myself in every
instance and be thus much reflected on, is most too much to bear: And
can't help saying that it appears to me that such things will have a tenden-
cy to hurt instead of helping the cause. The Captains this minute inform
me that the paymaster is ready to pay the money to the Troops up to
the 7th of January, together with the amount of the Staff Roll, which I
now send by Mr. Clure. I have order'd them that are here to collect
together all their men that I may review them, and see who are fit for
the march, (I hope it will be all, for I shall not consult their inclina-
tions.) an abstract of which will be handed you. I have nothing further
to say, only hope that the moneys will come down, that I may order
the men of, and must add that I dont know of an officer that has discour-
aged the people from going; But to the contrary I believe they have
done all in their power to encourage them.
I am, your humb Serv1
PlEKSE LOXG.
P. S. Tin kettles, axes, or hatchetts, and I think 2d pr. mile travel, &
snow shoes, have been allowed other troops — But enough.
Hon M<* Weare, Esq1
Wednesday, January 1st, 1777.
[p. 40.] The House met according to adjournment.
The report of the Committee on placing out the officers
& men belonging to the Schooner George, was read & Voted
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 447
That (lie same be rce'1 & accepted (and is on filc)(l) There-
upon
Voted, as in the Report, viz. That the said officers be
placed ;ii the Town of Concord in this State, each of them
giving his Parole according to the Form Prescribed by the
Continental Congress, and that the Privates have liberty to
place themselves with any person to work at any Lawful
calling to gain their subsistence within fifteen miles of Ports-
mouth within the limits of this State — any of the aforesd
persons being American born, on giving satisfaction to the
commanding officer at New Castle that they were compelled
to continue in the service against the Americans, may be
discharged by said officer : And in case of misbehaviour or
Disobedience to these orders, that they be committed to
prison : That if any of them thro' sickness or other Inability,
prove unable to procure by labour their subsistence, That
the Commissary be directed to allow to such Rations, as
soldiers. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Committee of Safety of Portsmouth be
directed forthwith to transmit to this Court or to the Com-
mittee of Safety the Number, Names and Quality of all
Prisoners now in Portsmouth taken in any prize by sea or
taken by land, that this Court may take order thereon, and
that said Comtea of Portsmouth when & so often as any such
Prisoners shall arrive there in future, imediately transmit
their names & Quality to this Court or Comtee of Safety of
this State. [Concurred.]
[p. 41.] The Comtee on the New York Prisoners &c. made
report on the Petition of Benja Chase & Griffin Massey,
which was read and received : Therefore
Voted, That the said Benjamin Chase & Griffin Massey
have liberty to depart this State and repair to Pawlings Pre-
cinct in Dutchess County in the State of New York, in order
to provide necessarys of life for themselves & familys, cacli
of them giving Bond to the speaker of the Honble house of
Representatives in the sum of Five hundred pounds, condi-
tioned severally that they set off from Exeter on the 4th day
of Jany curr* and proceed directly to said Pawlings Precinct,
and return to Exeter in this State within Fifty days from the
time of Departure, and that each of them in the mean time
keep the peace of the United States & be of good behaviour,
(1) The Report has not been found on file.— Ed.
448 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
especially toward the People of said State of New York, or
else, within said term procure a certificate or certificates
from the State of New York permitting them respectively to
reside there for the future, and present the same to the
authority of this State. [Concurred.]
Letter from Hon. John Jay, of New York, relating to prisoners
from that State, in New Hampshire.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 23.]
In Committee appointed by the Convention of the State of Xew York
for inquiring into detecting and defeating all conspiracies which
may be form'd in the State of New York against the Liberties of
America:
Fishkill, Jans' the 10th 1777.
Sir — It is with great pleasure that this Committee observe from the
Papers given to Griffin Mercy and Benjamin Chace who were lately
removed to Exeter, that proper security was taken for their return.
The attention paid by your Honourable House to the detention of
the dangerous and disatfected persons recommended to their care by
this Committee is very agreeable to the Friends of Liberty in this
State and has been attended with happy effects.
The Committee have directed me to transmit to you the enclosed
Resolution respecting Benjamin Chace.
I have the Honor to be, Sir, your most obed1 Servt
John Jay, Chairman.
Hon0 Meshech Weare.
Resolved, That the said Benjamin Chace (being one of the people
called Quakers) be permitted to go and remain at his home in Pawling's
Precinct in Dutchess County and be restored to all the Rights and
Priviledges of a subject of this State and friend to the American Cause.
(A true Copy) John Jay, Chairman.
Voted, That James Bryant, Hendrick Younkhouse &
Coonrod Smith he permitted to go to the town of New Marl-
borough in the State of the Massachtts Bay, they giving suffi-
cient Bond to the Speaker of the house of Bepresentatives
in the sum of one thousand pounds to abide & remain in
said town of New Marlborough until further order of this
Court, or are Liberated further, by the Convention or Com-
mittee of Safety of the State of New York. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Joseph Hitchcock, one of the prisoners from
New York have leave to Depart from this State and go home
to Dutchess County, lie appearing by his age & infirmities to
he incapable of doing harm to the American States, and that
the President "ive him a pass accordingly. [Concurred.]
[p. 42.] Voted, That Barzillai How" be Ensign of Capt.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 449
Amos Morrill's Company in Col. Stark's Reg* of Continental
Troops for this State. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Josiah Bartlett, Ebenezer Thompson, fm.
Knight & Thomas Martin Esq™ and Mr. Joseph Oilman be
the Committee to prepare and perfect the Accounts of this
State against the Continent. [Concurred.]
The Rev'1 Mr. Jonathan Livcrmore of Wilton being cited
to appear before this House to answer to what may be ob-
jected against him as being Enemical to the Liberties of
America etc. appearing before this house and being heard in
his defence, and the objectors being heard upon their Evi-
dence, Voted, That the Complaint & Information against
the Said Mr. Livermore, be & hereby is dismist.
[p. 43.] Voted to choose a Committee of this house to Re-
vise the Journals of the present house of Representatives
and prepare them for the Press and lay them before this
house when done for their approbation, and that Noah Eme-
ry Esq. Mr. John Smith and Sam1 Gilman jun. Esq1' be the
Committee for that Purpose. [Concurred.]
P. M.
Voted, To choose a Comtee of this house to view the Goal
in Exeter & see what breaches was made thereon the last
night, and that Col0 Evens, Capt. Moulton & Capt. Webber
be the Committee for that purpose.
The Report of the Committee on Majr Gains motion, Con-
cerning the Ship now lying at Portsmouth, being read & re-
ceived ; Therefore
Voted, That the proprietors of the Said Ship have liberty
to send her on her destined voyage ; they giving bond to the
Speaker of the Honbl house of Representatives to present a
true Invoice of her whole Cargo, on her return, and give
this State the refusal of the whole or any part thereof, and
that this State have Liberty to send for such Articles as are
wanted for its use — & further — Voted, That the Master or
owners of said ship endeavour to get for Cargo, Salt, Ger-
man Steel, Medicines, Files, Sulphur & warlike Stores, for
the use of this State. [Concurred.]
[p. 44.] Voted, That Stephen Hunt, Asa Brown, Jacob
Motte & Elisha Rose, who were sent Prisoners from the
State of New York to this State and have broken their Pa-
role, be forthwith Committed to close Prison. [Concurred.]
Voted to choose a Committee to draw up & bring in a Bill for
450 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
the Trial & Punishment of Persons who shall by any misbe-
haviour in word or deed be adjudged Enemical to the Liber-
ty & Freedom of the States of America (not within the Act
against treason) and directing how such Trials shall be had,
and how judgments thereon shall be executed, and that John
Wentworth jun. Esq1', Jonathan Mitchell Sewall, Esq1', Sam-
uel Gilman jun. & Col0 Peabody, be the Committee for that
purpose. [Concurred.]
Friday, Jan? 3d 1777.
[p. 45.] The Committee on the affairs of Grafton made their
Report as on file (1) which being laid on the table, read &
considered,
Voted, That the same be received and accepted, and there-
upon Voted, That Two hundred copies of the Plan of Govern-
ment (2) be immediately printed and dispersed among those
who have not yet had an opportunity of seeing them : That
the Honbl Meshech Weare Esqr Benjamin Giles, Esqr and
John Wentworth jun, Esq1 be a Committee to repair to the
County of Grafton and other places dissatisfied with the pres-
ent form of Government, said Committee giving previous
notice to such Towns or places to meet them by Committees
or by similar ways at the times & places they shall judge
most convenient, and Endeavour to inform the People of the
true nature and form of the present Government & method
of representation and in particular that it was & is only de-
signed for the present Contingencies or untill the present
Warr with Britain be ended, and the People at leisure coolly
and with that attention absolutely necessary on such occa-
sions to form & settle a lasting & Permanent Plan of Govern-
ment ; And in the most earnest manner Entreat the People
to consider the Consequences of such internal discords & Di-
visions among ourselves ; That they would not weaken the
hands of their Brethren in the common cause & thereby be
the means of bringing the greatest calamity & Distress on
themselves & us, but coolly, calmly & considerately enquire
for themselves, and engage with heart and hand in consulting
the best Interest of the whole, and that in case said Commit-
tee should have a desire of any District sent to, who have
not sent members to set in the General Assembly, for a new
(1) The Report is not found on file— but probably the vote which follows, embraces
the substance of it.
(2) See the Form of Government, ante, pp. 2-4.— Ed.
1
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 451
Precept to be sent to them ; That the President & Speaker
be impowered to issue such Precept or Precepts in the same
form as those sent for the present house, making such altera-
tions as will be necessary for fixing- the time of attendance of
the members chosen, also the time for the Committee in sd
County of Grafton to meet & receive the Votes for a Coun-
cillor, and in case the President & Speaker aforesaid should
issue such new Precepts, that they then send Precepts to the
Upper Cohos District, also to Rumney & Thornton to call meet-
ings and vote for a Councillor, said votes to be returned with
the others of the New Precepts : Also Voted, That on the
same paper with the above copies of the Plan of government
be printed the copy of a Resolve of the Gen1 Assembly of the
19th of Sept. last relative to New Towns increasing in Inhab-
itants, Sending Delegates to Council & Assembly in propor-
tion to Numbers, with other places. [Concurred.]
[p. 47.] Voted, That Capt. Samuel Gilman of New Market
wait on the Secretary & request him to certifie how far the
late Committee of Safety were concerned in the publication
of several late pieces in the Exeter Chronicle, reflecting on
the Town of New Market, and that if the said Committee
were no ways concerned in the said Publications, that then
the said Town of New Market apply to the Printer for satis-
faction.
P.M.
Voted, That Provision be made by this State, That the
soldiers who are already or that may hereafter engage in the
service shall be supply'd with cloathing & other Necessaries
for upholding of Life, at the first cost, and that a proper
person or proper persons be appointed at the cost & charge
of this State to Deal out such articles to the soldiers and ac-
count therefor to this house or to the Committee of Safety.
[Concurred.]
Voted, That Benjamin Giles Esq1' & Mr. Joseph Whipple
be & hereby are appointed a Committee to repair to the State
of the Massats Bay to consult with that State about making
a proper Defence at Ticonderoga & Mount Independence,
with such orders & Instructions as shall be given them by
this Court, and to make report thereon to this house as soon
as may be. [Concurred.]
Voted, That an order Issue from this house to George
452 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Jaffrey, Esqr late Treasurer of the Province of New Hamp-
shire, to exhibit to this house his Treasury accounts for
examination, on the second day of the next Session of this
Assembly and that he have a copy of this vote sent him for
his attendance accordingly.
By order of the House, J. L. Speaker,
[p. 48.] The Act against Treason & Misprision of Treason
was read a third time and passed to be enacted. (1)
[p. 49.] January 4th, 177T.
Yoted, That Mr. Jonathan Wheeler at his own request be
Dismist from his service in this house and that a New Pre-
cept be issued by the Speaker to the Town of Salem to Elect
& send to this Court a proper person to represent the said
Town of Salem (2).
The Report of the Comtee on the Petition of Ephraim Rob-
inson & others and on the motions in behalf of Jonathan
Payson & others concerning their vessels now lying at Ports-
mouth, being read,
Voted that the same be recd and accepted ; & further,
Voted, That that the owners or freighters of the Brigantine
Kildair have liberty to send her on her destined voyage, they
giving bond to the Speaker of the Honble House of Represen-
tatives to present a true Inventory of her whole Cargo on her
return and give this State the refusal of the whole or any
part thereof, — and that this State have liberty to send for
such articles as are wanted for its use ; and further, Voted,
That the master or freighter of said Brigge endeavour to pro-
cure for cargo, Salt, German Steel, Medecincs, Files, Sulphur,
& Warlike Stores for the use of this State — and that the
owners or Freighters of the Schooner Washington have liber-
ty to send her on her intended voyage, on the same terms &
conditions. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the members of the Honbl Council and of
this House have & receive their pay for travel and attendance
at this Session, at the same rate as the last year, upon proper
Rolls to be made by the Secretary and Clerk of the House &
certified to the Treasurer as usual. And that consideration
(1) This Act is recorded in full in "Record of Acts— 1766 to 1779," pp. 77-81 in Sec'y's
office, and a copy of it is found in State Pap. Vol. V. p. 276. Reconsidered Jan. 10,
1777.— Ed.
(2) A petition and remonstrance against the election of Mr. Wheeler had been pre-
sented to the house by the people of Salem.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 453
of the manner how the same shall be replaced in the Treas-
ury, be an after Consideration of this house. [Concurred.]
Monday, Jan^ 6th 1777.
[John Dudley Esq. chosen Speaker, pro temp, in the chair.]
Voted, That all the officers now in Portsmouth who were
taken in any of the Prize Vessels sent in there, be removed
as soon as may be, out of the town of Portsmouth, and fur-
ther Voted, to choose a Comtee of five to join a Comtee of the
Honble Board to consult together, & make report how & in
what manner the said officers shall be removed & distributed
in the different parts of this State, and that Rob* Wilson,
Esq1' Col0 Peabody, Capt. Gilman, Capt. Monlton, & Capt.
Blood be the Comtee of this house for that purpose. [Con-
curred— Messrs. King, Wentworth & Gilman added.]
Certificates of money Sent to New Hampshire, by the Continen-
tal Treasurer.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 13.]
Baltimore, Jar^ 6, 1777.
Sir. — In pursuance of the Resolutions and directions of the Honble
the Treasury Board of the United States, I beg leave to transmit to
you by this Opportunity, Two hundred & Sixty three Certificates of
the Continental Loan Office, of three hundred Dollars each, the which
I am to request you will please to deliver to the Loan Office Commis-
sioner of your State, taking duplicate Receipts from him for the Same,
and to transmit One of them to me : That you will, at the delivery of
these Certificates direct your Commissioner to write me from time to
time acquainting me with his Success and quantity of Cash in hand,
that I may know how to draw for the Same. As to the rest of the
Certificates intended for your State, shall send them by a future oppor-
tunity.
I am with much esteem
Your most Obedt Serv1,
M. Hillegas, Cont. Tr.
263 Certificates
300 Dollars each,
78.900, Dollars.
Note. The above mentioned Certificates are to be numbered 901 @ 1163 inclusive,
which you will please by all means to shew to the Commissioner of your State, that he
may Jill them up Accordingly.
New Hampshire.
454 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
January 7th, 1777.
Votes, Acc,s, petitions &c. passed on by the House and concurred by
the Council from Jany 1st to 7th, 1777. [See Bee. of Coun.~\
Pd Dr. John Cooke, surgeon of Col. Tash's reg4. £2 : 10. for travel
money to New York.
The pav-roll of Capt. Eliphalet Daniel's Company, amounting to
£197 :2:8. all* & pd.
£20 advanced for support of New York prisoners.
John Robertson, a Soldier in Capt. Joshua Abbot's Corny, alld 36s,
for Coat & blankett.
Act to enable the Recr Gen1, to borrow £20,000, enacted.
Muster-roll of Col. Ebr Smith, settled.
Muster roll of Lt. Col. Joshua Wentworth, settled.
Vote for printing and distributing, Act relating to County Treasu-
rers & Recorders, passed.
Act relating to the Small-pox, to be printed.
Capt. Titus Salter's pay-roll, alld & pd. £111.
Ace* of Ezekiel Goodale, for bringing back from Temple run-away
New York prisoners, pd. £4: 12.
Ace4 of John Cragin jun. for arresting run-away prisoners, pd. £2:
18:8.
Pay-roll of Capt. Jeremiah Eames, £92:2:4. pd.
Ace' of Capt. Jeremiah Eaines, for expences & horse hire, £4: 14, pd.
Majr Caleb Hodgdon ordered to pay money in his hands to Capt.
Abraham Perkins.
Pay-roll of Capt. Ebenezer Dearing, in Col. Long's Reg4, all'1 & pd.
£250': 8 : 9.
Pd. Capt. Dearing, for Stopages against deserters, 36s.
£10, advanced to Benj. Giles & Jos. Whipple.
£30 advanced to Messrs. Weare, Giles & J. Wentworth, jun.
Medicines provided for Col. David Gilman's Reg4.
Staff-Roll of Col. Pearse Long, alld & pd. £180.
Pay Roll of Capt. John Calfe, alld & pd. £333 : 1 : 8.
Col. Otis Baker's acct. settled.
Roll of Capt. Timothy Clement's CompJ' alld & pd. £250 : 2 : 6.
Roll of Capt. John Brewster's Compy. alld & pd. £320 : 15 : 9.
Balance of the Roll of Capt. Abraham Perkins, pd. £124:0:7.
Balance of the Roll of Capt. Nathan Brown, pd. £84:12: 1.
Balance of the Roll of Capt. Mark Wiggin, pd. £137:16:11.
Balance of ace4 of Messrs. Folsom, Bartlett & Clapp, pd. £23:7:2.
Vote to pay Capt. John Calfe, £1, & Capt. Nathan Brown £1:10,
for recruiting men, &c.
A Committee to consider the expediency of keeping up Scouts in
Upper Cohos, under Capt. Jere. Eames.
January 8th, 1777.
[p. 53.] Voted that this house resolve themselves into a
Committee of the whole, to take under consideration the
report of the Comtee from Providence concerning regulating
the prices of the Necessaries of life &c.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 455
The HonWe Council joined the said Com*66 of the whole,
The HonMe Meshech Weare Esqr in the Chair. The Com-
mittee proceeded to consider of the report of their Comtec from
Providence, and a Question being put, Whether a Committee
shall be appointed to consider of and bring in a Bill for
establishing the Prices of the Necessary & convenient Arti-
cles of Life enumerated in the said Report, and also to fix
the prices of such other articles as are not enumerated in
said Report : and a vote being called thereon it passed in
the affirmative :
The Speaker resumed his Chair, and the house proceeded,
and
Voted, to choose a Comtee to join a Comtee of the Honbl
Board to consider of the Prices of sundry articles of the
Necessaries & conveniences of life not enumerated in the
Report of the Comteefrom Providence, and to report thereon,
and that Mr. Gains, Mr. Philbrick, Jno. Dudley Esq1' Majr
Downing, Mr. Ellis, Capt. Moulton, Capt, Blood Col° Pea-
body & Col0 Evans, be the Comtee of this House for that pur-
pose. [Concurred — Mess1'3 Bartlett, Gilman, Blanchard &
Thompson added.]
Voted, To choose a Committee of this house to join a
Comtee of the Honbl Board to consider of and report to this
House, what & who shall be deemed the Supreme Executive
Power in this State, within the Intent & meaning of the Act
against Treason & Misprision of Treason, and that Col0
Peabody, Capt. Moulton, Capt. Martyn, Mr. Knowles & Capt.
Gilman be the Committee of this House for that purpose.
[Concurred — Messrs King, Bartlett & Wentworth added.]
Voted, That Capt. Joshua Foss have leave to employ in
his service one Thomas Simmons a prisoner taken in the
Schooner George in any business he is capable of in any
part of this State Notwithstanding any votes or resolves of
this State concerning such prisoners, the said Foss saving
this State any charge concerning said Prisoner during his
said employment. [Concurred.]
[p. 54.] Thursday, Jan? 9th 1777.
The report of the Comtee for fixing the Prices of sundry
Necessary Articles & conveniences of life being bro't in read
& debated article by article.
Voted, That the Articles of Lumber, be Struck out of the
456 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
report & no prices fixed thereto, (they not being the necessa-
rys of life). That New England Iron exceed not 40s pr.
Hundd at the Iron Works ; That good well tann'd Sole Leath-
er exceed not Is. 6d. pr lb. & upper leather in proportion ;
That good Cotton Cloth & Cotton & linnen Cloth a yard wide
exceed not 3s. 8d. pr. yard ; That Mutton exceed not M pr.
lb. or equal to Beef ; That Veal exceed not 3d pr. lb. That
Good English hay exceed not 72s pr. Ton through this Sea-
son, and Salt hay exceed not 86s pr. Ton through this Sea-
son ; That all commodities sold at Vendues higher than this
limitation the fine for the Same shall be paid by the buyer,
in all other cases by the Seller ; and that all fines under for-
ty shillings to be recovered before a Justice of the Peace
with liberty of Appeal if demanded ; all above forty shillings
before the Life1' Court of Common Pleas, the one half of
each fine to be for the use of the Prosecutor and the other
half for the use of the County where the Action shall be
bro't. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Capt. Jeremiah Eames be directed to keep up
a Scouting party of ten men at or near Great Cohoss, from this
time to the fifteenth day of April next, to be under the di-
rection of the Gen1 Assembly, & that they have the Same
pay & Provisions as the Said Scouts had the last year, and
that Orders & Instructions be given him Accordingly. [Con-
curred.]
Voted, That the ship Portsmouth, Robert Parker Com-
mander (being a private Ship of warr) be permitted to Sail
from the Port of Piscataqua, and to cruise against the Ene-
mies of the States of America and that the President Give
a Permit Accordingly. [Concurred.]
Voted, To choose a Committee of this house to join a
Comtee of the Honble Board to draw up & present to this
house the form of a Proclamation for a day of General Fast-
ing, Humiliation & Prayer throughout this State, and that
Mr. Jacob Emery, Mr. Simeon Dearborn, and Mr. Potter be
the Comtee of this house for that purpose.
Council Records, Jan. 9, 1777.
The Board taking into consideration the necessity of imediately
inlisting the Quota of men proportioned for this State to raise, during
the present war, and Committees appointed by the several N. E. States
having jointly agreed & recommended a Plan to each of said States, by
them severally to be adopted to raise their respective Quotas in a simi-
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 457
lar way by giving each to their soldiers a gratuity over and above the
Continental Establishment; Therefore Voted, and Resolved, That the
said Plan recommended be adopted by this State, and that all other
methods or Resolutions passed by the General Assembly for that pur-
pose so far as they relate to Encouragement in addition to the Conti-
nental Establishment be annulled and cease.
And that all recruiting officers employed by this State be now au-
thorized & empowered to pay each and every non-commissioned officer
whom they shall enlist (being a good able-bodied effective man well
accoutred, in particular with a good musket, with a Bayonet and Car-
touch Box) ten pounds on his enlistment as a Gratuity or Bounty from
this State over and above all the encouragement promised and which
Avill be paid by the Continental Congress; And that they further
assure the soldiers that this State yearly and every year during their
continuance in the war will give each of them a good Blanket, or
eighteen shillings in lieu thereof:
And the recruiting officers who have already enlisted men and paid
them the Continental Bounty under the promise of having an addi-
tional sum to their wages from this State, are hereby directed to pay
each of said men the additional wages heretofore promised them; and
as a further encouragement to the officers and soldiers who engage in
the noble cause of defending their country, it is hereby Resolved, That
all necessary stores for them such as heretofore were supplied by Sut-
lers (of which this State will endeavour to procure a sufficiency for
their proportion of men) shall be delivered at the same prices they
cost at the sea-ports or places where they are originally purchased,
without any additional advance for transportation or delivery:
And as this State, and all the other New England States are fixing
by Law the prices of the several necessaries of life, the same will come
reasonable to the soldiers, and they not be obliged to give the exorbi-
tant prices heretofore demanded and taken of them as well as others.
Read and ordered to be sent down to the HonMc House for concur-
rence, and that copies be printed and one given to each Recruiting
officer.
[p. 56.] Iii the House of Representatives, Jany 9th 1777.
The Vote & Resolve of the Honbl Council of this day rela-
tive to the raising the Quota of men ordered to be raised in
this State on the Continental Establishment, being sent down
from the Board, read & considered,
Voted That the same be and hereby is concurred.
Upon reading & considering the Remonstrance & Petition
of Lieut. Colonel Joseph Welch, praying that the sheriff may
be authorized & required to detain in prison, sundry prison-
ers committed by him to the Goal in Exeter from the State
of New York, viz. William Slack, Daniel Smith, Thomas
Leonard, John Lawson, Benjn Morrill and David Storm,
Voted, That the Sheriff of the County of Rockingham be
directed to detain in the Goal or Goals of said County, all
458 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777,
such Prisoners sent by said Welch from New York, until
further order of this Court or Committee of Safety of this
State, or untill Discharged by due order of Law. The said
Joseph Welch Esq1" being at the whole charge of their
imprisonment & support on account of said State of New
York. [Concurred.]
Friday, Jan? 10th, 1777.
[p. 57.] Voted, That John Powell now in prison for enlist-
ing twice & deserting, be detained in Prison untill he can be
delivered to his proper officer or untill further order of this
Court or of the Committee of Safety of this State. [Con-
curred.]
Letter from Capt. W. Packer — relatiiig to John Powell.
[State Pap. Vol. Vf. p. 21.]
Sr — Upon the suggestion of Capt. Isaac Farwell that he had enlisted
One John Powell in the service of the United American States, during
the war & had paid him a Bounty of Ten Dollars, & had afterwards
discovered that he had previously been enlisted into the Same Service
under a Capt. Blodget, I ordered him last evening to Goal : But as I
know of no Law which will justify my detaining him there any longer
than this day, I have referred him to yr IIonllle House, in expectation
you'll take such order relating to the Prisoners as in your wisdom you
shall see fit.
I am with great esteem & respect
Yr Honors most Ob1. He. Serv',
W. Packer.
Exeter, Jan^ 10th 1777,
Honble John Langdon, Esqr. &c.
Voted, That the Act for establishing Courts of Law for
the administration of Justice within this Colony, be pub-
lished in the Portsmouth & Exeter Newspapers, and that the
Secretary take order accordingly. [Concurred.]
Voted and Resolved, That no officer or soldier in the ser-
vice of this State or of the United States of America, shall
have his body arrested for any debt, while in actual service,
and that such officer & soldier having sufficient estate within
this State to answer such Debt, the same estate shall be lia-
ble to be attached for any such Debt, and that final Judg-
ment on such attachment be not given untill such officer or
soldier be discharged from such service,
[p. 58.] Voted, That the Honbl Meshech Weare, Esq1" Col.
Nicholas Gilman, Col. Josiah Bartlett, Ebenezer Thompson,
Esq1- Benjamin Barker, Esqr Mr. Thomas Odiorne, John
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 459
Dudley Esq1- Capt. Josiah Moulton, Majr George Gains, John
Wentworth jun. Esq1' Col. Peabody & Dr. Levi Dearborn, be
a Committee of Safety for this State to transact the neces-
sary business of both Houses in the recess of the Gen1
Court, with the same powers & authorities that any Com-
mittee of Safety of this State heretofore chosen or appointed,
have had & exercised, and to appoint and Commission officers
in case of the death or refusal of those that are already ap-
pointed, and on any emergency to call the Council & House
of Representatives together as occasion may require, and
that any seven of said Comtce be a Quorum for business.
Saturday, Jan? 11th 1777.
The Report of the Committee for considering where the
Supreme Executive Power of this State shall be lodged, being
read & considered,
Voted, That the Treason Bill be recommitted to the Com-
mittee for making some proper alterations thereto, and that
the Vote of Jan^ 3d, for Passing said bill be & hereby is
reconsidered & made void.
[p. 59.] Monday, Jan? 13th, 1777.
Voted That Seth Chase one of the [New York] prisoners,
have liberty to go to his own home, he being advanced in
years, poor and Destitute of cloathing & unable to do much
harm, and that the President give him a Pass accordingly.
Also Voted, That Orra Delong & Ephraim Wheeler two of
said Prisoners have liberty to repair to the Town of Kent in
the State of Connecticutt, each of them giving bond to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the use of this
State, in the sum of Five hundred Pounds, to remain in said
Town of Kent & behave themselves peaceably, untill they
shall be further liberated by the Convention or Committee of
New York or by the Gen1 Court or Committee of Safety of
this State, and that the President give Passes accordingly.
[Concurred.]
[p. 60.] The Speaker being necessarily absent, the house
made choice of Benjamin Giles Esq1' for Speaker pro tempore.
Sundry Letters were laid on the table & read, viz. One from
Gen1 Schuyler of Dec. 30th, one from President Hancock of
Dec1' 25, with ye Resolutions of Congress of Dec1' 23d and
24th, the Resolve of Mass*8 State of Jan? 8th, concerning
460 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Ticoncleroga, a Letter from the Council of Warr at Provi-
dence of Jany 7th, a letter from Gen1 Ward of Jan? 9th
«fec. &c.
Letter from Gen1 Phillip Schuyler, relating to Ticoncleroga.
[State Pap. Vol. V. p. 254.]
Albany, December 30th, 1776.
Sin — I did myself the honor to address you in a Letter of the 3d
Instant, intreating that Troops might be sent from your State to re-
lieve the Garrison at Ticonderoga. Altho' I have not had the pleasure
to hear from you on the subject, I shall yet hope that some are already
inarched. 1 need not dwell on the Importance Ticonderoga is of to
every one of the Northern States — should it unfortunately fall into the
Enemy's hands the consequences would be dreadful, if not altogether
fatal to the Liberties of our Country.
The situation of affairs in Jersey & Pennsylvania leave me very little
hope to receive a supply of Military Stores from thence ; this State has
none — all that Connecticut can spare will be greatly short of our
wants. I have no encouragement from the Massachusetts Bay, and I
must therefore most earnestly entreat for a supply from your State.
The Number of Cannon wanted is very great — powder, Lead, cannon-
shot, cartridge-paper and every Necessary for the artillery is greatly
deficient. I wish therefore to be furnished with all of every kind that
can possibly be collected, and as the conveyance in winter of these
Articles to Ticonderoga is so much cheaper and easier than at any
other season I wish them to be sent immediately.
The Enemy have two Regiments at St. John's, three at Isle au Noix
and an advance party at Isle la Motte; from this and a variety of other
circumstances I have reason to apprehend that they meditate an attack
if they find our Garrison weak.
I have received a friendly message from the Indians; they seem deter-
mined to adhere to their Treaties with us. I expect in a few weeks to
be visited by a considerable party of them, when I shall be under the
necessity of making them a present; Blankets they always expect, and
unfortunately I have not one to give them; let me entreat you, if any
are to be had in your State, to send me four or five hundred, the soon-
est possible. I shall order immediate payment for them.
I am, Sir, with great respect
Your most obed1 hhbl serv1.
Pri: Schuyler.
The HonWe President of the
State of New Hampshire.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, relating to affairs at Ticon-
deroga, <|-c.
[State Pap. Vol. V p. 225.]
Baltimore, Dec. 25th, 1776.
Gentlemen — Since I did myself the Honour of addressing you last
on the subject of the inclosed Resolve, the Congress have received
fresh intelligence from General Schuyler and Gates, urging the Neces-
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 461
sity of an immediate Compliance therewith. In Consequence of which,
they have directed me to represent to you, that without your immedi-
ate aid and assistance, the important Fortress of Ticonderoga will una-
voidably fall into the hands of our Enemies : the Troops who at present
Garrison that and the adjacent Ports, having determined not to contin-
ue there after the Term of their [nlistment expires.
It is needless to use Arguments on the occasion, or to paint the
dreadful consequences to Gentlemen already fully acquainted with
them, of leaving the back Settlements of the New England States open
to the Ravages of our merciless Foes. If anything can add to your
exertions at this Time, it must be the reflection that your own most
immediate Safety Calls upon you to Strain every nerve. Should we
heedlessly abandon the Fort of Ticonderoga we give up inconceivable
advantages. Should we resolutely maintain it (and it is extremely Capa-
ble of defence) we may bid defiance to Gen1 Carlton and the Northern
Army under his command. But our exertions for this purpose must
be immediate, or they will not avail any thing. The 31st of this In-
stant the time will expire for which the Troops in that important Gar-
rison were enlisted, and Lake Champlain will, in all probability be froz-
en over soon after. For the Sake therefore of all that is dear to Free-
men, be entreated to pay immediate Attention to this Requisition of
Congress, and let nothing divert you from it. The affairs of our Coun-
try Arc in a Situation to admit of no delay. They may Still be re-
trieved, but not without the greatest expedition and Vigour.
If nothing was at Stake but your own Peace and security, I should
not be so earnest on the Occasion. It is the Fate of Posterity (which
depends on our Conduct.) that Stamps a value on the present cause. I
beseech you, therefore by all that is Sacred — by that Love of Liberty
and your Country which you have always manifested ; by those ties
of honour which bind you to the common cause; by that Love of
Virtue and Happiness which Animates all good men, and finally by
your Regard for succeeding Generations; — that you will without a mo-
ment's Delay, exert yourselves to forward the troops for Ticonderoga,
from your State, agreeably to the enclosed Requisition of Congress.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen
Your most Obed1 & very humble serv4
John Hancock, Presid'.
Honble Assembly of the
State of New Hampshire.
[The requisition above referred to, urged "the necessity of hasten-
ing up troops from their respective States with the utmost dispatch, in
the following proportions, viz:
Twenty-five hundred from Massachusetts Bay, Fifteen hundred from
Connecticut, & Five hundred from New Hampshire: Informing them
that Congress desire they will not wait, 'till the several corps are
completed there being now a plentiful stock of provisions at Ticonder-
oga & nothing to fear from the Enemy 'till the Lake shall be frozen
over as above mentioned." — Ed.]
462 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from Gen. Ward.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 19.]
Boston, January 9, 1777.
Sir—
I am to request the State of New Hampshire to equip two of the
Continental Battalions now raising in that State (agreeable to the
order of the Congress) and forward them to Ticonderoga under proper
officers, with all possible expedition. I apprehend it will be best to
send forward the men by Companies or half Companies as fast as they
can be raised. As Ticonderoga is a Fortress of great importance, no
time should be lost in sending re-inforcements, lest the Enemy should
make an attack there this winter.
I am, Sir, your obl Hutnb Ser'
Artemas Ward.
Honbl Meshech Weare, Esq.
Resolve of Massachusetts, concerning Ticonderoga.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 16.]
In Council, Jan>' 8th, 1777.
Resolved, That it be and hereby is recommended to ye Honbl Gen.
Ward to Issue out his orders directing three of the Continental Battal-
ions now raising in this State, as fast as the men are iidisted to march
to Ticonderoga, & also to order two of the Continental Regiments
now raising in the State of New Hampshire, as fast as the men are
inlisted, to proceed to the same place, for the defence of the Fort
erected tliere. [Concurred, and consented to by the Governor.]
Propositions from the Council of War in Rhode Island relating
to Couriers for the Neiv England States.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 5.]
At a meeting of the Committees appointed by the States of the Massa-
chusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island and
Providence Plantation, convened at Providence on Wednesday the
First Day of January, (1) A. D. 1777.
This Committee taking into consideration the great importance of
procuring the earliest and best Intelligence to facilitate the Execution
of measures undertaken for common defence and the great Inconven-
iences that have arisen from the interruption of the regular course of
communication with the Southern States and with the Army by the
ordinary Continental Posts, from the movements and present situation
of the enemy, Do Resolve, That it be recommended to the States of
New England, that Couriers be employed to ride the following Stages
weekly until a regular and complete channel of Communication be
opened and established by the Continental Congress, — to wit: That a
Courier set out from Lebanon in Connecticut on Monday of every
week, and proceed to Providence so as to arrive there on Tuesday
Evening; there to exchange Mails with the Courier to the Eastward;
(1) No letter from Rhode Island oC January 7, has been found. Perhaps the follow-
ing is the letter referred to, which may have been received on the 7th.— Ed.
1777. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 463
That the same Courier set out from Providence at Noon on Wednesday
of eacli week, and return to Lebanon as soon as may be; That a Cour-
ier be employed to set out from Providence on Wednesday at Noon,
and proceed Eastward through the State of Massachusetts-Hay, so as
to arrive at Boston in the afternoon of Thursday, and thence to Exe-
ter in tli" State of New Hampshire, so that he arrive there by noon on
Saturday and to set out from thence on Sabbath day on his return by
the same Rout so as to reach Boston on Monday evening, and thence
to Providence aforesaid, so as to arrive there on Tuesday evening;
That suitable persons be appointed by the State of Connecticut and
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to hire and employ such
Couriers; That is, That Connecticut employ a rider from Connecticut
to Providence, and that Rhode Island employ a Courier from Provi-
dence to Exeter, and that the said several States settle and affix the
intermediate stages in their respective limits; That all private Letters
received by said Couriers be put into the Continental Post-Office if any
intervene before they arrive at the place of Delivery, and all publick
Letters be delivered by them to the persons to whom they are directed
or to such persons as the several States in their respective limits shall
appoint; And that the respective States do request the Honw Governor
Trumbull to procure all necessary Information and intelligence from
the Congress, the Armies and Southern States by Couriers, Expresses,
or otherwise, and forward or communicate the same to the said several
States, as the publick service may require.
That the expence of the measures above recommended be defrayed
and born by the respective States in the following Proportion, viz.
Massachusetts Bay - - 12-24 "1
Connecticut - - - - 7-24 I p
New Hampshire - - - 3-24 fiarts
Rhode Isld & P. Plantation 2-24 j
That these Proportions be settled for this purpose only and not to
be drawn into Precedent on any future occasion.
That it be recommended to the several States to communicate to
each other early intelligence of the measures taken by them respect-
ively, and Events that may take place within the same, which may
affect the interest of the United States or need the concurrent exertions
of the other States, or any of them.
A true Copy.
Witness R. J. Helme, Clk.
[Note. The State of Rhode Island and Prov. Plantation adopted the foregoing
recommendations on the 2d and 3d of January.— Ed.]
Tuesday, Jan^ 14th, 1777.
Voted, That the Hon. Col. Bartlett be added to the Com-
mittee to repair to the County of Grafton & other places to
settle the Difficulties & Grievances subsisting among the
people there respecting the Form of Government in this
State and for ascertaining the Election of a Councilor for
said County of Grafton. [Concurred.]
From Records of Council, Jan^ 14, 1777.
Col0 Walker, one of the members returned to sit in Council for the
County of Rockingham, attended this day, and after taking the oath,
took his seat at the Board.
464 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
The Report of the Comtee of both Houses on the letters &
requisitions of his Excy Gen1 Washington, Gen1 Schuyler
Gen. Ward & others concerning the raising & forwarding the
Continental Battalions &c. being read & considered,
[p. 61.] Voted, That the following Resolve be passed,
printed, & Dispersed among the recruiting officers :
Whereas Orders have Issued to several recruiting officers in this
State, appointing them to Enlist men for the Continental Service, to
serve during the Warr, Promising the Non-Commissioned Oilicers &
Soldiers Twenty Shillings per month to be paid by this State in addi-
tion to the Continental pay : the giving which additional wages has been
Disapproved of by the Continental Congress, and it appearing Neces-
sary that those Troops should be immediately raised, and that the per-
sons who engage in so noble a Cause as the Defence of their Country
should have a generous reward therefor, a gratuity or Bounty equal to
the twenty Shillings pr. month first proposed should now be given ;
Therefore Resolved that every non-com missioned Officer & private Sol-
dier belonging to their State who shall enlist for three years or during
the present Warr with Great Britain, shall, in addition to the pay &
Encouragement given by the Continental Congress Be Entitled to re-
ceive the sum of Twenty pounds On his passing muster, to be paid in
Treasurer's Notes, payable in four years from the date with six per
cent. pr. Annum Interest, the Said Interest to be paid annually ; Such
Soldier providing himself with a Good fire-arm & a Bayonett fixt there-
to, a Cartouch box and Knapsack — And all those persons who have
enlisted on the former Encouragement of having Twenty shillings per
month added by this State to their wages, shall have the offer of re-
inlisting on the present plan, and on their re-inlisting & passing muster
shall receive the Said twenty pounds bounty; but such as refuse to re-
inlist shall be held to serve on their first Enlistment — That the raising
the Continental Troops be forwarded in Preference to all other busi-
ness, and that they be sent forward to Ticonderoga in small parties as
fast as raised — That Orders Issue to those already enlisted to march
without delay — That Officers be appointed to recruit, leaving some va-
cancies in Col0. ScaminelPs regiment untill he arrives — That the re-
cruiting officers have money from this State to pay the Continental
Bounty — That six muster-masters be appointed to pay the Bounty
given by this State to the men when they Pass muster, also administer
the necessary oath to them — That some persons be imediately appoint-
ed to provide ten thousand pounds weight of Bread and as much Pork
and Beef at or near Charlestown, and that a Commissary be appointed
[p. 62.] there to deliver seven days allowance to the men as they ar-
rive there to Carry them to Ticonderoga — That all non-Commissioned
Officers & private soldiers who shall march in this present month of
January, shall have three pence per mile for travel from their homes to
Charlestown, paid by the muster-masters, and not to have waggons
provided. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the vote of this House of the third day of
Jan7 instant concerning the Soldiers being supplied with
1777."
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
465
doathing & other necessaries of life at the first cost, be re-
considered ami made void. And that the soldiers of this
State who are already engaged or may hereafter engage in
the Continental Service, shall be furnished and supply'dwith
such necessaries at the first cost with the additional cost of
transportation and delivery at the place or places where the
same shall be delivered. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Eliphalet Giddings of Exeter, William White
of Chester, Otis Baker of Dover, Abiel Abbot Esq1 of Wilton,
Thomas Sparhawk Esq1- of Walpole, and Samuel Emerson
Bsqr of Plimouth, be muster masters and paymasters of the
Continental Battalions now raising in this State, & that the
President Notify them accordingly. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col0 Samuel Hunt of Charleston be appointed
an agent for this State to purchase ten thousand pounds
weight of Bread, and ten thousand pounds weight of Beef &
Pork for the use of this State, and deliver the same to the
Commissary at Charlestown for the use of the troops to march
through there to Ticonderoga. [Concurred.]
Voted^ That Elijah Grout Esq1' of Charlestown be appoint-
ed Commissary to deliver out to the officers & soldiers now
raising & raised in this State seven-day provision to carry
them to Ticonderoga. [Concurred.]
[p. 63.] Voted, That George King Esq1* & Thomas Martyn
Esq be a Committee to prepare and bring in a Bill to enable
the Treasurer of this State to Issue Notes for thirty thousand
pounds, The one half in Notes of Ten pounds value & the
other half in notes of five pounds value, payable in four
years from the Date, and Interest at six per cent per annum,
the Interest to be paid annually. Which Notes shall be in
the following form, viz,
No. ( )
State of New Hampshire the day of 1777.
For value received for the use of the State of
New Hampshire, I do in behalf of said State,
hereby Promise & oblige myself and successors
in the office of Treasurer, to pay to the Posses-
sor of tins Note the sum of Pounds,
on the day of January 1781, with Interest
at six per cent per Annum; the Interest to be
paid Annually.
Witness my hand,
Treasurer.
[- Committee.
29
466 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
That the above named Committee be directed to get the
said Notes printed to the value of twenty thousand pounds,
and omit the other ten Thousand Pounds until an Order to
them for that purpose be given by the General Assembly or
Committee of Safety of this State ; And that Mr. John Smith
and Noah Emery be the Committee to countersign said Notes.
[Concurred.]
[p. 64.] Wednesday, Jan? 15th, 1777.
Voted, That Capt. Trueworthy Gilman be appointed to go
Express from this Court, to Charlestown and other places,
to carry letters from the Honbl Board and orders to the sev-
eral recruiting officers, and make return of his doings to this
house or to the Comtee of Safety as soon as may be. [And
that Mr. Jonathan Call, go Express to the County of Straf-
ford for similar purposes.] — [Concurred.]
[p. 65.] Voted, That the following officers be appointed to
their Several offices hereafter mentioned in Col0 Scammell's
Regiment, viz, ■
Lieut. William Scott, late of Camden, to be a Captain.
William Hawkins of Wilton, " First Lieutenant.
Samuel Breding, of Temple, " 2d Lieut*.
Jason Russell, of Mason " Ensign.
That Lieut. Richard Weare of Hampton-falls be a Captain.
Ezekiel Gile of Plastow, 1st Lieutenant
James Wedgewood of Northampton, 2d Lieut1.
Thomas Simpson jun, late of Deerfield, Ensign.
That Lieut. John Gregg, of Keen be a Captain
Ebenezer Fletcher, of Chesterfield 1st Lieutenant
Benjamin Ellis, of Keen 2a Lieut1.
Joseph Tracy, of Walpole, Ensign.
Voted, That the Schooner Glasgow be permitted to sail
on her intended voyage (to South Carolina) Provided She
carry out no kind of West India produce for Cargo, the own-
ers giving Bond to the Speaker of the Honbl House of Rep-
resentatives to present a true Invoice of her whole Cargo on
her return, and give this State the refusal of the whole or
any part thereof and that the President Grant a Permitt ac-
cordingly. [Concurred.]
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 467
Thursday, Jan* 16th, 1TTT.
[p. 66.] Voted to send One tonn of Powder and one toim
of Lead or bullets, and five thousand Flints (if to be pur-
chased) to Charlestown to be delivered bo Mr. Elijah Grout
for the use of the Continental troops and that he deliver to
each officer & soldier of the Continental troops of this State
when they march for Ticondcroga, a quarter of a Pound
of Powder, half a pound of Lead* or bullets, two Flints, and
that Said Grout be accountable for the same. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Robert Wilson Esq1*, Imediately repair to
Portsmouth and apply to the Continental agent for lead and
Flints to be sent to Charlestown for the use of the Continen-
tal Troops as they pass through there. [Concurred.]
Letter from Col. John Langdon, relating to lead and flints.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 35.]
Portsm0, Jany 17, 1777.
Sr — I Recd by Robert Wilson Esqr.. a Vote of the Honbl Assembly-
respecting the Lead and flints : to which I answer, I had ten Tons of
lead and One hundred Thousand flints from France, All of which has
been sent to Ticonderoga and General Washington, (except, ab* two
tons of lead and three thousand flints) which are for the use of the
Continental ships, agreeable to the Orders from the HonbI Congress.
However, as I think this of importance, shall myself justified in Spar-
ing ab' fifteen hundred weight of lead, and Some flints, — Say One
thousand or more if its possible to do without them on board the
Ships, which shall be delivered, whenever the team calls for them.
I am with all due respect,
Your's & the Hon1'1 Assemblys
Most Obed1 Serv4,
John Langdon.
Jos. Badger, Esq.
[p. 67.] Voted, That the officers of each Company have &
receive out of the Treasury of this State a Sum not exceed-
ing two hundred pounds at this time, they to be accountable
for the Same, and to be further supply1 d from time to time
As Occasion may require, and that the President give orders
Accordingly. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Lieut. Zachariah Beal of Portsmouth be and
hereby is appointed a Captain in Col. Scammell's Regiment
in the Continental Service, & Robert Pike.jun1' of Newmarket
be first Lieutenant, that Joseph Boynton of Stratham be En-
sign of Said Company.
468 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[p. 68.] Friday, Jan* 17th 1777.
The report of the Committee on General Washington's
Letter concerning the Exchange of Prisoners &c. being read
& considered,
Voted, That all the Prisoners of war in this State be col-
lected together, Including those in Goal taken with Major
Rogers, and sent as soon as may be to the Island of Rhode
Island agreeable to General Washington's Direction, under a
guard not exceeding twenty men, and that monies be drawn
out of the Treasury to pay the expences thereof. [Con-
curred.]
Whereas there may be Some Inhabitants of this State dis-
affected to the Government thereof and desirous to remove
themselves their families & Interests there from — To remove
all cause of Complaint from such persons, It is therefore
Resolved, that hence forward all & every such person or
persons shall have full and free liberty within three months,
after passing this Resolve, to depart out of this State with
their Families & Effects and to go to any other parts of the
Globe they may chuse, and before their departure they shall
have full power to sell their Intrest or any part thereof to
[p. 69.] any person or persons who shall appear to purchase
the Same — Provided such Person or Persons shall thirty
days at least before his or their Departure aforesaid give in to
the selectmen of the Town where such person or persons
dwell, his or their name and intended Departure — and the
Selectmen to whom such information shall be given, are here-
by required to transmitt the same as soon as may be, to the
Secretary of this State for the time being, and such person
shall before the Experation of the thirty days aforesd cause
such notice to be published three weeks successively in the
Public Newspapers of this State.
The Report of the Committee on the Propriety of disposing
of the cloathing now on hand in this State to the Soldiers
marching to Ticonderoga, being read & considered, Voted,
That General Folsom be directed to Deliver out the cloathing
at the prime cost to the said soldiers, they paying for the
same. [Concurred.]
[p. 70.] Voted, That Capt. Jeremiah Eames be directed to
Enlist and keep in the service of this State ten more men as
a Scouting Party to be employed at or near the Great Cohos,
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 4G9
imtill the fifteenth day of April next, in addition to the ten
already Voted : and that lie Enlist no more of the Inhabitants
of that place for said service than those he has already en-
listed there. [Concurred]
Voted, That Samuel Outts, Esq. he & hereby is appointed
agent Victualler to the Troops at Piseataqua Harbour within
this State, and that Mr. Joseph Leigh of Portsmouth be Com-
missary to the said Troops. [Concurred.]
Saturday, Jan? 18th 1777.
[p. 72.] Voted to choose a Comtee of two to join such as
the Honble board shall appoint to Revise the Acts & Laws of
this State and to frame and draw up such lulls as are neces-
sary for this State, and also to draw up a Table of Fees for
the several officers of this State, in the recess of the Gen1 As-
sembly, and to lay them before this house at the next session,
and that Mr. Whipple & Sam1 Gilman jun. Esq1' be the Com-
mittee of this house for that Purpose. [Concurred — William
Parker, jun Esq1' added.]
Voted, That the muster masters & pay masters of the Con-
tinental Troops now raising in this State be directed to pay
them their travelling money as well as their bounty, when
they muster them. [Concurred.]
Accts, petitions, bills, &c. passed on by the House and concurred by
the Council, from Jan^ 9th to 18th, 1777. [See Rec. of Council.]
£90 advanced to John Langdon, on account of Matthew Thornton,
at Philadelphia.
£80(1 drawn from Treasury to pay off Col. Long's Reg4 from 7th Jan^
to 7th Feb11 next.
Vote to pay Council & Assembly the same as last year.
£900 to pay Col. Long's Reg1 from 7th Dec. last, to 7th Jan? inst.
Ace1 of Daniel Brainard, pd. 19s/8d.
Balance of Col0 Evans ace1 £4: 19: 4, assumed by the State.
On petition of Mons. L'Eglize, granted him 50 dollars and board for
3 weeks, to carry him to Gen1 Schuyler.
The Treasurer directed to lay his ace' before the House.
Recruiting officers ordered to make immediate returns.
Jonathan Child appointed muster master in place of Samuel Emer-
son, Esq.
Acct. of Israel Morey, for paying soldiers for New York, alld and pd.
£9: 10: 8.
Comtee to audit Col Morey's ace1 for fixing off Col. Bedell's Reg4.
Ace' of David Copp, alld £6.
470 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
£400 sent by Capt. Trueworth Gilmau to Col. Hunt of Charlestown
and £9: to bear expenses.
Money advanced to recruiting officers. To Capt. Isaac Farwell,
£200; to Lt. Jethro Head, £200; to Capt. Amos Emerson, £200; Lt.
Enoch Chase, £200; Capt. Richard Weare, £200; to Capt. Zachariah
Beal, £200.
Pd John Pinkerton's ace' £9: 12, for mustering soldiers in Capt. Alc-
Connel's Company.
Committee appointed to confer with Col. Samuel Hobart about
making powder.
Noah Emery jun. recd £65. to pay Capt. Brown's Corny travel money
from New Castle to No. 4.
Vote to pay Col. Long's Regt. for 128 miles travel.
Ace1 of Jonathan M. Sewall for drawing Bills for the Assembly, alld
& pd. £8.
Samuel Thing, alld 7s for a journey to Durham.
Messrs. Giles and Whipple pdexpence of journey to Boston £1: 12: 9.
£100 advanced to Maj1' George Gains, as Barrack master.
Committee of Safety authorized to agree with Col. Hobart to make
Powder.
Ace1 of Dea. Samuel Brooks alld for fire wood & candles, £15.
Ebenezer Thompson, Sec^, pd. £30. for services.
Noah Emery, Clerk, pd. 12s per day, during the session, and Mr.
John Smith 3s per day, as Assis' Clerk.
Committee of Safety, allowed seven shills pr. day, for service and
pay for travel, the same as members of the house.
Hon. Meshech Weare, allowed £20 for extras services to the State.
Ebenezer Thompson, for service as clerk of Council, and of the Conitee
of Safety, allowed 6s pr day, extra.
Capt. Jeremiah Eames, alld £50. to supply his scouting party.
Acc{ of Joseph Peverly, pd. £43: 10: 1.
Ace1 of Emmons Stockwell, pd. £50: 1:
Acct. of William Parker, jun. Esq. pd. £4: 16.
James Rundlet, door-keeper, pd. £4: 17: 1.
Acts passed : viz. An act to Emit £30.000 in Notes to pay bounties
to Continental soldiers; Act against petit treason; Act against Treason;
An Act in addition to the Militia Act; An Act to regulate the prices
of sundry articles.
Voted, That this House be adjourned to the second
Wednesday in March next at three of the Clock in the
afternoon, then to meet at this place.
God save the People.
1777.]
JOURNAL OF TUB MOUSE.
471
Note. Tin- Act " to regulate the prices of sundry Articles therein enumerated," is
found in full in the " Record of Acts" in the Secretary's ollice, Concord," L766 to 1779,"
which see. The following articles w it Ii their prices are enumerated.— Ed.
£.
s.
.1
Quan y
£.
S
d.
Quan' y
Wheat, good lnerean-
Mutton
0
0
3
lib.
table— not excei </,
0
7
6
Bush.
Veal
0
0
3
do
Rye
4
6
do
Raw-hides
3
do
Ind" Corn
3
6
do
Soal leather
1
6
do
Oats
2
0
do
Upper leather )
Peas
8
0
do
(in proportion)!
do
Beans
0
0
do
Shoes, neat leather
8
0
I>r.
Galls.
Potatoes, (best ill )
1
4
W. I. Rum, pr Hhd.
6
8
the fall) [
pr. Single Gall.
7
8
do
at no season, over)
2
0
do
Pr Quart,
2
0
Cheese
0
6
lib.
N. E. Rum, best —
Butter
0
10
do
pr Hhd
3
10
do
Pork, from )
to 1
4
pr Barrel
Single Gallon
4
0
jlo
do
do
4
6
Salted pork
5
Bbl.
Muscovado Sugars
Beef, grass-fed
3
lib.
pr. Hhd
2
14
0
Cwt.
Tallow, good tried
7io
do
pr. Barrel
3
0
0
do
Salt
0
10
Bush.
pr 111).
Molasses —
0
0
g
Coffee
1
4
lib.
4
Gall.
Cotton
3
0
do
Flax
1
0
do
Wool
2
2
do
Stockings
6
0
pr.
Flannel
3
6
yd.
Tow-Cloth
2
3
do
Linnens —
4
0
do
Cotton Cloth )
3
8
do
Cotton & linen }
Iron-bar
2
0
0
Cwt
Traders not allowed to sell, at over 20 per cent on whole sale price.
Goods at vendue, not over the foregoing prices.
Labour on farms in summer, not to exceed 3s. 4d per day.
Labour of mechanicks and tradesmen — according to common wages
as heretofore.
CORRESPONDENCE,
Between the Time of Adjournment January 18th, and the
March 12th, 1777.
Letter from Col. Pierse Long.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 39.]
Portsm0, Jan? 20th, 1777.
Sr — A soul animated with love to its country And at the same time
fired with resentment to its enemies must at times break forth in a
manner not altogether pleasing to Some. The greatest trouble that ever
came across me, since these times Commenced, has been of late. I,
through a tender regard to those under my Command, (and that only)
was induced to Say as much as possible for them, that they might be
put above reflection. I knew the Requisition I made was just, which
caused me to make it ; and am sorry to say, instead of its having the
intended effect, Viz (Justice) it was by many construed into an un-
willingness on my side to take that Tour; I really thought you might
have known me better. Was the tyrant of Britain on this side the
Atlantic with all its force, I think I could go hand in hand with my
countrymen, and dispute the cause ; for I hold my life but as a cypher
compared with the freedom of my successors.
The approaching difficulties in consequence of my giving marching
orders, are to me very apparent, and must be also to those who do not
wilfully shut their eyes. My obligations to the court are many, For
that act of Generosity in voting a Return to be made to them, or their
Committee of such as did not, or refused to march. I sincerely wish
there may be none such ; But shall rejoice to hear that every one with
cheerfulness goes of. The world, I suppose, thinks me happy in the
command down here; — But you may be assured, while I view my
country in distress, I am always ready (not with mercenary prospects) to
Spend my all in its defence any where. Ag ts and persons with
lucrative views may boast of what they loould do, & F ins may
harangue when at safe distance from the Enemy, which induces me to
say, That it is my wish they may have an opportunity to show their
valour. When I took this command, you are convinced it was of 730
men to be raised, which command would have been honourable any
where. You must be equally convinced that 300, not half that num-
ber, lessens that honour. But as matters now stand, honour is put
out of sight.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. -473
I am still supplying the Island with wood &c. I would ask whether
the Invalids are to be discharged. I have at present put tliem at Fort
Hancock. They will answer in a Fort. The prisoners under my care
are still drawing provisions, and just now apply'd for wood arid Bar-
racks. Accounts are dayly coining in to me tor damages done to their
houses or Barracks, and Rents for the same. Your writing to me on
these several subjects by Capt. Dearing, who will deliver you this,
shall be esteemed by
Your most obed* Serv1,
Pierse Long.
P. S. I have several times wrote you,
and am sorry to say it, I never received
any answer.
Letter from James Bowdoin of Massachusetts to Meshech
Weare, relating to the Privateer Independence.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 57.]
Council Chamber, r>oston
Jan? 27th, 1777.
Sir — We have great reason to conclude that Capt. Sampson of the
armed Brig" Independence in the service of this State has been taken
and carried into Nova Scotia — as we wish to take the most effectual
measures for recovering Capt. Sampson & his crew from the Enemy,
and as we have not at present within this State seamen Prisoners of
War sufficient for the Exchange, perhaps it might be relieving your
State from a burthen to allow us to avail ourselves of the Prison-
ers lately taken on Board the armed schooner (late Capt. Burke) or
any other seamen Prisoners of War within your State, for the purpose
before mentioned — Please to favour us with your sentiments on the
subject by the first opportunity.
In the name & in behalf of the Council,
I am, Sir, Your most Obed1 Servant
J. Bowdoin, Presid'.
Hon. Meshech Weare.
Letter from Timothy Walker, jun., relating to Tories.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 59.]
Concord, Jan? 27, 1777.
Sir — It is vehemently suspected that our Tory Gentry in this part of
the country are about to communicate all the Intelligence in their
power to their Brethren in G1 How's army, by the Prisoners now des-
tined for Newport. Would beg leave to suggest it to the Committee of
Safety, whether it would not be advisable to instruct the officer who
shall he charged with the Prisoners to be very critical in examining
their Baggage & Papers when he delivers them up.
I remain your most obed4
and very Humble Serv1
Tim0 Walker, jr.
Col0 Nic9 Gilman.
474 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from H. Wentworth, relating to Tories.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 63.]
Portstn0. 30th Jan*. 1777.
Sir — We beg leave to transmit you herewith a List of Sundry per-
sons taken up as notoriously disaffected to the American Cause, (1)
whom we have sent under a proper Guard, and you have also Capt.
Odiorne's & Dalling's testimony respecting some of them. We doubt
not the Hon1'1 Committee will take such measures with them as will
tend to procure the future peace of this Town, and of the State in
General. We beg leave to refer you to Capt. Salter as an evidence
against two of them.
I am, by order of the Comtee,
Sir, 3Tour most hhbl Servf.
H. Wentworth, Chairman.
To the Honble, the Chairman
of the Comtce of Safety at Exeter.
Commissary Orders to Nichs Gilman.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 65.]
State of New Hampshire — In Committee of Safety
Jan>' 30th 1777.
To Nichs Gilman, Junr —
Whereas you are appointed Commissary to provide for Capt. John
Haven's Company & Prisoners under his care to Rhode Island, in per-
forming which you will consult the cheapest method in providing such
victuals as is necessary allowing each man a pint of cider at a meal ;
also in sending forward to have seasonable meals provided twice a day
at such times & places as you, with the advice of Capt. Haven, judge
most convenient & will best expedite the march : Taking care to have
Receipts from the persons of whom you have provisions &c, and to give
a regular account of your doings on your return.
Orders to Capt. John Raven, in charge of prisoners to Rhode
Island.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 07.]
In Committee of Safety at Exeter
Jan?, 30th. 1777.
To Capt. John Haven —
You are directed to take in charge the Prisoners named in the List
herewith delivered you, and proceed with them to such place in the
State of Rhode Island as you shall be informed the Commander of the
American Troops there resides, and deliver the Letter you have in
trust directed to him and solicit his advice and assistance relative to
the manner of your carrying into execution the Business you are en-
trusted with. Then agreeable to such advice, you are to proceed &
deliver the prisoners to the Commanding officer of the British troops
(1) Sec printed Records of Coin, of Safety, N. H. Hist. Coll. Vol. VII. p. 73.— Ed.
1776.] CORRESPONDENCE. 475
at New Port, delivering him the List of Names of prisoners directed to
General Howe, taking care that said commanding officer signs a Re-
ceipt on the other List or counterpart (which you have) that he had
received said Prisoners ; and after you have performed said Business
you are to inclose said List & llec', in a letter of your own directed to
Gen1 Washington, & deliver the same into the hands of the General
officer of the American Troops or Governor Cooke at Providence de-
siring the same may be forwarded to General Washington as soon as
possible.
As a matter of the greatest importance we strictly enjoin it on you,
j'tisfc before you embark for Newport to cause the most particular &
critical search to be made of every prisoner & his Baggage, examining
their cloaths, shoes &c. after Letters or papers in their care for the en-
emy, and if any such should be found, Bring them to this Commit-
tee.
Very credible information has been Given that Letters & papers of a
treasonable nature are in possession of the Prisoners, or rather that
such are designed to be put into their hands on the journey. After
examination let no man speak to the Prisoners, or come near them un-
til you embark for Newport.
Indorsed — " Copy of Instructions
to Capt. John Haven, Jan. 30, 1777."
Letter from Joshua Gidney, a prisoner, to his father.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 73.]
Hond Sir — I gladly embrace this opportunity of writing you, hope-
ing this may find you in as good Health as it leaves me. You have
doubtless before this heard of my hard fate in being removed from
Dutchess County to New Hampshire, a march of 14 days which I per-
formed on foot, but not without much fatigue. I verily believe no one
hath suffered more for Loyalty than [myself.] On my arrival with
about seventy of my neighbours we were had before the Committee of
Safety then setting in a Town called Exeter, the present seat of Gov-
ernment. The Committee gave the major part of our number, of
whom I am one Liberty of seeking Lodging within six miles of the
State House, a Liberty we did not expect — I soon found comfortable
Lodging and might have tarried but I thought a little Retirement
might be best: I therefore Removd to a neighbouring Parish called
Kensington, about 2 miles from Exeter where I now live and am well
accommodated. On our inarch through Connecticut &c. we were told
that the People of Exeter would deal with us according to our deserts,
by close confinement if not hanging, as every Tory deserved; but on
our arrival and ever since we have been treated with civility and by
some with Respect. I verily believe that Exeter is made up of as kind
Hospitable People as in Town in America, even to strangers. Some oi
my brethren, I heare have safely returned to their Family and friends
by permission from the New Hampshire Committee, — some have gone
without liberty, among whom were 4 by the names of Hunt, Brown
Rose & Mott, who were all apprehended & brought back to Exeter and
confined for a while in Goal, but since have been Liberated(l) by given
(1) Stephen Hunt was liberated on parole, in accordance with a Resolve of the Com-
mittee of New York, Jan. 28, 1777, on his "asserting a disposition to become a good
subject to the State."— Ed. [State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 61.]
476
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777.
Bonds with suretys, which suretys they easily obtained among strang-
ers, which act I conceive to be very friendly, when the runaways were
apprehended as Friends to the King. I mention this to instance in the
Generosity of the Inhabitants. I should rejoice on receiving a Letter
from you. I have no prospect of being liberated soon. I add no more
but my warmest wishes for your welfare here and Happiness hereafter.
Please Remember me to all Friends, — from your Dutifull Son
Joshua Gidxey.
State of New Hampshire.
Exeter, 30th January, 1777.
A List of British Prisoners sent from the State of New Hampshire ,
lately taken by Sea & Land, and brought there ; sent at the desire
of Gen. Washington under the care of Cnpt. Jn° Haven to be deliv-
ered to the Commanding officer of the British Army at New Port
on Rhode Island, Jan? 31st, 1777.
NAMES
RANK
CORPS.
Joseph Dean
Sergeant
Capt. Jn° Eagles Company
Stephen San
Private
in Col. Rogers Battalion
Elijah Carle
Ditto
Ditto
John An ge vine
ditto.
ditto.
Jos. Carle
do.
do.
Walter Brown
do.
do.
Gilbert Myers
do.
do.
Frederick Devoe
do.
do.
Reuben Stivers
do.
do.
David Travis
do.
do.
Jonah Warden
do.
do.
Elijah Bartoe
do.
do.
Jona Austin
do.
do.
Francis Besley
do.
do.
James Sharp
do.
do.
Solomon Parent
do.
do.
Jona Ecly
do.
do.
Stephen Travis
do.
do.
James Canady
do.
do.
Moses Travis
do.
do.
Abraham Brown
do.
do.
Elnethan Appleby
Sergeant
do.
Jedediah Davis
Private
do.
Jacob Cadwell Burr
do.
do.
William Washburn
do.
do
John Charlick
do
do. Capt. Ephraim San-
ford's Comp-v. in Col.
Rogers battalion.
I hereby certify that the persons named in the foregoing List, being
under the command of Col. Robert Rogers, was made prisoners by the
1777.]
CORRESPONDENCE.
477
Americans at the State of New York, and sent from there to the State
nf New Hampshire.
Joseph Dean, Sergeant.
Ex'1 by D. Gilman.
NAMES
RANK
VESSEL.
Richard Willis
Captain
Of the armed Schooner George-
Jos. I Tan well
Midshipman
do.
Alex1' Reed Elliot
Ditto
do.
Owens Williams
Ditto.
do.
Magnus Banks
Ditto
do.
David Garret
Gunner
do.
Henry Johnson
Boatswain
do.
William Chappie
Carpenter
do.
Samuel Mills
Sailor
do.
John Mills
do.
do.
John Scott,
do.
do.
John Garoon
do.
do.
Patrick Clark
do.
do.
Thos Sharrack
do.
do.
James Aniesbury
do.
do.
John Ellison
do.
do.
Jn° Black eldon
do.
do.
Jn° Keeling
clo
do.
Sam1 Anson
do.
do.
John Loring
do.
do
Geo. Polloxfen
do.
do
Richard Singer
do.
do.
David Nadreck
do.
do.
John Fndge
do.
do.
Wm, Lewis
do.
do.
I hereby certify that the persons named in the aforesaid list belonged
to the armed Schooner George which was wrecked on the 28th day of
December last near Piscataqua Harbor and were made prisoners by the
Americans
Richard Willis, Captain.
Charles Hartford
Captain
Of the Ship Hero
John Taylor
Carpenter
Do.
Edmund Butler
Boy
Do.
Dick
A negro.
Do.
I hereby certify that the Ship Hero bound from Jamaica to New
York, was taken by the McClary an American Privateer & bro't into
Piscataqua Harbour, New Hampr.
Charles Hartford, Master.
Lawrence Boden
James Nutt
Captain Of the Ship Royal Exchange.
I hereby Certify that the Ship Royal Exchange, bound from Grenada
478 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
to London was taken by the Columbus an American Privateer, and
brought into Piscataqua Harbour.
Lawrence Boden, Master.
Letter from General Washington, relating to deserters.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 79.] '
Head Quarters, Morris Town, Jan? 31Bt, 1777.
Gent" —
The great countenance & protection shown & given to deserters by
person;- in the different Neighborhoods from whence they originally
came, has made that vice so prevalent in the army that unless some
very effectual means are fallen upon to prevent it, our new Army will
carci ly be rais'd before it will again dwindle & waste away from that
cause alone.
I know of no remedy so effectual as for the different States i mediately
bo pass Laws, laying a very severe penalty upon those who harbour or
fail i" give information againsl deserters, knowing them to be such, &
stricth enjoining all Justices of the Peace & officers of the Militia to
keep a watchful eye over & apprehend all such persons as shall return
from the army without a discharge.
In order that this most, salutary measure maybe carried speedily
into execution, I have not only desir'd Congress to recommend it to
the different States, but have myself wrote Circular letters to them all,
pre: ing their compliance with my request. Desertion must cease of
coun e when the Deserters find they have no shelter.
I am Gent"
Yr mo: Obed1 Serv4,
G°: Washington.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, relating to the Declaration of
Independence.
[State Tap. Vol. VI. p. 81.]
Baltimore, Jan? X\A. 1777.
Gentlemen — As there is not a more distinguished event in the
History of America, than the Declaration of her Independence, nor
any, that, in all probability, will so much excite the attention of future
ages, it- is highly proper that the memory of that Transaction should
rved iii the mosl careful manner thai can be devised.
I am therefore commanded by Congress to transmit you the enclosed
Copy of the Act of Independence, with the List, of the several Mem-
bers of Congress subscribed thereto, and to request that you will cause
the same to be put upon Record, ( 1 ) that it may henceforth form a Part
of the Archives of your Slate, and remain a lasting Testimony of your
approbation of thai uecessarj and important Measure.
I have the honor to be,
Gentlemen — your most obed. serv*
John Hancock, Presid*.
Hon1,1" Assembly of the
State of New Hampshire.
L) See ante pp. 200 203.— Ed.
1777. J COBRESPONDENCE. 479
Letter from the Committee of Safety to Gov. Trumbull of
Connecticut.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 93.]
Exeter, Feb? 1*', 1777.
Sir — The Committee of Safety of this Statu had the honor of re-
ceiving \ ours of the '-'•">"' ult°.
The General Assembly of this State bas passed a Law affixing the
price of sundry necessary articles of Life &c. agreeable to the report of
the Committees lately met at Rhode Island, with several additions —
Copy of which is enclosed : — have also agreed & confirmed the ■ •■ era!
matters recommended by s'1 Committee except that for giving £10 as a
Bounty to soldiers enlisting for the war, which the Legislative Body of
this State were of. opinion they wen' obliged not to comply with, as it
appeared to them the Quota of men allotted for this State could not be
raised for that Bounty, especially when they understood that the Gen1
Assembly of the State of the Mass" Bay had Resolved to give £20.
We are greatly obliged to yon for your generous offer of transmitting
such intelligence from the southward as you shall have, whir!, must
serve the publick cause & will be gratefully reca by us.
In behalf of the Com1"" I am, &c.
Your most ob* serv1
Hon. Gov. Trumbull.
Letter from Hon. Wm. Whipple to Meshech Weave.
[State Tap. Vol. VI. p. 101.]
Baltimore, 3d Feb. 1777.
Sir—
I have just time to advise you by Express to Boston, that Mr. Betton
arriv'd here the 19tb ult" with your dispatch & the day following a
Grant was made to N. Hampshire of 100,001) Dollars; but the Back-
wardness of tin! Treasury caus'd by the removal of Congress to this
place i i the reason of his delay to this time, & I fear will detain some
days longer, there being a Large sum For the Eastern States, which its
tho't besi to send togeather under a sufficient Guard. Mr. Betton is
very impatient to return; but I hope he will he prevailed on to wait for
the money as I am confident it will be conveyed to you much sooner by
him, than if it sho'd be sent after him; it gives me great pain that he
sho'd be thus delayed but there is no possibility of avoiding it.
I am, Sir, with great esteem & respect
Your most obl serv'
Wm. Whipple.
Hon. Meshech Wcarc.
Lettev from Col. David Gilman, relating to complaints of his
soldiers.
[State Tap. Vol. VI. p. 95.]
(Extract.) Peeks Kill, FebruaJ 3d, 1777.
HONORd Sir —
" My officers and men very well know they were promised the same
480 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
encouragement that the Massachusetts Troops were, and that they
have not had; — For, in the first place, the Massatta gave their men two
pence pr mile for travel, and a Waggon for each Company to transport
their haggage. Our men have not had the latter; they furnish ?d their
men with Surgeon & medicine; ours have the former, but not the lat-
ter, and of consequence would be as well without both. The Massatts
have a Store here with the conveniences of life; we have not. Rum
they sell for 2s-6d pr. Qt. ; we are obliged to give Gs. Sugar they have
for Is pr. lb. we for ls-6d, and other necessaries accordingly.
" We are here doing little, but keeping necessary guards and Fa-
tigues of divers kinds. Hanging of Tories, and guarding of the same.
The armies in the Jersey remain pretty inactive."
David Gilman, Colonel.
Hon. Meshech Weare, Esq.
Letter from General Schuyler, relating to Ticonderoga.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 83.]
(Extract) Albany, Jany 31st, 1777.
Sir — "Mr. Kirkland our Missionary among the six Nations arrived
here this day from the Westward with several Indian Sachems. From
the Informations he and they bring as well as from many corroborating
Accounts, it is past a doubt that General Carleton intends to attack
Tyconderoga as soon as the Lake is passable over the Ice. It is there-
fore incumbent on you to send all the new Levies raised in your State
instantly to Tyconderoga by the shortest Rout and with the greatest
Dispatch possible."
I am, Sir, your most obed' serv4
Ph: Schuyler.
The President of the State
of New Hampshire.
Letter from Col. Long to the Committee of Safety.
(Extract) [State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 105.]
Portm0 Febr 4th, 1777.
Sr — "Capt. Osborn of the Marines on board the ship Raleigh, has
enlisted 11 of Capt. Hearing's men for three years. Mr. McCiure can
inform you General Ward's oppinions of that matter.
" When I was at Exeter I informed you of the two Comps under the
Capts. Brewster & Perkins, refusing to march [for Ticonderoga] whose
names together with such of Capt. Hearing's I now return."
Pi erse Long.
To the Chairman of State Committee.
Letter from the Committee of Safety to Capt. Osborne.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 107.]
State of New Hampshire.
In Committee of Safety, Feb>' 4th 1777.
Sir — The Committee are informed, by Col. hong, that you have en-
listed as marines to go on board the Raleigh ship of War, Sundry sol-
diers belonging to his Regiment, now under marching orders for Ticon-
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 481
deroga. The Committee have seen no Resolve or Vote of Congress
that will justify such proceeding, and think it very prejudicial to the
public service, and that you ought to release them imediately.
A Resolve of Congress transmitted to us allows officers appointed to
recruit the Quotas of men in the several States allotted for them to
raise to serve during the war, to Enlist men out of other Regiments
in their service, who are engaged for a short time ; but is expressly
limited to them, and cannot be construed to allow any other officers to
enlist them, though for the war, unless they belong to the 88 Battalions
mentioned in the Resolve.
Capt. Osborne. ■
Letter from Hon. John Langdon^ to the Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 121.]
Portsmouth, Feb? 5th 1777.
Gent" — I have purchased of Capt. Moffatt his Brig1 with all her ap-
purtenances; one of her anchors I understand is at the Smith's (by
order of the State) who refuses to deliver the same. I am therefore
obliged to be at the expence of a horse and man to the Hon1'1 Commit-*
tee, to Desire they would see the Anchor forth coming with all charges,
as it was to be deliver'd in the like good order, as when taken from on
board the Brig1 which is reasonable; this is now the Continents, and the
vessell will sail to-morrow or next day, if the weather permits. I shall
therefore be very thankful, if the Honbl Committee will immediately
take order thereon, otherwise the vessel must be detained. What right
the Smith has to Refuse the State the delivery of the Anchor, I know
not: it ever has been customary to deliver the article, and then receive
the pay from those who employed him and not by any means to hold
the article till payment is made — this the Honbl Committee will be
judges of, as it seems to bear hard on the credit of the State.
I am with all due respect
Gen1 your most hh1 Serv1
John Langdon.
Petition of Roelof Josias JJltinge, a New York prisoner.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 115.]
To the Honbl the Committee of Safety for the State of New Hamp-
shire :
Humbly slieics : Roelof Josias Eltinge late of Ulster County in
the State of New York, that on suspicion of disaffection to the Ameri-
can cause he was taken up & committed to the care of the worthy Col°
Welch and by him conducted to his dwelling house in Plastow about
the middle of December last, where yr Petitioner has resided ever since
with liberty of walking about his farm. That imagining he might be
better, as well as more cheaply boarded elsewhere, he had requested
and obtained encouragement from the Col0 that he might remove to
Capt. Calfe's in Kingston; instead of which the Col0 yesterday con-
ducted him to Exeter & caus'd him to be confined in close Goal : That
your Petitioner is a person of an infirm Constitution & unable to en-
dure the corrupted air of the Goal : Wherefore he prays he may have
30
482 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
liberty of the six miles allowed others his friends & Neighbors — for the
proper use of which he is ready & willing to give such Security as your
honours shall judge adequate, & as bound shall pray, &c.
ROELOF JOSIAS ELTINGE.
Exeter Goal, Feb. 4*. 1777.
Records of Comtee of Safety, p. 77.
Feby 5th. Made an order for the prison keeper to discharge Rudolph
Josias Eltinge from Goal, he paying sd charges of imprisonment; said
Eltinge having procured Joseph Brown & Jona Purinton of Kensing-
ton, to give Bonds, for his remaining a true prisoner within the Parish
of Kensington.
Letter relating to cloathing for Col. ScammelVs Regiment.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 119.]
In Committee of Safety, at Exeter, Feb. 6th, 1777.
Gen* — The Bearer Col0 Alexander Scammell who is appointed to the
command of one of the Regiments raising in this State for the Conti-
nental service, waits on you to see if it is consistent with your Instruc-
tions from Congress, to let him have cloathing out of the Stores in
your hands for his Regiment. This State, nor no one Individual in it,
has been so fortunate as to Import any woolen goods since the Com-
mencement of this war, neither is there any for sale therein, which is a
difficulty we are unable to surmount, unless the men raised here can be
cloathed from the Continental Stores; if not we are fearful they must
go into the field almost naked, or at least with cloathing insufficient to
make them in any tolerable degree comfortable or decent. Coulers for
the Regiments cannot be procured in this State. Col0 Scammell will
give you any further Information you may need.
In behalf of the'Commite &c.
Indorsed — " Copy to Comtee of Congress for clothing."
Letter from Tliomas Thompson, relating to the enlistment of
marines S[C.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 125.]
Portsmouth, February 6th, 1777.
Gent".
Capt. Osborne has just recd a letter without any signature dated in
the Committee of Safety at Exeter the 4th Inst, which I must suppose
comes from that Body. On that presumption only I answer as I sup-
pose will Captain Osborne. 'Tis very strange after Col0 Long has tak-
en the Pains to send to Gen1 Ward & received his answer respecting
those men, he should trouble the Committee of Safety of this State
about the matter. Col° Long told me that Gen1 Ward said if the men
had listed with Capt. Osborne in his Company of Marines during the
War, they might remain with him ; but to tell Capt. Osborne not to
enlist any more out of that Regiment: If the Gen1 had thought proper
the men should be deliver'd up he would have ordered Capt. Osborne
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 483
to that effect. Remember the men have entered as Marines not Mari-
ners, & Marines by a Vote of Congress are on the same footing as sol-
diers in the land service; Notwithstanding we can keep them & are
not accountable to the Committee of Safety of any State for such con-
duct; yet rather than any reflection should fall on us or that we should
be the means of retarding the too long neglected inarch of Col°. Long,
shall agree to give them up, if he again desire it; for I shall next ex-
pect he will send to Baltimore for advice & make this an Excuse for fur-
ther delay.
I must likewise remind the Committee of Safety that every discour-
aging method is taken in this State to prevent the manning of the
Raleigh. A pretended Embargo is seemingly complied with. Here
are vessels sailing every day whether with or without leave I cannot
say, for I have never been made acquainted with the Embargo. It has
been the custom of other Nations to include the commanders of ships
of "War as well as Forts in any directions for special Embai'goes. An
Embargo is laid & strictly adhered to in the other States, of all private
property. All Privateers are stopp'd for the purpose of manning the
Continental Ships of War & filling up the army. The State of Massa-
chusetts Bay strictly keep to their first intention, insomuch that the
same owners concern'd in the Privateer now in Portsmouth Avere oblig-
ed to bring two of their ships up from the Castle, which had been
victualled & manned some time & ready for the Sea: they have peti-
tioned & remonstrated to the Council several times since m*ging the
Damage and great expence they had been at, but to no effect: they
only received for answer, the public good must be prefer'd to private
interest : This I can affirm from the Council Chamber not a fortnight
ago; where I had an opportunity of hearing it. How different here!
A Privateer launch'd, Rigg'd & Mann'd since the Embargo was laid
(if it may be so called) The other States stop all Privat — strictly re-
lying on their sister States to preserve the same Virtuous conduct. I
beg you to consider how this matter will appear in publick. My
Friend John Langdon, Esqr. is concerned, to whom I acknowledge eve-
ry tie of Friendship, & could I prefer Friendship to Duty & the good of
the service I am engaged in should be silent in this matter. But I act
from a consciousness of my own duty, which is to make you acquaint-
ed tho' late, That if the Privateer above mention'd is suffered to de-
part, it will bring a Reflection on this State, operate in public against
Mr. Langdon and manifestly tend to the disadvantage of the public
service, particularly to manning the Ship under my Command; of
which I bear testimony & do remonstrate against her going to your
Honours, & leave it to your further consideration, as the General
Court is not now sitting.
I am, Your Honos Respectful Serv'.
Thomas Thompson.
N. B. 130 able Body'd men
going in this Ship would fill up
some space in the army or Navy.
To the Honble Committee of Safety
for the State of New Hampshire.
Indorsed — "Letter from Capt. Thomas Thompson.
6th Feby. 1777."
484 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Second Letter from Capt. Tlios : Thompson, to the Committee
of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. II. p. 161.]
Portsm0 Feb? 13th 1777.
Gent" —
In whatever light you may view the Letter I sent to the Committee
of Safety, I meant no reflection: I mean not to set the Legislative Body
of any State at Defiance; — on the contrary, shall always think it my
duty to advise with them at any time when the good of the service I
am engaged in requires it — Any thing which you may look upon as a
reflection I disown, however inadvertent I may have been in expressing
my sentiments. If you look over your letter again, as I have mine with
coolness and deliberation, I think you will be of opinion nothing can
justify the conclusion, — such an ungenerous reflection from a public
body is unpardonable — Let me have eversomuch forgot myself
when I wrote to them, I am willing to submit my conduct to the
Strictest scrutiny; — I shall here avoid any expressions that may create
uneasiness, as this would give pleasure to our internal, and my secret
enemies, of which sort there are too many: but I must desire that you
proove or disaproove your aspersion, if it is meant to me — my mind is too
sensible of Injuries ever to forget that the Legislative Body of this State,
has in an oblique manner thrown out hints against my honour, which I
have ever held sacred and inviolate. I cannot think myself a fit servant
to the United States until it is wip'd off. In defiance of the most in-
veterate enemies and the expectations of that Justice you are bound to
show I conclude; with respect, Gentlemen,
Your most obdt Hhb1 Serv'
Thos: Thompson.
To the Honbl the Committee of Safety.
Letter from Capt. Oshorne, on the same subject as the foregoing :
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 129.]
(Extract) Portsm0 Feb? 6th, 1777.
Gen1 — " You are pleased to acquaint me that Col0 Long has
informed you that I have enlisted some of his soldiers, belonging
to Capt. Dearing's Compy, wch I tho't I had a right to,— as my
orders from the Grand Congress are — To enlist for three years:
Upon wch I cannot but believe I have a right so to do; tho' you
have in your letter excluded, as not having any Rank or Con-
cern wth the Array to be raised. I think, Gentlemen, if my Company
is to be ruled & commanded by the Regulations of the army, I must in
consequence reckon my Department as a part of the same — having
orders from the Major of Marines to fill my company equal to the
Land service.
" As for those soldiers being enlisted to serve their country by sea,
I had their own officers who said, If I did not Enlist them, they knew
they would not go with them.
" I must confess, Gen1 1 am surprised — when after Col0 Long should
tell both Capt. Thompson and myself that Gen. Ward should write
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 485
him to give up the men already enlisted with me, but not to suffer any-
more to go (wch we assur'd the Col° we would not) that after this, he
should trouble you on this account !
" I mean not to vindicate an Error: but as an officer I think it my
duty to stand for my conduct, till by any further proof I am convinced
to the contrary, wch as soon as I am, shall look upon it as my Duty to
obey.
" If Col0 Long should further desire these men, I will deliver them
up rather than it should be a means of retarding his march to Ticon-
deroga."
I am, Gen*, with respect
Your most obl Hhbl Serv1
Geo: Jerry Osborne.
To the Honbl the Committee of Safety
for the State of New Hampshire.
Application for Fire-Arms, to Gen. Ward.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 131.]
State of New Hampshire :
In Committee of Safety, Feb. 6th, 1777.
Sir — This State are reduced to the necessity of asking from the Con-
tinental Stores, a number of fire-arms for the men raising therein for
the Continental service. The loss of arms at the Cedars, (1) those
from time to time stopped from men who left the army, and put into
Continental Stores hath taken from us the best muskets that belonged
to the State: Scarce a man who returned from the army (except the
militia bro't) but what came without any: And we are unable to fur-
nish enough fit for service for one half (or perhaps one third) of the
three Regiments raising here. Col0 Scammell's who commanded one of
said Regts waits on you for the above purpose. Also to solicit cloathing
& Coulers for his Reg1, which cannot be procured in this State.
Gen. Ward.
Letter from Gen. Washington.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 133.]
Head Quarters, Morris Town, Feb? 7, 1777.
Gentlemen — As the arrival of a sufficient quantity of small arms
from Europe in time to arm the Continental Troops is a matter of great
uncertainty, proper steps should be taken immediately in yr State to
collect all that can be purchased from private People.
The custom of hiring them for the campaign is attended with many
bad consequences: The owners take little care of them & carry them
away, or sell & change them when they please.
Particular attention should be paid to the quality of the Fire lock; no
trash or light arms should on any ace1 be received in the Public Store :
(1) See ante, p. 153.— Ed.
486 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
If they are not substantial both in Stock, lock & barrell they should be
thrown upon the hands of the Commissary who purchased them.
I am, with the greatest esteem and regard
Yr most obed4 Hhbl serv'
G°: Washington.
IIonb Convention of
N. Hampshire.
P. S. Letters from Gen1 Schuyler inform me that the Port of Ty-
conderoga is left almost entirely naked; that it is in no situation of re-
sistance : You will therefore be pleased to hurry on your Regimts and
order them immediately to that place.
Letter from Hon. Sam1 Ph ps Savage to the Committee of Safety,
relating to sending a vessel to sea.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 143.]
War office, Boston, 8th Feb? 1777.
To the Honbl the Council & House of Representatives of the State of
New Hampshire: —
May it please your Honors:
The General Assembly of this State hav-
ing impowered the Board of War among other Business, to fit out a
number of Ships &c. for supplies of Clothing & military Stores for the
approaching Spring, We have in consequence thereof purchased of
William Dennie the Ship Bunker-hill & her Cargo, John Clarke, Mas-
ter, in your State, and as the vessells fitted out by this State were ex-
cepted in the general prohibition, We pray your honors to give imme-
diate orders to the proper officers for the permission of said ship &
Cargo to proceed to Sea, any prohibition of Embargo to the contrary
notwithstanding.
By order of the Board
Sam. Ph's. Savage, Presid4.
Certificates of money sent to New Hampshire, by the Conti-
nental Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 135.]
Baltimore, Feb. S, 1777.
Dr. Sir — I have the Honor of sending you pr. favour of James
Betton and William Gregg, the following Continental Loan Office Cer-
tificates, viz.
Three hundred & eighty nine, 400 dollars each, is 155,600
One - - - 500 - - - - 500
And Twenty-five 000 - - - - 15,000
171.100 dollars.
Amounting to one hundred & seventy one thousand one hundred
Dollars; which Certificates you will please to deliver to the Commis-*
sioncr of the Loan office in your State requesting him at the same time
to number them agreeable to the directions herewith sent and to dis-
1777. J CORRESPONDENCE. 487
pose of them agreeable to the Resolutions of Congress and the Instruc-
tions heretofore sent pr. favour of Capt. John Doughty, with the 263
Certificates of 300 Dollars each (which hope long before now are come
to hand) and the Instructions from the Treasury Board herewith sent.
I am further to request That on receiving the Certificates you give
the above named duplicate Receipts for the same
in order that they may transmit one of them to me.
I am with much esteem and regard
Dr Sir, your most obed' serv1
M. Hillegas, Cout. Tr.
The 380 Certificates of 400 Doll8 each
to be numbered No. 1 a. 389 inclusive
The One Certificate of 500 dollars, No. 1.
The 25 Certificates of 600 dollars each No 1 a. 25 inclusive
N. B. Should be glad of a few lines from your Commissioner to
know how he goes on.
The HonbI the President of the Council
of the State of New Hampshire.
Invoice of Money $• Certificates in Box marked II.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 137.]
200 Griffeth & Asquith, Class 17, del.
200 Do. 17 - -
200 Barrell & Hillegas - - 2 - -
200 Wm. Lux No. 5 - -
150 B. Brannan 13 - -
142 J. Dorrey & Gaither of class 6 - -
Do. - - - - - Do. - -
9 Bills
A Bundle containing 389 Certificates of 400 Dollars each to be num-
bered No. 1 a. 389 inclusive
1 Certificate of 500 Dollars, No. 1.
And in a small Bundle for N. Hampshire, twenty-five Certificates of
600 Dollars each to be numbered No. 1 a. 25 inclusive.
5, Emiss. 6th
20,000
7 - - 6th
20,000
3 - - 6th
20,000
7 - - 3i
2,000
7 - - 3(i
1,500
1 - - ft)
2 - -Do}
18,460
40
100,000
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, relating to money for New
Hampshire.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 155.]
(Extract) Baltimore, Feb? 8th, 1777.
Gentlemen — " By the return of Mr. Betton & Mr. Gregg you will
Receive a Box marked II. Containing one hundred Thousand Dollars,
an advance to the State of New Hampshire for publick service, and
for which your State is to be accountable. This money would have
been sooner sent, but the Removal of Congress from Philadel8 & the
consequent Stoppage of all Business for a season, has been the occa-
sion of the Delay.
488 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
The Gentlemen who were some time ago recommended as Field Offi-
cers for the Continental Battalion, are approved, & by their applying
to General Washington -will Receive their Commissions."
I am with respect, Gentlemen
Your very humb Serv1.
John Hancock, Presid*.
P. S. I have advanced Mr.
Betton four hundred Dollars
towards the Expences of Convey-
ing the money, for which he is
to ace1 with you, & you will please
to transmit the settlm1.
Hon. Assembly of New Hampshire.
Instructions to James Betton £ William Gregg, in regard to
the transportation of money S^c.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 147.]
Baltimore, Feb? 11th, 1777.
Gentlemen —
You having taken the charge of a waggon with money, you will
proceed therewith agreeable to the following Instructions:
Make the best dispatch to the city of Philadelphia, and on your ar-
rival there apply to the Honble Robert Morris Esq. one of the Com-
mittee of Congress, and desire him to order you a suitable waggon
with four horses; when that is effected unload the waggon you take
from hence, and send it immediately back to this place, and when you
have loaded the money in the other waggon, you will proceed on untill
you arrive at Fish-Kill; you are there to deliver the money design'd
for Albany to the HonbI Convention of New York, or the Command-
ing Officer & request them to forward it as directed to the paymaster
at Albany. From Fish-Kill you will proceed to Hartford & deliver
one Box of Money marked C. O. to the Honbl John Lawrence, Esq.
Treasurer, & deliver him my letter, directed to Governor Trumbull;
from thence you will go on to Boston in Massachusetts Bay, and deliv-
er to Henry Gardner, Esqr one Box mark'd H. G. M. & two Boxes E.
II. to Ebenr. Hancock, Esq. dep-v pay master General; from thence pro-
ceed to New Hampshire & deliver to the Treasurer one Box mark'd H.
You will please to make the greatest dispatch in your power & take
particular care that the waggon is constantly guarded, & be very atten-
tive to the money in the night; You will deliver your letters safe to
the persons to whom they are addressed.
I have put in the waggon a small trunk directed to R. T. Paine,
which you will please to deliver to Thos dishing Esqr. at Boston.
Shou'd you want any assistance on the road apply to any persons, &
shew them the order delivered you herewith, and they will afford you
Aid.
Be as frugal of expences as possible. I have given you four hun-
dred dollars, with which you are to pay the expences of all the gentle-
men who attend the waggon; you are also to pay the expences of the
driver & horses; — So soon as you have deliver'd the money at New
Hampshire, you will discharge the waggon with Orders to return im-
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 489
mediately & transmit to me the time of its discharge. You are to Ac-
count with the Assembly of New Hampshire for your expences, who
will settle with you & desire them to send me the account.
I wish you a Good Journey & am,
Gent", your humble Serv'.
John Hancock, Presid4.
You will settle with Mr. O'Brien for his detention, in the Same pro-
portion as the State of New Hampshire adjust the Hate of your Deten-
tion. He was detain' d thirteen days.
To.
James Betton, William Gregg, Jeremiah O'Brian & Josiali Thorpe,
Esqrs.
Letter to Capt. Osborn, relating to Enlistments.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 139.]
In Committee of Safety, Feb? 8, 1777.
Sir — Yours of the 6th Instant was delivd by Capt. Mead. You say
that a Letter from the Comtee came to your hands without any signa-
ture. It is likely in the hurry the Committee then was in that it might
be sealed up without signing.
The Committee, desirous of promoting the publick service, and in
consequence of Col. Long's solicitations wrote you their opinion of the
Impropriety of Enlisting men belonging to said Col. Long's Regiment;
and are still of the same opinion; as you cannot pretend your Company
is included in the Eighty-eight Battalions expressly named in the Re-
solve of Congress as having liberty to recruit out of other Regiments
in Service. Wishing you success in the service of your country, I am,
in behalf of the Committee —
(Copy)
Capt. Osborn, Portsm0.
[In a letter, dated Temple, Feby ye 8th, 1777 directed to Col Scam-
niell, Samuel Breeden, declines serving as 2d Lieut, in Col. S'. Regi-
ment, on the ground, that he is "just recruiting from the Fatigues of
the two last campains," and thinks himself incompetent to serve in that
capacity.] — Ed.
Letter from General Washington.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 145.]
Head Quarters, Morris Town, 8th Feb>' 1777.
Gentlemen —
I have lately recd several letters from Gen. Schuyler, calling upon me
in the most pressing manner to send up a proper reinforcement to se-
cure the important pass of Ticonderoga, as he is very apprehensive that
the Enemy will take the advantage and opportunity of crossing the
Lake upon the Ice, and making themselves Masters of that valuable
Fortress, when the Troops, whose times are nearly expired come away.
Van Schaicks Regiment, consisting of four hundred men from the
State of New York, has already marched, 'and I beg that such number
of men (belonging to the Quota you are to raise of the 88 Battalions)
490 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
as are recruited, may be equipped with the greatest expedition and for-
warded on to Ticonderoga. If the Regiments are not full, a proper
number of officers should be left behind tocompleat them, and to march
them up, when they are so.
As I have mentioned this matter in one of my former Letters, it may
perhaps look like a doubt of your exertions, to press it again; but when
you consider of how much importance it is to prevent the Enemy from
passing the Lakes and a forming a junction with their force below, I
hope you will excuse my making this Request the subject of a separate
Letter.
I have honor to be
Gentn your most obl serv4
G°: AVashixgtox.
The HonbI Convention of
the State of New Hampshire.
Letter from Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut, to Hon. 3Ieshech
Weare.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 109.]
(Extract.) Lebanon, 10th Feb>', 1777.
Sir — " I have received yours of the 1st Inst, without signature inclos-
ing a printed Copy of an Act of your Assembly for regulating the
prices of sundry articles therein enumerated.
I am sorry to find you have deviated from the recommendation made
by the Comtee of the New England States in Providence, relative to
the Bounty to soldiers inlisting into the army of the United States
during the war or for three years. This state went into the measure to
advance £10 in addition to that given to Congress, that there might be
no difficulty among the New England States tending to retard Inlist-
ments.
Congress were to take up and consider the Transactions of the Com-
mittees at their meeting referred to, on Friday the 31st of Jan?" ult.
Expect to hear the result of this important Business soon. At a Town
near Brunswick the lht Inst. 700 of Gen1 Washington's army had a
skirmish with one thousand of the Enemy. The former gained the
ground so as to find 36 of them killed — the latter being recruited re-
turned with some field Pieces, of which the former had none; they
gave up the ground with the loss of 7 killed and double that number
wounded."
I am with esteem & regard
Sir, your obedient, hum1 servant,
JoNa Trumbull.
The Honw President of the Council
in the State of New Hampshire.
Letter from General John Sullivan.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 163.]
Chatham, Feb^ 13th 1777.
Hon. & much respected Sir,: —
Your favor of the 14th December never reached
me till about a week past— since which I have had no time to answer
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 491
it. All the Gentlemen officers appointed for the new army, are long
since departed on the Recruiting Business; otherwise I should gladly
have comply'd with your requesl by sending them off & supplying
them with money. There would have been no difficulty in supplying
Col. Scammell with the money, had he been on the spot when your
letter arrived.
Your Committee appointed four Captains at White Plains. They
say they could enlist a number of men out of their old companies if
they had the money. I, with some difficulty, borrowed the money as
there was orders not for any to be drawn out of the Chest except by
warr' from the Commander in chief who was then in Pennsylvania:
however, by advice of your Committee & by the assistance of General
Lee, I obtained the money giving my Rec* to be accountable. The
whole amount was 2880 Dollars, viz. 720 to each of the four Captains.
I paid to Captains Scott, Gilman & Robinson & took their Receipts in
behalf of the State. The other Captain was absent. I desired Captain
Gilman to take the money & convey to him; he thought best for him
not to Risque it, but promised to send the other Captain to me; but
our perpetual Hurry & constant marchings, I suppose prevented. My
hurry at Morristown & sudden removal to the advance post prevented
my attending to it while Capt. Gilman was here, and the misfortune, is
that I have intirely forgot the man's name, so that it is out of my
power to tell whether he is at home or here, or whether he is dead or
alive. I am so far removed from the New Hampshire Troops and so
constantly employed, that I have as yet had no opportunity to forward
it to your State whose property it is.
Capt. Dearborn is now here; I will endeavor to forward it by him,
with the Receipts, which you will be kind enough to keep for my secu-
rity and that of the State; he will set out in about a week.
I hope, dear Sir, the Assembly of our State will pardon me for not
writing them oftener of the State of affairs in the Army; — of our vic-
tories & defeats, advances & Retreats; but I have many things to allege
in excuse: I don't recollect that I am a letter in debt to the Assembly
(or one of its members) as none of them except yourself have ever
honored me with a line. All of yours I think I have punctually
answered. I have been so full of Business that I could not find time
to write; but still I have a more weighty reason, which is, That I can-
not give an account of a victory or defeat where I was an actor with-
out saying something for or against myself; & I have a great aversion
to writing against myself & to write in favor would be evidence of a
very suspicious kind. Indeed, I always had an aversion to fighting
upon paper; for I have never yet found a man well versed in that kind
of fighting, that would practice any other. Perhaps you may want to
know how your men (the Yankees) fight: I tell you exceeding well
when they have proper officers. I have been much pleased to see a
day approaching to try the difference between Yankee cowardice &
southern valor. The Day has or rather the days have arrived, and all
the General Officers allowed & do allow that the Yankees cowardice
assumes the shape of true valor in the field; and the Southern valor
appears to be a composition of boasting & conceit. General Washing-
ton made no scruple to say publicly that the remains of the Eastern
Regiments were the strength of his army, though then their numbers
were comparatively speaking but small; he calls them in front when
492 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777.
the Enemy are there; he sends them to the rear when the Enemy-
threatens that way; all the general officers allow them to be the best
of Troops. The Southern officers and soldiers allow it in times of
danger, but not at all other times. Believe me, Sir, the Yankees took
Trentown before the other Troops knew any thing of the matter more
than that there was an engagement, and what will still surprise you
more, the line that attacked the Town consisted of eight hundred Yan-
kees & there was 1600 Hessians to oppose them. At Princetown,
when the 17th Regt. had thrown 3500 southern militia into the utmost
confusion, a Regiment of Yankees restored the day. This General
Mifflen confessed to me; — though the Philadelphia papers tell us a
different story. It seems to have been quite forgot, that while the 17th
Reg1 was engaging those Troops that 600 Yankees had the Town to
take agst the 40th & 55th Regts which they did without loss owing to the
manner of attack; but enough of this; I don't wish to reflect; — but beg
leave to assure you that Newspapers & even Letters don't always speak
the truth. You may venture to assure your friends that no men fight
better or write worse than the Yankees, of which this Letter will be
good evidence. Dear Sir, I am with much esteem, your most
obed' serv1
Jn° Sullivan.
Honble Meshech Weare, Esq.
Letter from the Council in 3Iassachusetts to Hon. Meshech
Weare.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 167.]
(Extract) Council chamber, Boston, Feb 13, 1777.
Sir — "We wrote you lately, desiring you would let us have a num-
ber of Prisoners in your State in order to send them to Halifax in Ex-
change for some prisoners there, but have not as yet Received any an-
swer: he so good as to advise us as soon as may be upon this subject."
Hon Meshech Weare. Jere : Powell, Pres. pro temp.
Answer to the above.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 171.]
(Extract) In Committee of Safety, February 15, 1777.
Sir — "With respect to the prisoners here, we have none: Previous to
our receiving your request for them, Gen1- Washington ordered all that
were in this State to be sent to Rhode Island, which order was obeyed."
Honble Jeremiah Powell.
Letter from Lieut. Worthen to the Committee of Safety, relat-
ing to affairs at Ticonderoga.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 175.]
Ticonderoga, Feb? 10th, 1777.
To the Committee of Safety for the State of Xew Hampshire.
Gentlemen— Although unknown to most if not all of you, I take
it to be an incumbent duty on me to inform you of the State of Coll.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 493
Long's Regiment at this Port. I am sorry, Gentlemen, to inform you
that here is not more than fifty men belonging to our Regiment, — we are
under such disgrace (on the account of our being sent away in such small
parties and nothing more than a Lieut to command the Regiment at this
port.) that I fear the stain will not be easily wiped away. Ami Gen-
tlemen, 1 must tell you that most if not all the Blame falls on the State:
the Commanding officer at this port told me he never knew a Regiment
marched in such a d manner as ours is; since I came first here they
have dropped in two or three at a time. I have been here fifteen days
& brought with me twenty-two men, and was the first of the Regiment
that arrived at this place. Since that time the Regiment only amounts
to fifty men; there is a neglect some where. I would the right persons
may bear the Blame. If the Regiment had been sent in proper order,
both the State & Regiment would have had credit on their arrival; as
I am persuaded there is not twelve hundred fighting men on the
Ground and most of them Militia whose times are almost out when as
far as any thing I now see the lines will be left almost naked. It is a
fine place far beyond my Expectation. "We have a plenty of good pro-
visions and of sauce and all articles that is allowed us. Our few men
are well contented and think themselves happier here than at Ports-
mouth; and truly, I have no desire to return till my engagement is out;
but, Gentlemen, not to trouble your Honours with trifles, I must ask
your pardon for using so much plainness; But what I have writ are
facts too obvious to be hid from any unprejudiced person so I conclude,
Gentlemen, Yours & the Country's
Humbl. Servt.
EZEKIEL YTORTHEN, jun.
P. S. There is now at this place One Jersey Regiment whose times
were out the eighth instant and wait only for Troops to relieve them,
and one Company of Riflemen: No other troops beside what is men-
tioned.
Letter from General Schuyler to Nicholas Grilnum, Esq.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 177.]
Albany, Feb^ 17th 1777.
Sir — Your letter of the 8th Instant was delivered me on the 16th at
night. I am extremely sorry to find such an almost universal Reluc-
tance in the Inhabitants of the Northern States to enlist in an army
upon the Strength of which their all depends — for Experience has
evinced how very inadequate the best militia are to carry on military
operations.
The militia of the Massachusetts Bay now at Ticonderoga have only
one month longer to serve before their time expires. Repeated experi-
ence justifies the assertion that very few of our troops will remain a
Day longer whatever may be the consequences to the public. Let me
therefore most earnestly repeat my request that Troops be sent up.
Whatever fire-arms are in this Department, are extremely bad in-
deed; many of them irreparable, and in the whole I believe, under two
thousand. The Regiments to be raised in this State still unprovided
for, so that you cannot make much dependence on a supply from this
494 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Quarter. We shall however, give all we can without discrimination to
such troops as arrive first on the ground.
I am, Sir, your most obe' serv*
Ph: Schuyler.
Nicholas Gilman, Esq.
Chairman of the Commit-
tee of Safety of New
Hampshire.
Letter from Gov. Cooke of Rhode Island relating to Counter-
feits.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 179.]
Providence, Febr? 19th, 1777.
Gent1 — There hath lately been passing within this State, a number
of Forty Shillings Bills or Notes signed Nich. Gilman, Receiver Gen-
eral, which we suspect are Forged. They are printed upon a different
Paper with different Types from the Notes which used to circulate
heretofore. Some of the Notes appear quite new and clean, and others
dirty as tho' done with Design. Some of them of the same Emission
are made payable on the 20th of December 1781, and others the 20th of
December 1782, for w'ch Reasons they are suspected. We have sent
by Mr. Mum ford one of the Notes for your inspection & desire that
you will give us your opinion whether it is a true one or not.
We have taken up one Person who was passing them and committed
him to Jail: there were found upon him several Bills of the Massachu-
setts State altered from Is to 10s & 2s to 20s & some of the smaller De-
nomination of Bills of this State altered in the same manner. They
in general are very well executed, but may easily be discovered by
holding them up to the light, — when the Paper appears thin, where it
was scratched, and the alteration made by striking a different Denom-
ination in the Bill with Types.
I am, Gentn. in behalf of the State
Your most Obed1 hhbl serv*.
Nichs Cooke.
Honb,e Committee of Safety
New Hampshire.
Order relating to prisoners from Neio York.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 181.]
State of New Hampshire.
In Committee of Safety at Exeter, Feb? 20th, 1777.
To Moses Kelley Esq. keeper of the Goal for the County of Hills-
borough in said State: You are hereby permitted to Liberate any or
all those prisoners who are under your care (belonging to the State of
New York) they & eac'.i of them giving bond, with two sufficient sure-
ties belonging to this State, in the sum of five hundred pounds, in
common form, to the Speaker of the Hon1'1 House &c. conditioned that
they & each of them, shall remain true prisoners within the Town of
Amherst or Gofrstown in said County, & neither do or say any thing
asrainst the cause of America, nor in favour of the Claims of ve Kin <j:
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 495
of Great Britain upon the ye United States, & become good & faithful
subjects of said States, till the further order of the General Assembly
of this State, or the Committee of Safety in yc recess thereof.
Indorsed — "Copy of orders
to Sheriff Kelly; Feb. 1777."
Letter from the Hon. John Hancock, inclosing Resohes £c.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 183 & p. 173.]
(Extract.) Baltimore, Feb*- 20th, 1777.
Gentlemen —
" In consequence of the proceedings of the Several Committees from
the States of Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Hampshire and
Rhode Island, being- laid before Congress, they have come to the
inclosed Resolves, which I am commanded to transmit to you."
In Congress, February 15, 1777.
Resolved, That considering the situation of the New England States,
Congress approve of the measures adopted and recommended by the
Committee from the Four New England States for the defence of
Rhode Csland, and also of the measures to be taken for preventing the
depreciation of their Currency, except that part which recommends
the striking bills bearing interest, which being a measure tending to
depreciate the Continental and other currences, ought not to be ad' tilt-
ed; and it is so recommended by Congress to the said New England
States.
That the plan for regulating the price of labour, of manufactures,
ami of internal produce within those States, and of goods imported
from Foreign ports, except military Stores, be referred to the consider-
ation of the other United States, and that it be recommended to them
to adopt such measures as they shall think most expedient to remedy
the evils occasioned by the present fluctuating and exorbitant prices of
the articles aforesaid.
That for this purpose it be recommended to the Legislatures, or in
their recess to the Executive powers of the States of New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, to appoint
Commissioners to meet at York-town, in Pennsylvania, on the' third
Monday in March next, to consider of and form a system of regula-
tion adapted to those States, to be laid before the respective legisla-
tures of each State for their approbation.
That for the like purpose it be recommended to the Legislatures of
the several States, to take the most effectual measures for manning the
Continental Frigates fitted for the Sea in their respective States.
That it be earnestly recommended to the United States to avoid as
far as possible further emissions of Paper Money, and to take the most
effectual measures for speedily drawing in and sinking their Paper
Currency already emitted.
That such parts of the proceedings of the said Committees as relate
496 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
to the price of labour and other things be published and transmitted
to the other States, together with these Resolutions.
By order of Congress.
John Hancock, President.
Letter from Oapt. Thos Thompson, relating to a prisoner in
Goal.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 187.]
Portsmouth, Feb? 21, 1777.
Gent" — I have now confin'd in Goal, one Rich4 Weaver late a sailor
on board the George Schooner who enter'd on board the Raleigh, but
now says, he is only willing to fight for King George & would not fight
for the Americans; — with many other threats against the ship & desired
I would send him to Goal. I did so; but he has since relented and
made many protestations against his former crimes & desires to be
released &; receive any punishment I may think fit to inflict; but I can-
not accept any such submission, but think to punish him by sending
him back to Lord Howe, which he looks upon as the greatest evil that
can befal him.
I have some others on board, and therefore an example must be made
to prevent the like consequences.
1 must beg the favour, you will order he may be sent off whenever an
opportunity offers; he may serve in exchange for a better man.
Your most obd1 serv1
Thos Thompson.
The Hon''1 Committee
of Safety.
Letter from the Committee of Safety to General Washington.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 189.]
State of New Hampshire —
In Committee of Safety, Feb^ 21st 1777.
Sin — The Committee had the honor to receive yours of the 23Ll ult°,
and are very sensible of the great Difficulty you have been reduced to
for want of a regular army; and at the same time are agreeably sur-
prised with the glorious stand you have made with a few men, and
many of these wholly undisciplined.
The officers appointed for the new army have but lately come home,
and without money to pay the Bounty, which retarded the Enlistment
till late. It is probable near one- half of the three Battalions are en-
gaged, and will be filled up, by each Towns hiring their proportion, un-
less they are soon made up by voluntary Enlistment. We labour un-
der great inconvenience for want of cloathing and arms. No woolen goods
and scarce any fire- arms has been imported into this State since
the war. The men can probably be fixed off with old cloathing suffi-
cient for a short time, but will soon need more. Shoes, stockings and
shirts can be supplied them from hence and provision is making for that
purpose. Fire arms cannot be procured with us that can be depended
on. and we fear not a sufficient number of the meaner sort.
By order of General Ward, two of our Battalions are directed to
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 497
march for Ticonderoga, by Companies as soon as raised. One or two
Companies are to march next week, and the others as soon as possible.
About 200 men have already march'd from this State to Ticonderoga,
half of which must have arrived there before tliis time.
Capt. Whitcomb's Rangers, about 100 men enlisted in this State, we
hear are now under inarching orders for that place.
Feby 22d This moment received your two Letters of the 7th & 8th
Inst, and shall endeavour punctually to follow the Directions, as far
as possible, but must repeat that proper fire arms cannot be procured.
By order of the Committee
Gen1 "Washington.
Letter from the Committee of Safety to Governor Trumbull.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 191.]
State of New Hampshire —
(Extract) In Committee of Safety, Feby 21, 1777.
Sir — " Yours of the 10th Inst, was duly received by the Courier.
Nothing, but being reduced to the alternative of giving a larger boun-
ty than was advised by the Committees at Providence or not raising
the men proportioned, would ever have induced this State to depart
from their recommendation: And a late measure adopted in the State
of Mass" Bay of proportioning the number for each Town to raise, and
in consequence thereof the Towns making up the Bounty to forty
Pounds, has entirely stopped the Enlisting here, & will oblige us to
take the same or some similar measure or not be able to compleat our
Battalions.
" Your Accounts of the manoeuvers of the Army in the Jerseys have
been gratefully received, and a continuance of the like favours will be
always acknowledged."
In behalf of the Commtee, I am yr very Hra. Serv4.
Hon. Governor Trumbull. ,
Letter from the Committee of Safety relating to prisoners from
New York.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 193.]
State of New Hampshire —
In Committee of Safety, Feby 21st, 1777.
Sir— Since the Prisoners sent from your State to this arrived here,
we have not been Honoured with a line from your Committee (except
one for the discharge of Stephen Hunt) altho' we have wrote twice to
you. The Prisoners taken in Roger's battle at Marinack, sent here,
were by order from Gen1 Washington sent to Rhode Island a few days
since and delivered to Lord Piercy. Three of the prisoners, viz. Ben-
jamin Morrill, John Lawson and William Slack, broke out of the Goal
in Exeter and made their Escape. The Father of Dr. Francis Weeks,
31
498 STATE OF NEAV-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
one of the prisoners in Goal, an inhabitant of the State of the Mass3
Bay, a man of estate and character, and esteem'd Friend to his coun-
try, earnestly soliciting for the liberty of his only son, was permitted
to give Bond in the sum of £1000 for his son's good behaviour; and
having paid all the Prison expenses, said Francis was liberated.
All the others directed to be confined in Goal, still remain there;
many of whom must have perished with the cold unless they had been
provided with many articles of cloathing; which, with Provisions and
firewood, has occasioned the advance of a Considerable sum. Several
of the prisoners who were allowed to take Lodgings in a limited space
on their parole, have absconded without leave: Among whom is Major
Ross, and John Vandeburgh, Esq. Some few have had written Per-
missions to visit their Families, having previously given Bonds to re-
turn in a limited time unless otherwise liberated by your Convention
or Committee.
This day Messrs Richard Snedeker, John Cooke, Matthias Cooke,
Sam1 Mabbitt, Joseph Mabbitt, Stephen Thorn, Jonathan Thorn, Al-
exander Haise, Solomon Haight, Tim0. Doughty & Elisha Rose, had a
permit to visit their Families, having given Ponds as abovemention'd
to return by the first of May unless they should obtain leave to reside
at home.
We think ourselves bound injustice to the behaviour of most of the
last mentioned persons, to say as far as we have had opportunity to
observe, they have behaved peaceable & not spoke against the Ameri-
can Cause — in particular Mr. Snedeker & John Cook have done them-
selves honour by their demeanour in this State.
Great complaint has been made by numbers of these prisoners of
the hardship of being sent from their homes without trial, and make
solemn Protestation of their innocence; Avhich, together with their
continual unwearied applications for liberty to go home, has given
great trouble and hindered from other Business the Gen1 Court of the
State & this Committee. Perhaps not less than Quires of these Peti-
tions are on file here. We earnestly desire some further direction rel-
ative to them, and if you think fit for them to be longer detained that
you would send some particular charge of their crimes; especially those
in prison, that we may poke the same down their Throats, to stop their
petitioning, as they all plead not guilty.
If any money has been sent to this State from your State to supply
the prisoners (except by Mr. Benson) it has not been delivd.
Committee of New York.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 197.]
Letter from Capt. John House, relating to recruiting service, as suc-
cessful, and his want of money and blankets. — Feb. 23, 1777.
P. 199. Letter from Wm. Trumbull & Abrm Livingston of Boston,
offering to supply cloathing for Col. Scammell's Regiment. Feb. 24,
1777.
P. 201. Letter from Enoch Bartlett of Haverhill, Ms. relating to
sundry stores in hand, which could not be transported into New Hamp-
shire. Feb. 25, 1777.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 499
Letter from Francis Worcester of Plymouth, relating to Benja-
min Snow, suspected of being a tory.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 205.]
In Committee of Safety of the Town of Plymouth,
February 26th, 1777.
Upon reading and considering a number of intercepted Letters
signed by Benjamin Snow late an Ensign in the Continental Army,
which Letters are directed to several persons in Amherst supposed
to be Enimical to their country, & as reported some of them in Jale :
Therefore agreed by said Committee that it appears by said Letters,
that said Snow much favors the cause of the Enemies to our country,
and is a dangerous person to the Community, and therefore ought to
be taken care of; and as he, the said Snow is at this time in Salsbury
thirty miles from hence towards Exeter, Therefore it is further agreed
by said Committee, That Col. David Webster and Capt. Samuel Dear-
born be desired forthwith to proceed to Salsbury or else where and use
all means in their power, for the safety of this State, to apprehend and
secure said Snow wherever he may be found and immediately proceed
with him the said Snow to Exeter with the Letters herein referred to
and deliver said Snow with said Letters to the Committee of Safety of
this State for their Examination.
Francis Worcester, Ch. Com.
N. B. Said Letters are four in number. (1)
Letter from John Langdon, about Rum.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 207.]
Portsm0 Feby 26th '77.
Sr. As there is a quantity of Rum wants for the use of the army,
and there seems some Difficulty in obtain^ it, at the price stipulated, by
reason of the rum now on hand not being of the common sort, but most-
ly Jamaica Spirits, which is at best 1 — 8 (if not more) higher proof, I
submit it to the Honbl Committee, whether it would not be better to
allow, in that proportion more, rather than take other steps to obtain
it. I think it absolutely necessary just now, as both Town and Country
seem to avail themselves of such Subterfuges (for instance) Meal selling
(1) These letters, written by Benjamin Snow to some person or persons in Amherst,
most probably to Col. Holland, are found in Vol. VI. State Pap. pp. 85, 87, 113. The
subjoined is a copy of the first letter :
Plymouth, Jan'y 31, 1777.
Dear Sir— Could I by wishing transport myself to Amherst, you might expect to
be troubled with my company this evening. But as I am deprived the Pleasure of
seeing and conversing with or even hearing from you 1 shall employ myself in writing
to you and the rest of my friends.
To see the Harmony and Friendship there is between Tories in general, especially in
your place of confinement, sometimes almost bribes me to throw aside my Whig prin-
ciples. Although I never could understand if persons differ in sentiment, why there
should be such an abatement of Friendship, as there commonly is betwixt the League
and Loyalists. Please to make my Compliments agreeable to Mr. Tenneslief remind-
ing him of our favorite Toast — Harmony — should have wrote him, but the bearer, Mr.
Gould is in a hurry. Hope to have the pleasure of seeing you in March;— till then,
Sir, your most devoted friend and humbl servt Benja. Snow.
In the third letter is a note directed to Mr. Holland.— Ed.
500 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
at 5s per bushel, beef at 7 or Sd pr lb which they say is in proportion to
the prices fixd for corn and grass fed beef.
With the greatest Respect, yr most obed' serv4
Jn° Langdon.
This with submission as a matter of intelligence.
Ebenezr Thompson, Esqr.
Note. Moses Emerson and Samuel Hobart, Esqrs were appointed appraisers of Rum
in Portsmouth, seized by the Sheriff of the County.— Ed.
Orders to the Sheriff of Rockingham County, relating to the
seizure of Rum.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 213.]
State of New Hampshire —
In Committe of Safety, Feb*- 27th 1777.
To the Sheriff of the County of Rockingham, or his Deputy
Greeting: —
Whereas George Gains of Portsmouth, Esqr (who was employed by
this Committee to procure Rum for the American Army) has inform'd
the Committee That Robert Parker, Thomas Martin, Neal MIntire,
Mark Hunking Wentworth, Jonathan Warner, Benjamin Austin, George
King, Nathaniel Folsom, George Turner, Jacob Treadwell, Ammi
Ruhamah Cutter, Robert Furnass, John Hart,Tertius, Daniel & Samuel
Sherburne, merchants, each of them, have West India Rum in their
possession more than sufficient for their own use and consumption,
which they refuse to sell him for the use of said American Army at a
Reasonable rate : Therefore you are hereby required in the name of the
Government & the people of the State of New Hampshire (taking with
you sufficient assistance) to break open any stores, Warehouses, or
other places, where such Rum maybe deposited, belonging to the above
named persons, or in their possession, and take from thence the follow-
ing Quantities of Rum: viz. from Robert Parker, four Hogsheads;
Thomas Martin, Three Hogsheads; Neal Mclntire, one Hogshead;
Jonathan Warner, two Hogsheads; Benjamin Austin, one Hogshead;
George King, two Hogsheads; Nathaniel Folsom, three Hogsheads;
George Turner, three Hogsheads, Jacob Treadwell, one Hogshead, Am-
mi Ruhamah Cutter, one Hogshead, Robert Furnass, one Hogshead,
John Hart Tertius, one Hogshead, Daniel and Sam1 Sherburne, four
Hogsheads (if the same may be found as aforesaid) and deliver the
same to the said George Gains. You are also to cause all Rum taken
as aforesaid to be Gaged by a sworn Gager & make return hereof (as
soon as may be) with your doings herein, to the Committee of Safety.
By order of the Committee of Safety
Ebenezkr Thompson. Chn
Rockingham, SS. Mar. 1st, 1777. Pursuant to this Order, I have
received from Messrs Daniel & Samuel Sherburne four llh'ls Rum, from
Thomas Martin, Esq1" Three Hh'Is ditto, from Rob1 Parker four IIhlls
ditto, from Nath1 Folsom, three Hhds do, from Rob* Furnace one IIh(1
& have delivered the same with the contents thereof to George Gains,
Esqr. I could not find that the following Persons had more Rum than
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 501
they wanted for their own use, viz. George King Esq, Jona Warner,
EsqrNeal Mclntire, Benj* Austin, George Turner, A. R. Cutter, Jacob
Treadvvell & John Hart Tertius.
Jx° Parker, Sheriff.
Note. Geo. Gains, Esq. acknowledges the receipt of the foregoing Erom the Sher-
iff , Capt. Parker, March 3d, 1777.— Ed.
Letter from Titos. Wk Waldron. relating to prisoners from
New York.
[State Tap. Vol. VI. p. 215.]
Dover, Feb? 28th, 1777.
Gentlemen —
The prisoners from New York in our Goal are very desirous of soon
returning to their respective homes, one of them (Bergh by name) for
himself and brother requested us yesterday to recommend them to
your notice. Of our own knowledge we could certify nothing, and
therefore made Enquiry into their conduct from the Sheriff of the
County, who informs us that the two Berghs, Capt. Baxter & his Son
with some others, since being under his care, have behaved themselves
orderly & well.
We have only to wish they may receive such Indulgence as their
Circumstances merit.
I am, Gen4, in behalf of the
Commtee in Dover your humb Serv',
Tho3 Wk. Waldron, Chairman.
Honbl Comtee of Safety,
for the State of New Hampshire.
Petition from Mrs, Sarah Elliot Parker, in behalf of her hus-
band.
Exeter, March ye 5, 1777.
Worthy Col0 — Likewise to the rest of the worthy Committee — I now
implore your honours Mercies and forgeviness for the transgression of
my Husband, James Parker, as he now sincerely repints of his misde-
meeniour, and as he is eidisted for three years: in less time than that
he will make your satisfaction for the money which he took and he
would not have so done, had it not been that he had had his pocket
Book Stolen from him by the woman that had her Husband in their
prison for counterfeiting money; And, worthy Gentlemen, I beg for
God's sake, that your honours will forgive him so far as to give him no
Stripes, for if he is to have many stripes, pray, Gentlemen, instead of
that take my life from me, before he receives them. Pray, Gentlemen
Grant the Request of your Humbl servant,
Sarah Elliott Parker.
Directed to Col. Scammel.
Letter from James Martin, of Bedford, relating to a furnace
for casting Cannon-shot.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 227.]
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504 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
of the Honble Board to take under consideration the Letter
recd from Mr. Commissary Grout and report thereon, & that
Capt. Sam1 Gilman, R. Wilson, Esqr & Joseph Sias Esq. he
the Comtee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr.
Walker, Mr. Blanchard & Mr. Bellows added.]
Letter from Elijah Grout, Commissary.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 47.]
Charlestown, January 21, 1777.
Honour'd Sirs — I have recd a Vote of the Assembly Concurr'd by
the Council appointing me Commissary & by a Line from the Honbl
Meshech Weare, informed that I am to receive Provision from Col.
Hunt, who informs me that he supposes he must purchase fresh meat,
which may take damage if not delt out in a short time; if delt out
while the weather be cold, salt will be expected by the Soldier, which
I fear cannot be procured in these parts.
The allowance pr man for meat as stationed by the Continent is, if
I mistake not, one pound pr day. But the Continental Commissary
last Summer delt a pound & half pr man pr day, the soldier drawing
no sauss. I should be glad of orders respecting how much meat to
deal out & respecting Salt. If I receive no additional orders, I shall
think it my duty to deal but a pound of meat & a pound of Bread pr
man pr day, and to purchase Salt if absolutely necessary.
Your very humb1. Serv1
Elijah Grout.
To the Honble General Assembly or
Comtee of Safety for the State of New Hampshire.
Second Letter from Mr. Commissary Grout.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 225.]
Charlestown, 6th March, 1777.
To the Honourable the Council & Assembly of the State of New
Hampshire &c. :
Elijah Grout of Charlestown in sd State begs leave to Represent to
your Honours that he being by sd State appointed a Commissary to
deal out seven days allowance of Bread and meat to each man raised,
and raised in sd State, on their march to Ticonderoga, that Col0 Marsh
with a party of militia from the County of Glocester in the State of
New York, by orders from Gen1 Schuyler, being on his march for Ti-
conderoga, applied to me for Provision for the support of sd party from
this place to sd Ticonderoga, informing that unless he Receivd sd Pro-
vision it would be impossible for him with sd party, to proceed on sd
march; whereupon, judging it would promote the good of the com-
mon cause & for that reason meet with your Honours approbation of
my conduct, have supplied sd Party out of the Stores in my care; Some
Continental Troops raised in other States have applied for the like sup-
ply. Pray to be further instructed as to your Honours pleasure, & my
duty in such cases. Your Honours will consider that the above and
like supplies will lessen the Stores in the hands of your Honrs most
Humble Serv', Elijah Grout.
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 505
March 13th, P. M :
Voted, That Joseph Bartlett Esq1- of Newtown he imedi-
ately cited before this house to answer for his contempt of an
order of the late General Assembly of the Twenty-second
day of March 1776, and that the Clerk of this House be &
is directed to make out a citation accordingly. Sent citation
by Mr. Stephen Bartlett March 26th.
[p. 75.] Friday, March 14th 1777.
Voted to choose a Comtee to join a Comtee of the honbl
Board to consider of and report to this house, upon Propor-
tioning the Levies of men now to be raised in this State, to fill
up the Continental Regiments now raising, and that John
McClary, Esqr Col. Peabody, Col° Hale, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Bell,
Col0 Evens, Esq. Mr. Gains, Mr. Woodbery, Mr. Robic, Capt.
S. Gilman, Col0 Smith, Mr. Claggett, Mr. Wilson Mr. Giles,
Mr. Whipple, Mr. Brainerd & Capt, Webber, be the Com-
mittee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr.
Bartlett, Mr. King & Mr. Blanchard added.]
Voted, To choose a Committee of this house to join a
ComtLe of the Honbl Board to take under consideration the
Letter from Col0 Stark to the President, & sundry Deposi-
tions or Informations concerning John Parker, William Stin-
son, <fcc. and report thereon, and that Mr. Giles, Col0 Goffe,
& Col0 Hutchins, be the Comtee of this house for that pur-
pose. [Concurred — Mr. Walker, Mr. Bellows and Mr. Pat-
ten, added.]
Letters from Col0 John Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 209.]
Pembrook, Feb^ 28th, 1777.
Gentlemen — In obedience to your orders I have order'd Major
Reed to March to Ticonderoga & take the command of two Companies,
which will consist of the number muster'd & sworn, together with two
Captains & six subs; I expect they will arrive there the 9t:i of March.
I should take it as a particular favor, if you would send me their Com-
missions, as they are unwilling to go without. Likewise an order on
the Conductor at No. 4, for arms, which were lodged there. All the
Captains did not meet me here, so that I cannot send you a Return of
the strength of the Regiment or the N° without arms. I am with
respect Gentlemen, your humble Servant,
John Stark, Col0.
To the Honbl Committee.
506 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from Col0 Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 230.]
Derryfield, March ye 11th, 1777.
Gentlemen — Agreeable to your orders, I gave notice to the officers
that the Committee has been pleased to appoint for my Reg* to meet me
at Pembrook on the 25th of Feb^ last& make Return of their Recruits;
but to my great surprise, I found but four that could give me any ac-
count. I, agreeable to your orders, ordered them to get ready with all
expedition to march for Ticonderoga with what men they had Enlisted,
& appointed a sufficient number of officers to command the men then
raised. The officers complained that they could not go without their
Commissions. I therefore wrote to the Committee to send them, but
have had no answer whether you wrould have them go without their
Commissions or not. Should be extremely oblidged to your Honours
to put me in some way to find these officers that is appointed or ap-
point others that will obey orders & do their duty, as the season is so
far advanced, & it begins to be time to take the field, it is necessary
that I should know whether these is to go with me or not. Had I the
appointing of the officers for a Reg' I am sensible I could have had a
Reg1 full before this time; but the Committee was so Bigoted in their
own opinion that they refused to take any officer for my Reg1 that I
recommended, except three.
1 am, Gentlemen, your most obed' & very Humbl serv4.
John Stark.
To the Honbl Meshech Weare Esq1-.
Voted and Resolved, That Nicholas Gilman Esq1' of Exe-
ter, be and hereby is chosen and appointed Continental Loan
officer for this State, during the pleasure of the General
Court of this State. [Concurred.]
P. M.
Voted to choose a Comtee of this house to join a Comte8 of
the Honbl Board to consult together about cloathing for the
Continental Troops of this State and to consult about what
can be procured in this State & of whom, and to report
thereon; and that Mr. Giles, Col0 Nichols, Mr. Shattuck,
Mr. Barker, & Mr. Lovewell be the Comtee of this house for
this purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Blanchard, &,
Mr. Ashley added.]
Letter from Col. John Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 240.]
Derryfield, March lllh, 1777.
HoNble Gentlemen —
I should be extremely oblidged to you, if you wd appoint
a Mi: ster master to muster some men that Mr. Jonathan Perkins In-
listed belonging to Captain Waits Company, & likewise himself, as he
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 507
had not an opportunity of being muster'd. I should bo glad how soon
they were Equip'd as I expect them to join their company very soon.
Gentlemen, I am, with Respect your humble servant
John Stark, Col°
P. 238.
[Letter from Noah Emery, Jun. dated Ch.irlestown, Mar. 14, 1777,
relating to the difficulty of transporting military stores, by teams.]
[p. 7G.] Voted, That the Report of the Committee on
Commissary Grouts Letter & request be received & accepted,
and That Mr. Grout be desired to state an account of the
price of the Provisions delivered to Col° March <fc his party
marching to Ticonderoga and forward the same to Gen1
Schuyler for payment. That Mr. Grout be desired to trans-
mitt to the Assembly an account of all Provisions by him
delivered to any Continental Troops — distinguishing the
number of men, the State & Regiment they belong to. That
Mr. Grout be instructed not to deliver any Provisions to any
Troops, but upon the application of a Commission officer,
nor unless he apprehends an absolute Necessity for the Pub-
lic service.
Spent the chief of this afternoon & Evening in examining
Robert Moore and Col. Stephen Holland, being bro't before this
house on suspicion of their being Enemical to the Liberties
of America & corresponding with or conveying Intelligence
to the Enemy.
Order for arrest of Col. Holland and Moore.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 232.]
State of New Hampshire
In Committee of Safety, March 11th, 1777.
To Col0 Enoch Poor: — You are desired immediately to apprehend
and bring before the General Court of this State, or this Committee,
Col0 Stephen Holland of Londonderry, who is suspected of treasonable
practices against the States. Also one John Moore of Peterborough
alias Londonderry, or a man by the name of Moore of some other
christian name, whom you may find was in Connecticut in Jan^ last to
buy flax, and who had a brother died there with the small pox, and
such person if found, also bring before the General Court or Committee
for examination: — For which this shall be your sufficient Warrant. By
order of the Committee. M. We are, Chn.
[Col. Ashley, one of the members returned to sit in Coun-
cil, for the County of Cheshire, took his seat in the Council.]
Saturday March 15th, 1777.
Voted k Resolved, That Robert Moore of Londonderry,
508 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Yeoman , Give bond with sufficient Sureties to the Speaker of
this House for the use of the Government & people of this
State, viz. himself in £500, and each of said Sureties in
£100, for the said Robert Moore's good behaviour during
six months from this time & continue a true & faithfull sub-
ject of this State & not depart this State during said Term,
and shall not do nor say any thing against the common cause
of America, and that he shall at any time within said term,
when called for by the General Assembly or Comtee of Safety
of this State, appear before the said General Assembly or
Committee to answer to such matters as may be objected
against him on any thing heretofore said or done any ways
Enimical to the Liberties of America, and that he stand
committed till this order be complied with,
[p. 77.] The House considering the affair of the Examina-
tion of Col0 Stephen Holland, Do order that the said Hol-
land be discharged, and hereby is discharged & dismissed —
with Honor.
Letter from the Convention in New York to the Neiv Hampshire
Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 236.]
Fish Kill, March 13th, 1777.
Gent". —
The Convention of this State having very important Business before
them, which rendered the attendance of all the members necessary,
have dissolved their Committee for conspiracies &c, and appointed us a
Board of Commissioners for that purpose.
In consequence of our application & the petitions of several persons
removed out of this State as disaffected and dangerous, they have late-
ly passed a Resolution (of which we enclose you a Copy) authorizing
us to send for all persons not excepted therein and administer to them
the oath of allegiance, and upon their refusal, compel them to seek
protection from the enemy. Upon enquiry and examining into their
respective cases, we find that the only persons within the exception
of the Resolution, are such as were to be closely confined in Goal; —
the others having been removed upon a General charge of enmity &
disaffection to our Cause, whom you will therefore please to release &
dismiss and direct them to appear before us immediately upon their
return.
With respect to such as are closely confined, having been charged
with the particular crimes specified in the exception, you will please
still to detain them in Goal, till our Convention shall make provision
respecting them, which we have no doubt but will be speedily the case,
as the matter is now before them.
The Bearer, Lieut. Brett, a Gentleman whom We beg leave to rec-
ommend to your notice and attention, has 500 Dollars which he will
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 509
leave with you in addition to the like sum, heretofore sent you, and if
at any time you should be in advance, you may readily draw upon
us and be Assured your Drafts will be immediately honored.
It is with regret that we must trouble you further with this Busi-
ness, and could wish the Circumstances of our State would permit us
to send for all our prisoners, and relieve you from the charge or them.
At present it would be extremely improper, as we are not in a situa-
tion to try, and if guilty to punish them; besides the danger arising
from the vicinity of the Enemy. However, we trust that our Govern-
ment will soon he happily Established, and Courts erected for the tryal
& punishment of Delinquents. In the mean time we must entreat
your patience a little longer. Accept our warmest thanks for your
care & attention hitherto, and be assured we entertain the highest
sense of your zeal and attachment in this instance to the cause of our
Country.
We cannot conclude without an apology for suffering your several
Letters to remain so long unanswered, and hope you will not impute it
to inattention. The matter was deferred for the advice and direction of
Convention, which we could not obtain till very lately, owing to the
multiplicity of other important Business before them. This you will
easily suppose to have been the case when you reflect upon our critical
situation for some time past, and that the whole of our attention must
necessarily have been engaged in the immediate Preservation of the
State.
We remain most respectfully
Your Very Humble servts
Egb1. Bkxsox, J c
Melanctox Smith
The Honorable Committee of
Safety of New Hampshire.
Jacobus Swahtwout )
ommis-
sioners.
Monday, March 17th, 1777.
Voted, That Major Gains be appointed pay-master to a
party of men now marching to Ticonderoga, belonging to
Capt. Perkins & Capt. Brewster's Company in Col. Long's
Regiment, viz. Three of Capt. Perkins' Company one months
pay & three pence pr. mile travelling money ; and seven of
Capt. Brewster's Company, one months pay only amounting
to .£24: 1(3: 0. in the whole; and that Major Gains receive
out of the Treasury the sum of Twenty-five pounds for that
purpose, he to be accountable therefor, and that the Presi-
dent give order of payment accordingly. Sent up by Maj1"
Gains. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col0 Gordon Hutchins have & receive out of
the Treasury three pounds, six shillings & six pence in full
for his account of medicines for Col0 Baldwin's Regiment,
procured by him of Doct. Samuel Tweedy, and that the
President give order of payment. [Concurred.]
510 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[p. 78.] Tuesday, March 18th, 1777.
Voted, to choose a Comtee of this House to join a Comtee
of the Hon1'1 Board to consider of and Report to this house
what additions, explanations & amendments are necessary to
be made to the Act for regulating the Prices of sundry Arti-
cles therein enumerated, (1) and that S. Dudley Esq1' Mr.
Gains, Mr. Lovewell, Capt. Blood, Mr. Asa Davis, Mr.
McClary, Capt. Webber be the Comtee of this house for that
purpose. [Concurred. Mess1'8 Bartlett, Gilman, King &
Thompson added.]
Letter from Col0 Timothy Bedel, relating to advance pay and
defence of Coos.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 242.]
State of New Hampshire,
Haverhill 18th March, 1777.
Sir — Yours of the 20th Feb? is come to hand, which contents I have
noted, in regard to officers applying to the State for money advanced
by them for recruits raised in Canada, I must own they had no right to
do it (tho' perhaps some may have advanced some more than they re-
ceived) I gave it out in Pubiick orders about the 9th of May last for
every officer to give a Return of what men they had Inlisted in Canada,
as we looked upon the four Companies I was to raise to be at that time
nearly compleat, part of said Returns I have receiv'd, and the rest are
not as yet come to hand, but shall Endeavour to get them as soon as
possible and send a Return with my account to the Committee, or
come myself. 1 am ordered here by General Schuyler to observe the
motions of the Indians and get what Intelligence I can from them
relating the affairs in Canada; I sent a scout to St. Francois, who fell
in with a Body of Indians, who informed them a large Body had
engaged with the British Troops and that it was judged they would
this spring make an attack upon our Frontiers in these parts. We
have some men here raised by this State to serve as scouts, who are
under no Regulation. I was up at the Upper Cohos, and went several
Nights to the Block-house to visit them, but found them absent, so that
the Enemy might come and not be discovered; and unless some better
Regulation is kept, we may depend upon some mischief being done
before long. I have this moment rec'd Intelligence that a number of
men are passing this way to Amprobagog Lake to go to Canada and
unless we have some assistance here so as to intercept all going or com-
ing this country will of course be ruined. I am very unwell and am
not able to give you so full an account as I co'd wish, but I hope I shall
soon be able to do it.
I am, Sir, your very hhhl serv1
Tim0 Bedel.
Ebenr Thompson, Esq1-.
(1) See ante, p. 471.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 511
[p. 71).] Wednesday, March 10th, 1777.
Voted to choose a Committee to join a Com*66 of the Honbl
board to consider of what part of the Acts & Laws of this
State in the last system of Laws printed in this State, arc
proper to be adopted as Laws of this State, and also to con-
sider of & report what addition & amendments are necessary
to be made in them & also what other Acts & Laws are
necessary to be passed for the good order & Government of
this State and to report the same to this house and also to
draw up such bills as they find necessary to be passed and
lay them before the House for consideration — and that Wil-
liam Parker Esq. Gen. Nath1 Folsom & Benjamin Giles, Esq.
be the Comtee of this house for those purposes. [Concurred
— Mr. Blanchard added.]
[p. 80.] Upon reading the Petition of Johan Gcorg Weaver
& considering the same, Voted That the said Weaver lie
Liberated to go to his own place in the State of New York,
and that the President give him a Pass accordingly. [Con-
curred.]
Whereas in and by the Act for forming and regulating the
militia in this State and for repealing all the Laws hereto-
fore made for that purpose, it is (amongst other things)
Enacted " That the several Paragraphs and clauses of all &
every the Laws of this State enforcing or any ways relating
to the regulation of the Militia should thereby be repealed
and declared Null & void ; — and Whereas Doubts have arisen
touching the Intent & meaning of the same in part recited
Act, some persons being of opinion that the Commissions of
all the officers heretofore appointed by the late Congress, and
the Council and Assembly prior to the passing the Same Act,
are thereby vacated : —
In order therefore to quiet & dissipate the said doubts and
seeming difficulties, It is therefore
Resolved and Declared, That the said Act was not intend-
ed to affect, nor ought it to be construed or deemed to affect
the appointment of the officers in manner as aforesaid, but
only to regulate the militia in future ; And that all Militia
officers appointed as aforesaid by the Congress, or by the
General Assembly or Committee of Safety of this State,
hold and exercise their respective offices accordingly until!
further order of this Court (Excepting such as have been
dismissed by this Court). [Concurred.]
512 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[p. 81.] P. M.
The Committee for proportioning the new Levy of Troops
for recruiting the Continental Battalions in this State, made
their Report as on file — and after a full debate thereon,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted and the Levies
of soldiers now [to] be raised for said purpose be propor-
tioned among the several Regiments in this State according
to said Report ; and that Maj1- Gen1 Folsom be directed to
give orders to the severals Colonells to raise the said Levies
accordingly. [Concurred.]
[Note. The Report above referred to is not found on file, but it is presumed that
the following Orders to Gen. Folsom contain the substance of said Report.— Ed.]
Orders to Major General Folsom, for raising Troops cj-c.
[State Tap. Vol. VI. p. 246.]
State of New Hampshire: March 20th 1777.
To Maj. General Folsom.
Pursuant to a Resolve of the Council & Assembly, for raising &
compleating the three Regiments allotted to this State as their propor-
tion of the Continental army to be raised for three years or during the
war; You are hereby directed to Issue orders to the several Colonels
under your command named in the List herewith annexed, requiring
them immediately to raise the number of men set down against their
respective names, in the aforesd List within their respective Regiments,
and have them equipt ready to march, and direct each of them to pro-
portion the number they are called on for among the several Towns &
Parishes in their said Regiment, taking for a Rule in making such pro-
portion, the number of males from 16 to 50 years of age as set down in
the aforesd List, which respective numbers you are to name in your Or-
ders to each Col°, and order each of said Cols to direct the several Cap-
tains in their said Regts forthwith to raise their said proportions as well
from the Alarum List as Train bands, and for the Captains to call on
the Selectmen of their respective Towns and Parishes, (by calling Town
or Parish meetings) to assist them in speedily procuring their men; and
all non-Commissioned Officers & private soldiers already enlisted and
passed muster in either of the afores'1 Regiments commanded by the
Cols Stark, Poor, or Scammell (& no others) are to be considered as
part of the proportion of the Town or Parish where they belong: ' And
all the men raised in pursuance of this Resolve are to Enlist in some
one or the other of the aforesd Regiments to serve during the present
war with Britain, or for the term of three years as they choose — unless
sooner regularly dismissed, and have liberty to Enlist in any Company
in either of said Regiments as they see fit, until such companies have
their complement, and upon their so enlisting shall receive the same
bounties, wages, and all other emoluments as those already enlisted;
and no man shall be allowed to pass as hired or otherwise enlisted to
make up the Complement, or proportion of any other town or parish,
until the Town or Parish he belongs to, has got their full number
passed muster.
M. W. P.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 513
Voted That Mr. Joseph Whipple be a Comteeof this House
to join a Comtee of the Hon1'1 Board to apply imediately to John
Langdon Esq1' the Continental agent, for what fire-arms,
Blankets Cloathing &c. he can furnish to supply the regiments
now raising in this State for the Continental service, and to
forward the same to Exeter with the greatest expedition.
[Concurred.]
The Comtee to nominate three persons out of whom to ap-
point one for a Major of Col0 Scammeirs regiment made re-
port that they Nominate Capt. Henry Dearborn, Capt. Jere-
miah Gilman & Capt. James Gray.
Thereupon Voted, That Capt. Henry Dearborn be & here-
by is appointed Major of Col0 Alexander ScammelPs Regi-
ment in the Continental Service and that he be commissioned
accordingly. [Concurred.]
The Report of the Committee on the petition of Nath1 Sink-
ler praying for a permitt to Export a Quantity of Corn from
the Port of Piscataqua to the river Mechias, being read & ac-
cepted
Voted, That the said Nathanial Sinkler be permitted to
export three hundred bushels of Corn from Portsmouth to
Machias, and that the President give him a Permitt accord-
ingly. [Concurred.]
[p. 82.] The Committee on the Petition of John Johnston
praying for a Permitt for the Brigantine Prudence to sail for
the French West Indies made Report, that the Prayer of said
Petition be not granted untill the three Battalions now rais-
ing in this State for the service of the United States shall be
compleated. Therefore
Voted, That the said Report be received and accepted.
[Concurred.]
A similar Report on the Petition of Jacob Sheafe, praying for a Per-
mitt to send the Brigantine Three Friends, and the Schooner Betsey to
the West Indias received & accepted.
Votes, Petitions, accts &c. passed on by the House and concurred by
the Council, from 12th to 19th March, 1777. See Council Rec.
Capt. Henry Dearborn's pay-roll, for Company in Col. Arnold's de-
tachment at Quebec, pd. £17 : 14 : 8.
Capt. Titus Salter's pay roll, £260 : 6: 3, pd.
John Taylor Gilman allowed £150 to buy clothing for the army.
Intercepted Letters from Connecticut — ordered to print extracts from.
[Letters not found on file.]
Major Gains allowed £25 to pay Col0 Long's men.
514 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Petition of inhabitants of Society Land, so called — Incorporation
granted.
Petition of James Hickey to send out fishiug boats, considered.
Petition of William Gordon praying to be restored to his Land in a
certain case — hearing granted.
Thursday. March 20th 1777.
Voted, to choose a Committee of this House to join a Com-
mittee of the Hon1'1 Board, to take, under consideration all
Petitions & applications for compensation to soldiers who
have met with losses in the present Warr, and to request the
Continental Congress to take some order thereon — and to Re-
port thereon to this house as soon as may be, and that Mr.
Clagett Mr. J. Wentworth & Mr. Bell be the Committee of
this House for that Purpose. [Concurred — Messrs Ashley &
Patten added.]
Voted, That the late act in addition to the Militia Act be
forthwith printed and dispersed, and that the Secretary take
order accordingly. [Concurred.]
Whereas there is found to be a mistake in proportioning
the Levys of soldiers for the Continental Service in the Town
of Chichester in Col0 Stickney's regiment of Militia by a mis-
calculation of their numbers, and that Twelve men less than
the proportion sent for to that regiment should be therefore
sent for — Therefore Voted, That the Secretary in making out
orders to said Col0 Stickney make the same out for twelve
men Less than the Proportion of said Regiment lately Voted.
[Concurred.]
P.M.
[p. 83.] Voted to choose a Comtee of three to join a Comtee
of the Hon01 Board to consider of what is best to be done re-
specting the Stores lately carryed from Exeter for the troops
at Ticonderoga and left by the way, and to report thereon,
and that Capt. Moulton Capt. Barnett, & Capt. Sam1 Oilman
be the Comtee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred
Mess* Walker, Blanchard, & Bellows added.]
Letter from Noah Emery, jun., relating to Stores sent to
Ticonderoga.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 238.]
Cliarlestown, March 1-4, 1777.
Gentlemen — With much difficulty twelve of the teams have arrived
here, seven of which I understand crossed the river last Munday, some
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 515
with part of their Loads & five others are now doing the same. As it
is impossible for them to carry the whole through 1 have desired Mr.
Elijah Grout to take care of & Store what they leave behind; the rest
of the Teams, on one of which is my Chest &c, I fear will never reach
Charlestown, being chiefly bare ground for twenty miles. I set out
this morning for Ticonderoga & leave Mr. Bell here (if Possible) to
pursuade the Teamsters to go forward with such a part of their Loads
as they can go thro' with, which I think will be better than to leave
the whole behind; & if teams can be had, will be best to carry the whole
thro' on sleds before the ground breaks up, as it will be impossible to
carry them on Wheels till mid summer; & shall be glad (if agreeable)
you'd employ some person who can be depended on to carry them for-
ward. 1 don't think any of the teams behind will go further than this
town.
I am with due respect, Gentn
Yr most abed1 Serv*
Noaii Emery, Jun.
Upon hearing the Complaints & accusations laid against
Oliver Parker of Stoddard as being Enimical to the cause of
America (being recognized by the Honbl Meshech Weare,
Esq. Chief Justice of the Supc1- Court of this State for his
appearance before this House,) & the said Parker being
heard in his defence, It is Ordered by the Court that the said
Oliver Parker give Bond to the Speaker of this House in the
sum of £500 Pounds for the use of the Government & Peo-
ple of this State, with condition that he personally appear
before the General Assembly of this State whenever he shall
be required within one year next ensuing, to answer to all
such matters & things as shall be objected against, him on
behalf of the said Government & people, and shall in the
mean time confine himself within the limits of the town of
Stoddard, and shall not in said time do nor act any thing
against the common cause of America, but behave himself
as a good true subject of this State, and shall abide & per-
form such order as this Court shall make concerning the
Premises ; and y* he stand committed till this order be com-
ply'd with — and it is further, Voted, that the Committee of
Safety or Correspondence of said Town of Stoddard be noti-
fied hereof that they may procure & bring or transmit to
this Court all such evidence as they can collect against him
concerning his being Enimical to the liberties of this State.
[Concurred.]
[p. 84.] Upon complaints and accusations laid against Breed Batchel-
der of Tackerfield, and againstt Robert Gilmore of Keene, in precisely
the same form as the foregoing against Oliver Parker, of Stoddard,
they were severally laid under Bonds of £500, & held to appear for tri-
al, &c— Ed.]
516 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Friday, March 21, 1777.
[p. 85.] The Comteeof both Houses on the Petitions of Mar-
low & Stoddard made report,
That it is their opinion that the inhabitants living on the Lands in
dispute between the Towns of Marlow & Stoddard, Do abide by the Re-
solve made by the General Court of this State on the 12th day of June
1776, respecting taxation, untill the matter in dispute be settled by
Law or agreement as therein mentioned — but that the said Inhabitants
do military Duty in the town of Stoddard as has been usual.
Sign'd Nich0 Oilman, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered, Voted, That the
same be received and accepted, and that the said Inhabitants
govern themselves accordingly. [Concurred.]
Voted, That a Committee be chosen to join a Comtee of
the Honbl Board to examine into the State <fe condition of
sundry articles of Goods mostly perishable now being in Do-
ver & seized by order of this State, as effects of James
McMasters & Company and to Nominate some person or per-
sons to dispose of said effects for the most they will sell for,
agreeable to the regulation of this State, and to deposit the
money raised by the sales thereof, in the Treasury of this
State untill further order of the General Assembly and that
Mr. J. Wentworth, Col0 Evens, & Capt. Martin be the Comtee
of this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. King
added.]
[p. 86.] The Petition of William Spaulding of Roby, a sol-
dier wounded in the battle at Bunker Hill, in June 1775,
praying for relief &c. being read & considered,
Voted, That the said William Spaulding clearly comes
under the Resolves of the Continental Congress of the 26th
of August last, and that he is entitled to half pay as a sol-
dier from the last day of December 1775, and that he may
be capable of doing Garrison duty in a Corps of Invalids,
and that in case he shall be called upon and refuse to do
said duty, he will not be intitled to the said half-pay.
[Peter Robinson, and Archibald M°Millaii also put on half-
pay on the same conditions.] [Concurred.]
Voted, That Capt. Eliphalet Giddinge of Exeter be Mus-
ter-master & pay-master to such soldiers as shall be offered
by any officers in Col. Stark's regiment & in Col. Scammell's
regiment, and that he Notify the several paymasters hereto-
fore appointed to muster said several Regiments of such
Soldiers as he shall pass belonging to either of said Regi-
ments, respectively. [Concurred.]
1777. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 517
[p. 87.] The Committee of both Houses to consider of what
is best to be done respecting- the Stores lately carried from
Exeter for the troops at Ticonderoga & left by the way <fcc.
made Report.
That a suitable person be appointed to repair immediately to the
Stores & Convey them to Mount Independence in the best & eheapest
manner and that he draw money for that purpose.
Which Report being received and accepted Therefore Vot-
ed, That Col0 Joseph Hammond of Swansey and Major John
Bellows of Walpole be and hereby are appointed a Commit-
tee jointly & severally to repair immediately to the said
Stores wherever they may be and take & convey them to Ti-
conderoga or Mount Independence and deliver them there to
the Commissary appointed by this State to take charge of
them, and that Col0 Hammond have & receive out of the
Treasury six hundred pounds for that purpose, to be by him
Accounted for, and that the President give order of payment
accordingly. [Concurred.]
[p. 88.] "Voted, That Breed Batchelder of Packersfield who
was by a vote of this House of yesterday to confine himself
to the limitts of the Town of Packersfield, be further libera-
ted to pass and repass to & through the Town of Marlbo-
rough in this State, to improve his lands there. [Concur-
red.]
The Committee on the requisition of Gen1 Sullivan, Gen.
Poor & Col. Scammell made Report :
That a Letter be wrote to Col. Langdon agreeable to the said
requisition in the following words, viz.
Sir, In eonsecpience of requests from the Hon. Major Gen1 Sullivan,
Brig. Gen1 Poor & Col0 Scammell, setting forth the Necessity of apply-
ing to you for the Purpose of furnishing the three Battalions raised by
this State, with arms & Blanketts, of which they are at present desti-
tute, and there being no likelihood of their being furnished previous to
their march which by no means ought to be delayed: — The Gen1
Assembly of this State have tho't it Necessary to comply with the
said requests, and desire that you will deliver out of the Continental
Stores in your hands to the officer who will be appointed by Brigr Gen1
Poor to receive them, a sufficient Number of arms & blanketts to
furnish the said Three Battalions. Gen. Poor will ascertain the Num-
bers necessary.
I am , Sir, your most obed1 Hhw Servant.
Exeter, 22d March 1777.
Therefore Voted, That the said Letter be signed by the
President and sent to Coll0 Langdon as soon as may be.
[Concurred.]
518 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Saturday, March 22a 1777.
Voted, That David Wallingford of Hollis be appointed En-
sign of Capt. Isaac Frye's Company in Col0 Scammell's regi-
ment in the room of Aaron Russell of Mason who has re-
sign'd. That Nathan Hoit of Moultonborough be appointed
Ensign of Capt. Daniel Livermore's Company in said Regi-
ment, and that John Eaton of GofFstown be appointed Ensign
in Capt. Benjamin Stone's Company in sd Regiment. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 89.] Voted to choose a Comtee to join a Committee of
the Honbl Board to consider of the Resignation of the Honbl
Col0 John Stark this day made to this House, and to Report
thereon, and that Col0 Peabody, Col. Goffe, Mr. Clagett, Col.
Hutchins & Capt. Moulton be the Comtee of this house for
that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett & Mr. Blanchard
added.]
Col. Stark'' 8 Letter of resignation.
(Copied from the Original.)
[Prov. & Revol. Pap. in Sec^ office, p. 33.]
To the Honble the Council & House of Representatives for the State
of New Hampshire, in Gen1 Court Assembled :(1)
Gentlemen —
Ever since Hostilities commenced, I have as far as in me lay Endeav-
oured to prevent my country from being Ravaged & Enslaved by our
cruel and unnatural Enemies; have undergone the Hardships and Ea-
tigues of two Campaigns with cheerfulness and alacrity; ever Enjoy-
ing the pleasing satisfaction that I was doing my God & Country the
Greatest service my abilities would admit of; & it was with the utmost
Gratitude that I accepted the important command to which this State
appointed me. I should have served with the greatest pleasure; more es-
pecially at this important Crisis, when our Country calls for the utmost
Exertions of every American, but am extremely greived, that I am
bound on Honour to leave the service, Congress having tho't fit to
promote Junr officers over my head; so that least I should show my-
self unworthy of the, Honour conferred on me, & a want of that Spirit
which ought to glow in the Breast of Every officer appointed by this
Honble House, in not suitably Resenting an Indignity, I must (tho'
greived to leave the service of my Country) beg leave to Resign my Com-
mission, hoping that you will make a Choice of some Gentleman who
may Honour the Cause & his Country, to succeed
Your most obedient & obliged Humble Serv'
John Staiuc.
(1) The letter hoars no date; hut the record ahove savs "this day made'
March li.'d, 1777.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 519
The Committee on the Resignation of Col. Stark made
Report as on file(l) Sign'd by .J<>n;l Blanchard for the Com-
mittee. Which Report being received and accepted, The
Thanks of both Houses was presented to Col. Stark by the
President!
Voted, Thai (he thanks of both Houses in Convention lie
given to Col° Stark for his past good services as an officer in
the present Warr, & that from his early & steadfast attach-
ment to the cause of his Country, they make not the Least
Doubt that his future conduct in whatever state of life Provi-
dence may place him, will manifest the same Noble Disposi-
tion of Mind.
[p. 90.] The Comtec on the affairs of the New York Prison-
ers made the following Report, viz :
That there are forty-six prisoners in this State from the State of
Xew York, and that the Petition of the Cotntee of New Marlborough
in the State of the Massachusetts be granted, and that in consequence
thereof that James Bryant(2) have up his Bond agreeable to the
requisition of that Committee:
That one of the two Brothers by the name of Adam Bergh and
Christian Bergh be permitted to return to the State of New York to
procure money & Necessaries for their subsistence here, and that one
of the two brothers by the name of Elting, be permitted the same
favour: That Joshua Gidney be permitted the same favour.
That they give bonds to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives in the sum of five hundred pounds for each for their return to
this State on or before the 25th day of May next, unless they can make
their Peace with the State of New York, and produce a Certificate
thereof to this Court or Committee of Safety; — and that William
Merrit and Moses Fowler be permitted the same favour; and that Lem-
uel dagger be permitted to return with his brother William Jagger to
the town of Stonington in the State of Connecticut to abide there
under the care of the Connecticut Committee of Safety untill he shall
be liberated by the State of New York: for the true performance of
which his brother William Jagger give bond to the Speaker of the
house as aforesaid; And as it has been represented to your Comtee that
the Prisoners in close confinement are some of them in a bad state of
health, and as the spring is advancing, are in danger of a Jail Feaver —
They beg leave to recommend, That one half of them, in the Jails in
Dover & Exeter, be permitted to take the air at a time, and that the
other half shall always be considered as hostages for the others — all of
which is humbly submitted.
Sign'd, Nath1 Folsom, Chairman.
(1) The Report, on file, has not been found.— Ed.
(2) The Petition in behalf of James Bryant, and also " Hendriek Yonnghonse and
Coonrod Smith," all New York prisoners under bonds by order of the State of New
Hampshire, was, That the said persons might be released from their Bonds, and be
placed directly under the care of the Committee of Safety of New Marlborough. See
Petition, State Tap. Vol. VI. p. 229.— Ed.
520 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Which report being read & considered, Voted That the
same be received and accepted, and that the said Prisoners
be liberated upon their conforming thereto accordingly.
[Concurred.]
[p. 91.] Munday, March 24th 1777.
Voted to choose a Comtee of this house to join a Comtee of
the Honbl board to take under consideration the matter and
manner of making a new Proportion of the Estates & polls
in this State in order for a reasonable & proper Taxation to
be made upon the Polls & Estates in this State for defraying
the necessary charges arisen & arising therein for the current
year, and also to consider what sum shall be raised & in what
manner to be levied & collected — and to make report there-
on ; and that John Dudley Esq. Mr. Odiorne, Mr. Bell, Mr.
Gains, Mr. Ellis, & Mr. Worcester, be the Committee of this
House for that purpose. [Concurred — All the Board except
the President added.]
Voted To choose a Comtee to join a Comtee of the Honbl
board to prepare and draw up a Proclamation for a day of
General Pasting, Humiliation & prayer throughout this State,
and that the Revd Mr. Daniel Rogers & the Rev. Isaac Mans-
field(l) be the Committee for this house for that purpose & that
they lay the same before this house for approbation. [Con-
curred.]
Tuesday, March 25th, 1777.
[p. 92.] Voted to choose a Comtee of this house to join a
Comtee of the Honbl Board to Nominate to this house sundry
proper persons out of whom for this house to choose two
Delegates to Represent this State in the Honourable Conti-
nental Congress for one year next ensuing and that Mr. Giles,
Mr. Clagett, Mr. Odiorne, Mr. Betton, & Mr. Gibson be the
Committee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred.]
Voted That a Committee be chosen to join a Comtee of the
Honbl board to consider of the Letters & requests of Col0
Stark & Majr Reid and to report thereon, and that Mr. Whip-
ple, Mr. Brainard and Mr. Giles be the Comtee of this house
for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Gilman & Ashley ad-
ded.]
(1) Rev. Mr. Rogers and Rev. Mr. Mansfield were ministers of the 1st & 2d Parishes
in Exeter.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 521
Letter from Col. Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 252.]
Derryfiekl, March the 24th 1777.
This moment I received a Letter from Major Heed which I enclose
to your Honour, to inform you the state of affairs. I am sensible that
the men that are gone are not Provided with sufficient arms, — would
be glad that you would procure the same for them. Likewise for the
Companies that are raising in the West side of this State, as it will be
a detriment to the officers to go to Exeter, for arms & Blankets, as sev-
eral of them are not able to supply themselves. As for further partic-
ulars of the Majors Letter concerning his march, I leave to your Hon-
ours best judgment.
I likewise wd inform your Honours, that I expect Caleb Stark & Mr.
Cogan will not be set a side on ace' of my misfortune, If that should
happen, beg you would let me know so that they may not be disap-
pointed.
I am, with Respect, your IIonrs most obed*
numb1 Servant,
John Stark.
To the Honbl Council &
House of Representatives
Letter from Maj. George Reed to Col. John StarJc, about the
delay of troops at Charlestown.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 24-1.]
Charlestown, No. 4, March 20th, 1777.
HoxoRd Sir — I arrived in this Town this forenoon; am inform 'd
that Capt. Morril marched from this place with a party of about thirty
men last Friday or Saturday; other officers that had their men waiting
had follow'd his example & has sent off about thirty more. How this
corresponds with your orders to me I can't reconcile ; — which was to
tarry here until! there was two Companys or about one hundred &
sixty men of yr Regiment assembled at this place. Sixty is gone which
I expect is under the command of Capt. Morril ; when the other Hun-
dred will imbody 1 can't say; there is few or no soldiers here at pres-
ent; I expect Capt. Frye's in to-morrow. I wait with patience your
Honours further orders.
I wou'd also inform you of an affair that as much retards our march
as the former perhaps does, (viz.) the officers in this part that belongs
to your Reg' has none of them received their Commissions as yet.
Neither have they (as they say) received money sufficient for what men
they have recruited, nor no subsistence money. You remember you
told me some time agoe that your officers that was going along with
me, should have their Commissions, but none has received them but
Capt, .Morril & the officers here has flatter'd off Lt. Prichard &
Ensign Merril after Capt. Morril in expectation that I would bring
them to them. I am now in Comp? with Capt. Farwell and Lt. Wil-
liams; they think it most advisable to send some person down to your
Honour to let him know the difficulties we labour under; — for setting
aside the Commissions they absolutely say they cannot proceed with-
out some quantity of cash.
522 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
I would also Motion to your Honour that the Commissary for New
Hampshire has been in this town, says that it is a vote that has pass'd
in Court that officers shall have carriages to carry their baggage on
the cost of the State. If one Battalion has the privilege so ought
another. I am informed there is carriages to be hired here if your
Hour would give orders, I'm sensible we are in great need of them.
I am with due Regards, Dr. Sir,
Your Hhbl Serv*
Geo : Reed.
My Regards to Madm Stark & Family.
To Col" John Stark.
P. S. Sir — You motion'd to me in your first orders of having an
order from the Committee to draw arms at No. 4 or Ticonderoga. I
wou'd be glad to hear from you on that ace1 as I am sensible many of
the men are destitute of arms.
I am as before, Geo. Reed.
Letter from May. Jonathan Child, relating to Enlistments for
Ticonderoga, $c.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 250.]
Lime, March 24th, 1777.
To the Honorable the Counsel of Safety at Exeter :
Gentlemen — I have the pleasure to acquaint your Honors that Capt.
House and his officers have Inlisted about Forty men twenty of which
have Bin Mustered and have Received their mile money, and are now on
their march to No. Four; the Rest are soon to muster and Follow. I
hope to have the happiness soon to inform that the Company is Full &
all Marched, which I Believe would have bin the case Nearly by this
time had they not bin Retarded by Reason of Maj. Horse in town
Parly ? that are Ingaged in the State Service of New York. We are ni
daley Expectation of hearing that they are Discharged; numbers of
them are detarmined to Inlist soon as they can know that to be the
case; I believe the officers are very faithful in Recruiting and Nothing
shall be wanting on my part to Expedite their march as soon as In-
listed. I beg leave to acquaint your Honors that there is a large
Quantity of Wheat & peas to dispose of up & down this River that
might be bought for the State and be conveyed down the River to No.
Four, if it should be thought Expedient. If orders should be issued
to me for that Purpose they shall be punctually observed : But shall
waight your Direction, for this as well as every other appointment : &
in the mean time subscribe myself your Honors most obedient & very
Humble servant
JoNa Child.
The Committee to nominate Persons out of whom to choose two
Delegates to represent this State in the Continental Congress for one
year next ensuing, made Report, and recommend Gen1 Folsom, Col.
Walker. Mr. King, Ebenr Thompson Esqr John Wentworth jun. Esq.
& Phillips White Esq1 as proper persons in their opinion.
Signed Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 523
[p. 93.] Wednesday, March 26th, 1777.
Voted & Resolved that Col0 Timothy Walker & George
King Esqr,(l) Be and hereby are chosen and appointed Dele-
gates to lie j trescnt the State of New Hampshire in the Con-
tinental Congress for one year next ensuing, with (lie samt;
powers & authorities that the Delegates of said State hereto-
fore appointed have had. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the arms & stores Provided for the three
Battalions now raising in this State for the Continental ser-
vice be committed to the care of Mr. John Taler Oilman, to
be stored, & delivered out to the Colonels or Commanding offi-
cers of each of said Battalions — who shall be accountable to
this State for what they receive, and that the Commissions
for the subalterns of said Battalions be delivered to the
several Colonels or commanding officers of each of said
Battalions to be by them delivered to such officers as are or
shall be appointed by this General Court.
[p. 94.] Votes, petitions, Accts &c. passed on by the House and Con-
curred by the Board, from March 20th to 27th, 1777. [See Rec. of
Council.]
Accts from persons in Medford, Ms. against New Hampshire, to be
considered.
John Tayler Gilman, allowed £300 to bny clothing for the army.
Petition of John Colbey. to be reported on & alld £20.
Wyseraan Clagett, alld £15 as Attorney General.
Samuel Cutts to receive £310:17:4, as agent Victualler and Com-
missary for the State, in balance of his ace*.
Samuel Gilman & Mr. Odiorne to provide Barracks for Col. Scam-
mell's Reg'.
Benj. Giles & James Betton's Acct. for carrying money to Gen. Schuy-
ler, settled.
Society Land incorporated.
Thomas Martin alld £10 : 9 : 1 for supplys Fort Wm, & Mary in 1773.
Sam1 Cutts granted leave to send the Schooner Dolphin on a voyage
to the West Indies.
Ace' of Meshech Weare and others sent to treat with the people in
Grafton, alld £26:10:5.
Petition of Josiah Jones & others for allowance for nursing or doc-
toring sick soldiers — to be considered.
Petition of Wyndham & Pelham inhabitants to set up a Lottery —
hearing granted.
Petition of Capt. Titus Salter & Company, to be paid for flour, taken
in the ship Prince George — to be considered. Allowed £623:17:2:1.
(1) It does not appear that either Col. Walker or Mr. King, ever attended, as dele-
gates, the Continental Congress.— Ed.
524 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Maj. Wm. White, muster master to receive £2000 in votes and £100
in Bills, to be accounted for by him.
Committee on the Treasurer's ace1 — to make report.
Col. Otis Baker, muster master to receive £3920 out of the Treasu-
ry, to be accounted for.
Charges of sick soldiers, pd. Capt. David Place £9 : 12. Noah West,
£3 : 7 : a, Ralph Cross £9:2:9.
[p. 96.] Thursday, March 27th, 1777.
The Committee of both houses to examin into the state &
condition of sundry articles of Goods in Dover, seized by
order of this State as the effects of James McMasters &
Company & to nominate some person to Dispose of them <fcc.
made Report : viz :
That they beg leave to recommend Mr. Nathaniel Cooper whose
hands the Goods are now in, as a proper person to perform that busi-
ness, Said Cooper to dispose of all said Goods agreeable to the regu-
lation act as directed; also that he be under Oath for the faithful dis-
charge of his trust and give bond to the Speaker for the time being
with sureties to pay the Net proceeds into the Treasury as soon as
may be ; That he be allowed five per cent Commissions on the gross
sales in full for all trouble and expences in disposing of them.
Signed — Geo: King, Chairman.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted, That the
same be received and accepted, and that the said Nathaniel
Cooper Govern himself accordingly. [Concurred.]
[John Taylor Gilman was chosen & appointed (by ballot)
Register of this State for half pay soldiers names &c. agree-
able to a Resolve of the Continental Congress.]
The Proclamation for a Gen1 Fast on the 24th of April next
was read & Voted to be printed & dispersed to the several
"Worshipping Assemblys in this State.
[p. 97.] P. M.
The Report of the Comtee to consider of & report what date
the Commissions of the officers of the three Continental Bat-
talions in this State shall bear, being read, as follows :
That they beg leave to report it as their opinion that all the Com-
missions of the officers of the three Battalions raised in this State for
the Continental Army bear Date, Nov. 8th 1776.
Signed Nath1 Gilman, Ch"
Which Report being considered, Voted, That the same be
not received nor accepted : and thereupon,
Voted, That the Commissions of the said officers bear date
at the times of their several appointments to their respective
offices. [Reconsidered.]
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 525
[p. 98.] Friday, March 28th 1777.
Voted, That the Commissions of the several officers of the
Continental Battalions in this State, bear date the eighth day
of November last past. [Concurred.]
Voted That Col. Joseph Cillcy have and received out of
the Treasury Sixty-four pounds to he by him accounted for,
and that the President give order of Payment. [Concurred.]
Voted To choose a Committee of three to join a Commit-
tee of the Hon1'1 Board to consider of the providing Waggons
to transport the baggage of the officers & soldiers of the Con-
tinental Battalions in their march to Ticonderoga, and to
provide belts and Cartonch boxes for them, and to make re-
port thereon, and that Col. Goffe, Col. Evans & Col. Bartlett
be the Com*66 of this house for that purpose. [Concurred —
Mr. Walker added.]
P.M.
[p. 99.] Voted to chuse a Comtee of three to join a Comtee
of the Honbl Board to consider of what method shall be tak-
en to receive the monies now in the hands of Col. John Stark
which he recd to pay the Continental Bounty to the Regiment
lately under his Command, and also the receipts he has for
what part of the sum he receiv'd & has been paid out by him,
and how he shall be discharged therefor, and to make Report
thereof to this House as soon as may be ; — and that Sam1
Gilman jun. Esq1' Mr. Odiorne & Mr. Gibson be the Commit-
tee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred.]
[p. 100.] Saturday March 29th, 1777.
Whereas many persons, apprehended in the Neighbouring
States for the crimes of forging, counterfeiting, altering or
uttering the Bills or Notes of Public Credit of any or all the
United States of America, have escaped the punishment
which they justly merited for want of sufficient evidence to
convict them, — as the material witnesses resided within this
State, and not being liable by law, they have refused to give
their attendance at any Superior Court within such States :
For Remedy whereof —
It is Resolved, That when a Certificate shall be sent under
the hand of the Clerk of any Superior Court in any neigh-
boring State, that any Person or Persons, living within this
State is supposed to be a material witness in any such matter
526 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
as aforesd, pending in any such Court as aforesd, and praying
such person or persons may appear there & give evidence, —
any Justice of the Peace in the County where such required
witness dwells, is hereby required, upon being served with
such Certificate, to issue a Process or Summons under his
hand commanding such person or persons to appear and
testify what they know relative to any such matter and
before such Court, as in said Certificate set forth ; and if
such witness or witnesses so required as aforesaid shall have
tendered to him, her or them such reasonable sum or sums
of money for his, her or their costs and charges as (having
regard to the distance of the places) are necessary, and do
not appear according to the tenor of such Process or sum-
mons such person or persons so making Default, shall forfeit
and pay the sum of two Hundred Pounds one moiety thereof
to the informer who shall sue for the same, and the other
half to the use of the County where such Defaulter dwells,
to lie recovered by action of Debt in any Court of Record
within this State.
In the House of Representatives, March 29th, 1777.
The above being read & considered
Voted, That the same pass into a Resolve of this House.
[Concurred.]
[p. 102.] Voted, That a Committee of this House be
chosen to join a Committee of the Hon1'1 Board to make
Enquiry into the character of Colonel Nathan Hale as to his
behaviour in the late action at Trenton, and to report there-
on ; and that Col. Bartlett, Col. Hutchins, & Col. Goffe be
the Committee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred —
Mr. Gilman, Mr. Walker & Mr. Patten added.]
Voted, That a Precept Issue from the Speaker of this
house to the Selectmen of Pembrook to send some person
Qualified by Law to represent the said Town in the General
assembly in the room & stead of Mr. Jacob Emery, who is
Deceased.
Voted, That Robert Wilson Esq. be and hereby is directed
and authorized to apply to Col0 John Stark for what money
he has in his hands which he receiv'd to pay the Continental
Bounty to the regiment lately under his command, and also
for such receipts for such money as said Stark has paid <>u(
to his several officers, and also to give said Stark a receipt
for the same. [Concurred.]
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 527
[p. 103-4.] MundayrMarch 31st 1777.
Tuesday, April 1st, 1777.
Voted, That the soldiers belonging to the three Conti-
nental Battalions now raising in this State be furnished with
proper belts to carry their Bayonets in, and that Mr. Thomas
Odiorne be and hereby is appointed to procure the same and
deliver them to the Hon0 Brigadier Gen1 Poor, and take his
receipt for the same. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Mr. John Smith & Noah Emery Esq1' immedi-
ately proceed to countersign the Ten thousand pounds in
Treasury Notes now in the Treasur's hands and return the
same into the Treasury when by them respectively sign'd.
[Concurred.]
The Comtee appointed to make enquiry into the character
of Col0 Nathan Hale as to his behaviour in the late action at
Trentown (Princetown) and elsewhere made report :
That nothing appears to your Comtee against the character of the
said Col0 Hale as an officer in the engagement at Trentown or elsewhere.
Signed, N. Oilman, Chn.
Which report being read, Voted That the same be not re-
ceived, but that it be Dismist.
[p. 105.] Voted, That a Committee of this house be chosen
to join a Comtee of the Honbl Board to consider of and re-
port to this house, what measures are best to be entered into
by this State in order to a Discovery of such persons as are
in any measure enimical to the Liberties of America, and by
what ways and means such persons shall be detected or gen-
erally known, and what punishment shall be inflicted on such
persons, and to prepare and bring in a Bill or Resolve ac-
cordingly, and that Mr. Clagett, Mr. Giles, Capt. Moulton,
Mr. Gains, & Mr. Whipple be the Comtec of this house for
that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Walker & Mr. Potter ad-
ded.]
P.M.
Voted, That Lieut. Col0 Joseph Cilley be & hereby is ap-
pointed Colonel of the Continental Battalion lately appointed
to be raised in this State, under the command of Col0 John
Stark (who has resigned his said appointment.) [Con-
curred.]
Voted, That Theophilus Dame Esqr be and hereby is
appointed Colonel of the Continental Battalion lately' ap-
pointed to be raised in this State under the command of Col.
528 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Enoch Poor, who is advanced. [Concurred — Capt. Samuel
Gilman to notify Col. Dame of his appointment & receive
his answer.]
Report of Committee to supply Waggons, §c.
The report of the Comtee to consider of providing Waggons
to transport the Baggage of the officers & soldiers of the
Continental Battalions in their march to Ticonderoga, was
hro't in and read as follows : viz.
That they recommend that waggons be appointed to carry the Bag-
gage of the officers & soldiers to No. 4, not exceeding one waggon to a
Company, and that five Baggage horses to a Company be employ'd to
carry their baggage from No. 4, to Ticonderoga, and that a waggon
master be forthwith appointed to supply the Troops with the said
waggons and horses: They would further beg leave to recommend that
[p. 100.] the guns for the soldiers raising in the western parts of this
State be sent as soon as may be to No. 4, all which is submitted, by
Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which Report being considered, Voted That the same be
receiv'd & accepted, and thereupon
Voted to choose a Comtee of this house to join a Comtee of
the Honbl hoard to Nominate a proper person for waggon
master for the said purposes, and also to give such orders as
maybe necessary for the same: And that Maj. Gains, Mr.
Odiorne & Col. Thomas Bartlett be the Committee of this
House for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Patten added.]
Voted That Major George Reid, be and hereby is appoint-
ed Lieut. Colonel of the Continental Battalion, commanded
by Col. Joseph Cilley. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Capt. Jeremiah Gilman be & hereby is ap-
pointed Major of the Continental Battalion commanded by
Col. Joseph Cilley. [Concurred.]
Voted and Resolved, That Major-Gen. Nathaniel Folsom
& the Hon1'1 George Frost, Esq. be and hereby are chosen &
appointed Delegates to represent this State in the Continental
Congress for one year next ensuing, with all such powers &
authorities as the Delegates heretofore appointed by this
State have had and exercised. [Concurred.]
Wednesday, April 2d, 1777.
Voted, That orders imcdiately Issue to Brigadier General
Poor to march off what Companies & parts of Companies
are equipped belonging to the three Continental Battalions
in this State, under proper officers imediately to Ticonderoga,
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 529
and that when any parly shall be marched off there be a
proper return made to this house or Committee of Safety
[mediately, of such officers & soldiers so marched. [Con-
curred. |
The Committee appointed to consider of the remonstrance
from the town of Portsmouth concerning their proportion of
the soldiers to fill up the Continental Battalions & made
report, as their opinion :
That considering the Particular circumstances of the Town of Ports-
mouth, there appears to be rather an hardship on that town in the
present proportion of men; yet the making any alteration now, your
Committee think will create an uneasiness in other places, and retard
the tilling up the Regiments; — Therefore recommend that nothing be
done at this time respecting the matter by the Court.
Sigu'd — Josiah Bartlett, Chairn.
Which report being read & considered, Voted that the
same be received & accepted.
[p. 108.] P. M.
Voted That Capt William Stinson be ordered to appear be-
fore this house forthwith to answer for his not paying his
officers & soldiers their last months pay in Col. Wyman's
Regiment in the service of this State the last year, as also
their back allowance ; and that Lieut. Stephen Hoit be and
hereby is impowered to Notifie the said Captain William
Stinson of their order, and upon his refusal to come Imedi-
ately with the said Hoit before this Court ; that then the said
Hoit be & hereby is fully authorized & Impowered to impress
any necessary assistance to bring the said Capt. William
Stinson before this house as soon as possible. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col0 Nathan Hale be & hereby is appointed
Colonel of the Continental Battalion lately commanded by
Col. Enoch Poor, who is advanced. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Major Winborn Adams, be & hereby is ap-
pointed Lieut. Colonel of Col. Nathan Hale's regiment (lately
Col0 Poor's), &
Voted, That Capt. Benjamin Titcomb be and hereby is ap-
pointed Major of Col° Nathan Hale's Regiment (lately Col0
Poor's,) [both Concurred.]
[p. 109.] Voted, That Gen1 Poor be ordered to march the
Troops under his command to Ticonderoga tomorrow morn-
ing, whether fully equipped or not.
530 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, [1777.
Thursday, April 3d 1777.
[p. 110.] Voted, That Nathaniel McClintock Esqr be and
hereby is appointed Brigade Major to the Continental Battal-
ions of this State. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Capt. Eliphalet Giddinge muster master in
Exeter, Muster & pay off the bounty & mileage money given
by this State to the following soldiers belonging to Capt. Eli-
jah Clove's Company in Col. Hales regiment, viz ; Nathan
Taylor, Joseph Taggart, Thomas Murdough & William Pope
of Hillsborough ; Silas Cooledge & John Taggart of Amherst ;
Jonathan Macgrey of New Boston ; and David Squires of
Fitz William, — all which Soldiers are to be presented by
Lieut. Samuel Bradford and that the said Capt. Giddinge re-
turn a List of such as he musters & pays of said Company as
soon as may be. [Concurred.]
The Report of the Committee to nominate a Waggon mas-
ter to convey the baggage of the officers & soldiers, being read
as follows, viz :
They beg leave to Report their opinion that Major Samuel Philbrick
is a proper person for providing teams sufficient for that purpose, and
that he proceed without delay to procure a sufficient Quantity to trans-
port the arms & Baggage from hence to Charlestown: That Maj1 John
Bellows of Walpole be requested to provide and have ready there five
Baggage horses to each Company consisting of Ninety men in order to
carry the Baggage of the officers & soldiers from said Charleston to Ti-
conderoga as cheap & expeditiously as possible.
Sign'd. Sam1 Ashley, Chairman.
Which being read & considered, Voted, That the same be
received and accepted, and thereupon further Voted, That
Major Samuel Philbrick be & hereby is appointed Waggon
Master to provide Teams sufficient to convey the Baggage of
the three Battalions of this State to Charlestown, and that
orders be given him as follows : (1) viz :
To Major Samuel Philbrick :
It having been found necessary to transport the baggage of the offi-
cers & soldiers of this State to the Camp at Ticonderoga. You are
therefore without delay to Furnish proper Teams to convey the said arms
& Baggage from hence to Charlestown, and there deliver them to Mr.
Elijah Grout Commissary there. Yon are from time io time tu take
your orders from Brigadier General Poor respecting your condu t in
this matter, as also with respect to transporting what Numher of arms
[p. 111.] he may Judge necessary to send forward from this place to
Charlestown or elsewhere, according to his orders — all which you are
(1) rrevious to this, viz., April 3d, Mr. Joseph Ayers, of Portsmouth, was nominated,
appointed by the House, waggon master, &c., but not concurred by the Council.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 531
to effect in the cheapest manner yon can — and in case of absolute ne-
cessity by any unforeseen accident, you are hereby authorized and
impowered to Impress Carts & Teams for the purposes aforesaid.
And further — Voted, That Major John Bellows of Wal-
pole be & hereby is requested to provide and have ready at
Charlestown, Five Baggage horses to each Company of
Ninety in order to cany the Baggage of the officers &
soldiers from said Charlestown to Ticonderoga as cheaply &
expeditiously as possible. [Concurred.]
Friday, April 4th, 1777.
Toted, That the soldiers of the three Battalions of Conti-
nental Troops in this State be paid by the muster masters
that muster & pay them, two pence per mile Travel to
Charlestown; and that the Vote of Yesterday respecting
Providing Teams & Waggons & baggage horses to carry the
Baggage of the officers & soldiers forward be & hereby is
reconsidered & made void.
[A new Committee appointed to nominate a proper person
to be Waggon master &c]
Voted, That Lieut. Nathaniel Hutchins be & hereby is
appointed a Captain in Col. Cilley's Regiment in the room of
Capt. Jeremiah Gilman who is advanced. [Concurred.]
[p. 112.] Voted, That Joseph Huntoon be & hereby is ap-
pointed First Lieutenant in Capt. Gray's Company in Col.
Scammell's Regiment ; That Samuel Wright of Swanzey be
first Lieutenant in Capt. Gregg's company in said Regiment,
and that Samuel Adams be Ensign in Capt. Bell's Company
in Col. Hale's Regiment : That the Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Por-
ter of New Durham be Chaplain to Col. Scammell's Regi-
ment: That William Weeks, jun1- of Greenland be Paymaster
to said Regiment, and that James Blanchard of Dunstable
be Quarter master of said Regiment. [Concurred.]
The Comtee of both Houses to examin the accounts of
George Jaffrey Esq1" late Treasurer of this State made Re-
port &c. Which being read & accepted,
Voted, That George King Esq. be & hereby is authorized
and appointed to receive of the said George Jaffrey Esq. the
aforesaid Sum [of Nine hundred & sixty three pounds,
three Shillings & two pence one farthing] and all bonds in
his hands for the payment of Excise or any other monies due
to this State, and a list of all out standing Debts due to this
State, and to discharge the said George Jaffrey Esq1' there-
532 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
from, and to return the same to Nicholas Gilman, Esq. Treas-
urer & receiver General of this State & take his receipt for
the same & present such receipt to the General Assembly of
this State for their acceptance. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Revd Mr. Hibbert of Claremont he & here-
by is appointed Chaplain. That Lieut. William Elliot of Ex-
eter be & hereby is appointed Adjutant, and that Richard
Brown of Unity be and hereby is appointed Quartermaster to
Col. Hale's Battalion. [Concurred.]
Votes, accts, petitions &c. passed on by the House & concurred by
the Council from March 28th to April 4th, 1777. See Bee. of Council.
Petition of Lt. Robert Barnett — Committee appointed to consider of
& report.
Comtee to consider the motion for Constables to serve Writs of all
kinds. •
Petition of Eliph1 Griffin — to be heard.
Win. Martin, alld £15, for time & expense in prosecuting Joseph
Kelley for passing supposed counterfeit money.
Ace1 of Page Harriman for ferrying soldiers over Connecticut River,
aJld £8: 5.
Ace' of James Betton, Esq. for going to Baltimore &c. all'1 balance
in full, £38: 5: 6.
Town Clerks authorized to issue Sub poenas to summon witnesses.
Col. Nahum Baldwin's pay Roll, all* £20: 15: 5.
£2000 advanced to Capt Blip1 Giddinge, as muster master, to be ac-
counted for.
Ace' of Selectmen of Walpole for guns delivered in 1775 referred to
a Committee, & voted to pay for them.
Capt. Thomas Folsoin, alld £1: 10, for going to Deerfield to conduct
prisoners stationed there.
£3520 advanced to Col. Benj. Bellows as muster master to be ac-
counted for.
An Act for fitting out of armed vessels to defend the sea-coast of
America, passed.
Petition of Samuel Head — hearing granted.
Committee appointed to appraise blankets for soldiers.
Capt. Eliph* Daniel's pay roll, alld £153: 15: 7.
Selectmen of Epping, allowed for Guns in 1775, £12 ; 1.
Col. Samuel Ashlev's pay roll, all*, £624: 8: 7.
Col. Benj. Bellows' pay roll, alld £412: 9: 7.
Lieut. Wm. Wallace's acct. allowed £2:
John Taylor Gilman, to receive £300 to buy clothing for tbe army,
to be accounted for.
Balance of the ace1 of Col. Benj. Bellows, alld £89: 2: 2.
Joseph Albree alld £5: 2, for an ox killed by mistake for soldiers at
Medford in 1775.
Sent Col. Nathan Hale £76: 13: 4.
Petition of Philip Fowler and Jacob Fowler — hearing granted
A bounty to be paid on salt, made from sea-water, in this State, 2s
per bushel.
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 533
[p. 113.] Saturday, April 5th 1777.
The Committee of both houses appointed to consider the
care of sick soldiers returning from Camp &c. reported :
That there be allowed & paid to Oliver Heald, ten shillings & eight
pence for taking care of John Jennings as soldier in Capt. James Ar-
nolds company in Col" Wingates regiment; That there be allow'd and
paid to Doctor Taylor two pounds eleven shillings & ten pence for
taking care of a number of sick soldiers in Col Wingate's, Wyman's
& Bedel's regiments; That there be allowed & paid to Robert Goodwin
ten pounds for Charles Huntoon's bill for taking care of James Good-
win, a soldier in Capt. Jonathan Emerson's Company —
Which Report being read and accepted,
Voted, That the President give order of payment accord-
ingly. [Concurred.]
The Committee on the motion of Lieut. Stephen Hoit & sun-
dry soldiers of Capt. Stilson's Company made Report :
That it be recommended to Lieut. Stephen Hoyt to make out a prop-
er Roll of all those officers & soldiers belonging to Capt. William Still-
son's Company that have not received their wages for their last month's
service at Ticonderoga, & Present the same to this Court together
with a Petition from the Soldiers to this Honbl Court to pay the same.
Sign'd — Mathw Pattex, Chairman.
Which Report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted.
[p. 114.] Voted and Resolved, That of be
requested and- he hereby is requested, authorized and impow-
ered to apprehend Captain William Stillson of Somersworth,
who has been accused of embezzeling certain monies due to
several of the soldiers lately under his command in the ser-
vice of this State & him bring before this house or the Com-
mittee of Safety as soon as may be to be examined touching
the Premises, and that the said be allowed an
adequate Reward for his time, Trouble & Expence on said
service : And further — Voted, That Mr. Paul Wentworth, the
member from Somersworth, do fill up the Blanks herein with
the name of some suitable person to transact said Business.
Whereas Joseph Bartlett, Esq. hath been by order of this
house cited to appear before this House to answer for his
contempt of an order of the late General Assembly of the 22d
day of March 1776, But has refused to appear and answer
thereto ; Therefore
Voted and Resolved, That the Constable of Newtown be
and hereby is ordered and directed forthwith to take the Body
534 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
of the said Joseph Bartlett and bring him immediately before
this house to answer for his accumulated contempts of orders
of this House.
Per order, J. D. speaker, pro Temp.
[p. 115.] Monday, April 7th 1777.
Voted, That George King, Esq. be appointed Secretary of
this State pro tempore. The Secretary being necessarily ab-
sent from the Honbl board. [Concurred.]
Letter from General Schuyler.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 256.]
Albany, March 26. 1777.
Sir — Last evening I received a Letter from Colonel Wayne the com-
manding Officer at Ticonderoga. (1) he informs me, That his whole
Garrison, officers included, and sick and well, does not consist of more
than twelve hundred men; That four hundred of these are Militia who
have but a few days to serve, when they will certainly retire. The Ice
in the Lake is already too rotten to bear a Horse, and the Lake will
probably be freely navigable in ten days. In tins situation, it is incum-
bent on me again to intreat you, That such of the Troops from your
State as are intended for Ticonderoga be immediately ordered to march
& that measures may be taken by the Government of the State to have
the Order carried into Execution: If General Carlton was not other-
wise well advised of our strength, he is certainly so now, by a number
of Prisoners lately taken from us on and near Lake George, on their
return from Ticonderoga, by a party of Canada Indians, headed by
Capt. McCoy, who escaped from Connecticut. Amongst the prisoners
he took, were two noted Tories and both intelligent.
Col. Brewer in a Letter of the 22d Instant advises me " That he had
marched all such of his Regiment as had arrived at Bennington, which
were not above One hundred men. This intelligence has greatly dis-
tressed me. I had ordered the Garrisons of Fort Ann & Skeensbo-
rough to be relieved by some of the Eastern troops in order to send
the others to the relief of Fort Stanwix, Fort Dayton & Johnstown —
all of which will be evacuated by the fifteenth of next month, if no re-
lief arrives before; for Experience has taught us that however great
the necessity, the tardiness which prevails in almost every State, will
prove, if not altogether fatal, at least extremely detrimental to us; and
(1) Col. AVayne wrote, also, to the Massachusetts government, March 25, 1777, urging
the hastening on of troops: " It is my duty to request you in the most pressing man-
ner to use every possible means in pushing' on the Troops, properly ecpiipt— near one
half of those who have arrived are destitute of arms & accoutrements, and sent on
without officers except a few subalterns: for Cod's sake rouse your Field Officers &
others from their lethargy; it is their duty to be on the spot," Ac.
" 1 would [beg] leave to suggest that tile more speedy way of forwarding the Baggage
& other necessarys /lirciu/li these l>arl Roads will be by pack horses— you can't use too
much despatch— there is not one moment to spare." Sec State Pap. Vol. VI. p. '254. —
Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 535
I firmly believe that unless effectual measures arc taken speedily to
march the Troops to Tieonderoga, that we shall loose that Fortress.
I am, Sir, Your most obed* servant
Pn: Schuyler.
To the President of the
State of New Hampshire.
Voted to choose a Committee of this house to join a Comtee
of the Honbl Board to take under consideration the Letter
& requisition of Maj. Gen1 Schuyler & Draft an Answer
thereto Imediately and report the same to this house, and
that Mr. Whipple, J. Dudley Esqr & Sam1 Gilman Esq1 be
the Com*66 of this house for that purpose.
Voted, That Br i gad1' Gen. Poor be desired to march off
the Troops raised in this State for the Continental Battalions,
by small parties, and that some Field officer of each Regi-
ment be directed by him to march Imediately to Tieonderoga
to take the care & charge of them. [Concurred.]
Tuesday, April 8th, 1777.
[p. 116.] Voted, That Col. Thomas Stickney of Concord be
and hereby is appointed to receive and Store such Continental
arms & accoutrements as shall be convey'd to him at Con-
cord, and that he give proper receipts for the same when re-
ceiv'd ; and that Col. Samuel Hunt of Charlestown be &
hereby is appointed to receive & store such Continental Arms
& accoutrements as shall be convey'd to Charlestown ; & that
he give proper receipts for the same when recciv'd ; and that
the said Store-Keepers deliver them to the Field Officers of
the Continental Battalions of this State or either of them or
to their or either of their orders and take receipts for what
they shall respectively deliver ; and that Major Samuel Phil-
brick be and hereby is directed & impowered to receive of Mr.
John Taylor Gilman, Store-Keeper in Exeter, eight hundred
arms to convey to Charleston & two hundred & Eighty to
convey to Concord, and that he give his receipt for the same.
[Concurred.]
Upon reading the Memorial of the Freeholders & Inhabi-
tants of the Town of Portsm0 relative to adjourning the Gen1
Court to that town,
Voted, That the same be heard & considered before both
houses to morrow morning. (1) [Concurred.]
(1) The above said memorial lias not been found. — Ed.
536 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[p. 117.] Voted, to clmse a Comtee to prepare & bring in a
Bill to Punish all such persons as shall harbor or conceal
any Deserter from the Continental army and also such person
or persons as shall purchase any arms, cloathing, Blanketts
or accoutrements of any soldier in or belonging to the Conti-
nental Army without leave in writing from his Captain or
Commanding Officer, and that Mr. Giles, Mr. Clagett & Mr.
Whipple be the Comtee of this house for that purpose.
Resolve from Rhode Island, asking for aid.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 260.]
Council of War.
State of Rhode Island, April 8th, 1777.
Resolved, That his Honor the Deputy Governor, and John Collins,
Esqr be and they are hereby appointed and requested immediately to
wait upon the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay and represent
the situation and Circumstances of this State; and to make the most
urgent and pressing application for immediate and effectual Assistance;
And that when at Boston they renew the instances from this State to
New Hampshire for their immediately sending their stipulated Quota
of the army to oppose the Enemy in this State.
A true Copy— Witness —
Silas Downer — Clk.
Wednesday, April 9th 1777.
The Council & house being resolved into a Committee of
the whole, the Honble Meshech Weare Esqr in the chair, The
Committee took into consideration the Remonstrance & Peti-
tion of the Inhabitants & Freeholders of the Town of Ports-
mouth ; and the matter being fully debated and duly consid-
ered, the Question was put — Whether the next Session of the
General Court should be held at Portsmouth, — and it passed
in the Negative.
Voted/That the Hon1'1 Meshech Weare, Josiah Bartlett,
Nicholas Gilman, Eben1' Thompson, Nathaniel Peabody, Esq1'8
Mr. Thomas Odiorne, George Gains, Josiah Moulton, John
Dudley Esq. Mr. John Smith, John McClary Esq1- & Mr. Eb-
enezer Potter, be a Committee of Safety for this State, to
transact the business of both houses in the recess of the Gen1
Court, with all the powers & authorities that Committees of
Safety heretofore chosen have had and exercised. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 118.] Voted, That Mr. Thomas Odiorne be and here-
by is appointed & fully authorized to stop the Exportation
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 537
from the Town of Exeter of any Quantity of Rum untill fur-
ther orders. [Concurred.]
[p. 119.] Voted, That the Revd Mr. Samuel Cotton of Litch-
field be chaplain and Capt. Benjamin Kimball of Plaistow be
Paymaster of Col° Joseph Cilley's Continental Battalion.
[Concurred.]
The Comtee to consider of the motion of Henry John Ren-
salaer for a permitt to export Rum from this State for the
use of the Continental Army made Report :
That they have fully heard & duly considered the motion of ITenry
J. Rauslaer, and are of opinion that he ought not to carry the said Rum
out of this State, untill there shall be procured a sufficient Quantity
for the Troops of this State in the Continental army.
Signed — Nicholas Gilmax, Chairman.
Which Report, being read & considered, Voted that the
same be received and accepted.
[p. 120.] Thursday, April 10th 1777.
Voted, That Col. Cilley & Col. Scammell severally receive
of Mr. John Taylor Gilman, Store-keeper, their several Pro-
portions of the blanketts now in Store for their respective
Battalions, and that they give their respective receits there-
for.
P. M.
Joseph Bartlett Esqr being bro't before this House to an-
swer for his accumulated contempt .of orders from this house
tfc praying to be heard by Counsell, ordered by this house
that the matter be heard before this house to morrow after-
noon, at three of the clock.
[p. 121.] The Committee to receive the bills on Interest to
be burnt, made Report —
That they receiv'd of the Treasurer seventeen hundred & forty four
pounds & two shillings in bills of Credit which carry Interest from the
20th day of June 1775, & had given receipts therefor to the Treasurer,
•which bills were consumed to ashes in the presence of the Honbl Coun-
cil & house of Representatives;
And thereupon Voted, That the said Committee be fully
discharged from the same. [Concurred.]
Friday, April 11th, 1777.
Voted, to choose a Comtee to join a Comtee of the Honbl
Board to make a Draught of a Letter or request to the Gen1
Court of the Massatts State to join in a request to Gen.
538 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Washington, that if he pleases, Gen1 Sullivan may be ap-
pointed to the command of the Northern army, as it may be
a great Inducement to the completion of the Levies of these
States, and that Mr. Clagett & Mr. Whipple be the Comtee of
this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. King & Mr.
Walker added.]
[p. 122.] State of > In Council. April 11th. 1777.
New Hampshire j" Voted, That Mr. John Taylor Oilman be, and
hereby is appointed, to receive and examine all Certificates that may be
presented to him by wounded or maimed soldiers belonging to this
State, made out and authenticated agreeable to a Resolve of the Con-
tinental Congress of the 26th of August 1770, and to Register such
Certificates in a Book, as also what allowance is made to support such
persons by the legislative authority of this State, and also of the pay-
ment from time to time to every such person, and of the Death of any
such disabled person, or ceasing of such allowance; Ami to make a
fair & regular Report of the same quarterly to the Secretary of Con-
gress or Board of War appointed by said Congress: And further,
Voted, That on any allowance being made to any wounded soldier
or seaman as aforesaid, That the Secretary is hereby directed to deliver
to said John Taylor Gilman all Certificates produced, and in conse-
quence of which such allowances shall be made.
Sent down to the Honble House for concurrence.
E. Thompson, Sec?.
In the House of Representatives, April 12th, 1777.
The above Vote of the JIonbl Council being read and considered,
Voted That the same be & hereby is concurred.
John Langdon. Speaker.
[p. 124.] Voted That the President send a Letter to the
Honbl President of the Massaclmtts, requesting him to join
in a request to Gen1 Washington, that Gen1 Sullivan may
have the command of the Northern Army. [Concurred.]
Voted, To choose a Comtee to join a Comtce of the Honbl
Board to Nominate to this house three proper persons out of
whom to appoint one for a Justice of the Infe1' Court of Com-
mon Pleas, for the County of Rockingham, in the room <fc
stead of John Langdon Esq1', who has resigned ; And also
to Nominate three proper persons out of whom to appoint
one for a Special Justice of said Court and that Mr. Gains,
Mr. Martin & Mr. Wilson be the Comtee of this house for
that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlctt, Mr. King <fc Mr.
Walker added.]
P. M.
The Comtce appointed to take into consideration the me-
morial of Benj. Giles <fe others, made Report:
That they beg leave to recommend to all the good People of this
State to forbear Litigious Suits, and that as much as possible tlnjy re-
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 539
frain from calling on thoir Debtors in that way in this time of General
Distress, and that the Judges of the several Courts & Justices of the
Peace in the several Counties, & Attorneys at Law be advised & direct-
ed to use their utmost endeavours to settle all disputes by bringing
the parties to an amicable agreement between themselves, and that the
Judges in the several Courts take particular care that no unreasonable
bills of Cost be suffered to be taxed in any cause that may eome be-
fore them: That no Attorney be permitted to act at any Court, who
shall be known to be an Enemy to the American cause nor without the
approbation of the majority of the Judges of the Courts by whom any
action is tried; That any Attorney shall be liable to be silenced &
rendered incapable of practising in any Court by the Gen1 Court on
complaint made & supported against them for mal-conduct on unjusti-
fiable Demand of fees, notwithstanding their admission by such Justi-
ces.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted, That the
same he received & accepted.
[p. 125.] Joseph Bartlett Esq. of Newtown being hro't by-
order before this house to answer for his accumulated con-
tempts of orders of this house, and being fully heard by
Counsel & the matter duely considered,
Voted, That the said Joseph Bartlett by not appearing be-
fore this house pursuant to their order was a contempt on this
house, & that he be bro't before this house and reprimanded
therefor & then dismist, paying the Constables Fees. DM a
copy to Mr. Bartlett.
Saturday April 12th, 1777.
Voted, That Mr. John Taylor Oilman have & receive out
of the Treasury the sum of Fifty pounds for the purpose of
paying wounded & maimed soldiers & sailors their allowances
according to the orders of the Continental Congress, and
that the President give order of payment. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Commissioners for administering the
oaths of office to the officers of the Civil List in the County
of Cheshire be & hereby are authorized to summon all such
officers before them to take their oaths and to return a list
to the next session of this Assembly of all such as refuse to
take their said oaths. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Mr. Thomas Odiorne be & hereby is author-
ized & appointed to superintend & keep the State Accounts
& call upon all persons who have received monies out of the
Treasury to account for the same. [Concurred.]
[p. 126.] Voted, That the Honbl members of the Commit-
tee of Safety be paid out of the Treasury, seven shillings per
540 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
day each for their attendance on the service in the Recess of
the Gen1 Assembly, and that they be paid for their Travel as
the members of the General Assembly are paid. [Con-
curred.]
Letter from Elijah Grout, Commissary at Charhstown.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 262.]
To the honorable the Council & Assembly of the State of New Hamp-
shire &c.
Elijah Grout of Charlestown in said State, begs leave to represent
to your Honors, that on the 6th of March last, I wrote you that I had,
as I supposed, for the advancement of the common cause necessarily
disposed of some of the Provisions procured for the New Hampshire
Troops, to Troops belonging to other States; At the same time desir-
ing to be instructed what was my duty. I am credibly informed my
conduct hath been justified and approved of. I would now represent
to your Honors that I have dealt out so much of the Provisions in that
way, that the remainder, purchased by Col0 Hunt will fall very far
short of a sufficiency for the New Hampshire forces. The quantity
needed will be much enhanced by particular orders which Col0 Read
hath received from Cob Stark and Sylla, viz. not to march untill 200
men of the Regiment can be collected. The quantity Col0 Hunt was
ordered to purchase would have been insufficient, had there been only
three Battalions to have received it; That in my humble opinion, if the
Forces are to march this way, it is absolutely necessary that some fur-
ther Provision should be made immediately : The Scarcity of meat
here, will make it necessary, that some body should be employed and
impowered to purchase a sufficiency directly.
I am, Gentle" your very Humbl Serv'
Elijah Grout.
Walpole, April 9th, 1777.
Voted, to choose a Comtee to join a Comtee of the Honbl
Board to take under consideration the letter & request of
Mr. Elijah Grout & report thereon, and that Mr. Knowles,
Mr. Ellis, & Mr. Giles be the Comtee of this House for that
purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Walker & Mr. Ashley joined.]
Voted, That Thomas Sparhawk Esq1', be & hereby is ap-
pointed muster-master & paymaster to such men as shall be
offered by Lieut. Simon Sari well of Capt. Hutchin's Compa-
ny, and that he return a Roll of all such to Capt. Eliphalet
Giddinge at Exeter who was heretofore appointed muster-
master & paymaster of said Company. [Concurred.]
[p. 127.] The Committee of both houses appointed to ascer-
tain the prices of a quantity of rum bought by Maj. Gains
lor the use of this State, & to consider the superior quality
of the same, made report as on file, with an account annexed
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 541
amounting to fifteen hundred forty two pounds, six shillings
& eleven pence — which report is Received & accepted ; and
thereupon,
Voted, That the same bo paid for according to said Ac-
count at present, and that a further consideration of the
prices therein set, be had a1 the next session of the General
Assembly, & that the President give order accordingly.
[Concurred.]
Voted, That Col. Samuel Hunt of Charleston have & re-
ceive out of the Treasury, by the hand of Benja Giles Esq.
three hundred pounds for the purpose of purchasing Provi-
sions for the Continental Troops of this State — he to be ac-
countable, and that the President give order of payment ac-
cordingly.
Votes, petitions, accts Acts &c. passed on by the House & concurred
by the Council from April 5th to 12th — 1777. See Rec. of Council.
Maj Philbrick to receive £50. to be accounted for.
Sam1 Leinan pd. 48.s for taking care of sick soldiers.
Ad litional Act against counterfeiting money, passed.
Petition of Capts. Salter & Daniels for additional rations — Consid-
ered.
Moses Kimball, alld £3:11:1, for losses at Bunker hill.
Doct. Ivory Hovey, appointed surgeon to Col. Scammells Battalion.
A Comtee to provide medicine for Col. Scammells Battalion.
Comtce on petition of Joseph Whipple for a road, &c.
Comtcc on ace' of Jon a. Mitchell Sewell.
Comtee to consider the matter of recording the Charters of Town-
ships.
An act for establishing the general System of Laws passed.
Samuel Philbrick, allowed £80 to be accounted for.
Capt. Francis Town's muster-roll, alld £111 : 1 : 4.
Petition of Simeon Dearborn for incorporation of the towns of Leav-
ittstown and Middletown — hearing granted.
Petition of Edward Parry for pay for Oar Rafters &c. referred to a
Comtee.
George Frost to receive £140 to be accounted for.
Henry J. Ransalaer, granted liberty to buy dry goods in New Hamp-
shire.
Additional regulating Act passed.
Petition of James McMaster, referred to the Committee of Safety.
Thomas Martin's ace' for paper & attending press for bills of Credit,
alld £•").
Members of both houses to draw pay, as last year.
Wyseman Clagett for drawing bills &c. alld £3: 12:0.
Sam1 Gilman Esq. for time on the Laws, all'1 2ls.
Sam1 Gilman, jun. for journey to Dover, alld 13s.
John Taylor Gilman, advanced, £50, for wounded soldiers.
An act to prevent the desertion of soldiers, passed.
542 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Ace1 of Wm. Parker, alld £6.
James Rundlet, doorkeeper, pel. £4:13:0.
Acct. of Dea. Samuel Brooks, all'1 £32 : 9 : 6.
The Committee of Safety to be paid 7s per day & travel;
Noah Emery, clerk 12s. per day; John Smith, ass1 clerk, 3s per day,
& the Secretary 6s per day.
Ace* of Dea. Isaac Williams, alla £6 : 17:3.
Act to repair the road from Wolfeborougli by the "White Hills to
Cohoss, passed.
Adjourned to the first Wednesday in June next at three of
the clock afternoon, then to meet at the Town house in Ex-
eter.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence between the time of adjournment, April
12, and the meeting of the general
Assembly, June 4, 1777.
Letter from Gen. Wayne.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 276.]
Ticonderoga, 13th April. 1777.
Sir — Your favour of the 7th Instant I have just rec'd. I wish that
the Arms and cash were arrived. There were two Howitzers at Half-
moon; if they are not yet sent forward pray order them with auch am-
munition, ordinance & ordinance Stores as are at Albany (for this port)
to be sent forward with all possible dispatch, let the expence be what
it will. If the Roads are bad 'tis only adding a sufficient force of Horses
to the Carriages. Our situation admits of no delay.
I have reason to believe the Enemy are advancing— a strong party of
them were discovered three days ago. at the Four Brothers; Some of
their Boats were plying between that & Gallilands Creek. Previous to
the Receipt of this Intelligence I had sent a Detachment under Lieut.
Col. Barrett to that place for Provender. I have since ordered another
party in armed boats to try to bring him off and cover his retreat. I
hope they will effect it.
I am, Sir, your most Obed1 humb1 servant,
Anthony Wayne.
Col. Van Shaack.
Letter from Col. Enoch Hale, relating to orders for En: list .nods .
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 282.]
State of Xew \ To the Honbl Committee of Safety seting at Exeter
1 lamps'1 \ in said State : —
Gentlemen — Having received Orders from his Honr General Pol-
some tor raising one hundred and twenty men out of my Regiment for
the Continental servis and to make Return of the same &c. I am
sorry to inform your Honors that our Number is yet unsertain,
although grate pains hath been and yet is taken; our Towns generally
give one hundred dollars to a. man and offer to give it, but I are not
raised much more than half their proportion. We now conclude to
send to other towns and places that have obtained there number and
544 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
wait the success. If a shorter time for raising any part might be ad-
mitted, I would Pray for such orders to be sent me by the bearer Mr.
Edward Jewett: But more in special: how we shall get ready to march
those already enlisted, as part of these lot falls to Capt. Blodet's Com-
pany, and insist upon it that they cannot go to P^xeter to be muster'd,
and sum others at a grate distance. If any other way can be provided I
Pray that it may be attended to as it would much unfit them for their
march and tends to discorrage others from Enlisting.
I am Gentlemen, your most obedt and Humbe serv*
Enoch Hale.
• Rindge, April y« 15th, 1777.
The Honw Committee of Safety
Sitting at Exeter.
Letter from Col. Enoch Hale, in favor of Jonathan Parker, jun.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 284.]
Rindge, April ye 26th, 1777.
Worthy Siu — With due submission to your Honr I just inform that
Jonathan Parker Junr Esqr has been with me and others was desirous
to know from whence any surspician arose of his being Enemical to his
country, Being apprehended, &c which I could not answer as I knew
not who had complained. But am able to inform thus much, that he
hath don & continues to do his Proportion in Carrying on the war; and
as to his passing bad money I have not heard any person charge him
with it, since the time of small altered Bills that was turned upon his
hands that your Honr may remember was brought against him;
Although he has traded largely since that time I believe more than
one hundred lawful per month; but if it should be thought that he
ought to appear at any futer time for any further Examination, I will
be answerable for his appearance if such bail may be admitted.
From your most obedient Humble servant
Enoch Hale.
Honorable Meshech Weare, Esq.
Summons to Daniel Foivle and Benjamin Dearborn.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 286.]
To Daniel Fowle and Benjamin Dearborn, both of Portsmouth, Printers.
You are hereby required in the name of the Government & People
of this State to appear forthwith, before us the subscribers, Justices of
the Peace throughout said State, to give evidence in behalf of the
Government & People aforesaid against any person accused of breaking
the Laws of said State. Hereof fail not as you will answer the con-
trary on the pains & Penaltys of the Law in such cases made & pro-
vided.
Given under our hands and seal at Exeter, the 16th of April, Anno
Domini, 1777.
M. Weare,
JOSIAH BARTLETT,
E. Thompson.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 545
Compliments from Robert Foivle, $e.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 288.]
R. Fowle's most respectfull Compliments to the Honorable the Com-
mittee of Safety; — and begs that General Folsora might have recourse
to him when the General thinks proper; — and if consistant to have the
Liberty of Mr. Stacey's house — at the same time not to speak to any
person but such as is appointed. This Liberty is most earnestly so-
licited till he can obtain Bail.
Mr. Fowle will with pleasure assist the Honorable Committee (if in
his power) by any means or circumstances he can possibly, in finding
out the Authors of the wicked plan now a matter of Enquiry.
Exeter Goal, April 18"', 1777.
Certificate given to Robert Fowle.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 294.]
In Committee of Safety, April 18th, 1777.
State of \ Whereas Robert Luist Fowle of Exeter, Printer,
New Hampshire } has been accused of being concerned in counterfeit-
ing the Bills of Credit of this State & some other of the United States,
and has been apprehended & Committed to Goal in Exeter; Therefore
Resolved, That if the said Robert Luist Fowle will make an open hon-
est, frank Confession of what he knows relative to any person or Per-
sons being concerned in counterfeiting said Bills, or the Notes of this
or any other State, or of any matter or circumstance relative thereto,
and give evidence of the same before any Court of Judicature in this
or the neighboring States when he may be called; that then the said
Fowle shall be secured from any Process against him for the crimes
wherewith he is charged as above, and receive protection from any In-
sult on account of his being so admitted a witness.
By order of the Committee,
M. Weare Chrn.
Petition from Hollis to the Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 302.]
State of New ) To the Honbl Committee, of Safety of sd State.
Hampr ) This Petition humbly sheweth :
That several of our men have Inlisted in Capt. Howse's Company in
the County of Grafton, and in some other Companys at a great dis-
tance, wich Renders it very inconvenient for them to goe to so great a
distance to pass muster : Wherefore we pray your Honors that all our
men may be allowed to pass muster before Majr Abial Abot of Wilton,
and that he may be impowered for it which will be a great easment to
our men: and your petitioners as in Duty bound will ever Pray.
Noah Worcester^ Select
Stephen Ames > men.
Daniel Kendrick)
Hollis, April ye 22, 1777.
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546 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from Neiv Hampshire Committee of Safety tj Brig. Gen.
-Prescott, of Massachusetts, relating to Counterfeiters.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 310.]
Exeter, April 23d, 1777.
Sir — The Committee of this State have been engaged for ten days
past in Endeavoring to detect and Confine persons concerned in coun-
terfeiting the Bills of Credit of this & the neighboring States. Five
Persons are now confined in Prison, & one who was committed hath
been admitted to Bail & has given considerable Light into the affair;
in short, it appears by what Discoveries we have made that vast quan-
tities have been struck off & passed; I believe sufficient Evidence to
convict one Daniel Farnsworth of Northfield in your State is with us,
whom I hope you have secured. Evidence of the like kind we have
against Benjamin Whiting of Holies in our State, who we have not
yet been able to apprehend ; hope you will keep a vigilant look out for
him. A certain Majr Richardson apprehended & confined here, says he
had of one Joshua Smith of Townsend in your State £400 in £3 Bills
made in Imitation of true ones Emitted by this State, £200 of which
was found in his possession, the other £200 he acknowledges to have
passed, but says he took it for good money. Officers are now gone out
to apprehend Col0 Stephen Holland of Londonderry and Dr. Silas
Hedges of Dunbarton, both of this State, against whom we have suffi-
cient Evidence; they may escape into your State in order to flee to the
Enemy; hope you will have a look out for them. We are determined
to use our utmost endeavors to apprehend & bring to condign punish-
ment these Infernal monsters — these worse than highway robbers, —
and have no doubt but your State will equally exert themselves in this
very important matter. A communication of Discoveries from you to
us, from time to time, may be very serviceable in unravelling their
secrets, and laying open the Plot.
I am, Sir, with due respect your very Humbl Serv1.
To Brigadier Prescott.
Letter from Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut to Hon. Meshech
Weare.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 312.]
Lebanon, April 25th, 1777.
Sr — The Supineness and Languor that seems to take place and per-
vade every order and degree of men thro' our States must give the high-
est concern & anxiety to every friend to their Liberties, and if contin-
ued much longer will Avithout the special interposition of Heaven be
followed with the most unhappy consequences — Fatal perhaps to the
future happiness of our Country. I am unhappy to observe that when
our Continental army should be in the field, that the officers are wast-
ing their time in ineffectual efforts to gain Recruits in the Country; — I
am sensible that this State is as deeply involved in the general inactiv-
ity as any of her neighbors. Tho' we are now using our utmost efforts
to compleat our Battalions and send them into the Field, by detaching
our Militia to fill up vacancies where they do not procure a sufficient
number to Inlist voluntarily.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 547
The Request of the New England States that I would communicate
such Intelligence of General Importance as I may receive, will apolo-
gize for my sending you the enclos'd Copies of two letters from Briga-
dier Gen1 Wayne at Ticonderoga, which I this day Ileceiv'd from Majr.
Gen. (Jates, by which you will perceive the very critical situation of
our affairs in that quarter and the eminent Danger that the pass at
Ticonderoga, the Key of New England on that side, will be surprised
and wrested out of our hands.
Besides the almost irreparable loss of ordnance & military Stores,
Provisions & other necessaries; — my heart bleeds at the Idea of the
Carnage, Devastation and Confusion that may ensue; the Frontiers of
your State that must immediately break up; how miserable must be
the flight of the Inhabitants; how great their loss; how Poignant their
Distress! The Battalions from your State I am informed are destin'd
to support that Pass: Of what vast importance is it that they be hast-
en'd to their Station without an hour or a moments Delay: I know
your zeal and ardour in the cause of our Common Country, and fully
confide that your most vigorous exertions will not be wanting; — but
the prospect of such a terrible Calamity fills my mind, and whilest it
stimulates to the greatest efforts in my power to rouse our own people
from their apathy, will satisfie my calling upon our sister States Unit-
ed by common Interest & common danger to unite their Endeavours to
awaken all to a sense of our situation & to the manly efforts of a Peo-
ple determined to be free, before they are roused by the thunder of the
enemies Artillery or pierced by the wailing of their EnsW and wretch-
ed fellow citizens.
I am, Sr, with great Truth and Regard
Your most Obedient & most humb1 serv',
Jona. Trumbull.
The Honourable the President of
the Council of New Hampshire.
Letter from Gov. Trumbull to Hon. Meshech Weare.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 314.]
Lebanon, 27th April 1777.
Sir — In my letter of the day before yesterday by Express, I took the
liberty to communicate such intelligence of the motions of the Enemy
to the Northward & the very critical Posture of our affairs in that quar-
ter as I had then received.
Last evening I was informed by an Express from the Westward, that
on Friday last twenty-four of the Enemys ships had come to in the
Sound opposite to a certain Hill in Fairfield in this State called Compo
Hill, and were landing Troops upon the Hill; — by the best accounts
about one thousand men were landed & the Boats were still passing
to & from the Ships with men — what the whole Number of the enemy
there is I cannot precisely ascertain, but probably three or four thou-
sand.
This morning I have advice from Col0 Huntington at Danbury, that
the Enemy are in motiou up the North River, — of which he was advised
by letter from Brigr General M';Dougall — an Extract of which is as
follows: That " at 8 o'clock last evening (25th inst.) there were 18
548 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
ships in sight above Dobbs Ferry, twenty four miles from hence (Peeks-
Kill) 12 of which are Transports — four of these we take to be ships of
warr, & suppose their object to be to get possession of the Passes of the
mountains, to give time for their grand army to move up."
Thus you see, Sir, the Campaign on the part of the Enemy is opened;
— the Command of Hudson's River & the junction of the armies in Can-
ada & N. York seem to be their present object. The Troops landed at
Fairfield are probably intended to march across the Country, possess
themselves of our magazines at Danbury & join in the Grand Army at
the Highlands on Hudson's river.
We are collecting all our force to stop their Progress & hope our Mi-
litia may be sufficient for that purpose. The march of our Continental
Troops to join the army at the North River will be hastened without
the least delay. I wish they were more nearly compleated than they
are.
I expect hourly to hear the enemy are in motion from Newport to at-
tack Providence & fall upon the adjacent country : In Consequence
shall take measures to furnish our quota of Troops for that place, unless
the Enemy's manoeuvres should oblige us to send them westward. I
hope your State will attend to that object, & furnish your Contingent
as agreed by the States of New England.
The Importance of speedy succour & support to the Northern army
is now (if possible) more evident, and as our Troops both Continental
& militia will be called to Providence, Fairfield & Hudson's River, it is
equally evident that it will not be in our Power to send any succour to
the Northward.
I have the highest confidence in your virtue and attachment to the
common Interest of the United States, & make no doubt you will with
us be of opinion, considering the distance of Congress & the Impractica-
bility of receiving timely Requisitions from them, that it is of Necessity
that we take our own measures in this Exigency for Defence against
the present & iminent danger of these States.
I am with every sentiment of Esteem
& Respect, Sir, your most obed' &
most humble Serv1
Jona. Trumbull.
Hon0 President of Council of
State of New Hampshire.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 320. Certificate of Nath1 Russell of Rindge,
that Jonathan Parker junr of Rindge was charged with passing coun-
terfeit money.
Do. Do. Letter from Theop'1. Dame, sheriff, of Dover, that he
had liberated James Brundage from Goal, on parole.]
Letter from the Hon. John Langdon, relating to military
Stores.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 324.]
Portsm0. 29th April, 1777.
Sr. Your favor of 28th Inst. I Recd this morning by Express, to
which I beg leave to answer that I recd letter from General Poor desir-
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 549
ing ab* three thousand Flints to supply the Troops that were marching
for Ticonderoga, which were delivered ab' 10 days since to John Oil-
man, the Gentleman whose Rec*. I have for the same, but least any
Disappointment should arise have sent two thousand more per the
bearer, which may or may not be made use of, as the case may lie-
quire. My orders from the Hon1'1 Board of War, is to Deliver to their
order only, all Warlike Stores, and the cloathing to the Clother- Gener-
al, which makes me cautious of Delivery to any others than theirs.
If our State had applied in time by Express I've no doubt the Con-
gress would have clothed our Troops; but we shall not get any thing
unless applied for in the State way, and that in season. I would by
no means be tho't to Dictate the Hon1 Committee, but would beg leave
to give it as my opinion, that if the Ilonbl Committee set in this Town,
many tilings might be done to the advantage of the State, by our Co-
operation which cannot so well be done at Exeter. This I mention
with submission.
I am, with all due respect, your
most obedt. Serv',
John Langdon.
The Hon1 President Weare.
Letter from General Sullivan, relating to the destruction of
Stores at Banbury, Connecticut.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 326.]
Boston, May 1st, 1777.
Gentlemen- — I do myself the Honor of inclosing you a Connecticut
Paper in which you have an account of the Destruction of our Stores
at Danbury ; I have yet some hopes that the Account is premature. I
examin'd the Post & have read Letters from several Gentlemen in that
Quarter. They all say that they hear & believe that Danbury is De-
stroyed, but don't say how they received the Information or why they
believe the Report. It may possibly turn out like the accounts received
at the time of Lexington battle. I pray God it may. Our Stores at this
place were five thousand Barrels Flour, two thousands Pork, twelve
hundred suits of cloaths & a small number of small arms; we have no
account that any of them were removed on the approach of the Enemy,
though the Enemy landed Fryday even? & did not march till Saturday
morning & had 27 miles to march directly into the Country in a most
shocking rough Road; nor does any account tell us that they received
the least opposition, though Col. Huntington in his Letter (which I
have seen) says yl not more than a thousand landed. I am fully per-
suaded we have not yet got a right account of the matter. The first
certain account I meet on the Road shall transmit to you. I have ever
been of opinion, that the campaign would open in favor of Gen1 How;
as we ever find in ancient as well as modern times that the State which
had its force raised and in the Field would in the first of the season
make its advantage against those who had their troops to raise &
send in.
We have a flying Report here that Carlton's Boats have been dis-
covered at Split Rock about 40 miles from Ticonderoga & that there is
only 1500 effective men there. The Assembly of this State have
550 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
ordered 1500 men from the County of Hampshire to Reinforce that
Post. I most earnestly Recommend that you order all your officers &
men already raised to march immediately, leaving only one subaltern
from each Company to remain and finish the Recruiting business.
General Waine complains (& I think with Justice) That he has men
sent him without proper officers, & that the Field officers are in general
at home & few arrived there except * * *(1) & some few Captains.
Should an attack be made, the want of the proper officers would be
most sensibly felt. I have recommended General Heath to send for the
Field Pieces & forward them on to the army. He sends off a person this
day with cash to defray the expense of transporting. Should there be
a difficulty in procuring teams beg you would give him every assistance
in your power, as the Artillery is much wanted in the army. I must
beg the favor of the Committee or Assembly of our State to give me
the earliest notice of any extraordinary occurrence in the State.
Should an attack be meditated against you or a movement made that
shall indicate such a manoever you may depend on the earliest notice
from your Honors most obed1 serv*.
Jn° Sullivan.
Honbl Committee of Safety, N. IIampr.
[Letter from John Hurd, Esq. to Mr. Jos: Gilman on personal mat-
ters: dated Coho'os Haverhill 1st May, 1777. State Pap. Vol. VI. p.
330.]
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 332.]
Determined by the Commitee of Safety, That the men raised for the
safe guard of our Seacoasts May 1777, for 1 month from ye time of In-
listment, have the same wages & rations as the Troops of this State
had last year; viz.
Capt. £6: 0:0 pr m°
Lt. 4: 0:0
Ens 3:10:0
Sarg4 2: 8:0 "
Corp1 2: 4:0 "
Fifr 2: 4 "
Drumr 2: 4 "
Private 2: "
Travle money 2d per mile from their respective places of abode to head
quarters.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. pp. 334, 336.]
[Two Letters from Capt. John Griggs, dated Keene, May ye 2d, 1777,
resigning his appointment as Captain (on account of sickness) in fa-
vor of Mr. Win. Ellis of Keene, &c]
(1) Copy mutilated.— Ed.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 551
Letter from Hon. Josiah Bartlett, relating to the dangers of our
Country.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 338.]
State of New Hampshire,
May 3d, 1777.
Sir — By repeated Expresses we are assured our Enemies arc moving
on all Quarters, and unless sudden reinforcements are thrown into Ti-
conderoga, that important Post will be lost, and all your part of the
Country laid open to the merciless rage of our vindictive Enemies The
supineness and careless temper that has but too much appeared thro'
the Country of late will be our Ruin, unless immediate exertions be
made to save our Country. The Massachusetts have ordered ^ the
Militia in the County of Berkshire to Marcli to Albany, and 1500 of
Hampshire, to Ticonderoga. I entreat you by all that's sacred to raise
as many of your Militia as possible, and march them to Ticondero-
ga. Reflect a moment on such a scene as this: Suppose your House in
Flames, your wife, your daughters ravished, your sons, your neighbours
weltering in their Blood, and the appearance of a few moments bring-
ing you to the same Fate — Consider these things, I say: tell them to
your Militia, and surely you may tell them with the greatest Probabil-
ity unless they, together with the country in general awake from the
sleep they are now in. Yet if the Country will now exert themselves
like men of spirit & Resolution, I firmly believe, that God who has
hitherto saved the Americans, will now assist their Endeavours and a
few struggles more fix their Liberties on a solid basis. The strongest
assurances are received from France that few or no Troops will arrive
this year to reinforce our Enemies. Almost all Europe our Friends, and
preparing to assist us. Shall we then remain idle and suffer that di-
minished Army which we kept from getting So little ground last year,
to proceed with rapidity this?
By order of the Committee, your Hb sev*
Josiah Bartlett, Chair".
P. S. Inclosed I send you a Resolve
passed for filling up the Continental
army for 8 months — passed before the
late News; yet desire you would proceed
therein in the best manner you can.
Indorsed — " Copy of orders to several Colonels on
Connecticut River."
Letter from Hon. Josiah Bartlett, relating to raising men for
Ticonderoga.
(Extract) [State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 310.]
StaHamp^eW I In Committee of Safety, May 3d, 1777.
"Orders are going off this morning to the several Colos of the Mili-
tia in the County of Cheshire to march imediately with all the Militia
that can possibly be spared to Ticonderoga. Efforts are making to fill
up with speed our Continental Battalions for Eight months, or one
year, which method we had adopted before the receipt of your Resolu-
552 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
tion. I am sorry to say that a great degree of Backwardness in en-
gaging in the Army (especially for so long as three years) appears in
this State. But I hope the Manceves of the Enemy will now Rouse
our Country from the lethargy which has so much seized it of late. Be
assured, that this Committee (in recess of the General Court) will
exert every string in their power for the weal of their country."
In behalf of the Committee, I am Sir, with great regard,
your very Humbl sev1,
Josiah Baktlett, Chrn.
Hon. Jeremiah Powell (Mass.)
Letter from Majr Jona. Child, relating to mustering men for
the Army.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 342.]
Lime, May 3d 1777.
To the Honorable Commtc of Safety, at Exeter:
Gentlemen — I am to acquaint you that I have mustered almost for-
ty men for Capt. House, am going on Tuesday next to Lebanon to
muster Eight more; also by an order from you have mustered five for
Lieut. Simpson: Lieut. Gould informs me he shall send for me by 15th
of the month, where he will have Twenty men more at least; there will
be more to pay to make out the proportion of our Regiment, all which
makes it necessary for me to apply to your Honors for more money.
You are sensible you left only Cash to pay fifty men which is already
expended. I have borrowed a supply for next Tuesday; cannot muster
any more untill I am supplied from you. I make no doubt but Capt.
House will have a full company therefore desire to have Cash to pay
the Bounty & marching money for sd Company; also cash for the five I
mustered for Lieut. Simpson; you will send it by the Bearer, Capt.
Green; hope he will not be detain'd least the men should be detain'd
on that account.
I take the liberty to inform your Llonours of the State of our small
Reg1. When orders were sent to us the two Col3 were both sick with
the small Pox; the business therefore devolved on me. I persued
it as fast as possible — found we were very unhappy in the disposal of
our men; Our Reg1 contains about 350 men, upwards of 40 of them are
enlisted in the State of New York, about 15 more gone with Capt.
Whitcomb and G enlisted into Gen1 Washington's Reg1 which made it
very difficult obtaining our proportion for three Batt" commanded by
Stark, Poor & Scammell. Nevertheless the people here are disposed to
do every thing in their power & have by one means or other obtain'd
36 men which are enlisted and muster'd in the foregoing Battalions. I
do not send this as a formal Return; — mean only to set forth our situa-
tion; desire to know wheither the whole 43 men alotted for our pro-
portion will be demanded, all things considered: — If so we shall do our
uttermost to comply though we are very much drain'd of men. I de-
sire your Honours would Right me on the affair. In the mean time
shall do every thing in my Power both in raising & forwarding the men
fast as possible & waight your further direction, which 1 shall cheerful-
ly comply with. Am Gen'men your most
Obedient and Hum1 Serv1
Jona: Child.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 553
Letter from General Washington — Resolve of Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 346.]
Head Quarters, Morris Town, May 3d, 1777.
Sir — In consequence of advices received by Congress of the prepara-
tions making by General Carlton to pass the Lake and attack Ticon-
deroga before our force is drawn together at that Tost, they have come
to the following Resolution, which I transmit to you by their direction.
" Resolved — That General Washington be directed to write to the
Eastern States, from whence the Troops to be employed at Ticonderoga
are expected, and to request them in the name of Congress to adopt
and pursue every means, particularly those recommended by Congress
in their resolutions of the 1-1"' of this month, for completing and for-
warding the Regiments which he has already ordered for that service;
it being the opinion of Congress, that a delay in this matter will be
attended with the loss of that important pass."
I have so frequently urged the necessity of straining every nerve for
the purpose which this resolve is intended to effect, that I flatter myself
no means have been left untried, which could be fallen upon to accom-
plish it; and I am persuaded it is unnecessary to suggest to you any mo-
tives to excite your utmost vigor and expedition. You must be fully
sensible of the vast importance of what is depending, and of the al-
most irreparable consequences that would result, should any misfortune
happen to the Tost now threatened, as the loss of it would open an
avenue for an easy progress into the Eastern States; — to prevent which
it might probably be some time before an adequate force could be op-
posed. The pressing emergency of the occasion calls loudly for every
effort in your power; and your own feelings will be the strongest argu-
ments for employing your greatest diligence and activity.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
G°: Washington.
Superscribed — " The Honourable the
President of the Council of the State of New Hampshire."
Letter from the Committee of Safety to Col. Langdon.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 3-18.]
State of New > T ,, ... » a r , ,r .-,., -1*11
Hampshire \ In ( ommittc'e of Safety, May 3d, 17/7.
Sin — The late movements of our Enemies hath obliged us to call on
the Militia in the County of Cheshire to march for Ticonderoga. We
are informed our Ammunition at No, 1 is mostly spent & it is requisite
the men should be fully supplied for an engagement, before they leave
that place, as it is probable they must fight their way to join their
Bretherin; — have sent a Boat down & desire you would let them have
a Tun of Powder & a Tun of Bullets to forward to No. 4. We would
ask leave to propose to your consideration whether it is not prudent
(at least) to remove back into the Country the valuable stores in your
care as the Enemy seem to have the Destruction of our magazines in
view. A small army landed in the evening at Rye might surprise
554 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Portsmouth & destroy the Stores as well as Town before any effectual
resistance could be made.
Col" Langdon.
Letter from Londonderry, asking for powder and lead.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 368.]
Londonderry, May y° 12th, 1777.
To the IIon,,k' Committee of Safety at Exeter :—
Wee Recd your Request with cheerfulness by Coll. Robt.
Moor, desiring us to com for half ;i tun of powder as a State Stock:
We also have great Need of a Town Stock; but as Powder with out
Ball is som what lick a Sounding Brass, we would be glad to have five
or six hundredweight of Lead at -the same time; We hear there is
lead to be had at Portsmouth; if your llonnors would be so good as to
order it up to Exeter for us by Thursday night, at which time we think
to be there with a Team. We pray your Hon™ to give us an aeount
concerning the lead as soon as may be. All at present — from those
who are yours with all due respect,
John Moor 7 Select.
f Clerk.
[Letter from Treasury office, in Congress, relating to Returns to be
made by Paymasters in the army, &e. dated Philadelphia, May 8, 1777,
inclosing Resolves passed April L'!)"1, 1777. State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 350.]
Letter from the Committee of Safety, relating to evidence against
Dr. Silas Hedges, accused of counterfeiting.
[State Pap. Vol. VL p. 352.]
Stailam ?°W \ In Committee of Safety, May 13*, 1777.
Siu — We have been informed that one Dr. Silas Hedges, late a resi-
dent in Dunbarton, in this State, has been apprehended & committed
to Goal in Cambridge. One Robert L. Fowle of this Town, Printer,
has declared on oath that some time past, said Hedges applycd to him
for types to print off money & accordingly that he s(1 Towle did Deliver
him a, number of Types & Flowers suitable to print 40s Hills in imita-
tion of Pills of that Denomination emitted by the State of Rhode
Island, for which Hedges paid him a sum of money. We are further
well informed that a noted Tory told one whom he supposed to be of
his own principles, That the said Hedges had lately been into New
York and was .soon a going again & would convey any intelligence for
his friends.
We tbo't it proper to give this information, and as a person esteemed
zealous in your Country's cause directed to you that you might com-
municate the contents to the Magistrate who committed him, or Per-
son you judge most suitable.
In behalf of the Committee,
Benj" Hall, Esq.
Indorsed — "Copy to Benjn Hall, Esq. of Medford.'
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE, 555
Memorial of Lt. John Colcord.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 856.]
State of New Hampshire.
To the Hon1'1 Committee of Safety of said State.
The Memorial of John Colcord, fit^t Lieutenant in Capt. Morris
Company in the second Battalion of Continental Troops in this State :
Humbly Shews — That your memorialist engaged in the aforesaid ser-
vice, and accepted said Lieutenancy with the sole view of rendering
service to his Country: But his present ill state of health, rendering
him incapable of Duty at present and his Physicians giving but little
encouragement of his being able to bear the fatigues of this Campaign:
Your Memorialist therefore (that the service may not be hindered)
humbly begs Liberty to resign the aforesaid office — and also begs liber-
ty to add, That as he resigns solely on Account of his declining Stale
of health; if that Difficulty should be removed, as he always lias been,
he trusts he always should be ready & willing to serve his Country.
All humbly submitted,
J'r. John COLCORD.
New Market 13th May, 1777.
Letter from Governor Cooke of Rhode Inland.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 360.]
Providence, May 14th 1777.
SlB — Yesterday noon one Frigate & twelve Transports crowded with
Men came down the Sound & went into Newport Harbor. The design
of the Enemy in sending so lar<iu a Reinforcement to Newport at this
time is no doubt to make an attack upon this Town & so to penetrate
into the Country: as you have not sent any of the Quota of Men, as
stipulated by the Committee of the Four New England States, must
request that they be immediately, without delay sent forward.
I am in great haste,
Sr. yr Hhbl Serv'
Preside New Hampshire.
Nicii8: Cooke.
Orders to General Folsom..
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 362.]
Hamp'f NeW 1 In Committee of Safety, May 14*, 1777.
To Majr. General Nath1 Folsom —
You are required to send to the Colonels hereafter named, for the
several Proportions or number of men as follows, to attend at Ports-
mouth forthwith to tarry as a Guard on the Sea-coast of this State
one month., at the end of which they will be dismissed, and receive the
same wages officers & soldiers as those employed for the defence of this
State have Kec'1 heretofore; and to come equipped witli Guns & as
many Bayonets as possible, and other necessary accoutrements:
Col. Stephen Evans, a Captain & thirty eight men.
Col. Nicli5 Gilman, a Captain & thirty eight men.
556 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Lt. Col. Jacob Gale, a Lieut. & twenty-five men.
Lt. Col. Joseph Gregg, an Ensign & sixteen men.
Col0 Webster, an Ensign and thirteen men.
Col0 Daniel Moore, a Lieut, and twenty-five men.
Col°. Moses Nichols, a Lieut and twenty-eight men.
Col0 Thomas Stickney, a Captain & thirty men.
Col. Joseph Badger, an Ensign and eighteen men.
Letter from General Sullivan, relating to the attach on Dan-
bury, $c.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 364.]
Hartford, May 5th, 1777.
In my last from Boston I promised yr Honors to give you an account
of the affair at Danbury as soon as I could acquaint myself with the
facts. Indeed, I then hoped that the whole was false, as I could by no
means account for 200<> men Landing & marching 27 miles & returning
without molestation: but I find it is true almost in all its parts. The
facts are these: viz. 2000 men under the command of Sir Wm. Erskine,
assisted by Gov. Tryon & Governor Brown ? landed six miles West of
Fairfield, Fryday, & on Saturday morns by two of clock marched for
Danbury, reached it by four of clock afternoon, Burned 26 Houses,
Destroyed 1700 Tents, 1600 Bbls Pork & Beef, 500 Do. flour, 2000
Bushels of oats & Cloathing for 500 men. They tarried there till Sun-
day afternoon, without opposition, and then marched for Fish-Kill to
destroy the Stores there. They seized upon and drove with them all
the Cattle found in their way: soon after they left Danbury they were
met & attacked by a party of Militia: General Worster attacked their
flank, with a small party & was mortally wounded & is since Dead; the
people assembling caused them to change their Rout & make for their
ships. Gen. Arnold met them with another party in Front, but could
make but little impression upon them. We took 25 prisoners, killed
forty & wounded some, but know not how many. We had about 20
killed & wounded. The enemy were glad to leave all their Cattle and
take to their ships as fast as possible. You will doubtless be surprised at
the enemys not meeting witli an earlier opposition; but the people ac-
count for it in this way; viz. Danbury & all the other Towns of this
State next New York are principally inhabited by Tories. The whigs
as soon as they saw the enemy on their march attempted to ride off &
alarm the country; but were stop'd and confined by the infernal Race.
I think this procedure with that of Col. Williams & his party to de-
stroy the stores at Fish-Kill and Albany, ought to make us think
seriously of getting rid of those Parasites ; I know that tenderness &
Humanity are God like virtues, but may by being improperly exer-
cised degenerate into the most destructive vices. We have too long
treated these ungenerous animals with Lenity, & they in Return have
used every art to destroy us. They are now rearing their Heads in
every part of the Continent. Let us therefore, like men determined to
be free, throw aside our false mercy, our impious Humanity & clean
the country of all who will not join heartily with us; Pray don't let us
excuse those neutral Gentry that say, they are friends; but act not
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 557
with us. These are the Persons most to be fear'd. Do they not act
agst us under the rose? Pray who is it that gives the Enemy intelli-
gence? Who counterfeits our money V who raises the Price of Goods
to distress1 the Country? Who sets your Regulating Bills at defiance
& Laughs at your authority V One answer will serve to all those
Queries: It is the neutral Gentry — the most dangerous of all the Hu-
man Race.
But. I must beg pardon for stepping out of my department. I hope
my zeal for the Country will be a sufficient apology.
I this moment hear that 3000 of the Enemy have come out ag8t Gen-
eral Washington; but were repulsed with loss — 50 commiss'd officers
& 500 privates have been made Prisoners by our army. I wish it may
be true.
Gentlemen, I am with much Respect,
Your Honors most obed' servant,
Honble Committee of Safety
for New Hampshire.
Jn°. Sullivan.
Letter from Jetliro Hurd of Dover.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 368.]
Dover, May 7th 1777.
To the Honorabl Committee of Safety for the State of N. Hampr
Gentlemen — I am sorry to have it in my power to say that I have
not my Rank in the army, which I am persuaded belonged to me.
Therefore I cannot proceed in the service. Don't take it, Gentlemen,
That I am reflects on your Honours; neither do I mean to forsake the
good cause. I am with Respect, Gentlem" your most
Obedient Humble Servant.
Jetiiro Hurd.
[Letter from Dover Selectmen, to the Committee of Safety at Exe-
ter, for Powder— dated May 7, 1777. Signed by John Waldron, Se-
lectman.]
Certificate given by the Committee of Safety to persons named
therein.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 370.]
State of New Hampshire —
In Committee of Safety, Exeter May 8th 1777.
This Certifies that Capt. Richard Salter, Capt. Jn° Flagg, Capt.
Thomas Lewis & Capt. Thomas Simpson, Inhabitants of the Town of
Portsmouth in this State, and who have Families there, sailed masters
of vessels from said Portsmouth before the 10th day of September 1775,
for London; and that they before their leaving this Country were
esteemed Friends to the American cause, and we have heard nothing of
their appearing otherwise in their absence. The account which they or
either of them may give relative to their voyages, since they left home,
558 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
until their arrival at Townsend or Boothbay in the State of the Massa-
chusetts Bay (where their vessels & effects, as we hear have been seized
& taken from them) we are of opinion ought to be credited, & that they
ought to he considered as our Bretheren coming home (through great
difficulties & hazards) to see their friends and Families, and llise or fall
with their countrymen.
Letter from the Committee of Safety to petitioners in Portsmouth,
relating to counterfeiting $c.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 372.]
State of New Hampr
In Committee of Safety, May 8th 1777.
Sir — A Petition from a considerable number of our Brethren in the
Town of Portsmouth was laid before the Committee; — after reading and
considering the same, I am directed to return the thanks of the Com-
mittee to the Petitionrs for their vigilance and spirit in the Common
cause; — wliich we are sorry to say appears to be a matter not enough
attended to by People in General. The Committee, having the care of
raising & fixing off the Continental Troops proportioned to this State,
which with so many other Contingent affairs as daily come before them,
are such a weight of Business, that they need the advise and Assistance
of every well disposed person in the State.
The counterfeiting our Paper currency is one of the many Diabolical
Schemes meditated by our enemies to perplex & weaken the Country;
— in which they have succeeded but too far. Great pains has been tak-
en by several Magistrates, with the assistance of the Committee &many
other Persons to explore this Midnight Plan, & to apprehend & bring
to Justice the persons concerned in this work of darkness. Any Person
suspected of being concerned in Counterfeiting or uttering Counter-
feit Money, we desire may be apprehended & examined by some magis-
trate & dealt with according to Law. From suspicion only, Robert
Luist Fowle was apprehended & committed to Goal and no person suf-
fered to speak with him but the Committee. After some confinement he
consented to become a witness for the State & to disclose what he knew
relative to counterfeiting money, provided he could come out of Prison
on Bail & be secured from Punishment. The faith of the Committee
was pledged him, that on his making an open Discovery, he should be
protected &c; — from him most of the Discovery has been made or a clue
given which has led to most of the evidence we have obtained, — some
part of which was* not made publick, because it might hinder a further
Discovery &c.
That Intelligence is given from hence & received from our declared
Enemies we have no room to doubt of, and join with the Petitioners in
the opinion, that if some speedy method is not taken to prevent it, the
consequences will prove Pernicious to our affairs. Therefore the Com-
mittee advise that the Committee of the Town of Portsmouth convene
before them all Persons of said Town whom they have reason to suspect
of giving Intelligence as afores'1, and of a Disposition to injure the Uni-
ted States, and to assist our Enemies, and then tender the following
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 559
Oath, for such Persons to take before some Justice of the Peace & sub-
scribe their Names thereto, viz. "I, A. B. &c.
[The Form of oath in full, is not given.]
And all those so convened & refusing to take said Oath to commit to
the Goal in said Portsmouth, and then consult their Committee about
some further method of Dealing with them: And any of such Inhabi-
tants of Portsmouth lately gone from thence into the Country, to be
sent for back & dealt with as aforesd as their tarrying in the Country
may have a worse tendency than their being at Portsm" by disaffecting
Ignorant Persons; & if the Enemy should land in this Quarter to join
them & perhaps induce others thereto. A method of the like or similar
kind will be advised to in other places.
Letter, with Orders to General Folsom.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 374.]
State of New Hampshire :
In Committee of Safety, May 8th, 1777.
To Majr General Folsom —
By several Intelligences and circumstances lately received, there is
the greatest reason to believe that the Enemies Forces will be employed
this Summer against the New England States, and there is the great-
est Probability that some of them will shortly be landed in this State.
Therefore you are directed imediately to send Orders to the several
Colonels in this State to give orders once more, and take the strictest
care to see them fulfilled for all the men in their several Regemts to be
properly eqnipt & ready to march at a minutes warning — both Alarum
List & Train Bands.
And further Recommend to all persons capable of beai-ing arms,
constantly to carry their Fire-arms, ammunition and accoutrements
for war to the places of Publick worship, and all other Places Avhere
their i>usiness leads them as much as they can with any decree of con-
venience; as we know not the day or hour when an attack may be
made in our Border; and as it is of the greatest importance to meet our
Enemies before they have time to get much footing, and to stop those
Infernal Traitors among ourselves who may be disposed to join them.
Letter from Jacob Treadtvell to Majr Geo. Gains.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 376.]
Portsm0, May 8, 1777.
Dear Sir —
The Proprietors of the Sehoon1' McClary some time since agreed to
present his Excellency Gen1 Washington with a Hogshead of Cane Spirit
that was Shipt at Jamaica and directed to Gen1 Charlton; for want of
proper conveyance it remains here; as have advice from Mess™ Samuel
Barret & Co. of Boston, that Col. Trumbull, Commissary Gen1 had
desired them to receive the same, and engaged to transport it to Gen-
eral Washington, I am to request the favour of your obtaining a per-
mit of the Honbl Committee of this State for its being shipt in some
560 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
vessell for Boston; as it is probable one will go next Monday, should
esteem it a favour if leave might be obtained for its going by that time.
I am, Sir, your Friend & Servant,
Jacob Treadwell.
Majr Gains.
[On the 15th May, 1777, the Selectmen of Portsmouth gave permit
for the Schooner McClary, Tho. Bailing commander to sail on a cruise.
State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 9.]
Letter from Col. Scammell to the Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. p. 378.]
Keen, May 9th, 1777.
Gentlemen — The backwardness of the men to engage in this Quar-
ter & the fewness of men in Capt. Ellis's Company render it necessary
that a full complement of Officers should be immediately employ'd in
filling it. Many of the Towns in the vicinity of this place have rais'd
but very few men, and it is the opinion of those I have consulted that
a first Lt. from some one of those Towns might bring in a number of
Recruits with him. Lt. Barney of Richmond is recommended to suc-
ceed Lt. Wright, by the Gentlemen here. If you should think proper
to appoint him, pray you would do it as soon as possible. If I am not
misinformed, he will be more likely to procure the men, than any other
person in this part.
As many of my Officers are not commissioned should esteem it a par-
ticular favor to have them forwarded to Ticonderoga as soon as con-
veniency permit. Mr. Parker knows how many are wanted.
I am, with the greatest respect, yr Honors most
obedt & very humble Serv',
Alex1" Scammell.
Proceedings at a meeting of Field Officers, Committees, §c, at
Hampton.
[State Pap. Vol. VI. pp. 382-5.]
State of New Hampshire > Hampton, May 10* 1777.
Rockingham, SS. { v ' J '
At a Meeting of the Field & Commission'd officers of the third Reg-
iment of Militia in said State & the Selectmen or Committees of Safety
of Hampton, Stratham, Hampton-Falls, Greenland, North Hampton,
Rye, Kensington, Seabrook & South Hampton, & many other respecta-
ble Gentlemen belonging to said Towns, who met at Lieut. Jona
Leavitt's in Hampton, jointly to advise & consult on the present very
alarming & expos'd situation, that not only the country in general, but
the said Towns are more particularly in, from the Danger of being
attacked on our Sea-coast — as well as the threatning internal Dangers,
that are daily arising from inimical persons amongst us :
Hoping that it may prove a measure not disadvantgeous to the com-
munity, but be considered by the Honbl Committee of Safety of this
State as a specimen of our earnest Endeavors, at this critical time, to
aid and assist in every probable way that may serve to secure our
Lives, Liberties & Estates, which appears by the latest Intelligences,
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 561
are in the most imminent Danger of being cxpos'd to the mercy of our
Enemies : — It was mov'd, &
Voted, Jonathan Moulton, Esq1" Chairman,
Voted, Josiah Moulton, jun1 Clerk.
Voted, That a Committee wait on the HonM Meshech Weare Esqr &
Josiah Moulton Esqr & if they have return 'd from Exeter, to desire
that they wou'd be so kind as to attend with this Meeting & afford
them their advice on the occasion.
Voted, That Capt. Joseph Wells, & Mr. Dan1 Clarke, be a Committee
to wait on the IIonbl Meshech Weare Esqr & Capt Jn° Dearborn &
Mr. Joshua James a Committee to wait on Josiah Moulton Esq1' for
the above purpose.
Voted, To choose a Committee to wait on the Honble Committee of
Safety of this State, with a petition, in behalf of this Body, setting
forth the present expos'd & defenceless situation of that part of this
State, which lies near the Sea-Coast, praying that they would take the
same under their immediate consideration, & order one thousand men
or more, to be raised as quick as possible & station'd there for the de-
fence of the same.
Voted, That Doctr Levi Deaborn & Messrs Oliver Wellington Lane,
& Josiah Moulton junr be a Committee to prepare said petition.
Voted, That Capt. Caleb Sanborn, Mr. John Folsom, Capt. Moses
Leavitt, Mr. Sam1 Knowles, Capt. Winthrop Gove, Mr. Daniel Clarke,
Corn1 Abel Brown, & Messrs Nath1 Weare & Josiah Moulton, Junr be a
Committee to wait on the Hon1'1 Committee of Safety with said Peti-
tion, & they are also desired to endeavour to procure some Field pieces
to be used for the defence of the Sea Coast, & so many fire- Arms, Am-
munition & other Military Stores for such of the aforesaid Towns as
are destitute & now stand in immediate need of, but cannot otherwise
obtain.
Voted, That if the Honbl Committee of Safety shou'd consider it as
a matter beyond their power to act upon, then this Committee are to
request, in behalf of the Towns which this Body desire them to repre-
sent, that the General Court might be called together as soon as possi-
ble for that purpose.
Voted, That this Committee make a Report as soon as may be.
A true Entry,
per — Josiah Moulton Junr Clerk.
Attest .... JoNa Moulton, Chairman.
A true Copy.
[Note. The Petition which was presented by the abovesaid Committee to the Com-
mittee of Safety, is found in full, in State Pap. Vol. VII. pp. 1, 2, but contains no
additional considerations to thosj suggested in the record of the meeting.— Ed.]
Letter from the Committee of Safety to Our Delegates in Con-
gress— asking for Aid, and relating to Troojjs $c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 3.]
HampshiS617 } In Committee of Safety, May 10"', 1777.
Gentlemen — About one-half of the Troops Proportioned to this
State to raise as their Quota for the Continental Army have marched
for Ticonderoga & most of them we suppose are at that place by this
85
562 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
time. Another Quarter will be on their march in a very few days,
and the remainder as soon as possible. Every nerve is exerting among
the friends of the country to engage and forward them.
They are but very ill cloathed, and no cloth can be procured on any
terms for that purpose unless Congress will order Col0 Langdon to let
the State have some out of those in his hand, which we desire you to
endeavour to procure. We have scarce any stock of Lead & Flints,
and only three small field-pieces in the State. Therefore would have
you solicit orders to Col0 Langdon to keep in this State three or four
Field-Pieces, and such quantity of Lead and Flints as the General Con-
cern will admit of; a Company of Artillery men will voluntarily engage
in this Town. A great number of our militia is without fire-arms, and
the greater part they have are but ordinary; if there is such a supply
on the Continent that, consistently, a small magazine might be left in
this State to be used only in case of an attack, it might be of great ad-
vantage.
We have many circumstances come to hand which make it probable a
Descent will be made on our Coast. We have made several discoveries
of Combinations made by the Tories in Hillsborough & Western parts
of Massa Bay, and upper part of this Country : we have reason to be-
lieve by information of persons on Oath that some have combined to
take arms & join the enemy when an opportunity offers ; tho' we hope
their numbers are not large. We have just heard a Hogshead of En-
trenching Tools is discovered under a Barn in Hollis, and a considerable
of Liquors, some Provisions & fire-arms in and about Groton in the
Massachusetts. Interesting matters are opening, and it is probable all
our Goals will soon be filled with these more than monsters in the shape
of men, who would wreck their native Country in hopes to share some
of the plunder. Altho' our Difficulties are great & appear to be increas-
ing, yet a Spirit seems to rise with the Difficulties among most of our
People, which we hope will not easily be crushed.
Honbl Matt. Thornton, William Whipple & Geo. Frost, Esqrs.
(Copy.)
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 5.]
A Resolve of Congress, exempting Post-masters, Post-riders from
military duties.
[Do. Do. p. 7.]
Letter from Majr Geo. Gains to Hon. Meshech Weare, dated Portsm0,
May 13, 1777, saying, " A Prize ship of 200 tuns arrived this morning,
taken by Capt. Fisk, laden with Cordage, Canvas, & Dry Goods, mount-
ing 12 Carriage Guns & 25 men. She was bound to Quebec. Also a
French schooner yesterday with molasses, salt & brandy."
Certificate in relation to Paul Hale, a counterfeiter.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 11.]
State of New \ R k M gth m^
Hamp1 > ' J
This may Certifie that Paul Hale of Washington in this State, who
was apprehended & bro't before the subscribers on suspicion of being
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 563
concerned in Counterfeiting Gold coin'd money &c. having given
Information against sundry persons both in this State & the State of
the Massachusetts Bay as concerned in Counterfeiting Money & other
Plots against the States, as will appear by his Deposition taken this
•day before us; Therefore the said Paul Hale is admitted as an Evidence
in behalf of the Government & People of this State, and no prosecu-
tion is, or will be carried forward in behalf of the Government & Peo-
ple of this State against the said Paul Hale on ace1 of any Money
counterfeited or uttered before this time by him, Provided he attends
any & every of the Courts of Judicature to which he is legally called
& testifies all that he knows relative to any person or persons accused
of counterfeiting money or Bills of Credit or plotting against this or
any of the United States ; and further expect he will be admitted as a
State evidence for the Massachusetts Bay, on the same conditions, as
in this State and we shall request the same of said State.
Wrote to State of Massachusetts Bay that Hale was admitted as
witness here, and requested the same there.
Boscawen allies to the Committee of Safety for arms, Pow-
der, SfC.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 13.]
Boscawen, May 17, 1777.
Gentlemex — In consequence of Express orders the Town of Bos-
cawen is this day assembled & called on by the Capt. of said Town,
that each man be immediately equipt according to law, and as there is
found wanting a number of Fire-arms, Ammunition &c. we have
imployed Capt. Samuel Atkinson and Mr. Joseph Gerrish to procure
the same. We Desire your favor, if there by any Guns in Store to be
purchased that you would give Capt. Atkinson your advice and assist-
ance, and also a quantity of Lead. Mr. Atkinson will be able to inform
you of the number of arms and quantity of lead wanted to equip said
Town — and your favor herein will greatly oblige your humble servts
George Jackman \ Select-
Cutting Noyes, } men.
To the Committee of Safety in Exeter.
Memorial of prisoners in Goal at Portsmouth.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 25.]
To the Honw Committee of Safety for the State of New Hampshire :
The Humble Memorial of Isaac Rindge, William Torrey, William
Hart, Peter Pearse, John Pierce & James Sheafe, all prisoners in Ports-
mouth Goal, Shewith :
That your Memorialists on February last were laid under Bonds in
the sum of five hundred Pounds each, to remain good and peaceable
subjects within this State, for the term of one year;— which obligation
your Memorialists have on their part strictly adhered to ; — And the
Honbl Committee at the same time, on their part, promised them safety
and protection: Notwithstanding which to the great surprise of your
564 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
memorialists, The Committee of Portsmouth without an accusation of
any crime, have confined them to close Goal.
Now your Memorialists further relying on the good faith plighted
tliem by the Honbl Committee, pray them to take the matter under
their consideration, and make such order thereon as may liberate your
memorialists according to the tenor of the Bonds and according to the
promises and assurances made them by the Committee at the time as
aforementioned.
Is. Rindge
William Torrey
William Hart
John Peirce
Jam. Sheafe
Portsmouth, Peter Pearse.
Goal, May 19, 1777.
Certificate relating to the Sloop Friends Adventure.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 31.]
Ham^ ^^ 1 Iu Committee o£ Safety' at E-^eter, May 21, 1777.
The Sloop Friends Adventure & Cargo, which we are informed was
seized at Boothbay in April last and afterwards libelled in the Maritime
Court for the Eastern District for the Massa Bay, by William Cobb,
Esq. in behalf of himself & others, is really the property of Thomas
Simpson. John Flagg, Richd Salter, Thomas Lewis & the heirs of John
Marsh Deceased, all belonging to Portsmouth in this State; Notwith-
standing her having a Register from Antigua, and Clearance from
Nevis ; & the said Persons set down as belonging to London — all which
was done (as the circumstances plainly evince) in order to get from the
West Indies, as there was no other method they could contrive to answer
the purpose ; as also to preserve the vessel from being captured by the
British Cruisers.
The said John Flagg, Richard Salter, Thomas Simpson & Thomas
Lewis are personally known to several of this Committee, have Families
in the aforesd town of Portsmouth, and all sailed from thence before the
10th of Septemr, 1775, were esteemed friends to the American cause
before they left their homes, and are still tho't firmly attached to the
Interest of America.
Had they arrived in this State, would have been recd & protected,
and no suspicion could have arisen to the prejudice of them or their
property where they were known.
Such artifices as they used to secure themselves & property, is what
has been always applauded & in our opinion ought to be encouraged,
otherwise our friends abroad will be dispirited from attempting to get
home to assist their distressed countrymen.
Indorsed — " Copy of a Certificate
given Capt. Lewis, &c. May, 1777.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 565
Letter from John Bell, Esq. of Londonderry, to the Committee
of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 33.]
Gentlemen — By these I would inform your Honours, That Com-
plaint was made to me against one John Hieke that belongs to Boston,
that he had spoken boldly against the Liberties of the Country. I
issued a warrant and apprehended liiin and summoned four Evidences,
three of which appeared and upon being examined upon Oath, thought
they supported the Complaint; which in some measure I think comes
under the Treason Act; wherefore I thought best to order the Consta-
ble to take him under Guard down to your Honours, to do with him
as you think proper. I send you with the Constable my proceedings
against him, with the Depositions in writing, and as it is a matter that
concerns the Publick, I hope your Honours will see the officer & Guard
paid. I am, Gent" with all due Regards,
Your Honours most Humb1 Serv'
John Bell.
Londonderry, May 21, 1777.
To the Hon''1 Comtee of Safety for the State of New Hampshire.
Deposition of Adam Dickey.
[p. 35.]
I, Adam Dickey of lawful age, testifies and says, That on the fifteenth
day of May current at Londonderry, did hear John Hicke of Boston,
say, that he expected Gen1 Borgoin with his army into Boston every
day, and that he wou'd not be out of Boston at that time for ten
Guineas, and that the two parts of the people of Boston was turned
with the Regulars, and that they intended, that is meaning the Tories,
would send the rest of the People off to old England or Halifax, in less
than three weeks time, and that we would man the Lines; and that I,
the said Dickey, took the said Hicke to be in earnest in what he said.
Adam Dickey.
[Sworn &c.J before
John Bell, Justice of the Peace.
[The other witnesses in the above case were Margaret and Sarah
Dickey, whose testimony was similar to the above. — Ed.]
Letter from Dr. Richard Bartlett of Pembroke, informing of
Oapt. Ebenr Frye.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 42.]
Pembroke, May 25th, 1777.
Sir — I would inform you that Capt. Ebenr Frye has Publicly asserted
(as I am told by Mr. Aaron Whittemore) that our. Court is asleep, and
he is determined not to go into the service untill they pay him his money.
Likewise he has no Estate to depend and will joyn the strongest side if
our Court don't do better. If you think proper you may inform the
Court, for I think a man so indifferent ought not to be trusted with so
weighty a matter.
This from your Hhbl serv',
Richard Bartlett.
To Coll. David Gilman
now at Exeter.
566 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from Noah Emery, jun.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 47.]
Mount Independence, 27th May, 1777.
Gentlemen — I wrote you a few days past of my arrival & the situa-
tion of our Troops — to which is since added about 500 men ; & Gen.
Poor who has the chief command. No signs of the Enemy's approach-
ing to this place yet; as the soldiers really suffer for shoes & stockings,
beg they may be provided as soon as possible. I have some cash, but
have no opportunity to send it to the Treasurer by safe conveyance.
In haste I am with great Respect,
Gentl", yr most obed' serv',
Noah Emery, jun.
Honbl Committee of Safety.
General Staff of the Army, 1775-1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 45.]
1775, June 15. General and Commander in Chief. State.
His Excellency, George Washington, Esquire, V.
Majors General.
June 17 The Hon'ble Charles Lee (prisoner) V.
19 Philip Schuyler N. Y.
1776, Israel Putnam C.
May 16, Horatio Gates V.
August 9, William Heath M. B.
Joseph Spencer C.
John Sullivan N. H.
Nathaniel Green R. I.
1777, Feb? 19 William, Earl of Stirling N. J.
Thomas Mifflin, Quar. Mar. Gen. P.
Arthur St. Clair P.
Adam Stephen V.
Benjamin Lincoln M. B.
May 2 * Benedict Arnold C.
July 31, Le Marquiss de la Fayette. F.
Brigadiers.
1776, March 1, William Thompson, (prisoner) P.
Robert Howe N. C.
August 9 John Nixon ....
" Alexander McDougall N. Y.
" Samuel Holden Parsons C.
" James Clinton N. Y.
Septr 16, Christopher Gadsden S. C.
William Moultrie S. C.
" Laughlin Macintosh
Oef 23 William Maxwell N. J.
" William Smallwood M.
Novemr 5, Matthias Alexis de roche fermoy F.
Decern1* 1 De pruid homme de Borre F.
" 27 Henry Knox. (Artillery) M. B.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 567
1777, Brigadiers.
Feb? 5, The Hon'ble Francis Nash N. C.
" 21 Enoch Poor N. H.
John Glover M. B.
William Woodford V.
4i John Philip l)e Haas P.
" John Patterson M. B.
" Anthony Wayne P.
" James Mitchell Varnum P. I.
" George Weedon V.
" Peter Mnlenburgh V.
25 March, George Clinton N. Y.
1 April, Edward Hand P.
" Charles Scott V.
•2 May, Earned M. B.
12 " Jedediah Huntington C.
13 " Thomas Conway, Esquire F. ?
The Rank of the Brigadiers from Nash to Muhlenberg, both inclu-
sive, is not to be taken from the order of the Names in this Eist, but is
to be determined by the Dates of their commissions as Colonels on the
Continental Establishment — except Brigr Woodford, who ought to
come after Muhlenberg.
William Ch.(1) Houston.
Letter from the Council of Massachusetts, relating to an Expe-
dition to St. John's in Nova Scotia.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 59.]
Council Chamber, June — 1777.
Sr. — Agreeable to a Resolve of this Court of the 18th instant we
inclose copies of sundry Resolves respecting an intended Expedition
to St. John's River in Nova Scotia. You will see that it is grounded
upon a Resolve of Congress of the 13th ultimo; which, together with
Petitions from sundry Inhabitants of the Eastern parts of this State,
have determined us upon the measure: being convinced that we must
make a stand somewhere, & that it would be better to do it at that
River than at any other place, or to remove the Inhabitants; That by
securing that River, we should prevent a communication that way, be-
tween our Enemies at Canada, with those in Nova Scotia; should cover
our Eastern Country, secure the Indians in our favor; give greater
security to your State, & promote the Interest of the United States of
America: From all which considerations we are led to desire your aid
therein, by permitting your Inhabitants to enlist into this service, or in
such other way as you may judge more proper. Brigadier Warner is
appointed to the General Command, & Col. M. Cobb, to that of the first
mentioned Regiment; but the Field Officers of the Regiment to be raised
in Nova Scotia, are not yet appointed.
We have engaged the Alfred Man of War Capt. Hinman, in the ser-
vice; & if you should prevail with Capt. Thompson to join him, it will
(1) This middle name is doubtful.— Ed.
568 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
make a good convoy. They must soon enter upon the service, & 'tis
not probable they will be detained long in it.
In the name and by order of Council,
I am, Sir, your most obed' hhbl serv'
Jer: Powell, Presid4.
HonWe Meshech Weare.
Letter from Governor Trumbull to 3Ieshec7i Weare.
(Extract) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 61.]
Hartford, 1st June, 1777.
Sir—
"We have an account, That Gen1 Tryon & Col. Walcot both wounded
in the Danbury Excursion are Dead of their wounds, and buried with
Pomp.
"Tis most likely the Enemy will pursue the plan of joining their two
armies by the way of Hudson's River. Wish the most vigorous exer-
tions to forward our men into the Field. I believe the measures taken
here will fill our Quota, viz. the nine Battalions & one half, 270 Artil-
lery men and the Lt. Horse; tliese latter are retarded from the want of
their furniture expected from Boston."
Hon. Presid1 of the Council, Safety Sec.
Letter from Nicholas Pike, relating to Col. Asa Porter.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 63.]
Newbury Port, 3d June, 1777.
My dear Kinsman —
At the request of our Committee of Correspondence &c. at the time
I was securing some of our own Tories, I gave a Warrant for Col. Asa
Porter, who had, for some time, been lurking about here; accordingly
he was apprehended, &*I ordered the Sheriff to deliver him to some
Loyal officer in the State of New Hampshire, so that he might be had
before the Gen1 Court of y4 State; upon which he convey 'd him to
Sheriff Parker, who said, he had nothing to do with him ; & whether
he secured him or not, I cannot say. I don't know whether the Process
in apprehending him was altogether regular; however, the peculiar
situation of our public affairs, will, I presume, Justify the Measure.
If Mr. Parker has suffer'd him to escape, his conduct will I think justify
the opinion that some Lave entertain'd of his being inimical to the
American cause; That all of this infamous Class may be rewarded
according to their just demerits, is the sincere desire of, my dear Kins-
man, your cordial Friend & hhle Serv4
Nicholas Pike.
Col. Gilman.
P. S. Please to make my Compliments acceptable to your Lady &
Family. Love to my Brother & Sister.
State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 15.
John Hale, of Hollis, May 17, 1777, applies to the Committee of
Safety for Blankets for himself, his mate & son — saying — " There is not
one Blanket to be got in the town of Hollis."
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 569
[Do. P. 17.]
Notices sent by Express May 18, 1777, along the Coast, from Stam-
ford, Ct. to Westerly, 11. I. of the appearance of a "large number of
top-sail vessels, with a large number of Hat bottomed Boats," in Long
Island Sound.
[Do. P. 19.]
Col. John Langdon, gives notice to the Committee of Safety that a
privateer from Boston has put into Portsmouth, May 19, 1777, and re-
quests the said Committee not to allow the Privateer to engage hands
thence, until the " Ships of War are supplied."
[Do. P. 21.]
The Portsmouth Committee of Safety give notice to the State Com-
mittee of Safety at Exeter May 19, 1777, That they have committed to
Goal, as Tories refusing to take the oath, the following persons, viz.
Isaac Rindge, John Peirce, AVilliam Hart, James Sheafe, & Peter
Pearse, & Win, Torrey.
[Do. P. 23.]
Col. Enoch Hale, of Rindge, May 19, 1777, applies to the Committee
of Safety for Powder for the town, and asks if there may not be a
"part of the State arms stored in some safe place" in that section of
the state, " to be delivered out to the Militia" as wanted.
[Do. P. 27.]
Letter from South Kingstown, R. I., May 21st, 1777, giving notice of
Fleet from Newport harbour, sailing south, up Long Island Sound.
[Do. P. 37.]
Letter to John Langdon from Morgan Lewis, Dep. Quar. Mastr N.
Y., dated Albany 25th May, 1777, asking to be supplied with Rum and
other articles for the army, saying that " the Batteaux-men, teamsters,
artificers &c. constantly on duty, consume daily between fifty and sixty
Gallons of Rum at the lowest computation," and that they will be
" very remiss in forwarding provisions to your Troops in the heat of
summer, if they are to drink water."
[Do. P. 51.]
Letter from Rob1 Temple, to Hon. Lever't Hubbard, dated Ten
Hills, May 27th, 1777, relating to a suspected person, belonging to
Erancestown, N. H., and recommending him to favor.
Letter from John Plummer of Rochester, May 29, 1777, to the Com-
mittee of Safety, with a return of soldiers which have received their
bounty, and recommending Joshua Merrow for Ensign in Capt. Row-
ell's Company.
570 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Petition of Jacob Sheaf e of Portsmouth.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 69.]
ot t f ) To the Honbl the Council and House of Representa-
„ a eTf , . > tives for said State, in General Assembly convened
l\evv Hampshire t, , r^ , .i *** i r t
1 ) at Lxeter, the 4th day of June :
The humble Petition of Jacob Sheafe of Portsmouth in the County of
Rockingham. Merchant, sheweth that your Petitioner hath lately im-
ported into this State a quantity of Warlike Stores, Salt, &c. and that
he hath now two vessels, to wit the schooner Beggars Benison and Wal-
ter, lying in the Port of Piscataqua, which he is preparing to send to
the West Indies, with the leave of your Honnours, for such articles as
are wanted in this State. Wherefore he prays that he may be permit-
ted to send the same vessels on the voyage proposed, for the purpose
aforesaid, and as in duty bound will ever pray, &c.
Jacob Siieafe.
Portsmouth, 1777, June 4th.
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
[p. 120.] State of New-Hampshire :
A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honble House of Rep-
resentatives of the State of New Hampshire at their Third
Session, hegun & held at Exeter on the Fourth day of
June, Anno Domini, 1777.
[Note. The readers of this Journal are again notified that only such portions of the
original Journal are copied in full as are presumed to be of general public interest,
while matters of a personal and private character are abridged, in smaller type— Ed.]
Towns Sf Places.
Names of Reps.
Portsmouth
The Honbl John Langdon,S
"
George Gains, Esq.
"
Thomas Martin, Esq.
Exeter
Samuel Gilman, jun. Esq.
Mr. Thomas Odiorne
Londonderry
Moses Barnett, Esq.
John Bell, Esq.
Chester
John Webster, Esqr
Robert Wilson, Esq.
Hampton
Josiah Moulton, Esq.
Northampton
Dr. Levi Dearborn
Newington
Richd Downing, Esq.
Greenland
Joshua Haines
Rye
Nathan Goss
New Castle
Hampton Falls & Seabrook
Mr. Henry Robie
S. Hampton & Newtown
Stephen Bartlett
Kensington
Mr. Ebenezer Potter
Strath am
Benja Barker, Esq.
New Market
Capt. Sam1 Gilman
Epping
Josiah Norris
Brintwood
Samuel Dudley, Esq.
Poplin & Raymond
John Dudley, Esq
Nottingham
Thomas Bartlett, Esq.
Deerfield & Northwood
Jereh Eastman Esq.
Epsom, Chichr
& Allenstown
John Mc Clary, Esq.
Concord
Gordon Hutchins, Esq.
Pembroke
Sam1 McConnell
No. of
miles.
sr. 14
14
14
f»7:
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777.
Toions §• Places.
Canterbury & Loudon
Pel ham
Wyndham
Salem
Plastow & Atkinson
Kingston & East Kingston
Sandown & Hawke
Hampstead
Candia
Bow & Dunbarton
Dover
Durham
Summers worth
Rochester
Barrington
Madbury
Lee
Gilmanton & Barnstead
Sanbornton & Meredith
Leavittstown, Wakefield & >
Middleton, \
Sandwich, Tam worth & Moul- ]
tonborough )
New Durham, the Gore and)
Wolfeborough )
Amherst,
Hollis
Salisbury & Boscawen
Mason & Raby
Temple & Peterborough
Litchfield & Nottingham W.
Derryfield & Goffstown
Merrimac & Bedford
Dunstable
Weare
Hopkinton
Francestown & New Boston
New Ipswich
Wilton, Lyndsboro', Mile- Strip )
& Duxbury & Sch. Farm \
Hillsboro', Heneker, Deering ?
& Society Lands <j
New Britton, Warner, Perrys- ?
town & Fisherfield s
Keexe
Charlestown
Walpole
Claremont
Names of Reps.
Mr. Thomas Clough
Mr. James Gibson
James Betton, Esq.
Caleb Dustin
Nath1 Peabody, Esq.
Sam1 Philbrick, Esq.
Jethro Sanborn, Esq.
Samuel Little, Esq.
Samuel Mooers, Esq.
John Bryent, Esq.
Stephen Evens, Esq.
John Went worth, j un. Esq.
Mr. John Smith
Mr. Paul Wentworth
James Knowles, Esq.
Capt. Joshua Foss
John Demeritt, Esq.
Joseph Sias, Esq.
Joseph Badger, Esq.
Ebenezer Smith, Esq.
Simeon Dearborn, Esq.
Jona. Moulton, Esq.
Francis Epps
Capt. Joseph Symonds
Francis Davis
Timothy Ellis, Esq.
Dr. David Taylor
Capt. Christor Webber
Elihu Stevens
No. of
miles.
40
35
26
20
18
5
13
17
22
39
18
18
12
24
25
25
16
9
40
52
45
Moses Nichols, Esq.
40
Mr. Peter Woodbury
40
Stephen Ames
44
Matthew Pettingale
58
Amos Dakin
58
Capt. Francis Blood
65
Asa Davis, Esq.
35
John Goffe, Esq.
35
Wyseman Clagett, Esq.
35
Jona. Lovewell, Esq
40
George Hadley
50
John Putney
50
Benjamin Dodge
50
William Shattuck
60
50
65
55
SS
110
103
127
1777.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 573
Towns §• Places. Names of lieps. Anil's.
Richmond Capt. Oliver Capron 100
Winchester Capt. Reuben Alexander 100
Hinsdale & Chesterfield Michael Cressey 100
Westmoreland Ebenezer Brittin 9G
Marlow, Surry & Alstead Obadiah Wilcox 94
Dublin & Monadnoc No. 5 Joseph Greenwood 68
Packersfiehl, Stodard & Gilsom Joseph Rouncival So
Swanzey & Fitz William Joseph Hammond, Esq. 88
Rindge, Jaffrey & Peterboro Slip Enoch Hale, Esq. 70
Unity,Acworth Lemster, Savill, > B .n Qn E 128
Croydon cV Newport )
Cornish, Protectworth, Plain- f
field & Grantham S
Rumney, Holderness, Campton [ D.miel Brainerd E 94
& Thornton }
Apthorp, Northumberland 1
Strafford, Lancaster Cock- I Mr Jog , mi le
burn, olielburne, Conway, j *
Colburn, and the towns above j
Plimouth Cockermouth, Alex- ) Mr Francig Worcester.
andria & New Chester \
Wentworth, Dorchester, War-)
ren, Lyme, Orford, & Pier- >•
mont, )
Haverhill, Gunthwait, Bath, >
Lyman, Landaff & Morriston, )
Hanover, Canaan & Cardigan,
Lebanon. Relhan & Grafton
114
[p. 132.] Wednesday, June 4th, 1777.
Mr. Secretary Thompson bro't in to the House & read the
Proceedings of the Honbl Committee of Safety in the recess
of the Gen1 Court, & also sundry Letters received by them in
the recess.
[See preceding Correspondence.]
Voted to choose a Committee of five of this House to join
with such as the Honbl board shall appoint to consult together
& report to this house what business is most necessary to be
first entered upon & done this Session, and that Col. Pea-
body, Col. Badger, Mr. Love well, Mr. Betton, & Mr. Gains
be the Committee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred
— Mr. Gilman, Walker & Thompson added.]
Thursday, June 5th, 1777.
Voted, That Dr. Edmund Chadwick be and hereby is ap-
pointed Surgeon's Mate to Dr. Ivory Hovey in Col. Scam-
mell's Regiment in the Continental army. [Concurred.]
574 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
P.M.
[p. 133.] Voted, To cliuse a Committee of this House to join
such as the Honbl board shall appoint, to consult together
upon the expediency of Raising a Number of officers and
soldiers for the defence of this State, and any other of the
New England States, and to report to this house how many
shall be raised & how & in what manner they shall be raised,
equipped & paid, & for what term of time they shall be held
to serve and to be under the control of this State during the
time of service, and that Mr. Lovewell, J. Dudley Esq. Col.
Webster, Mr. Worcester, Col. Hammond, Mr. Knowles, &
Col. Thomas Bartlett be the Comtee of this house for that
purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Gilman, Mr. King, & Mr. Blan-
chard added.]
Voted to chuse a Committee of three to join such as the
Honbl Board shall appoint to consider of the letter & request
of Captain Thomas Thompson, commander of the ship liaw-
leigh & report thereon, and that Sam1 Gilman Esq. Col. Pea-
body & Mr. Gains be the Comtee of this House, for that pur-
pose. [Concurred. Mr. King & Mr. Gilman added.]
Letter from Capt. Thos Thompson, of the ship Raleigh.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 71.]
Portsmouth, Jane 4th, 1777.
Gent*.—
Being inform'd by Congress that the HonbI the Council and Assembly
for the State of New Hampshire had made a tender of their services to
give every assistance in their power towards manning and equipping the
Raleigh whenever she should be ordered to sea; in consequence of which
I beg leave to acquaint you that half of the Guns are now on board &
the remainder will come to hand in a few days; — chief of the Stores &
provisions are on board; but what is most wanted at present is Men.
I therefore in the name of the United States of America beg your as-
sistance:— what I have chiefly in view is to beg permission of your Hon-
ours to Inlist Men from the different Companys now in the service «fc
pay of this State; — amongst which there are a number of seamen, some
of which have at different times made application to enter on board &
have been refused: If we could for the future be indulged with the
liberty of taking such men as may offer from those companies, it
would be a very great help towards completing our compliment (par-
ticularly from the Forts where there are many seamen) and seamen
employ'd at sea must be most serviceable: had we been lucky enough
to have procured the Guns during the Embargo we should have man'd
the ship with less difficulty than now, when Trade & intercourse is free;
but what most engages seamen's attention is Privateers, not seeing the
Wages & other Encouragement given by the Continent far exceeds any
other service whatever. If your Honours can assist me in any way to
1777. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 575
procure men, I think it will be the only trouble I shall have occasion to
give you. I should have waited on you myself had not my duty re-
quired me on board.
1 am with great Respect, Gent"
Your most obl serv*.
Tnos. Thompson.
P. S. The Bearer, Capt. Osborne
will wait your answer.
To the IIonblu the Council & Assembly
for the State of New Hampshire.
[p. 134.] The Committee appointed to consider of the letter
& request of Capt. Thomas Thompson commander of the
ship Raleigh, made Report as their opinion, that he have lib-
erty to enlist any men in this State who are not actually
engaged in the Continental service. (Signed)
Nich1 Gilman, Chairman.
Which Report being read & considered & was received &
accepted. [Concurred.]
The Committee appointed to consult upon the expediency
of raising a Number of officers & soldiers for the Defence of
this State & any other of the New England States &c. &c.
made Report:
That they recommend that a Regiment consisting of seven hundred
and twenty men be raised; That there be Ten Companies of seventy
men each, three officers to each company included, and an Artillery Com-
pany of Twenty men two officers included; That their pay be the same
as the Continental Troops had last year, and that each non-commis-
sioned officer & private soldiers receive on passing muster properly
equipped Twenty Dollars Bounty, to serve untill the first of January
next unless sooner discharged; not to serve out of the New England
States; — Enlisting orders to be given out to as many men as there is to
be officers, and to rank according to the Number of men they Enlist &
be commissioned accordingly: That each officer be allowed for every sol-
dier he enlists & that passes muster, six shillings — which is submitted by —
Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which Report being read and considered, Voted that it be
received and accepted. [Concurred.]
[p. 135.] Friday, June 6th, 1777.
Voted, To chuse a Committee of five of this house to join
a Committee of the Honbl Board, to take under consideration
the Letters receiv'd by Express the last night from Gen1
576 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Gates, Gen1. Poor &c. & to report thereon — and that Col.
Nichols, Mr. Downing, Mr. Hains, Col. Peabody & Mr. Odi-
orne be the Comtee of this house for that purpose. [Con-
curred— Messrs. Bartlett, Gilman & Wentworth added.]
Letter from Gen. Enoch Poor, at Ticonderoga.
[State. Pap. Vol. VII. p. 44.]
Head Quarters, Tyconderoga, 28th May, 1777.
Dear Sir. — I last Evening sent Lt. Lyford of the rangers down the
Lake with a small party to make what discoveries they could; he has
this moment returned with Intelligence, the Enemy were at Split Rock,
with two Schooners, seven armed Gondolas, and a large number of
Batteaux; and as he beard their morning Gun fired some miles below,
supposes their whole army to be on their way to this place.
We have only two Thousand two hundred & forty effective Rank &
File now on the ground ; this therefore to request you as you regard
the Liberties of your Country, to send immediately what and all the
assistance you may possibly have in your power.
I am , dear Sir, your most obed1 servant
Enoch Poor, B. Gen1.
General Fellows.
(Copy.)
[Note. A similar letter was forwarded to Gen. Gates at Albany. — Ed.]
Letter from Gen. Horatio Gates, relating to Ticonderoga.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 550
Albany, 30th May, 1777.
Sir — I have the honor to inclose you a Letter I received last night
from Brigr Gen1 Poor, together with a copy of mine of this Day to his
Excellency General Washington; and a General Return of the Garrison
of Ticonderoga: — After a Perusal of these Papers your Honour will be
convinced that an immediate Re-inforcement of the Northern Army is
become absolutely necessary. The fifteen hundred Militia, ordered from
the County of Hampshire are not one third arrived, and from what I
hear, they are likely to be very deficient. I beg leave to assure your
Honour, there is not a moment to be lost. The safety of the Northern
Frontier of the Eastern States requires the spirited exertion of the
Powers of Government to save them from Invasion. Those States I
am confident may be relied on for the support of the common cause,
true Patriotism and a resolute Defence of their country. I beg the
favour your Honour will instantly dispatch copies of all the inclosed
Papers, to the President of the State of New Hampshire.
I am, Sir, your most obedient, Humble serv4.
(Copy) Horatio Gates.
To the Honble the President of the
Council of Safety for the State
of the Massachusetts Bay.
[Note.— The letter to Gen. Washington was of the same import as the preceding.
Ed.]
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 577
Voted, To choose a Comtee of three to join such as the
Hon1,1 Board shall appoint to take under consideration the
late conduct of John Parker Esq. Sheriff of the County of
Rockingham respecting Col. Asa Porter, & report thereon,
and that John Dudley Esq. Col. Peabody & Capt. Moulton
be Ibv Com*66 of this house for that purpose. [Concurred —
Mr. Walker, Mr. Ashley, & Mr. Patten added.]
Letter from Hon. 3feshech Weave to John Parker, Sheriff.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 7:3.]
Exeter, June 5th, 1777.
Sir — I am directed to inform you that a Complaint from Newbury-
port has been exhibited to the Gen1 Assembly setting forth that Col.
Asa Porter (a person who escaped from the authority of this State
when under Bonds and charged with violent disaffection to the Ameri-
can cause) was apprehended & seut by an officer from thence to your
care to be brought before the Legislative Authority of this State, yet
that you careless of the public Safety & duty of your office suffered
him to go at liberty & further abscond; — Wherefore I am ordered to
inform you that your appearance before the General Court now sitting
at Exeter is desired, that the truth of said charge may be inquired into.
(Copy) M. Weare.
John Parker, Esq. sheriff of the
County of Rockingham.
The Comtee of both Houses appointed to consider the con-
duct of John Parker, Esq. with regard to Col. Porter's
escape, reported :
That as Capt. Parker applied to a Civil magistrate who refused to
give a precept to commit said Porter, we give it as our opinion that
said Parker has fully exculpated himself as an officer of this State in
said affair — which is humbly submitted. T. Walker, chairman.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted that the
same be received & accepted.
[p. 136.] Voted, To choose a Committee to join a Comtee
of the Honbl Board to draw up an advertisement against Col.
Asa Porter, & also a Letter to Nicholas Pike Esq. of New-
bury-Port in answer to one from him to Nich8 Gilman,
Esq.(l) concerning said Porter, and lay the same before this
house in the afternoon, and that Mr. Clagett & Mr. Love-
well be the Comtee of this house for that purpose.
(1) See ante p. 568.— Ed.
578 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[p. 137.] Saturday, June 7th 1777.
The Com1*6 of both Houses appointed to consider of the
Letters recd from Gen1 Gates, Gen1 Poor &c. reported as their
opinion,
That Expresses be sent to the several muster masters to procure
their returns of the men mustered by them respectively for the Conti-
nental service; and that all military officers of those Towns and Places
who are delinquent in raising their quota of men for the Continental
Army be directed forthwith to furnish the same either by enlistment or
by Draught from the Militia and forward them imediately to the army
.it Ticonderoga, and that it be recommended to all civil officers to be
aiding & assisting the military officers to carry the same into effect; —
and that all military officers be directed to make return of their having
compleated their said Quota of men as heretofore directed, at or before
the twentieth day of June Instant; and that all officers Civil & military,
Selectmen, Committees of Inspection & safety be required to apprehend
and take up all Persons whom they shall know or suspect to be inlisted
into the Continental service, and carry them before some magistrate to
be dealt with according to Law : — all which is humbly submitted.
Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which Report being read & considered — Voted that the
same be accepted. [Concurred.]
P.M.
[p. 188.] The Honbl Mr. Patten bro't down from the board
the following Vote of Council, viz.
In Council June 7th 1777.
Voted That some person be imediately appointed to repair to New-
bury or Bradford or any other place in the vicinity of those towns in
the State of the Massachusetts Bay in order to apprehend Col0 Asa
Porter if he can be found there, and that the Person appointed be
instructed by the President to procure a process from some Magistrate
in that State and an officer to seize and bring him to the Line, and
that the person aforesaid be empowered to bring him from thence to
the Town of Exeter, there to wait the order of the General Assembly.
Sent down for Concurrence. E. Thompson, Sec>T.
Which vote of Council was read & concurred.
Voted, That Joshua Weeks of Greenland be a Coroner for
the County of Rockingham ; That Thomas Putnam Esq. of
Acworth, Henry Ingalls, Esq. of Richmond, Joseph Rounci-
val Esq. of Washington and Elihu Stevens Esq1", of Clare-
mont, be Justices of the Peace for the County of Cheshire ;
That Josiah Adams of New Market be a Justice of the Pence
for the County of Rockingham ; That Nahum Baldwin Esq1'
of Amherst be a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hills-
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 579
borough; That Nathaniel Peabody Esq. of Atkinson be a
Justice of the Peace <fc of the Quorum for the County of
Rockingham. [Concurred.]
The Committee of both Houses on the motion of Col. Clapp
concerning Providing for the Troops at or near Portsmouth,
made report as their opinion:
That some person or persons be imediately employ'd & impower'd
to procure one thousand bushels of Corn & Grain for the use of the
Troops in the service of this State, and transport the same to Portsmouth
and deliver it to the agent victualler, and that the said Agent have an
[p. 139.] order on Gen1 Folsom for all the Pork and Beef in his custody be-
longing to this State to be transported to Portsmouth for the use of the
Troops : That two vessells to carry one thousand barrells of Flour be
imediately fitted out at the expence of this State for Baltimore by the
said Agent, there to be met by some person with the money to purchase
their Cargo's and send them directly back, and that the said Agent be
directed to purchase Twelve Hogsheads of molasses of Mr. Jacob
Sheafe, jun.
(Sign'd) Nich1 Gilman, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered, Voted that the same
be received and accepted.
Votes, accts, petitions &c passed on by the House and concurred by
the Council from June 4th to 9th, 1777, inclusive. See Rec. of Council.
Ace*, of John Pain, for hailing stones to Otter Creek & to No. 4, al-
lowed £24:1:3.
Ace1 of Samuel Kidder, decd. considered, but not allowed.
Daniel Rogers allowed for medicine £14 : 12.
Doct. Ammi R. Cutter, all'1 for medicines £7 : 2.
Petition from Grafton for incorporation; hearing granted.
Dorothy Pickering's petition, for liberty to be granted to her husband;
recommended to Gen Washington.
Capt. Joseph Hoit & his son Daniel, of Stratham, took the oath of
allegiance.
Orders given to Col. Supply Clapp to purchase 20 Tierces of rice for
the use of the State.
Schooner Friends' Adventure permitted to sail for S. Carolina.
Committee of the whole, resolve to call in, & burn Bills of 1775, am1
to £28,000.
Pay roll of Capt Eli ph. Daniel alld £148 : 14 : 6.
Capt. Daniel's ace1, all4 £8:8:8.
Comtee appointed to revise the Laws & draw up Acts.
Tho's Odiorne added to Comtee on the Continental Accts of this State.
Jacob Sheafe permitted to send vessels to sea, on conditions.
Ace4 of Wm. Price all'd for assisting Col. Asa Porter, £1 : 10 : 0.
Solomon Wheeler of Kingston authorized to purchase 1000 bushels of
corn & grain for the State.
580 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Munday, June 9th, 1777.
Whereas Thomas Stickney lias by order of the Honbl Com-
mittee of Safety of this State taken the bodies of Peter Green
Esq. & John Stevens, Jeremiah Clough Esq. & Richard Alli-
son on suspicion of their conspiring against this State and
meditating how to assist our enemies, and has bro't them be-
fore the General Assembly now sitting, Therefore Voted, to
chuse a Committee of three of this House to join such as the
Honbl Board shall appoint to consider of & report to this
house what measures are best to be at present taken with the
said prisoners for the safety of this State, and that Mr. Odi-
orne, Mr. McClary & Mr. Gibson be the Comtee of this house
for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Gilman & Mr. Patten
added.]
The said Committee made report, as their opinion that they be com-
mitted to Goal for safe keeping.
[p. 140.] Voted, That Jethro Sanborn Esq. be and hereby is
appointed a Justice of the Peace for the county of Rocking-
ham.
Tuesday, June 10th, 1777.
Voted, William Pottle jun1' of Stratham be forthwith ap-
prehended and brought before this house to be examined
concerning his saying and acting as an Enemy to the Liber-
ties of this State, and that Mr. Eliphalet Hale be appointed
to that duty and that he be impowered by orders from the
President.
Voted to choose a Comtee of this house to wait on Gen1
Folsom & know of him whether he will immediately repair to
Philadelphia as a Representative of this State in the Conti-
nental Congress, and to report thereon, and that Col. Nichols
& Col. Peabody be the Comtee for that purpose.
[p. 141.] P. M.
The Comtee of both houses to consult and agree upon some
method to Nominate Civil Officers &c. made Report, as their
opinion
That all Civil Officers to be hereafter appointed should be Nominated
by a Comtec of both Houses appointed for that purpose — and further
advise that no person be put into Nomination as a Civil officer who is
not well known to the Court, or who is not well recommended by the
People or their Representatives. (Sign'd)
Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which Report being read and considered, Voted that the
same be recd & accepted.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 581
Proceedings in Portsmouth relating to Tories.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 95.]
State of New ? At a Public Town Meeting held at the North Meet-
Hampshire. $ ing House in Portsmouth, on Tuesday the 10th
day of June, 1777, by adjournment :
John Langdon, George Gains & Thomas Martin, Esqr".
Gentlemen —
In confidence of your Exertions to serve the People, whom
you Represent, as well as those of the State at large: We hereby In-
struct you to move to the Assembly, & to the utmost of your power,
urge that An Act may be passed (concerning Persons suspected of
Treasonable practices against the State), whereby every person may
be obliged without distinction to swear allegiance to the State, as its
the only Touch-stone to know, who are for supporting the Indepeifcy
of America, and who are not; the People of this Town are not in the
least doubtful, but that a great number of Persons in the State have
taken the benefit of General How's Proclamation, & have forwarded
their concessions to New York, & such an Act in our opinion, would be
of Infinite service at this crisis, as every honest, upright man would
with cheerfulness take the oath, & those that would not, its high time,
in our humble opinion, should be secured as Prisoners of War, in
order to redeem our People, now suffering in New York every calamity
that British Tyrants can Inflict :— Also we would wish to see in such
An Act for that purpose, those Persons Estates secured in order to
lesson the Public charges.
A true copy, — attest,
John Penhallow, Town Clerk.
Portsmouth, June 10th, 1777.
Letter from General Schuyler to Hon. Meshech Weare.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 97.]
Albany, June 11th, 1777.
Sir— Before I left Albany to go to Philadelphia, I ordered the D.
Quarter Master General in this Department to provide a Quantity of
Rum for the use of the artificers, Batteauxmen &e. in his Department,
which are very numerous. He informs me that he employed Henry
Ven Renssalaer Esq. to purchase a Quantity in the Eastern States,
which he did, but that he was pervented from bringing it up by a Reso-
lution of both houses of your State passed on the 9th Day of April last,
Copy whereof he delivered me.
As the service will essentially suffer if even much more Rum than
the Quantity in Question is not immediately procured, I must bes the
Favor of your Intervention: — perhaps the Reasons on which the Reso-
lution of both Houses were founded now no longer exists, and that not
only that Rum may be permitted to come to this place, but any other
quantity he may be able to purchase. Mr. Renssalaer is the bearer of
this, and will beg your pass for the purpose.
We have nothing new in this Quarter. All is quiet at Tyconderoga,
and the Troops in great good health & spirits.
I am, Sir, respectfully, your most obedient humble sev1.
Ph: Schuyler.
582 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[p. 142.] Voted, That this house will to-morrow morning-
Resolve themselves into a Committee of the whole to join a
Committee of the Council to consider of the case of the
Prisoners now in the several Goals in this State, & when &
in what manner they shall be tried for the several facts or
misdemeanors which they are charged with. [Concurred.]
[p. 143.] The Comtee on the accusation agst John Clark [of
Londonderry] reported as their opinion, That the said John
Clark be committed to the Goal in Exeter untill the further
orders of this General Assembly — which being read & con-
sidered, Voted that the same be recd & accepted.
Voted, That Col. Samuel Folsom of Exeter be & hereby
is authorized & Impowered to repair to Boston with a suffi-
cient guard to his likeing & there to receive the body of Col.
Stephen Holland now confined in Goal there together with
his horse & other effects taken with him, and to convey him
safely to the Goal in Exeter as soon as may be — and that he
receive out of the Treasury by order of the President two
hundred Dollars, to pay the Reward offer'd by this State for
apprehending said Holland & also the charges of escorting
him to Exeter, and that said Folsom be accountable for the
said sum. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Mr. General Folsom be & hereby is directed
to order & set a Guard of sixteen men, with a proper officer
included to take care of & guard the Goal in Exeter both
day & night, & to be so ordered that not less than Eight men
be on said guard at a time, during the night or from sunset
to sunrise, and that said officer & men remain on said service
for the term of three months next ensuing, unless sooner dis-
charged, and that they receive the same wages & rations as
the men in the service of this State. [Concurred.]
[p. 144.] Thursday, June 12th, 1777.
The House resolved themselves into a Committee of the
whole according to the vote of yesterday, to join a Committee
of the board to consider of the case of sundry prisoners now
in the several Goals in this State, and when & in what manner
they shall be tried for the several facts or misdemeanours
which they are charged with. Which Committee being
joined by a Comtce of the whole Council proceeded to con-
sider of the matter to them referred, and after some time
spent thereon came to the following determination & report,
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 583
That it is Expedient that a Power be lodged in some persons to take
up & commit to prison or otherwise restrain for a limited time such
Persons as they have violent suspicion of as dangerous to the liberties
of this State, to continue untill the first day of January next; That
that Power he Vested in the Committee of Safety of this State for the
time being; That the Committee of Safety be imediately appointed,
and that a Committee be chosen to prepare a bill accordingly,
which report being read was accepted.
P. M.
Voted, To choose a Comtceto join such as the Honbl Board
shall appoint to Nominate to this Honse proper persons lor a
Committee of Safty of this State & the Number of said Com-
mittee, and their continuance in office, and to report thereon,
and that Mr. Clagett, J. Dudley Esq. Mr. Giles, Mr. Knowles,
Col. Webster, Mr. Worcester, Col. Badger, Mr. Lovewell &
Mr. Gains be the Comtee of this honse, for that purpose.
[Concurred."]
[p. 145.] Voted, That this house Resolve themselves into
a Committee of the whole to join a Comtee of the whole
Council to hear & examine sundry Witnesses against the
Prisoners lately committed te Goal in Exeter on suspicion of
being enemical to the liberties of this State; which Comtee
being joined by the Honbl Council, the Honbl Meshech Weare
Esq1 in the Chair, proceeded to examine the said Witnesses,
& then the Committee was dissolved, and the Speaker re-
sumed the Chair.
[The evidences in tills examination have not been found. — Ed.]
Voted, That Peter Green Esq1' and John Stevens(l) be
liberated from close Prison, they giving bond, with sufficient
Surety, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in
the sum of five hundred Pounds each, for the use of this
State, that they shall remain true prisoners, within the
Prison yard of the Prison in Exeter untill further order of
this house or of the Committee of Safety in this State ; and
that in the mean time, Jeremiah Clough, jun. Esq. & Richard
Allison be kept prisoners in said prison.
Letter from General Sullivan, relating to Gen. Howe, $c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 103.]
Head Quarters, Princeton, June 12th, 1777.
Much esteemed Sir, —
Permit me in the language of Addison to Inform
you, That tomorrow will be the great the important day, big with the
(1) Peter Green, Esq., and John Stevens, were both of Concord; see notices of them
in History of Concord, i»p. 272, 2TJ, 503-505.— Ed.
584 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
fate of Britain and America. General How has arrived with the whole
strength of his array at Brunswick & marches for Philadelphia tomor-
row, or perhaps this night: he has seven days provision cook'd, his
Pontons Loaded, his out-posts Evacuated & all his army collected at
Brunswick ready to march; he is determined to have Philadelphia or
perish in the attempt. (Heaven grant the latter may be his Fate.) My
Division of the Army consisting of sixteen hundred men, is stationed
on this side & General Washington with the Residue of the army, is at
Bound Brook on the other side Brunswick; so it seems Mr. Howe and
myself must once more meet upon unequal terms; but I shall have the
honor, if I conquer; & suffer no disgrace, if I am beaten, provided I
behave well with the Troops I have. I am in great hopes we shall em-
barrass him till General Washington comes up & then I think his fate
is certain. The game is truly interesting, but we must play it. If we
conquer, Howe is Ruined past Relief; but if he conquers with great
loss on his side, his fate will only be removed to a more distant period;
but his destruction is certain. On our side we have every prospect of
retrieving our misfortune (should we be defeated) & of revenging our
disgrace upon a weakened subject ; perhaps when you read this, the
account of the Battle may be before you — & I pray God it may be such
as you would wish; whether my fate be to fall or to survive 1 hope
Heaven will enable me to fulfill the promises 1 have made my Country.
Dr Sir, — believe me to be, with much respect, your most obedient
Serv* Jn° Sullivan.
Honbl Meshech Weare.
Friday, June 18th, 1777.
[p. 146.] Voted, That Mr. John Pierce of Portsmouth, now
in Prison there, have Liberty to Depart this State and to re-
pair to the West Indies or to Great Britain, <fe not to return
to this State nor to any part of this Continent, without Leave
had & obtained of the General Assembly or of the Continental
Congress ; he making oath before some magistrate in this
State and subscribing the same, That he will not bear arms
against the People of this State or any of the United States
of America during the present contest with Great Britain.
[Concurred.]
The Committee of both Houses appointed to Nominate
proper persons for a Comtee of Safety of this State & the
number of said Committee & their continuance in office, made
Report, as their opinion :
That the Committee of Safety do consist of thirteen members, viz :
The Hon1'1 Meshech Weare, Josiah Bartlett, Nicholas Gilman, Ebenezer
Thompson, John Dudley, George Gains, Josiah Moulton, John Went-
worth jun. Nathaniel Peabody, John McClary, Thomas Odiorne, Jona-
than Lovewell, & Benjamin Giles, Esqrs. — & that they continue in office
uutill another Committee of Safety be appointed. (Sign'd)
George King, Chairman.
1777.J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 585
Which report being read & considered, Voted, That the
same be receiv'd & accepted. [Concurred.]
Voted, That John Clark of Londonderry he liberated from
Prison, he giving bond with sureties to the speaker of this
house m the sum of five hundred pounds for the use of this
State, that he confine himself to the limits of his own farm
in Londonderry for the space of six months next coming, ex-
cepting going to public worship on Sundays. [Concurred.]
[p. 147.] Voted to choose a Comtee of this house to join
such as the Honbl board shall appoint to consider of the Peti-
tion of Col. Asa Porter, & report thereon & that Jno. Dudley
Es<p Mr. Giles and Mr. Odiorne be of the Comtee of this house
for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. King, joined.]
[p. 148.] A Comtee appointed to consider what is the best
manner to proceed in against John Maloney and Dr. Calli-
ghan.(l) persons suspected to be enemical to the Liberties of
this State, and report thereon, made report as their opinion
that they lie committed to the Goal in Exeter for safe-keeping.
(Signed) Tim0. Walker, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered, Voted, That the
same be received and accepted and that the President give
order accordingly. [Concurred.]
Saturday, June 14th, 1777.
[p. 149.] The Committee to consider the Petition of Col0
Asa Porter reported as their opinion,
That he be liberated from his present confinement on condition that
he give bond with one Surety to the Speaker of the Honbl House of
Representatives in the sum of five hundred pounds conditioned, that he
repair without loss of time to Boxford in the County of Essex in the
State of Massachusetts Bay & continue on his father's farm situate in
said Town for the term of twelve months Excepting liberty of attending
public worship on Sundays & in the meantime be of good behaviour
towards all the subjects of the American States, more especially the
subjects of this State & not depart said town without leave — also pay
into the hands of the receiver General the amount of the expence of
apprehending and securing him the said Porter from the first to this
time.
(Signed) J. Wentworth— chairman.
Which report being read & considered, Voted That the
same be received and accepted. [Concurred.]
[p. 150.] Resolve Impowering the Committee of Safety of
(1) Doctor Philip Carrigaiii was of Concord. See notice of him in Hist, of Concord,
pp. 27, 284, &c.
586 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
this State to cause to be apprehended and convened before
them & committ such persons as they shall find to be enemi-
cal to the American States &c. was read a third time and
passed. [Concurred.]
Petition of Capt. Wm. Scott.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 91.]
State of New Hampr ) To the Honble Council and House of
Rockingham SS. \ Representatives — &c...
The humble Petition of "William Scott of Peterborough in the
County of Hillsborough in the State aforesaid, Gentleman; Shews,
That he has orders from his Excellency General Washington to raise a
Company of Rangers in the Continental service, which Company your
Petif has been for a long time endeavoring to raise, but hath not been
able to raise it, for want a larger Bounty being offered than the Con-
tinental: Wherefore your Petif humbly prays that your Honors would
grant an additional bounty for the encouragement of those who shall
'list in sd Company, and your Petif as in duty bound shall ever pray.
William Scott.
June 10th, 1777.
The Committee on Capt. Scott's request reported that
having considered the same they cannot think of any proba-
ble method of raising his Company, but what will be attend-
ed with insuperable Difficulties ; yet considering of the great
sufferings of Capt. Scott in the cause of his country & the
losses & disappointments he has met with, beg leave to sug-
gest whether some gratuity might not consistently be made
him by this State. The first part of which Report was re-
ceiv'd & accepted & therefore, Voted, Not to give any State
Bounty to the said Capt. Scott's Company.
Munday, June 16th, 1777.
[p. 151.] Voted, To choose a Comtee to join such as the
Hon1'1 Board shall appoint to take under consideration an
Inventory of the Stock & moveables found on the farm in
Mason, belonging to Samuel Tarbell of Groton in the State
of the Massachusetts Bay, now in Goal in that State, and to
report thereon, and that Mr. Giles, Mr. Webster & Mr. Phil-
brick be the Comtee of this house for that purpose. [Con-
curred— Mr. Blanchard & Mr. Patten added.]
Tuesday, June 17, 1777.
Voted, That all subaltern officers who receive money out
of the Treasury for the purpose of paying Bounties to soldiers
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 587
shall give Bond to the Treasurer with Sureties to account for
the same.
Votes, aec,s, petitions, acts &c. passed on by the House & concurred by
the Council from June 10th to June 17th, 1777.
Petition of James Head & others of Pembroke against the election of
Capt. Sam1 McConnell, as a representative— hearing ordered.
Solomon Wheeler to receive £100 out of the Treasury to purchase
corn for the State.
Maj. Gains required to muster a fifer for Capt. Gray's Corny in Col.
Scammell's Reg1.
Col. Peabody added to the Comtee on the Treasrs Ace4.
Vote to call in and sink all the Bills of Credit issued in 1775.
Thoa Odiorne & Samuel Brooks appointed a Committee to receive in
all counterfeit bills presented.
Ebenr Thompson, & others, appointed to draw up & present to Con-
gress a Statement of our money or bills of credit.
Petition of Alexander Stewart — Comtee to consider & report.
Comtee on petition of officers & soldiers in the late Capt. Wm. Stil-
son's company, of Col. Wyman's Regt.
John Webster's muster-roll, allowed, £3 : 16 : 0.
Petition of Enoch Chase & others of East Kingston, that they be
made into a separate company: hearing granted.
Additional pay to Capt. McConnell's Company allowed, £149:2:0.
Capt. Titus Salter's pay-roll allowed £211 : 12 : 8.
Stephen Hoyt's ace1, allowed £3:19:0.
New Chester inhabitants petition — hearing granted.
Committee to consider the subject of raising & levying a State tax.
Ace' of the Receiver General & Treasurer, approved.
Dr. Caleb Greenleaf Adams appointed Paymaster for companies
lately raised. — to receive from the Treasury, £500.
Petition of Col. Moulton, Col. Senter & Majr Richardson in behalf
of Muultonborough, for incorporation of a tract of land into two
townships — hearing granted.
Lieut. Nute to receive £G0, for "the purpose of enlisting soldiers for
the continental Army.
Order from the Board of War.
(Extract.) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 105.]
War office, June 16, 1777.
Gentlemen —
" You will be pleased to render an account to the Board of all
monies expended on account of Prisoners of War & Sums paid to them.
You will be pleased to be very exact in the Account & see that no
charges are omitted, as the Enemy are rigidly accurate in their charges
against the States on account of Prisoners. All sums omitted will be
lost by the State wherein the charge was neglected to be made."
I have the honor to be your very obedient servant,
Richard Peters, Secy.
Honble Council of the State of N. Hampshire.
588 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Instructions to our Delegates about soliciting aid of the Conti-
nental Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 121.]
To the Honble
William Whipple, George Frost, Nathaniel Folsom,
Esqrs Delegates :
The General Assembly of the State of New-
Hampshire herewith Transmit to you a Request to Congress soliciting
the Loan of a sum in Continental Bills for redeeming and sinking the
Paper Bills emitted & issued forth by the said State for the purpose of
defending the United Colonies and the good people within the same:
That you immediately Deliver the said request to the President of
Congress to be communicated — That you do in the most pressing man-
ner urge the necessity (from local circumstances) of such a Grant for
the purpose aforesaid: For the following Reasons: — Because the Paper
Bills emitted as aforesaid will not pass in Payment in the New England
States; The flood of Counterfeits (not easily discovered) circulating
with the Genuine; and if a Sum sufficient for calling in & sinking their
currency should be imprinted or struck off, it would very soon be
attended with the like Catastrophe: For want of a medium which can
be depended upon they are greatly perplexed; The Sea-Coast must be
defended or our Towns on the same will be plunder'd & Destroyed.
In March last the General Assembly passed An Act enabling the Re-
ceiver General to Borrow twenty thousand pounds Lawful money at
the interest of six pr Ct. and he has not been able to collect half that
sum. Upon the whole, the General Assembly (with much concern)
view the situation of their Public affairs; are greatly at a loss to find
what they can do further in supporting the important Defence of these
States.
In the name & by the order of the General Assembly.
Exeter, June 20th, 1777.
Petition to Congress from the Assembly of Neiv Hampshire.
(Copy) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 107.]
To the Honw the Delegates of the United States of America in Gener-
al Congress assembled, at Philadelphia June 17th, 1777.
The General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire, Sketos:
That at the beginning of the present unnatural War the Congress,
and afterwards the General Assembly of the then Colony of New
Hampshire, were from an absolute necessity, compell'd to Emit and
Issue forth divers sums in Paper Bills, amounting to Eighty three
thousand & six hundred Pounds lawful money, payable at certain Peri-
ods, for the sole purpose of Defending the United Colonies & the Good
People within the same.
That in January & April last past the General Assembly emitted
thirty thousand pounds in Treasurer's Notes bearing an annual inter-
est of six per cent for paying Bounties to the soldiers ingaging in the
Continental service.
That very lately certain wicked & designing men, no ways regarding
the Welfare & Happiness of the said States, but from Base & Sordid
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 589
Motives have Fabricated & Uttered within the said states, great num-
bers of Counterfeit Bills in imitation of the paper Bills Emitted as
aforesaid, by Reason whereof trade & intercourse are nearly at au end
to the very great Damage of the said state.
That they have neither artificers sufficient nor materials proper for
striking off a new emission that cannot be as easily counterfeited & have
not means in their hands at this time, nor any Prospect of otherwise im-
mediately calling in & sinking their currency: — And ever anxious (with
their lives & fortunes) for supporting the Independence of the said
States are obliged to apply to you as the last Resort: Wherefore,
They bequest that they may have a sum advanced to them, in such
way & Payable at such time as you may judge Reasonable, for redeem-
ing & sinking the said sum of Eighty three thousand six hundred
pounds: For the true Payment whereof the faith of the said State is
pledg'd.
In the name and by order of the General Assembly.
Letter to one Benjamin Brooks of Claremont (intercepted),
relating to the action of Tories.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 109.]
Sir — I would inform you that I have just received Intelligence from
Canada. & they are a making all preparations to come down & I would
have you all stand in readiness to help; your arms are all ready for you
& will be sent to some secure Place, so that you may have them & I will
let you know where, in a few days you may expect to receive them. I
would have you encourage all friends for Government, not to give back
& let every thing be kept as a profound secret; for our Lives depend
upon it; — for if the Plan should be discovered we are gone, & if there
[are] any more that have sworn allegiance to the King since I talk'd
with you, I shd be glad to know it, for I must make a return how many
men we can raise. I hear that Capt. Sumner is laid under Bonds since
I saw you there; I hope he won't be discouraged & if he made any
Progress I should be glad to know it — I hope in six weeks we shall be
able to clear all our friends from Bonds & Imprisonment: — For God's
sake let every thing be carried on with secresy & I doubt not thro' the
justness of our cause we shall overcome the Damned Rebels.
So I remain a true friend to Government.
Dated, Thetford, June 17, 1777.
To Capt. Benjamin Brooks.
(A Copy.)
[p. 152.] Voted to choose a Committee to join such as the
Honbl Board shall appoint to consider of the matters trans-
mitted to this house by the Committee of Packers field, con-
cerning Breed Batchelder and Robert Gilmore, and to report
thereon, and that Dr. Dearborn, Col. Goffe, & Capt. Gilman
be the Comtee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred.
Mr. Gilman & Mr. Patten joined.]
590 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Voted, To chuse a Comtee of three to join such as the
Hon1*1 Board shall appoint to consider of the letter & Depo-
sitions transmitted by Mr. Justice Page & Mr. Justice Little
respecting Jeremiah Bowen & William Rogers, and to report
thereon and that Capt. Pettingale, Mr. Gibson & Col. Pea-
body be the Committee of this house for that purpose.
[Concurred — Mr. Ashley added.]
The Committee of both houses — to consider of the evi-
dence transmitted to this house concerning Breed Batchelder
& Robert Gilmore, Reported as their opinion :
That the said Breed Batchelder & Robert Gilmore be confined to
close keeping in some Goal in this State, there to remain untill the
further order of this Court or the Committee of Safety, or untill they
are otherwise liberated by a due course of Law.
(Sign'd) Nich's Gilman, Chairman.
Which Report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted and there-
upon, Voted, That the said Breed Batchelder & Robert Gil-
more be committed to close Prison in some Goal in this
State.
Voted, That the soldiers and officers of the Militia in the
service of this State for one month be made up in the Roll
& paid for so long a time as is reasonable for them to travel
home, accounting 20 miles a day's travel, and that they have
two pence per mile allowed for travel from their respective
homes to the place of their destination. That the paymas-
ter pay off the Rolls accordingly, & that the President or
Secretary give Instructions therefor. [Concurred.]
[p. 153.] P. M.
Upon reading and considering the Petition of Enoch
Chase, Ezekiel Merrill & others, Inhabitants of the East
parish in Kingston (soldiers belonging to Col. Bartlett's
regiment) praying to lie made a separate company in said
Regiment,
Voted, That the Petitioners & such as shall choose to join
them, be and hereby are formed into a separate company in
said Regiment <fc to chuse their officers according to the Law
of this State, unless they shall within two months next ensu-
ing come into some agreement otherwise, with the other part
of the Company to which they now belong; and if they can-
no! agree within that time, that then the officers so chosen
be commissioned accordingly, and that all persons removing
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 591
into said Parish, or that shall become of ago to train here-
after, within said Parish, shall have liberty to Enlist into ei-
ther of said Companys any time within three months after
such removal or coming of age as aforesa, giving notice to
the Chief Colonel or commanding officer of said Regiment
of their desire to Enlist or be Enlisted into such company.
[Non-concurred.]
[p. 154.] Voted, That Mr. Ezekicl Sole of Woolwich have
Liberty to purchase in this State & carry to said Woolwich &
places adjacent on Kenebeck river as much corn & grain as
will load his vessel! now at Piscataqua, & that the President
give him a permit accordingly. [Concurred.]
The Committee of both houses appointed to consider of
the Letters & Depositions transmitted by Mr. Justice Page
& Mr. Justice Little respecting Jeremiah Bowen and Wil-
liam Rogers, (1) made Report :
That altho' said Rogers has not acted with that prudence which was
necessary, there is not grounds to detain him further and therefore rec-
ommend that he be discharged.
Sign'd Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which report being read & consider'd, Voted That the
same be receiv'd and accepted, and that said Rogers be dis-
charged upon his taking and subscribing the Oath of Fideli-
ty to this State. [Concurred.]
[p. 155.] The Committee appointed to consider of the re-
quest of Col. Holland's wife, made report :
That it is their opinion, Mrs. Holland may be admitted to her hus-
band after being examin'd by the Goaler's wife, and tarry as long as
she pleases, provided she remains in the apartment with him.
(Signed) Geo. King, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered, Voted That the
same be receiv'd and accepted. [Concurred.]
Wednesday, June 18th, 1777.
[p. 156.] Voted,' That John Wentworth junr Esq1- he added
to the Comtee for revising the Laws & Drawing up acts dur-
ing this session, in the room & stead of Wyscman Clagett
Esq. who is absent. [Concurred.]
Upon reading & considering the Petition of Simon Dear-
born Esq1' in behalf of the Inhabitants of Middleton and of
(1) William Rogers was of Dunbarton. Nothing more is said of Bowen.— Ed.
592 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Leavittstown, praying that said Towns may be Incorporated
with Town Priviledges,
Voted, That the Petitioner he heard thereon before the
General Assembly, on the first day of Aug. next, &c, & give
notice.
The Committee on the motion of Benjamin Giles Esq.
concerning Prisoners now in custody in the County of
Cheshire, reported as their opinion :
That the Justices of the peace in the County of Cheshire, who lately
took up & confined sundry persons suspected to be Enemical to the
[p. 157.] Libertys of America, be directed to transmit the Evidence
taken in their presence for and against them, to the General Assembly
or Committee of Safety of this State as soon as may be, and wait their
orders & further Directions concerning them; and that in the mean
time, the said Justices be authorized to confine such of them as they
shall think proper in such way and manner, and in either of the Coun-
ties of Cheshire or Hillsborough, till such further order, which is
humbly submitted by Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered, Toted, That the
same be received and accepted. [Concurred.]
State of New ) In the year of our Lord one Thousand
Hampshire \ seven hundred & seventy seven.
An Act for talcing up, imprisoning or otherwise restraining
persons dangerous to this State.
[Copied from the original on file in Secys office.]
"Whereas at a time when the public Enemy have actually invaded
some of the United States of America, and threaten an invasion of
this State; — the safety of the Commonwealth requires that a power be
somewhere lodged to imprison or otherwise restrain any persons whose
enlargement is dangerous to the Community:
Be it therefore Enacted, by the Council and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that
the Committee of Safety for said State for the time being may issue
their Warrant under the hand and seal of their chairman, directed to
any Sheriff or Deputy sheriff within this State, or to any other person
by name, to command and cause to be apprehended & committed to
any Goal within this State, any person whom the said Committee of
Safety shall deem the safety of the Commonwealth requires should be
restrained of his personal liberty, or whose enlargement within this
State is dangerous thereto; And the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff or any
other person to whom such warrant shall be directed, is hereby author-
ized and impowered whenever he shall judge it proper, to require the
aid & assistance of such and so many of the subjects of this State, in
executing the same as he shall think proper, — who are hereby required
to give such aid & assistance when thereto requested under a penalty
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 593
not less than five pounds nor exceeding twenty pounds, to be recovered
by Indictment before the Superior Court or a Court of General Ses-
sions of the peace, within the same County where the offence shall be
committed — one moiety thereof to the use of the prosecutor & the
other moiety to the use of this State.
And, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that any
Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff or any other person to whom such warrant
shall be directed shall have full power (after demanding admittance) to
break open any dwelling house or other building or apartment between
sun rising and sun setting, in which they shall suspect any person re-
quired to be apprehended by such Warrant, is concealed.
And, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That any
person who shall be apprehended & imprisoned as aforesaid shall be
continued in Imprisonment without bail or mainprise, until he be dis-
charged therefrom by order of said Committee or of the General Court.
And, Be it further Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the
said Committee of Safety upon petition or otherwise to convene before
them any person committed as aforesaid by virtue of this Act, and
also all persons heretofore committed on suspicion of the like offences,
and to make due examination thereon, and if any or all the persons so
committed shall appear to be innocent of the crimes alledged against
them, then to give order for their enlargement or otherwise to continue
them under imprisonment at their discretion.
And, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that the said
Committee of Safety shall from time to time, have full power and law-
ful authority to order any person or Persons that may be or that have
been taken up as aforesaid, to be confined in such other way as they
may judge necessary for the public good.
This Act to be in force until the first day of January next and no
longer.
State of New Hampshire.
In the House of Representatives, June 19, 1777.
The foregoing bill having been three times read Voted, That it pass
to be enacted. John Langdon, Speaker.
In Council the same day: The foregoing Act having been read a
third time, Voted, That the same be enacted.
M. Weare, President.
Depositions $ Orders of Justices in the. County of Cheshire
relative to Tories, June 3, 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. pp. 65-68.]
[Indictments were found agaiust the following named persons, and
"the Evidences taken from the mouth of the diffrint Persons after
named, at a Special Session held at Keen, June 3d, 1777, on and by
ajounments." — Ed.]
Elijah King's Inditement Bead — Plead not guilty.
Seth Walker's ) That he said he Look'd upon the Country in a
Evidence ) wrong cause: said if he must take up arms, he should
on the other side.
37
194
STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777.
Lieut. Johnson's >
Evidence )
Peter Bellows — )
Evidence. >
Maj— Caleb Willard
Said he did not like Independence: He said if I
must take up arms, it must be on the other side.
To the same purpose.
He heard him say, if he took up arms, it
would be on the King's side.
Capt. Samuel Smiths, Inditement Read — Plead not guilty.
Stephen Baldwin's )
Evidence
Josiah Stebbins
Evidence
Elijah Smith'
Evidence
Jeremiah Hatch's
Evidence
Have heard him declare, That he was on the
King's side, and when any News in our favour,
he would say, 'Twas a Damn'd Lye: he said he
never had nor would take up arms. Divers
times heard him utter words Discouraging ; have
heard him protest against the common cause.
Heard him talk Discouraging; he said he beleiv'd
three-fourths were sorry that they had taken up
arms and he believ'd the other fourth.
Elijah Smith ask'd said Smith what would be done
with us if overcome: he said, the Leading men would
be hang'd; and he view'd our cause not good. The
Tories among us would be the strongest: That
Howe's Proclamation was a good Plan — it would be
better for us to be overcome than not.
Says he heard him say, he was on the King's
side. He believ'd he must go to Howe, for if
they oblig'd him to take up arms he must, tho' he
lost his Estate: Offered to let some of his land
go for that purpose: Believ'd good part of the
people were sorry that had begun; In General,
Spoke Discouraging to the Cause; Said Howe's
proclamation was good ; that the People were
distracted if they did not Ex. cept: he should be
glad if the people would.
1 Heard him say, he believ'd within three weeks
I" all would be glad to be Tories: when the fleet
comes 60,000 and besetts all the sea-ports, then
there would be pale-faces — he spoke discouraging
of the American cause in all respects; must take
up arms for the King if on either side; said there
is a great many Tories gone to the British army,
and said we can hear from them every day ; and,
Thank God, they can't keep it from us.
Never heard him speak in favour of the Americans
but in favour of the King : I said to him, if you can-
not think as other people do, you had better not
speak; He then Damn'd the Blue Skins (meaning
the Liberty People) said Hell was gaping for them
now — and the Congress was not a Damning Better.
Simon Baxter's Inditement Read — Plead not guilty.
Stephen Putman's
Evidence
John Butrick's
Evidence
1777.]
JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE.
595
Jonah Stow's ")
Evidence & j-
Henry Rumril's)
Absalom Kings-
bury's Evidence.
Henry Rumrill's
Evidence
Joseph Whitney's
Evidence
Sam1 Chandler's )
Evidence. ]"
Beulah Waldo's
Evidence
John Delano's
Evidence
Esq
Waldo's I
Evidence j
Jon Shepard's
Evidence
Some time last fall being with Baxter, Lieut
Waldo came along in order to warn men to training
in order to raise men: Baxter said you had better
not do any thing, for in eight months we shall all be
overcome; but if they would lay down their arms
he would protect them : — heard him say further, that
Howe's Proclamation had better be complied with ; —
and that if the Committee would give him a pass, he
would go and procure a pardon for the Town.
Baxter said Howe's Proclimation ought to be
comply'd with; — said he was willing to do any
thing in the war; but said he expected to have
the money paid back again — he understood by
Britain.
When the People were ordered to march to Ti-
conderoga, said, they that would go to the Regu-
lars would injoy their Estates of them that took
arms, and would share in the Estates of the Reb-
els, and said there was a proclimation from How
declaratory of it.
Says he heard Baxter telling a man that he
had been to the Regulars (sometime after Bunk-
er-hill fight) told him also how he got there and
what he said to the Capt. of the Regular Guard,
also that he stay'd all night with him.
That Baxter said he was on the King's side —
them that would comply with How's proclimation
should be safe; said further that Baxter told him
he had been at Bunker-hill to the Regulars and
was there two hours and drink'd with them; car-
ry'd with him a publick juaper to evidence he was
a friend to them. Talk'd of going to the Regu-
lars to put himself under their protection, for he
did not look upon himself safe here.
That Baxter told him, That How had sent for
them all to come to him: said he would take an
opportunity to go if he could, and advised him
also, and that it was his duty to be a Loyal sub-
ject to the King.
Baxter said he hoped That, that was Right would
get the upper hand; That Hows proclimation was
good &c, Said Further, had he been at the Execu-
tion of Dunbar with twenty men, he would have
Rescued him or lost his life.
Says Baxter advised him to throw Down his arms,
and he would warrant they should be pardon'd; for
the country would be subdued within eight months —
else the Lord had not spoken by Simon Baxter.
Baxter said Hows proclimation was good; if the
people would accept it, he would forfeit his life if all
their Privileges was not secured to them — and now
596
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777
is the last offer: if the Town of Alstead would ac-
cept, he would go with all freedom and without ex-
pence and procure a pardon for it; and said that
John Congress could not give a Commission worth a
snap or a fart, &c.
Elijah WillaroVs Inditement Read — plead not guilty.
Sanderson's ) Elijah Willard says he had as leive risque his Estate
Evidence, j in the Regulars hands as ours.
Alexaud's \ Said that they had no Right to Draught him for they
Evidence. } had taken away his arms, that he would not sign the
Association for he believ'd the Country would be over-
come. Spake also Diminitively of our Authority and
Damn'd them, and said if men were forced to give £100
old Tenr for eight months he had Rather be in the Reg-
ulars hands.
Josiah Butler's Inditement Read — plead not guilty.
Doolittle's),
Evidence )
Dea. Cole's )
Evidence )
Ladd's 7
Evidence )
Tim. Holbrook
Evidence
Says that Butler sent money to Capt. Taylor, the
Committee adjudged to be Counterfeit Sword money.
Says Butler offered a six Dollar Bill to me which I
was loath to take but on his pressing I did.
His general character is a Tory.
When Oliver Church about three weeks ago
] from Long Island brought 2000 Dollars Deliver'd
to Josiah Butler and others; y^ to have Twenty
pounds out of Thirty for putting off.
Confirmed the above.
Wm. Negis)
Evidence }
Abner Sanger's Inditement Read — plead not guilty.
Upon his own confession before the Court, said that the Colonies had
no right to declare Independence, and that he tho't it his duty to do
and say against the proceedings of the Congress &c.
Will"1 Barran's ) Says, That when the Committee order'd him and
Evidence $ some others of the Militia to bring Sanger in order
to examination, that he swung his Axe at them and
told them to Disperse you Damn'd Rebels; and
when they had taken him, that on the way he
drank a toast to the King and success to his Majes-
ty's Arms and confusion to Americans.
Silas Cook's] He said he had a pardon in his pocket, meaning
Evidence £ How's proclamation, and said we should loose our Es-
tates if we did not sign it, and said that the Congress
were a Disgrace to a Gibbet ; — and said we were all
fools &c. Confess'd he was on the King's side and
signified that he wanted to go over to the King's troops
& wanted only the protection of the country to con-
duct him there.
Prentice WillarcVs Inditement Read, plead not guilty.
1777.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
597
Elijah Dodge'
Evidence
Butrix |
Evidence j
Jewell's )
Evidence, \
Scott's )
Evidence $
Win. Dodge'
Evidence
Aldrich's
Evidence
Martin's
Evidence
> Willard says upon the whole, he was not with us,
} and if it come to the Test he would Depart or sign.
Says he tho't it best to accept How's proclimation
and lay dowu our arms. Concerning Lexington fight he
said he would fight till he lost the last drop of blood.
Willard says, This money won't be good for nothing
two months longer ; it would not purchase Land — he
did not choose to take up arms on either side, for he
look'd upon it murder.
Heard Willard say, If he must be govern'd by a
tyrant he choose to have a great way off.
> Heard him say, if such and such men would go,
} their families should not suffer, he would support
them on his own cost. Never heard him speak Dis-
couraging to our cause.
Willard Said be believ'd the Indians were coming
down — told me he believ'd the Woods would be his por-
tion; ask'd if I would find him with provision; said he
would not fight on either side, he had rather flee to the
woods, than be took by the people and brought to Tryal.
In conversation Willard said, he was afraid of his life.
If he could not live here in peace he would go on the
other side; but if he did he would not fight, for he said
•he had rather fight for the Americans than against them.
Continued on another paper.(l)
State of New Hampshire
In Committee of Safety, June 30th, 1777.
Upon examination of the Evidences transmitted to this Committee
by the Justices of a Special Sessions held at Keen, June 3d, 1777, for
enquiring into the conduct of sundry persons represented as unfriendly
to the American Cause, and by said Justices were ordered to be kept
under guard, and the evidences respecting their Conduct laid before
this Cointee for their further order. It appears to this Comtee That
Samuel Smith of Winchester, gentleman, Simon Baxter of Alstead,
Yeoman, Elijah Willard of Winchester, Yeoman, and Abner Sanger of
Keen Yeoman, have discovered so unfriendly a disposition to the Cause
in which the United States of America are engaged as makes it neces-
sary they should be closely confined till further Orders; And that Eli-
jah King of Charlestown Yeoman, and Prentice Willard of Winches-
ter Yeoman, should be confined within certain limits, all of them
within the County of Cheshire: —
It is therefore Ordered by the Comtee That the said Elijah King give
Bond in the sum of £500, with two sufficient sureties, to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, That he will be of the good behav-
iour towards all the subjects of the United States, and of this in par-
ticular, And that he will not go more than one half mile from the
house of his residence, untill the first day of Jan^ next, or further or-
der of the Comtee of Safety or General Court, or leave obtain'd of the
(1) No other paper has been found.— Ed.
598 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Comtee of the Town; and in case he shall refuse to give such Bond
■with Sureties, then that he be committed to Goal in Charlestown in s'1
County, till he shall give the same; and the Keeper of said Goal is
hereby required to receive & detain liim accordingly; and it is further
ordered, That Prentice Willard give Bond to the Speaker of the House
of Representatives in the sum of £500 with two sufficient sureties to
be of the good behaviour towards all the subjects of the United States
of America, and of this in particular, and that he will not go beyond
the limits of the said Town of Winchester untill the first day of Jan?
next, or further order of the Comtee of Safety or Gen1 Court; and in
case he shall refuse to give such Bond then that he be committed to
the Goal in Charlestown aforesaid, till he shall give the same; And the
keeper of said Goal is hereby required to receive and detain him ac-
cordingly.
And it is further Ordered, That the said Samuel Smith, Simon Bax-
ter, Elijah Willard & Abner Sanger be delivered by the Guard who
noAV have the care of them to the keeper of the Goal in Charlestown
aforesaid; and the said keeper is hereby Required to receive them into
his custody, and them safely to keep untill the first day of Jany next
or further Order of the Comtee of Safety or Gen1 Court of this State.
By order of the Comtec.
The Committee of both houses upon the expedience of
forming a new Regiment in this State, partly out of the
Fourth, & partly out of the regiment commanded by Col0
Thomas Stickney, reported —
That it is Expedient that a New Regiment should be formed as soon
as may be, to be composed of the Militia of Nottingham, Deerfield,
Northwood, Epsom & Chichester — which is submitted by —
Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted that the
same be receiv'd & accepted. [Concurred.]
P.M.
[Upon the petition of Enoch Chase & others of East King-
ston— see ante, June 17.]
Voted, That the Petitioners & such others as shall clmse
to join with them be and hereby are allowed to be a separate
Company in said Regiment, and to chuse their officers ac-
cording to the Law of this State, and that they shall remain
a separate Company in said Regiment so long as the officers
so chosen shall remain in Commission. [Concurred.]
[p. 158.] [On report of the Committee] on the Inventory of
the stock & moveables found on the farm in Mason belong-
ing to Samuel Tarbell of Groton, Mass. ;
Voted, That the Committee of Safety of Mason sell ;ill
the Live Stock & other perishable articles in said Inventory
1777. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 599
mentioned, at Auction, giving reasonable notice before hand;
— That they be accountable to this State for the amount
thereof, That the said Committee store all the other articles
for safe-keeping- & to be also accountable ; & that the said
Committee be directed to make return of their doings to this
house or to the Committee of this State as soon as may be.
[Concurred.]
Thursday, June 19th, 1777.
Yoted, That this house resolve themselves into a Commit-
tee of the whole to join the Honbl Board to take into consid-
eration the Expediency of taking off the Embargo on the
shipping in Piscataqua harbour, and also of Putting into
execution or repealing the late acts of this State for regulat-
ing the prices of sundry articles therein enumerated. [In
Committee of the Whole.]
[p. 159.] Honbl Meshech Weare in the chair After De-
bate & consideration, agreed to Report — That it is the opin-
ion of this Committee, That the Regulation Act (so called)
be not repealed, and as to the matter of Taking off the Em-
bargo under consideration, That the Embargo be not taken
off wholly, nor under any restrictions. [Accepted and Con-
curred.]
Friday, June 20th, 1777.
[p. 160.] Voted, To chuse a Comtee of three, to join such
as the Honbl Board shall appoint to consult together upon the
expediency of employing some Gentleman of the Law to
assist the Attorney Generall at the Trials of such persons as
shall be indicted in this State for counterfeiting or uttering
Counterfeit bills of this or any of the United States, and to
Nominate such assistant & report what sum shall be given
him by this State for such services ; and that Col0 Badger,
Col0 Nichols and Col0 Webber be the Committee of this house
for that purpose. [Concurred — and Mr. King, Mr. Walker
& Mr. Blanchard joined.]
[p. 161.] Yoted, That the Honbl Jonathan Blanchard Esqr
Nathaniel Peabody Esq. and John Wentworth jun. Esq. be a
Committee to collect such evidence as they can find out,
against the Counterfeiters of the Bills of Credit of this State
or of the United States or anv of them, and against the
600 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
uttering of such counterfeited bills, and to return the same
when collected to the Attorney General of this State as soon
as may be. [Concurred.]
[p. 162.] The Committee appointed to take into considera-
tion the regulation of the Militia of this State made Report :
That it is expedient in their opinion that the Regiments of Militia in
this State be divided into three Brigades: The first Brigade to consist
of the following regiments, viz. Whipple's, Evans', Moulton's, Gil-
man's, Bartlett's and the New Regiment lately formed: The Second,
Webster's, Thornton's, Nichols', Hale's, Ashley's, Bellow's: The third,
Moore's, Stickney's, Badger's, Hobart's, Chase's & Morey's: and that
a Brigadier General and a Brigade Major be appointed for such Brig-
ade, and that an Adjutant General be appointed for the State, — which
is humbly submitted.
By Josiah Bartlett, chairman.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted, That the
same be received and accepted. [Concurred.]
The Committee on the Petition of Joseph Philbrick made
Report, viz.
That having met and considered the said Petition and the Evidence
offered to support the same, That it appears to this Committee, that
the Dwelling House of the said Joseph Philbrick was by some unknown
accident consumed by fire, as set forth in his said Petition, and that the
sum of five hundred & thirty eight Continental Dollars emitted upon
the credit of the United States of America, one hundred & thirty dol-
lars or the value thereof in other money emitted upon the credit of the
State of New Hampshire and one ten pound note issued by the State
of the Massachusetts Bay, and about twenty one Dollars & a third of a
Dollar emitted by the said State of the Massachusetts Bay & other of
the United States, amounting in all to the sum of seven hundred &
Twenty three Dollars, being the property of the said Joseph Philbrick,
was at the same time actually consumed by fire in and with the said
house, and intirely lost to the Petitioner, — Whereby the State or
States upon whose Credit the several species of money so burned was
respectively emitted, have reaped an advantage equal to that part of
the loss the Petitioner has sustained, as it has sunk so much of the pub-
lic moneys emitted by such State or States respectively: Wherefore,
the Committee beg leave further to report as their opinion, That there
ought to be paid out of the Treasury of this State to the Petitioner the
sum of one hundred and thirty Dollars as a compensation to him for
that sum emitted by said State & sunk as above set forth: And that the
whole matter be rej)resented to the Honbl Continental Congress, that
the petitioner may have the benefit thereof in applying for compensa-
tion for the Continental money consumed as aforesaid; and that the
matter be likewise made known to the State of the Massachusetts Bay,
in behalf of said Petitioner, that he may obtain some compensation
from that State also: All which is humbly submitted by
Timothy Walker, jun. Chairman.
Voted That the same be received & accepted.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 601
P. M.
[p. 163.] Upon Reading & considering- the Petition of
Richard Cutts Shannon, praying to be discharged from Prison
or admitted to bail so that he may have opportunity of seeing
his Distressed wife once more :
Voted, That he have Leave to visit his family at Holies,
Provided he give bond to the Speaker of the Hon1'1 house of
Representatives in the sum of one thousand pounds, with
two sufficient sureties in five hundred pounds each, for the
use of this State, conditioned that he imcdiately repair to
his Family in Hollis, and keep himself within the limits of
his own Estate there, until his return ; and that he return to
the Town of Exeter & deliver himself into the Custody of
the Prison-keeper there within ten clays from the time of his
enlargement and that in the mean time he be of good behav-
iour towards all the good subjects of this State. [Concurred.]
[p. 164.] Voted, To chuse a Comtee to join such as the
Honbl Board shall appoint to nominate to this house, proper
Persons for three Brigadier Generals, Brigade Majors, and
an Adjutant General for this State, and that Mr. Gains, Mr.
Knowles, Col. Moulton, Sam1 Gilman Esqr, Col. Webster, Mr.
Betton, Col. Peabody, Col. Nichols, Col. Goffe, Mr. Dear-
horn, Col. Hutchins, Mr. Brainard, Capt. Alexander, Capt.
Blood, Mr. Giles, Mr. Whipple, Mr. Britten, & Mr. McClary,
be the Committee of this house for that purpose. [Con-
curred— Messrs. Bartlett, King, Wentworth, Thompson, Gil-
man, Warner, Ashley & Blanchard, added.]
Saturday, June 21st, 1777.
[p. 165.] A Letter from Gov. Cooke of the 18th Inst, re-
questing assistance of Troops from this State was read : Also
a Letter from Gen1 Schuyler.
Letter from Gov. Cooke, of Rhode Island.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 111.]
State of ? Providence, June 18th, 1777.
Rhode Island S
Hon. Gen' — By authentic and undoubted information, we are
assured that the Enemy upon Rhode Island do not consist of a less
Number than 3000 men. You very well know the Facility with which
by means of their shipping, they may attack this or any other Part of
the State, and of what great Importance it is to the common cause to
prevent their getting footing upon the Main Land.
602 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
By very late accounts taken in this State, it appears that our whole
Number of Males from 16 years of age & upwards do not exceed 9350.
You will easily conceive to what a Degree our Militia must have been
fatigued and exhausted by a constant Round of Duty, for upwards of
six months past, in guarding our extensive shores; and the consequent
Injuries to Agriculture and all other Business, almost to the total Ruin
of the State; and will necessarily be convinced of our utter inability to
keep up a sufficient Body of Forces to oppose the Enemy.
We have had no assistance of men since the beginning of May last
from any of our Sister States excepting the Massachusetts, who have
at present here about 2000; the Time of a Part of whom expires on
Saturday next, of a considerable Part in a week after, and of the Re-
mainder in about three Weeks from this Day.
We have applied to that State by this opportunity to make provision
for replacing them; and cannot but entertain hopes they will do it.
However, that force should they send it, will be so insufficient, that it
will throw so great a Burthen upon this State, that we must inevitably
sink under it. The State of Connecticut being apprehensive of a pow-
erful Invasion do not think at present they can afford vis any assistance.
We have it therefore to request you most earnestly to afford us a speedy
Aid of men, as great as you can spare; and are with every sentiment
of Esteem & Respect
jTonbie Gent? your most Obed4 Serv'.
Signed at the Request & in behalf of the Gen1 Assembly,
Nichs Cooke.
HonbI Presid' of the Council
of New Hampshire.
Note. Gen. Schuyler's Letterjhas not been found.— Ed.
Answer to Gov. Cooke's Letter.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 125.]
State of } r, , T 01c. -,~>.~
NewHamp'J Exeter, June 21*, 1777.
Sir — By the carrier, I this moment received yours of the 18th inst.
and observe that the Enemies force on Rhode Island does not consist
of less than 8000 men; — very different from late reports here which
asserted that not more than 300 men were left there. The amazing
difficulty of compleating our quota of the Continental Troops has so
engrossed the Public attention that the raising men to defend our own
harbour & metropolis, as well as for your assistance has been neglected,
until very lately, when a Resolution for Enlisting a Regiment was
passed, 300 of which are destined for your State when raised, As a
Bounty of 20 Dollars is given for 6 months I have reason to expect
they will soon be raised and march to your Relief.
I am, Sir, with the utmost respect,
Your most obed1 humb1 serv1
Gov. Cooke.
(Copy)
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 603
Voted, to choose a Comtee of five to join such as the Honbl
board shall appoint to consider of the Letters reedfrom Gov.
Cooke & General Schuyler and report thereon, and that Mr.
Whipple, Mr. Giles & Mr. Speaker, Capt. Moulton, Mr. John
Wentworth jun. be the Comtee of this house for that purpose.
[Concurred— Mr. Bartlett & Mr. King added.]
The Committee on the Petition of Stephen Evens & John
Wentworth, jun. Esq. in behalf of the town of Dover [for a
Lottery, to build bridges] — made Report :
That altlio' they Esteem Lotteries in general to be prejudicial to
society, yet considering the unhappy Disputes that have arose & still
subsist in the Town of Dover on account of said Bridges, (1) That an
Act be passed enabling three Persons (to be named therein) as Mana-
gers, to raise by a Lottery one hundred and fifty Pounds for the pur-
poses mentioned in the Petition, Including the Expences of carrying on
said Lottery, and that, how the Managers shall account, and other
regulations be particularly set forth in said Act, which is humbly sub-
mitted by Josiah Bartlett, chairman.
An Act to Prevent the Transfer or Conveyance of the Es-
tates & property of such persons who have been or shall be
apprehended for counterfeiting or fraudulently passing Coun-
terfeit bills or currency of this State or of the United States
of America, or either of them, or of the United States Lot-
tery Tickets, or the Loan office Certificates, and also of the
Estates <fc property of all such persons against whom War-
rants have Issued or may Issue for being Guilty of either of
Said offences, & have absconded, or that shall hereafter ab-
scond— was read a third time & passed to be enacted. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 166.] The Committee of both Houses to consider the
Letters recd from Gov1' Cook & Gen1. Schuyler, made report
as their opinion :
That three hundred men be imediately raised and sent under the
command of a Field Officer to Providence, and that the President ad-
vise Govr Cook thereof by the Posts return:
Also That the President inform Gen. Schuyler of the situation of the
men raised in this State as their Quota of the Continental Army.
Sign'd by Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted. [Concur-
red.]
(1) In the MS. Vol. " Towns," in the Secy's office, under head of Dover, are several
petitions relating to bridges, lotteries, &c, but the particular petition here referred to,
is not found.— Ed.
604 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Munday, June 23d, 1777.
[p. 167.] The Speaker being absent, Benja Giles Esq. Speak-
er pr. Tempore in the Chair.
Tuesday, June 24th 1777.
Voted, To chuse a Comtee of three to join a Comtee of the
Honbl Board to consider of the Petition & remonstrance of
the Revd Dr. Wheelock, (1) and to report thereon ; and
that Capt. Pettengale, Mr. Odiorne & Mr. Dearborn be the
Comtee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Col.
Wentworth & Col. Ashley joined.]
Voted, That the Vote of Saturday last for raising three
hundred men to be sent under the command of a Field of-
ficer to Providence, be and hereby is reconsidered — and that
three hundred men be forthwith raised as part of a regiment
of seven hundred <fe twenty men lately Voted to be raised
for the defence of this State & of the other New England
States ; and that the said three hundred men be sent (as
soon as raised & equipped) to Providence for the defence of
the State of Rhode Island under the command of such offi-
cer or officers as shall hereafter be appointed by the General
Court. [Concurred.]
Voted to chuse a Comtee to join such as the Honble Board
shall appoint to Nominate to this house some person or per-
sons to be sent to the Continental agent at Boston to procure
cloathing for our Troops, and to purchase arms of the Mass"3
State if they can be obtained, and that Capt. Moulton, J.
Dudley Esq. & S. Dudley. Esq. be the Comtee of this house for
that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett & Mr. Gilman add-
ed.]
[p. 168.] P. M.
Voted, to choose a Comtee of Nine to join a Committee of
the honbl Board to Nominate twelve proper persons to receive
Enlisting orders for raising the Three hundred men to be
raised for the defence of Rhode Island, and also to Nomi-
nate three proper persons out of whom for one to be chosen
as a field officer to command said men & to report Whether
the said Officer shall be a Colonel, a Lieut. Colonel or a Ma-
jor— and that Capt. Moulton Col. Webster, Capt. Blood,
Col. Peabody, Col. Nichols, Col. Bartlett, Mr. Knowles, Col.
Hutchins, & Col. Evens be the Committee of this house for
(1) The said Petition and remonstrance has not been found. — Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 605
that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Walker, Mr. Wentworth, &
Mr. Patten joined.]
Voted, That John McClary Esq. be and hereby is appoint-
ed Colonel of the New Regiment lately formed partly out of
the fourth Regiment and partly out of Col. Stickney's regi-
ment in this State. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Stephen Clark Esq. be & hereby is appointed
Lieutenant Colonel of the fourth regiment of Militia in this
State — commanded by Col. Nicholas Gilman.(l)
[p. 169.] Voted, That Benjamin Giles Esq. be and hereby
is appointed to receive of Daniel Jones, Esq. of Hinsdale
what money he Sold a Cannon for belonging to this State,
and to give said Jones a proper discharge therefor, and that
said Giles be accountable to this State for the same. [Con-
curred.]
Voted, That Lieut. Coll. Bartlett be and hereby is appoint-
ed Lieutenant Colonel of the New. Regiment lately formed
in this State and that Daniel Page Esq1' be first Major, and
John Cram, Esq1' be second Major of said Regiment. [Con-
curred.]
Accts votes, petitions, &c. passed on in the House and concurred by
the Council from the 18th to 24th June. See Rec. of Council.
Ace' of Jos : Greenwood allowed £1:11:6.
Petition of Philip & Jacob Fowler, to enable them to review an
Action of the Superior Court — leave to bring in a bill.
Ace* of Thomas Hoyt & Benj. Bean, for bringing ffm, Rogers from
Bow to Exeter, alld £4:2:0.
Petition of Aaron Smith for allowance &c. — not granted.
Col. Wingate directed to apply to Quar. Mas. Gen1, for allowance
due his Reg', for eight days.
Sam1 Trott alld £6 : 10, in full of his ace'.
Petition of Simeon Dearborn, for incorporation of Middletoii and
Leavittstown — hearing granted.
Petition of inhabitants of Pembroke against the election of Capt.
Samuel McConnell, as a representative — hearing deferred.
Act passed for taking up & imprisoning dangerous persons.
Capt. Cutting Cilley's pay roll alld. £180 : 6 : 10
Do... rations of 33 men, 7 days. alld £11 : 10 : 0.
Acct1 of John Burnam Hanson, in full, alld. £55:14:0.
Acct1. of Josiah Crosby for carting a tun of gun-powder from Exeter
to Amherst, alld £3:
Gen1. Folsom, alld £140, to be accounted for.
Thos. Jenness' balance of ace1. alld £35: 14:0.
Richd Jenness' balance of accfc. alld £35 : 14 : 0.
Petition of Joseph Philbrick for compensation for loss of money by
fire, granted, by the State, the sum of 130 dollars: The balance refer-
red to the Continental Cong, and to the Massa. Bay.
(1) This appointment does not appear to have been concurred. — Ed.
606 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Solomon Wheeler alld £150 to purchase corn & grain for the State.
Daniel Moore directed to pay Josiah Batchelder & Josiah Gordon
both o? Raymond, each, for two months service in the army.
Ebenr Eastman's ace4 alld. 50s.
Simeon Ladd, Prison-keeper allowed for board of prisoners per
Aveek, 12s.
Moses Emerson, all'd. £2 : 18 : 0.
Wednesday, June 25th, 1777.
Voted, That the Armed Ship Portsmouth, John Hart
Gomander, be permitted to sail on a Cruise against the
Enemy, and that the President give a permitt accordingly.
[Concurred.]
[p. 170.] Voted, That this house Resolve themselves into
a Committee of the whole to consider of what place this
Court shall adjourn to, to hold their next session, Which
Committee being met, The Honble Benjamin Giles, Esq. in
the Chair, proceeded to consider of the matter to them re-
fer'd, and after some time spent thereon, the Committee
reported that this Court adjourn to Portsmouth, to hold their
next Session ; — And then the Committee Dissolved, and the
Speaker resumed the Chair, and it being put to vote, Whether
the said Report shall be received & accepted or not, and it
Passed in the Affirmative. [Concurred.]
P. M.
An Act to grant a rehearing to Philip Fowler & Jacob
Fowler in an Action of Ejectment commenced by Josiah
Hilton against Philip Fowler late of New-Market deceased,
which Action is now pending before the King of Great
Britain in Privy Council, was read a third time & passed to
be enacted.
[p. 171.] Thursday, June 26th, 1777.
Voted, That the Hon1-1 Committee of Safety be & hereby
are Impowered & directed to Finish and Forward the Conti-
nental Accounts, by Gen1 Folsom, as soon as may be, in the
recess of the General Court. [Concurred.]
[p. 172.] Voted, that Mr. Simeon Ladd have six bushells
of Indian Corn out of the State Magazine in Exeter for his
present Necessity for supporting the Prisoners, and that he
replace the same Quantity of Corn as soon as may be.
[Concurred.]
[p. 173.] Voted, That Enlisting orders be given out to the
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 607
following Persons in four Classes, viz. The first class Capt.
Joseph Parsons, Lieut. Josiah Dearborn, & Mr. Joseph Dow:
The Second, Lieut. Joseph Pinkham, Lieut. Robert Pike &
Mr. Nathaniel Foss, jun.: The Third Class, Capt. Simon
Marston, Lieut. Joseph Sopor & Mr. Jeremiah Abbott: The
Fourth Class, Capt. Peter Clark, Capt. Daniel Runnells &
Lieut. John Mills — to Enlist in each class, seventy two men
to be marched to Providence for the Defence of the State of
Rhode Island; such officer in each class as shall Enlist Thirty
four men, to be a Captain; he that shall Enlist Twenty two
men to be a Lieutenant, and he that shall Enlist Sixteen
men to be an Ensign, and to be a part of a Regiment of seven
hundred & twenty men lately voted to be raised ; And that
Lieut. Col. Joseph Senter be and hereby is chosen & appoint-
ed Lieutenant Colonel of said Regiment to command the
said four Companies ; — and that each of the aforesaid re-
cruiting officers receive out of the Treasury Twenty five
pounds, to pay a bounty of thirty shillings to each soldier he
enlists : The remaining bounty of four pounds Ten shillings
to be paid each by the Muster-master on their appearing be-
fore him, being good effective men well equipped. [Con-
curred.]
In Council, June 26th, 1777.
The President agreeable to vote of Council & Assembly made out
Warrants on the Treasurer for the persons here under named, for the
sums set against their respective names, to pay bounties to men they
enlist in the service for the defence of the State of li. Island; viz:
Joseph Pinkham,
£25
Robert Pike,
£25
Simon Marston
£25
Joseph Parsons
£25
Joseph Dow
£25
Nathaniel Foss,
£25
Joseph Soper
£25
Jeremiah Abbot,
£25
Peter Clark
£50 V
Daniel Reynolds,
£25
John Mills
£25,
Jonathan Leavitt,(l
) £25
[p. 174.] Voted, That Mr. Eleazer Davis be permitted to
carry out of this State to Gooldsborough in the State of the
Massachusetts Bay, Fifty Bnshcls of corn now on board a
Vessell in Oyster River, and that the President give him a
Permitt accordingly. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Robert Hill be and hereby is ordered & Im-
powered to Pursue, Take & Bring before this House one Na-
than Chandler of Boscawen, to answer for his offence against
this house, and that he summon & bring with him, such per-
sons as he may suspect to be concerned in the said offence ;
(1) This name is in place of Lt. Josiah Dearborn.— Ed.
608 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
and for that purpose that Mr. Samuel Trott attend him and
signify to him such persons as are most likely to have knowl-
edge of that matter. Pr. order of the house.
The Committee on Grants to the officers of the Civil List
made report as on file : viz.
That the President of the Council have a grant out of the Treasury
for thirty pounds for his extra services to the first day of January
next: — That the Chief Justice of the Superior Court have a Grant for
one hundred pounds for his services to the first day of January next:
That each Puisne Judge of the Superior Court have a grant of sixty
pounds for their service to the first day of January next: That the
Secretary have a grant of Ninety pounds for his service in recording
Votes & Acts of the Gen1 Assembly to the first day of January next:
That the Treasurer have a grant of Four hundred pounds for his servi-
ces to the twentieth day of June 1777: That the Attorney General
have a grant of forty-five pounds for his service the current year up to
the first day of January next — which is humbly submitted.
Tim0. "Walker, jun. Chairman.
Which report being read & considered, Thereupon Voted,
That the President of the Council have & receive out of the
Treasury, thirty pounds for his extra services to the first
Day of Jany next, and that he receive the one half thereof
now, and the other half at the end of sd term. [That
[p. 175.] the Treasurer receive £400 ; That the Attorney
General receive <£45 — the one half to be paid Instantly &
the other half at the expiration of said term — all concur-
red.]
The Committee of both houses to Nominate a Person to be
sent to the Continental Agent in Boston to procure cloathing
for our troops, & to purchase arms from the Massachusetts
State if they can be obtained, &c. made Report, viz :
That they recommend the HonbI Nicholas Gilman Esqr for the said
purposes, and that he be directed to apply to Mr. Lowell or some other
able attorney to assist the Attorney General of this State in Prosecut-
ing the Persons in this State suspected of Counterfeiting the Bills of
Credit of this or the Neighboring States — which is submitted by
Josiah Bartlett, chairman.
Which Report being read and considered, Voted That the
same be and hereby are received and accepted. [Concurred.]
An Act to enable the Town of Dover to raise by a Lottery
a certain sum of money to defray the Expence of building
part of the Bridges in said Town and Keeping them in re-
pair to the present day, with other incidental charges ; — was
read a third time & passed to be enacted.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 609
The Committee of both houses on the Petition of Joseph
Davenport and James Bailey, Reported as their opinion :
That the Petitioners as agents for the Towns of Landaff, &c. be
directed to apply to the Committee of Safety of this State for their
advice in settling the disputes between the first & second Grantees of
said Townships, who are authorized to advise to such measures as in
their opinion will be most for the peace & happiness of the parties con-
cerned, and for the interest of the Public, which is submitted by
Josiah Bartlett, chairman.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted, That the
same be receiv'd & accepted. [Concurred.]
[On Report of a Committee] The Honble William Whipple
Esq. was nominated a Justice of the Inferior Court of Com-
mon Pleas for Rockingham County, and Col. Timothy Walk-
er and Major Samuel Hale as special Justices of said Court,
Voted, That the same be received and accepted. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 176.] Friday, June 27th 1777.
Voted, That the Honbl the Committee of Safety of this
State have & exercise all the Powers & Authority that Com-
mittees of Safety of this State have heretofore had & exer-
cised. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Honbl Major General Sullivan have & re-
ceive out of the Treasury Forty pounds to be by him account-
ed for, and that the same be paid to Mr. John Smith, by or-
der of the President. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Treasurer be directed forthwith to Issue
his Extents against all delinquent Constables, for what out-
standing Taxes are yet due to this State. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col. Asa Porter upon his giving security with
a good bondsman to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives for the use of this State for the costs that this State has
been at in apprehending & securing him from the first to this
day, payable on demand with Interest till paid, and also giv-
ing bond according to a former Vote of the General Court,
that he be liberated according to said Vote. [Concurred.]
P. M.
[p. 177.] The Committee to Nominate proper persons for
Justices of the Peace & all other Civil officers where they are
necessary throughout this State, made Report :
That they recommend Nathaniel Peabody to be a Justice of the
Peace & of the Quorum for the County of Rockingham; Jethro San-
38
610 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
born, James Gibson & William Morrill to be Justices of the peace for
the County of Rockingham; Francis Blood, Nahum Baldwin, Noah
Worcester, Francis Eps & John Cochran, jun. to be Justices of the
Peace for the County of Hillsborough;- Calvin Frink & Henry Ingalls,
be justices of the Peace for the County of Cheshire; Joshua Weeks to
be a Coroner for the County of Rockingham — which is submitted by
Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
which Report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be received and accepted. [Con-
curred.]
Yoted, That Capt. James Hill of Newmarket be and here-
by is chosen & appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the fourth
regiment of Militia in this State commanded by Col° Nicholas
Gilman, and that Capt. Joseph Prescutt be first Major and
Doctor Thomas Peabody be second Major of said Regiment.
Nathan Chandler of Boscawen being bro't before this house
to answer for an Insult upon this house, and being examined,
confessed the fact & begged the pardon of this house : It is
therefore ordered, by the House that he recognize to the
Speaker of the House in £50, for the use of this State, for
his good behaviour for one year next ensuing, and that he be
reprimanded by the Speaker, & thereupon be Dismissed, —
which was accordingly comply'd with.
[p. 178.] Whereas the Selectmen of several Towns & places
in this State have neglected to make return to the Secretary,
proper Inventorys of the Polls & Estates of said Towns &
places, agreeable to the orders of the General Court for that
purpose ; and it being necessary that a New Proportion be
made as soon as possible : Therefore
Voted, That the Selectmen of such delinquent Towns &
places be, and they are hereby directed to return under oath
their respective Inventories to the Secretary of this State,
by the first day of September next, as the Court will proceed
to make the said New Proportion at the beginning of their
next Session ; and those Towns who shall not by that time
return their Inventories, will be doomed at the Discretion of
the Court, — And as it appears by the Inventories already re-
turned, That the Selectmen of several Towns have mistaken
the orders given for taking the same, Therefore Voted, That
the Selectmen who have so mistaken the orders of this
Court for making out said Inventories, be and hereby are
directed to return New Inventorys agreeable to the former
Vote and form Directed to them, by the said first clay of
September next. [Concurred.]
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 611
Saturday, June 28th, 1777.
[p. 179.] Voted, That the Report of the Committee to con-
sider & report upon the propriety of tendering an oath to all
male Inhabitants of this State, or any part thereof, be receiv-
ed & accepted, and is as follows :
That at present it is inexpedient to tender any test or Oath to the
Inhabitants of this State, as such a measure might Defeat the Endeav-
ours of the Committee of Safety of the State who have been lately au-
thorized to convene before them all persons who in their opinion shall
be Enimical to the States of America & to make Enquiry into their
conduct & determine thereon as they shall see fit: The Enemies to
these States will in our opinion be always ready to take an Oath which
we suppose they think themselves under no Obligation to adhere to,
while many conscientious persons may suffer persecution.
Geo. King, Chairman.
Exeter June 27th, 1777.
Letter from Noah Emery, jun., Commissary.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 119.]
Mount Independence, June 18th, 1777.
Gentlemen —
Permitt me in this manner to Beg your attention for a few
minutes & to consider the Condition of our Troops here, whose food is
now reduced to Beef & Bread only; view the sick Languishing & Dieing
for want of the Necessaries of life, & the well on constant fatigue for-
tifying against our Enemies & at all times ready to fight for their
country, and I doubt not you will immediately send forward to their
relief such necessarys as you in your wisdom have already Provided:
& further Pray you in future to send me a constant supply for the
soldiers, that there may be no more cause of complaint in our Camp.
I am with the greatest Respect,
Gentlemen,
Your most Obed' humbe Serv',
NoAn Emery, Jun.
The Committee appointed to consider of the Letter &c. of
the Commissary of Stores at Mount Independence, made
Report,
That they recommend Samuel Trott for the purpose of getting for-
ward the Stores at Otter Creek &c. And that he have such a sum of
Money as your honrs shall judge necessary, — he accounting for the
same, and that some person or persons be appointed to procure neces-
[p. 180.] sary stores for our Troops at Ticonderoga in future, and to
send them forward as soon as may be, — all which is humbly submitted.
Sign'd, Matthew Patten, Chairman.
Which Report was read & considered, and thereupon
Voted, That Mr. Samuel Trott of Walpole be & hereby is
612 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
appointed to call for and Transport to Ticonderoga all such
Stores belonging to this State, at Otter Creek and other
places, and that he for that purpose have & receive out of
the Treasury one hundred pounds, to be by him accounted
for, and that the President give orders accordingly. [Con-
curred.]
Voted, That Jonathan Leavitt be appointed to Enlist men
in the room and stead of Josiah Dearborn who declines ac-
cepting. [Concured.]
Voted, That the bounty on Salt manufactured from sea
water within this State be three shillings on each bushell in-
stead of the two shillings pr bushell already granted, for the
term of one year next coming. [Concurred.]
[Upon Report of a] Committee of both houses to nominate
a proper person for Major General of the Militia in this State,
during the absence of Majr General Folsom ; —
Voted, That Col° William Whipple be appointed to take
the Command of the Militia of this State during the absence
of General Folsom, (1) & that orders from him shall have
the same validity as if Issued by the said General Folsom.
[Concurrd.]
[p. 181.] Voted, That Asa Porter be enlarged from the Pris-
on upon his paying his Prison charges, he having given Bond
according to the orders of this house. [Concurred.]
Upon reading and considering the Letters recd from the
Honbl Council of Massachusetts Bay concerning an Expedition
to the river St. Johns.
Voted, That the officers appointed by that State have leave
to Enlist any person in this State, except such as are already
in the service, that may Incline to go on said Expedition(2).
Proceedings of the 3Iassachusetts Bay Assembly, relating to an
Expedition to St. John's $c.
(Extracts.) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 113.]
State of Massachusetts Bay —
In the House of Representatives. June 18th, 1777.
"Whereas doubts have arisen whether the Counties of Lincoln &
Cumberland in this State can conveniently spare a sufficient number of
their Inhabitants to furnish immediately a full Regiment for an Expe-
dition to St. John's River in Nova Scotia; & also Whether Continental
pay alone will be sufficient encouragement for expeditiously raising the
men, Therefore
Resolved, That the officers appointed, or who shall be appointed to
(1) General Folsom was sent as a delegate to the Continental Congress.— Ed.
(2) It does not appear that the foregoing vote was concurred by the Council.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 613
raise men within the Counties of Lincoln & Cumberland for a regiment
to be employed in said Expedition, shall also have liberty to inlist any
able bodied men who may be found willing, within the County of York,
as well as within the said Counties of Lincoln & Cumberland, any re-
solve to the contrary notwithstanding.
And whereas, The State of New Hampshire will be greatly bene-
fited by the success of the said Expedition; —
Therefore Resolved, That a Letter be immediately sent to the State
of New Hampshire, signed by the President of the Council, & enclos-
ing Copies of* the Resolves relative to said Expedition, desiring their
aid therein, by permitting the Inhabitants of that State to Enlist into
the aforesaid Regiment, or in such other way as they may judge most
proper.
Also Resolved. That there be a Bounty of six Pounds & a Blanket
paid unto each non-commissioned officer & private soldier, who shall
enlist into the aforesaid Regiment; or into that regiment which may be
raised within the Province of Nova Scotia, agreeable to resolves of the
seventh Instant," &c.
Acc,s, votes, petitions, acts &c. passed on in the House and con-
curred by the Council from the 25th to 28th June, 1777. See Rec. of
Council.
Ace4 of Samuel Tripe, allowed, £2 : 1 : 8.
Philip & Jacob Fowler's Act, passed.
Committee of Safety to send forward the Continental accounts.
Capt. Wm. Walker's pay-roll alld £121: 6: 8.
Bounty on manufacture of Salt petre in the State, awarded to John
Calfe,jun. £32: 16: 8. in full.
Ace1 of Doct. John Crane referred to Comtce of Safety.
Robert Hill allowed £2: 11: 0, for taking Nathan Chandler.
Act to punish counterfeiters &c. passed.
Isaac Williams ace' allowed £2: 4: 0.
Capt. Sam1 Wallingford's roll all11 £93: 16: 0.
Chief Justice allowed for his services, £50.
Other Justices of Supr Court, alld £30, each.
The Secretary, alld £30.
Ace* of Noah Emery, Esq. allowed £26 : 10: 8.
Committee of Safety .to be paid 7s per day, in the recess.
Amherst Supr Court, allowed to be adjourned by Proclamation.
Members of Council & House of Representatives to be paid for travel
& attendance, as usual.
James Rundlett, allowed as door-keeper £4: 8: 0.
Noah Emery, Esq. clerk, alld 12s pr day for services.
John Smith, Assis' clerk, 3s pr day, over his pay as a member.
Hon. Ebenezer Thompson, Secretary, 6s pr day, over his pay as a
member.
Wyseman Clagett, Esq. as Attorney General, alld £22: 10: 0.
Mr. Joseph Whipple's ace1 alld £5 : 11 : 4.
This House adjourned to the Third Wednesday in Septem-
ber next, then to meet at the State House in Portsmouth, at
three O'clock, P. M.
God Save the United States of America.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence &c. relating to public affairs between
the adjournment of the general assembly june
28th, and their meeting, in special ses-
SION 17th of July. 1777.
Letter from General Schuyler relating to the advance of the
British Troops on Ticonderoga.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 151.]
Albany, June 28th, 1777.
Sir — 1 have just received two letters from Gen1 St Clair dated Ti-
conderoga of the 25th & 26th Instant. He advises me that the Ene-
my's Fleet and Army are arrived at Crown Point, that they have sent
strong Detachments, one to cut off Fort George and the other either
to surprise Skeenesborongh or throw themselves on the Communication
between that and Ticonderoga. Our Garrison at Ticonderoga is great-
ly inadequate to the Defence of the expensive works on both sides of
the Lake, and I have unhappily no Troops to reinforce them. The
Militia of this State are called upon; but I cannot expect that they
will be numerous, — as those of the Western part of the State are or-
dered to be ready to march at a Moments warning to oppose Sir John
Johnson, who is expected to make an Irruption on the Mohawk River.
I have written to the Committee of Berkshire and requested them
to call upon the adjacent Counties & Districts in that State & Connec-
ticut. Should the Militia turn out with spirit, I am in hopes we shall
be able to baffle the Enemy. I have requested the Militia to rendez-
vous at Fort Edward or Fort Ann as may be most convenient.
I entreat your Honor to write to the President of New Hampshire,
requesting that he will be so good as to forward on the Militia of that
State & to advise me by Express at which place they will rendezvous.
I am, Sir, respectfully
Your most Obedient, humbl servant,
(Copy) Pn: Schuyler.
Honbl. President of the late
Massachusetts Bay.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 615
Certificate of Jn° O'Neil.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 153.]
This may Certify that about the latter end of Oct0 last the now
Capt. Daniel Livermore of Col. Scilley's Regiment shewed me two
Letters which he received at Mount Independence, from Doct. Gow
& Capt. Christy of New Boston, the Contents of which was treason-
able and disrespectful against the American Army, as may appear by
reference to said Capt. Livermore for said Letters.
Jn° O'Neil.
Given at the. request of Robert Smith
in Londonderry — To whom it may Concern.
Londonderry 30 June, 1777.
Application of Committee in Epping for Salt.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 16:5.]
To Mr. Daniel Gilman of Exeter.
Sir — Whereas you have a quantity of Salt stored in Eppin and is an
article very much wanted, the People in Eppin is willing to Pay you
well for the same; and complaint being made to the Committee of
said Eppin, that you are designed to carry the salt back to Exeter; and
as the salt is Now at Eppin, the People is willing to pay part Corn and
the other part money for all you have in this place, and in consideration
thereof we desire you, Sir, will not carry said salt out of Eppin without
the knowledge of the Committee.
Boyles
Daniel Bayley? ~] Committeee
nce, jr f
Oliver Morrill
David Lawrence, jr f Eppin.
Arraiiam Perkins J
Eppin, July ye 2d 1777.
N. B. It is not the design of the
Committee to Damnifie you, but the
Salt is much wanted. Please to con-
sult the committee before you carry
the salt away.
Letter from Keene, asking for help for Ticonderoga.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 167.]
Keene, July ye 3d 1777.
Sir — There is an Express come to Town from Ticonderoga this
morning, that they are in distress for want of men — the Enemy having
made their appearance there — (my Comp^ being dismiss'd yesterday) I
have not more than about Twenty Men & if you think Proper to send
more men from Rindge I should be glad if you would send them on as
fast as Possible & likewise bring Provision with them; there being no
Provision to be had at Charlestown.
I will march with what men I have.
I remain your HhM Serv1
Salmon Stone, Capt.
616 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
N. B. The men that are agoing to March from Rindge are the fol-
lowing, viz.
Salmon Stone, Capt. Lem1 Page Jona Sartwell lleuben Russell
Lt. Thomas Henry Lake Jno. Deming jun David Robbins
Ens" Tarbal Enos Lake Ebenr Newman Paul Fitch
Qr. Masr Fitch Simon Davis Sam1 Walker Sam11 Sherwin.
Serj. Jewett Sam11 Russell Joseph Piatt, jun
Nath1 Ingalls Caleb Ingalls Hez11 Hobart,
To Col. Enoch Hale
in Rindge
State of Vermont.
In General Convention, Windsor 3d July, 1777.
(Extract) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 169.]
Gentlemen — " This House enclose to you a Copy of a Letter just recd
from Col0 Warner, by which your Honors will learn the situation of the
Army in the Northern Department, at that time. You will observe by
that, that we have no knowledge that any Express has been sent you.
" The Militia from this State, are principally with the officer com-
manding the Continental army at Ticonderoga, the remainder on their
march for the relief of that distressed post."
Your most obed1 Hra1 Serv'
Joseph Bowker, Presid'.
Hon Gen1 Assembly in Council
at Exeter, New Hampshire.
Letter from Col. Seth Warner , relative to Ticonderoga.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 193.]
(Copy.) Rutland, the 2d of July, 1777.
To the Honourable Convention now sitting at Windsor in the State of
Vermont.
Gentlemen — I have last evening receiv'd an Express from the
General Commanding at Ticonderoga, who informs me the Enemy have
come on with seventeen or Eighteen Gun Boats, two large Ships, sev-
eral Sloops and other Craft, and lie at the three Mile Point: And the
General expects an Attack every hour. The enemy have put to land
on sd Point, and they have had a skirmish, but the General informs
me to no great purpose; orders me to send for the Militia to join him
as soon as possibly they can get there from tliis State, and the Massa-
chusetts and New Hampshire. I have sent an Express to Col0 Simons,
— went off last Night — Col0 Robinson and Col° Williams is now at
Hubbardton, waiting to be join'd by Col0 Bellows who is now with me.
When the whole join they will make in N° about 7 or SOO men. I know
not where to apply but to you to raise the Militia on the East side of
the Mountain ; shall expect that you send on all the Men that can pos-
sibly be rais'd, and that you will do what lies in your Power to supply
the Troops at Ticonderoga with Beef; as, if the seige should be long,
they will absolutely be in want of meat kind, except the country exert
themselves: If 40 or 50 head of Cattle could be brought on with the
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. G17
Militia they will bo paid for by the Commissary on their arrival. The
Safety of that Tost consists much on the exertions of the Country;
them Lines are so much in want cf Men, I should be glad that a few
hills of corn unhoed should not be a motive sufficient to detain men at
home, — considering the loss of such an important Post can hardly be
recovered.
I am, Gentlemen, in the greatest respect,
Your most obedient and very hum1'1 serv'
Skth Warner.
P. S. I am this moment a going to mount my horse in company
with Col0 Bellows for Ticonderoga. 1 left Col0 Robinson at Hubbards-
ton this morning.
That you may have Wisdom to conduct in the Business for which
you are called together is the Prayer of S. W.
Letter from Hon. Meshech Weare, relating to the Salt at Ep-
ping.
[State Pap. Vol. 711. p. 173.]
State of New Hampshire, July 4th, 1777.
To the Committee of Epping:
Gentlemen— Daniel Gilman of Exeter has represented that he re-
moved a Quantity of Salt from said Exeter some time past, to Epping
for safe keeping; that since, he has promised the same to sundry per-
sons in Peer-field, Epsom, Pembrook & Gilmantown, and is in expecta-
tion of Teams to transport said Salt in a few days to those places;
and that the Committee of said Epping had forbid his removing it
without their leave. As the Parish of Epping is so near salt Water
and market Towns, it appears of much greater necessity that the
above places should be supply'd in preference to them, especially as
they purchased the salt of the owner some time past.
Therefore I am directed by the Committee of Safety to acquaint
you, it is their opinion that you ought not to hinder the carrying of
said salt to the places who have purchased it.
M. Weare, Chairman.
Letter from Col. Joseph Badger $ Col. Ebenr- Smith relating
to Ticonderoga.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 175.]
Gilmantown, July ye 5th, 1777.
Sr — I have recfl no orders to march any man which I think strange,
if wanted; but as the matter of saving Ticonderoga is of so much Im-
portance if you can send a Company of men Imediately under proper
officers or as many as you can, I should advise so to do, and to march
until you can find whether they are wanted or not. I should be glad
you'd go yourself if you can.
I am Sir, your Hum1'1 Serv1
Joseph Badger.
To Col. Smith.
P. S. If I should receive any orders, I shall Imediately let you
know.
618 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from Col. Ebeif Smith, to the Committee of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 175.]
Hon1'1 SrRS — I Rectl the above advise in the evening and the next
morning sent my answer to Col0 Badger that I should endeavour to
comnly with his advise and linediately advised the Captains in part of
the Reg* where I live to rais what men they could for one month if
wanted, with a proportion thereof officers to the men so raised; and
Sandbornton raised sixteen, Meredith fifteen, Moultonboro ten, who
all joyn'd me at Unity, and there met Col0 Gerish, Majr Batchelder
within seven miles of Knots Ferry, who inform'd that Tic(l) was lost,
and the Militia officers had held a Council of advise and had advised
that it was best for the militia to return home and wait the orders of
your Honrs. But I seeing confusion & distress of the Inhabitants and
the defenceless state of the Inhabitants and the need there was to take
some care of the same above the River, I advised Col0 Gerrish and Majr
Batchelder to stop what men they could and joyn me and tarry until
we could have advise from you or the Gen1, and I ordered my men to
stand fast, and Returned eight miles in order to trye to persuade Col0
Gerrish 's men back again, but to no purpose. There's nothing but con-
fusion here — some saying one thing, some another — the men coining in
with varios Reports from Tic— Some Continental & some Militia : this
being the case supose the Rear of Col° Badger men have Return'd and
I am on my Return with my men; But I hope the great Loss we have
met with will not discurage in the least from using the best endeavours
in our own defence that you in your great wisdom can advise, and that
speedily.
I am, Sir, your Honrs most obediant Hum1'1 Sarv1.
Ebexezkr Smith.
Unity, July ye 11th, 1777.
To the Honbl Committee of Safety at Exeter.
Letter from General St. Clair. Ticonderoga $ Mount Inde-
pendence evacuated.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 177.]
Col° Mead's at Otter Creek, July 7th, 1777.
Sir — I was honoured with your favour of the 2'1 Inst, this day. The
exertions of the Convention to reinforce us at Ticonderoga merit my
warmest thanks, tho' they have been too late to Answer the good pur-
pose they intended. Finding that the Enemy were ready for the at-
tack, and that it was morally impossible we could maintain the Post
with our handful of Troops, & at the same time considering how nec-
essary to the States it was to preserve our Army small as it is, it, was
determined in a Council of the General officers that the Posts on Ti-
conderoga & Mount Independence should be evacuated & a retreat at-
tempted to Skeenesborough by the way of Castleton, & that every
thing we could remove, with the sick, should be sent by water to the
same place covered by the armed vessels. This was accordingly at-
tempted the night of the sixth, and in part executed; tho' not as per-
(1) Ticonderoga?
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE.
G19
fectly as I could have wished with respect to the Stores, owing to the
Confusion that naturally attends operations in the night & to the want
of that regularity that nothing but discipline & experience can give
Troops; & just at break of day the army got on their march unper-
ceived by the Enemy, altho' they were all around us; & should have
effected it perfectly had it not been for the burning of a house, wheth-
er from accident or want of thought I cannot say, but it served to in-
form the Enemy of our retreat, & a party of them were on the Mount
before the whole of our people had got off of it. They did not at-
tempt however to pursue us, but only fired a few shot from the Heights
which did us no damage. We pursued our Route to Castleton, which
we reached last night with the main body, having met on our way a
party of the Enemy who had been collecting Cattle in the Country.
These were immediately dispersed & a few Prisoners taken. Colonel
Warner with about a thousand men stopped six miles short, of Castle-
ton, where he was attacked this morning: the Event I cannot as yet
ascertain — the accounts are so various from the Persons who have come
in ; but I believe it has been pretty severe on both sides. I am now
on my march to Bennington, which place I am obliged to make on ac-
count of provisions. The Enemy having last night possessed them-
selves of Skeenesborough, of which I got intelligence this morning,
which determin'd me to take the Road for that place & there I beg
that the Reinforcements coming on by No. 4, may be sent, as I shall
immediately inarch from thence for the North River, and endeavour to
throw myself betwixt the Enemy & the Inhabitants, & prevent Mr.
Burgoyne from penetrating in to the Country.
I am, Sir, your very Humble serv4,
Ar S'Clair.
I must beg that all the Flour that can be got may be sent forward.
I have wrote to the first commanding officer of the Militia to take
the shortest Road to Bennington with directions to send the same or-
ders to such others as may be already on this side No. 4. (Copy)
Hon. Joseph Bowker, President of the Convention of the State of
Vermont.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 179.]
Castletown, July G, 1777.
Col0 Mead — We had news last night from Skeensborongh that the
Enemy had possession of Mount Hope & had burnt the Mdls, & they
crowd hard on the lines; have killed & wounded Numbers — how many
we know not — they fight night & day. Pray, Sir, Do send to No. 4 &
hasten on the Millitia as fast as possible. We have a Number of men
lies here for want of more help to go thro' the woods. From yours —
John Hall, Capt.
To Col0 Ashley & Col0 Hale—
Sirs — We beg that you would hasten on with the people as fast as
possible. Yrs, James Meeds, Col0.
Rutland, July 7, 1777.
The Express asserts that the Enemy killed four men yesterday morn-
ing— The above is a true copy. Pr. Eph"1 Baldwin, Just. Peace.
Monday, July 7, 1777.
620 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from General Washington, relating to the movements of
General Hoive.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 181.]
Morris Town, July 7th 1777.
Sir — I make no doubt but you will have heard before this that the
Enemy have evacuated Jersey. This Information I should have done
myself the pleasure of transmitting you by the first opportunity after
the event, had not my attention been employ 'd in making a new dispo-
sition of the Army: and had I apprehended it materially interesting
that it should come immediately from myself.
When General Howe withdrew his forces from this State and went to
Staten Island, from the Intelligence rec'd at that time from Gen1 St.
Clair at Ticonderoga, that the Canada Army was on the Lake & ap-
proaching that Port, & from every other circumstance, it appear'd ex-
tremely probable, nay almost certain to me & to all the General & oth-
er officers possess'd of the Facts, that Gen1 Howe's first and immediate
movement would be up the North River, & that the two armies meant
to co-operate & favor each others attack. This I say was my opinion, &
that of my officers at that time from a full consideration of the Intelli-
gence we then had ; but I confess however satisfied I then was upon
this subject, I am now in extreme doubt respecting his intended opera-
tions. Having heard nothing from Ticonderoga since 26th ult° nor
any further accounts of the Enemy's approach, we are left to conjecture,
whether their appearance on the Lake was with a view to a serious &
real attack, or whether to amuse & draw our attention that way, whilst
a Stroke is meditating against some other place. This uncertainty is
render'd considerably greater by the concurrent accounts of deserters
who have escaped from New York & Staten Island in the course of a
few days past. From their information & a variety of circumstances,
such as that Births are fitting up for the Light Horse on board the
Transports, Provender taken in, & providing for three or four weeks
— the Embarkation of the officers Baggage with their names & Corps
Indorsed, the ships watering &c. — it would seem more probable
that General Howe has in contemplation some other object than the
North River. Whether he has, or what it is, however, is yet entirely
unknown. I have thought it my duty however to give you this Infor-
mation, that if he should once more turn his arms against the Eastern
States, you may not be surprised & that matters may be put in the
best train circumstances will admit, to receive him. On my part, no
exertions in my power shall be wanting to counteract his plans whereso-
ever they are directed, & to render every service compatible with our
general line of Defence & the Interest of the States at large.
I have the honor to be, with the greatest
respect, Sir, yr most obed* servant
G°: Washington,
The IIonbI Convention
or Council of Safety of
New Hampshire.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 021
Letter from the Committee of Portsmouth, relating to the Shi/p
Raleigh, to Capt. John Roach, $c.
[State. Pap. Vol. VH. p. 183.]
In Committee of Safety, Portsm0 July 7th, 1777.
Gentm" —
It is no little concern to US, that the Raleigh, a Continental Ship,
is to this day unman'd, occasioned by private arm'd vessells being
man'd in this port & persons from other States coining here to carry
away our men; — these things have been and are unhappy circumstances
attending this matter, and has occasioned Capt. Thompson this day to
make application to us to represent this matter to you;— the latter of
these cases now complained of, is by Capt. Nath1 Odiorne's carrying
men into another State, and notwithstanding his promise to us to de-
cline engaging any more here, has since engaged a considerable number.
We could wish some happy measure could be fallen upon to accomplish
so desirable an end, as the manning this Ship. We have also to
recommend to your notice Capt. Roach, (1) avIio was some time since
commissioned by this State, as a Flag of Truce, to carry Mrs. Levius
to Hallifax. We do not know of his having delivered up his Commis-
sion: his conduct in this respect has given cause of suspicion, and upon
that his vessell has been detained by the Raleigh, with the said Capt.
Roach, till we could inform you thereof. AVe have no matter to give
you in evidence against him; — his ignorant or wilfull neglect of Duty
& respect to the State, we presume render him a subject of your notice.
The publick Welfare & due honor to authority, will always demand
our attention.
In behalf of the Committee of Safety of this town,
I am, Gentlemen, your most hhM serv1
H. Wextworth, Chairman.
To the Honbl The Committee of Safety
for the State of New Hampshire.
Letter to Governor Trumbull of Connecticut, relating to the
evacuation of Ticondercga, fyc.
(Copy) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 185.]
HoNd Sir — Ticonderoga & Mount Independence are in possession of
our Enemies; At a Council of War it was determined to evacuate
those Posts. This Resolution was effected last Friday with such pre-
cipitancy and hurry that almost all the Provision, ammunition, Can-
non, & Baggage was left behind — a few men Avith such articles as could
be thrown into the small number of boats they had & come by the way
of Skeensborough and are now at Fort Ann. The main body of the
garrison are gone off by way of Castleton fetching a Circuit thro' the
country to Skeensborough ; these we have not heard from since their
leaving the Posts. Our misfortune is heightened by the loss at Skeens-
borough. The pursuit of the Enemy was so rapid that our little party
by water was overtaken at that place with the same hurry & confusion
(1) See notice of Capt. John Roach in Bouton's Hist, of Concord, p. 351.— Ed.
622 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
in which they set off. They abandoned the vessells and Boats with
everything on board them; those, the Enemy have possessed them-
selves of, — among which, I am told was onevessell loaded with Powder.
These are the principal circumstances I am possessed of. I dare not
make any observations. I have given you facts which I submit to your
own Reflections. I will only say that I must be possessed of some very
material circumstances in addition to what I now know, before I can
conceive the necessity, a Garrison well filled with Provision, ammuni-
tion, military stores, above an hundred Cannon &c. &c. & between
three & four thousand men, should be under, of abandoning their Post
at the appearance only of not more than twice their number. I say
the appearance only, — because I don't yet learn that a Gun had been
fired save by scouting parties &c. But Heaven lias thus decreed! It
must be so!
Tins misfortune will I fear be the most important in its consequences
of any thing that Providence has yet cast into our lot; at one blow it
lays open all New England to the incursions of the Enemy, who are
prepared with their savages ; as well as exposes this whole State now
possessed at each extremity by the foe. The horrid work of murder is
also begun at the western Posts.
Yesterday brought us also an acco4 of a second scalping match at
Fort Stanwix alias Schuyler. General Schuyler with the little hand-
full of fugitives from Ty and the small Body of Militia already
collected is forming his stand at Fort Ann, where they are in want of
every thing that can be conceived necessary for the subsistance of an
army. Without speedy & effective support they will not be able to
maintain themselves there, & if running comes in vogue I know not
where they may stop ; if New England is not roused now, they must
be seized with a fatal Lethargy which must perhaps end in their de-
struction.
While I am writing Gen. Nixon's Brigade from below are coming
into Town. This is some relief. I don't know that any more Troops
are yet under orders from General Washington. Expresses are gone
to every Quarter. The kind interposition of Providence is my sup-
port; as little reason as we have from our crying sins to hope for this
mercy, yet I don't give up this hope.
Gen1 Gates' opinion of the Enemy's operations this Campaign is, I
think, verifying fast. We constantly expect to hear an attempt below.
The old gentleman told me little before he left us, That the Enemy
from the Northward would not be down till July; that Gen1 Hows
army below if not lost to every idea of their most important interest,
or some unforeseen accident did not intervene, would certainly co-oper-
ate with motions above, and spoke with some uneasiness of ye inatten-
tion paid by Superior Powers to his opinion; But Misfortunes sometimes
teaches us our mistakes at great expence.
I wish we had a channel of Correspondence from this to Connecticut.
This must go by an uncertain conveyance. My best regards attend all
Friends & connections.
I am with greatest affection your most Dutifull
J. Tkumbull, Jr.
Gov. Trumbull. .
Noi e. The fore ;oing letter is followed by one to Gov. Trumbull from Col. Moses
Robinson, dated iU-m.in.'.tou, 8th July, 1777, which contains no additional informa-
tion.—Ed.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. G23
Letter from Officers at Bennington — sent by Express to com-
manding officers of Militia frc.
(Extract) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 191.]
Bennington, July 8th, 1777.
'' On Monday about 8 o'clock in the morning a large body of the
Enemy came up with the rear of our army, when ensued a smart en-
gagement. A very heavy fire was kept up for about half an hour
when our Rear was obliged to retreat: The [British] army is advanc-
ing into the Country, killing & Robbing the Inhabitants & driving off
their Cattle to their own use; our whole army is in a very broken sit-
uation; being divided, some part is gone to Fort Ann, the other part
is now on or near Hampshire Grants; it is proposed to make a stand at
Poltet about forty miles north of this place; unless the Enemy be soon
stop'd & repuls'd the whole Country will fall into their hands, which
will prove the ruin of the whole Country, as we have large stores de-
posited in this place which we shall of necessity be obliged to leave to
the Enemy & retreat down into the New England States, which will
soon reduce the country to Cleanness of Tealh: We therefore earnestly
request of all Friends- to their country immediately to march to the
Assistance of the Inhabitants of the Northern Department without
the least delay.
" Just recd by Express from Head Quarters at Pottet requesting the
Militia to March to their assistance with all possible speed — with ten
or twelve days provisions & as many Kettles for cooking as possible;
also to bring a number of axes, spades and other intrenching Tools as
you shall think proper."
We are Gent" your friends & servants
Moses Robinson, Col.
John Fay, Nath1 Brush, Lt. Col.
Chairman Joseph Farnsworth, D>\ Com?.
Elijah Heavy, Capt.
To the Commands officers of Militia & Committees of Safety in the
States of Massachusetts Bay & Connecticut.
N. 13. All Comtecs of Safety are desired to furnish the bearer with
fresh horses.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 195.]
A Letter from General Artemas Ward, dated July 11th 1777, saying
"That on the 2d Inst, we ordered the Militia of the Counties of Hamp-
shire & Berkshire to the reinforcement of Ticonderoga,'' &c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 203.]
Letter from Officers of the Eleventh <f Twelfth New Hampshire
Regiments to the Committee of Safety.
Gentlemen — We are alarmed at the late sudden & unexpected Re-
treat of our Army from the Lake: And we look upon it that our Fron-
tier Towns are really in a dangerous & critical situation. We are in-
624 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
tirely laid open to the sudden attack of our British & Savage enemy &
the more infernal race of Enemy amongst ourselves, who are secretly &
unweariedly plotting our Destruction, as by a letter inclosed you may
be more satisfactorily informed. (Said Letter was picked up in the
Street at Claremont a few days since.) And many other recent cir-
cumstances corroborating the same. Our men have been so drained off
by the late Recruits, that we are not in any tolerable posture of Defence.
Neither have we Fire- Arms or Ammunition to supply what men we
have left. If we should be attacked in our present situation, it is im-
possible for us to stand our ground. A Retreat would be inevitable,
which would be productive of consequences, not only destructive to
ourselves but pernicious to the Public.
We would therefore humbly suggest whether it would not be neces-
sary to have a magazine of Fire-arms & ammunition, more especially
of ammunition fixed in some part of this County, where it might be
safely deposited perhaps Plymouth might be as suitable as any place.
However, we would submit all to your serious Consideration, to
grant us such aid & assistance as you shall judge most expedient for
our own & the public safety.
We are Gen1 with much respect your most humble servants
David Hobaut 1 Officers Israel Morey 1 Officers of
David Webster > of the Charles Johxston !,, t m,
Alexander Craig > Elevth Regt. Jon" Child f tne lweutn
Joxa Hale, J Regiment
Orford, July 10th 1777.
Orders to Thomas Gilman, Captain of the Guard at the Goal
at Exeter.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 207.]
State of New Hampshire.
Exeter, July 12, 1777.
Mr. Thos Gilman — Sir, You being appointed to superintend the
Guard sett at the Goal in this town to prevent any Rescue or Escape
of any Prisoners there: Therefore you are hereby Ordered to keep
eight men by night and four men by Day constantly with arms & am-
munition to be regularly relieved at six o'clock morning and evening,
and the Guard stationed at the Doors and such other convenient places
as is necessary for the safe keeping of the Prisoners there; and you
are not to suffer any person to Enter the Prison house by night with-
out first enquiring his, her, or their Business, (Except they belong to
the family that dwells there) and if they do not give a satisfactory an-
swer, you are to prevent their going into said house without leave of
ye gailor; and to suffer no person to speak to any of the Prisoners, at
any time, without leave from the Prisoners Prison-keeper; and if any
of the Prisoners or any person for them should attempt an Escape of
any prisoner by Day you are to alarm the neighborhood, and if by
night any such attempt shouYl be made, you are to discharge your peice
at him or them, and take every other method to prevent the game.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 625
Letter from Maj. Stephen Pcabody, relating to the battle at
Castleton.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 209.]
May it Please your Honors —
Having returned from Otter Creek with the Company of militia
under my command, I therefore beg leave to lay before your Hon™ the
true state of affairs relative to the battle at Castleton, the army, and
our Militia who turned out to reinforce our army, as near as I eould
collect them. The Enemy overtook the rear of our Army at Castleton;
a bloody Battle ensued with the loss of a considerable large number of
men on our side, — the number unknown — Colonel Hale & Col0 Cilley's
Regiments from this State have suffered much. Col0 Hale, Capt8 Nor-
ris, Morril & House, and many more officers are among the slain; Major
Titcomb and a number of other officers wounded.
The army are retreated to Bennington, where a stand is to be made.
The Militia from this State who went forward to Ticonderoga are all
returned to No. 4, where we met many more of our friends, the militia;
our officers of the militia (after seeing the copy of the Gen1'3 Express
to forward the militia to Bennington) met in a body to consult what
they would do with respect to going to Bennington, there to juyn the
army and make a stand against the enemy; — but finally concluded to
return home and wait orders from our Court; True it is, there is not
one Company of Militia from this State now gone forward to joyn the
Continental army. Colonel Bellows was returned home on account of
his father's Indisposition, that he nor any of his officers were in the
consultation.
Gentlemen, I am, with respect, your humble serv1,
Stephen Peabody.
Amherst, July 13th.
Letter from Col. Benjamin Bellows, to the Committee of Safe-
ty, relating to the Same affair.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 211.]
Walpole, July 13th, 1777.
Gentlemen — You no doubt have heard of the disaster we have met
with at the westward; so shall not undertake to give you the Particu-
lars, but to sum it up in short; we have lost all our Stores and Bag-
gage, with some of our men, the number I am not able to ascertain. I
shall represent to you something of the distress'd situation of our
Frontiers, Especially of persons who are easily intimidated, as well as
women & children, — and it is my humble opinion if some resolutions
are not adopted and speedily and vigorously carried into Execution
the People's hearts will fail and conclude it is a gone case; and this
part of the country I fear will be deserted and left without any body
to receive Hay or Grain &c. I submit to Superior Wisdom as to the
best manner to prevent those evils we dread, and hope the most stren-
uous efforts will be made by Government at this most critical time;
and as the Inhabitants on the other side of the River in New York
state would try to keep their ground, if they could in some measure be
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626 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
supported, if we could lend them any assistance it would answer as
good a Purpose as tho' done to ourselves, as there must be a Frontier:
the People on Otter Creek have many of them moved off already.
Should think it best to keep out the Frontier in New York state if pos-
sible. By the best information 1 can get there is not short of six or
seven hundred men above this place on York side of the River that
are destitute of firearms; if there could be any way found out to sup-
ply them it would answer a good purpose. I must further inform you
that when we retreated from Ticonderoga that many of the Continent-
al Troops instead of following the army steared for their Homes.
I am, Gentlemau, your very humbl Serv1,
Benj". Bellows.
To the Honbl Comtec of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. pp. 213-216.]
A Letter from Hon. John Hancock, inclosing a Resolve of the Con-
tinental Congress, July 12th, 1777, strongly recommending "•The East-
ern States to send such re-inforcements of Militia for the army under
Gen1 Washington, or Gen1 Schuyler. .. .shall from time to time be
requested."
Letter from Col. Timothy Walker, relating to persons returning
from the army without a Pass.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 217.]
Concord, July 14th, 1777.
Sir — Since the evacuation of our Fourt at Tyconderoga, there has
been a number of Continental Soldiers passed through this Town to
their respective Homes. Col. Hutchins this day took up five persons
and bro't them before me, who had no pass from their officers. The
men appear willing to return to Camp; and I desired Col0 Hutchins to
apply to the Committee of Safety for their direction in said affair. I
believe, if proper places were appointed for rendezvous in different
parts of this State a considerable number of soldiers might be collected
to reinforce our army.
I remain, with respect, your most obed' & very Humbl serv',
Tim0 Walker.
The Honbl Meshech Weare.
Letter from Col. Enoch Hale, relating to the Goal at Charles-
town, §c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 219.]
Keene, June ye 14th 1777.
Honbl Meshech Weare —
Worthy Sir — I take this opportunity to inform the Honourable Com-
mittee of Safety, that I have not been fully able to obey their orders
with regard to the Prisoners at Charlestown, although I used the ut-
most of my Endeavors. The grate surprise the People had at Charles-
town respecting the News from Ticonderogo made it impossible for me
at that time to procure a suitable person for a Goal keeper, and the Goal
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 627
holly deficient and not fit to hold .any person without a gard, and the
gard being dismist, under these circumstances I ventured to take Bonds
with two Suretys in five hundred Pounds each for their abiding the
limits of the Goal, excepting Ahner Sanger which being very poor and
ofalomake could not possably obtain Suretys, in winch case by ad-
vice Colonel Hunt of Charlestown took him under his care on his own
farm, Sanger promising obedience, for all which I pray for your Honor's
most favourable approbation.
Gentlemen, I would just mention that Simeon Baxter & But-
ler slipt the Gard the evening of the Eleventh instant, being the day the
Justices arrived there before there was opportunity to settle matters
agreeable to your orders.
With submission I would further add, with respect to our affairs at
the AVestward, I have been informed of a requisition to your Honors
for a Number of Troops more to be raised. If so I beg leave to mention
that the Militia in my regiment and others above, have been much fa-
tigued by the alarms, and with grate Bravery turned out to the amount
of one-half that was able for duty, within two months; and at the same.
time the Militia in the Massachusetts State in towns adjoining to us
rested quiet in their fields, which our men are unwilling to believe is
equal, although they remain firm in the cause and dont think the loss
of a little spot of ground is to determin the fate of America.
I am, Gentlemen, your Honrs most obedt
Humbl serv4
Enoch Hale.
Superscribed — " To the Hon. Meshech Weare
Chairman of the Honorable Committee of
Safety at Exeter, New Hampshire."
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 221.]
Letter from the Com. of Safety, N. H., July 14, 1777, to the Council
of the Massa Bay, asking advise as to "spirited measures which should
immediately be taken" in reference to the advance of the British
army, &c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 223.]
Letter from Lt. Col. Elisha Payne, dated Lebanon, July 10, 1777,
to Major General Folsom at Exeter, requesting a supply of "two hun-
dred stands of arms," &c, for the use of his Regiment, to be delivered
to Capt. Aaron Storrs.
Private Letter from (the late) Gov. John Wenttvorth to his
father, in Portsmouth, relating to the children of his sister,
Mrs. Fisher.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 225.]
(Copy.) Flatbush, near New York, 15th July, 1777.
Dear Sir. — I herewith inclose you copy of a letter lately received
from Mr. Fisher, and earnestly recommend my dear sister Fisher
exactly to accede thereto, as it is of great importance to the education
628 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
of their two sons, more especially. I cannot suppose there can objec-
tion or oppositiou be made to their children being sent thro' the Coun-
try; I therefore suggest that they should be sent to Providence by
some sober, careful discreet man; from thence they may easily pass by
a Flagg of Truce to Newport, where Mr. McDonough will be to take
charge of and bring them safe to me, or in case of my absence to Mr.
Brin ley at New York, who Mr. Fisher desired and has promised me his
best attentions. It will be prudent before they are sent, to secure their
reception at and passport from Providence, of which, and the time they
may be expected, I wish to be previously notified, by the first & most
public conveyance. My sister and our respected Parents may rest
fully satisfied that I will take effectual care for their ample accommoda-
tion and safe passage to England, and will send a discreet person with
them, unless the person pointed out by Mr. Fisher, or some other pre-
fer'd by you, is permitted to attend them. If 3rou find it more conven-
ient, and shall send them to the lines at Kings-bridge near New York,
proper means will be there ready for them.
Mr. Fisher was in perfect health 5th May, also Mr. D. Rindge. Mr.
Parry gave me great pleasure in assuring me you were all well 22d May.
I most sincerely wish you every good and that you may be assured I
am with the most respectful and affectionate gratitude & attachment,
my dear Sir,
Your dutiful Son,
J° Went worth.
Mrs. Wentworth and our son were well 5th May. Capt. Bellows is
in good health; he wishes it may be known to his wife, and that her
son Mark is perfectly well. He is a promising fine youth indeed. The
Gentlemen with me are all well.
Copy of a Letter from Mr. Fisher to Gov. John Wentivorth, §c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 223.]
(Extract.) London, April 2d 1777.
" I have determined on getting my two boys hither if possible as ear-
ly as can be effected. My Brothers earnestness to have them here and
my own intolerable anxiety on account of their education, has made me
resolve at all events on this measure.
But as it is impossible for me here to foresee the difficulties which
may arise, or to direct Mrs. Fisher in what manner or in what place it
will be most eligible to send them, I must rely on you, if in your power,
to point it out to her, and at the same time to take all the necessary
steps for procuring them a passage in a safe ship with a careful master.
It would be proper a trusty person should be sent with them, and wish
my old faithful servant Michael Field, if he can be prevailed on, to come.
I should imagine by way of Rhode Island would be most eligible both in
respect to distance & conveniency. Perhaps Mrs. Fisher may, if cir-
cumstances appear favourable, wish to send also my dear Girl Betsey;
if she does, care must be taken, as she has never had the small-pox, —
indeed that may be an objection to running the risque. I shall wish to
hear from you as soon after you receive this as you can, and you will
be so good as to remember to consign the Boys to Mr. Mayne's care,
and to direct the Master to acquaint him the moment of his arrival in
England; for I would by no means have them go to Ireland."
Signed, J. Fisher.
SPECIAL SESSION.
[p. 184.] In the House of Representatives, July 17th' 1777.
The house met according to a special summons from the
Honbl Committee of Safety, & after calling over Proceeded
to business &
Voted, That this House Resolve themselves into a Com-
mittee of the whole to join the Honbl board to confer togeth-
er upon the business most necessary to be imediately pro-
ceeded upon, at this Special Session of the General Assem-
bly. Sent up by J. Wentworth. Esq. [Concurred.]
P. M.
The Comtee of both Houses being met according to the
vote of the forenoon, The Hon. Meshech Weare Esq. in the
Chair, proceeded to conferr upon the business now most
Necessary to be done at this Present session, and after some
time spent thereon, the Committee agreed to Report :
That it is expedient that a Committee be appointed by this State to
meet Committees from the States of the Massachusetts Bay, Rhode
Island, Connecticut & New York, at the Town of Springfield in the
County of Hampshire, on the 30th day of July Instant then & there to
hold a conference respecting the State of the Paper Currency of the
sd Governments, of the expediency of calling in the same by Taxes or
otherwise, of the most Effectual, Expeditious & Equal method of do-
ing it; and to Consult upon the best means for preventing the Depre-
ciation & counterfeiting of the same, and also to consider what is proper
to be done with respect to the Acts lately made to Prevent monopoly
& oppression; and to confer upon the late Acts for preventing the
Transportation by land of certain articles from one State to another,
and to consider such other matters as particularly concern the imedia-
ate welfare of said States, and are not repugnant to or interfering with
the Powers & authorities of the Continental Congress, and to report
the result of their Conference to the General Court of this state as
soon as may be. The Committee also Report: That it is expedient
that the Committee of Safety of this State order such quantities of Pow-
der and other warlike Stores to such places in the western parts of this
State as they shall judge most proper for the benefit of the Inhabitants,
and to be deposited in such places &to be distributed in such manner as
the said Committee of Safety shall order.
630 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
And the Comtee not having finished their Conference de-
sired to have leave to meet again to morrow morning.
[p. 185.] Then the Committee Departed and the speaker pro
tempore, resumed the Chair and proceeded to business, and
Voted, To chuse a Committee of Nine of this House to
join a Comtee of the Honbl Board to Nominate Proper Per-
sons to this House for a Committee to go to Springfield in
the County of Hampshire to meet Committees from the
States of the Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
& New York on the 80th Inst, for the purposes mentioned
in the Report of the Committee of the whole house & Coun-
cil of this day ; and that Jn°. Dudley Esq. Col. Peabody,
Sam1 Gilman, Esq. J. Wentworth Esq. James Gibson Esq.
Col. Evens, Col. Webster, Simeon Dearborn Esq. Jona Love-
well Esq. be the Committee of this house for that purpose.
(1) Adjourned to 8 o'clock to morrow morning.
Friday, July 18th, 1777.
The Committee of the whole Council & house again met
according to the order of yesterday & reported
That it is necessary to send some proper person forthwith to Boston
to procure five Tons of lead & five thousand flints to be transjjorted to
Exeter as soon as possible, and that Major Gains be appointed for that
service, and to take orders & Instructions concerning the same from the
Committee of Safety.
The Committee also reported, That it is expedient that the Militia
of this State be divided into two Brigades, and that the Vote of the
20th of June last for Dividing the Militia into three Brigades be recon-
sidered & made Void. That the first Brigade contain the following
regiments viz. Whipple's, Evans', Moulton's, Gilman's, Bartlett's,
Thornton's, Webster's, Badger's & McClary's, to be commanded by
the Honble William Whipple, Esq, as Brigadier General : That the
second Brigade contain the following Regiments, viz. Nichols', Ashley's,
Moores', Stickney's, Hale's, Bellow's, Hobart's, Morey's, & Chase's,
to be commanded by the Honbl John Stark, Esqras Brigadier Generall:
That there be four Companys of Rangers raised within the said second
Brigade to consist of fifty men each company, officers included, to scout
on the Western & Northern frontiers of this State, to serve untill the
first day of January next if not sooner Discharged; That their wages
be Ten dollars per month; that they have one month's pay advanced;
that they be under the command of Brigadier Gen1 Stark, who shall
be amenable for his conduct to the Gen1 Court or to the Committee of
[p. 186.] Safety of this State ; That Brigr Gen1 Stark have the same
pay & rations as a Colonel in the Continental Service, during his actual
(1) See proceedings of the Massachusetts General Assembly relating to the same
matters in N. H. State Pap. Vol. VII. pp. 147-149.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 631
attendance on said service, until ye 1st of Jan? next, unless sooner dis-
charged from said service; That the other officers have the same pay
& Encouragement as those raised for the Defence of Rhode Island :
That in case the said John Stark Decline accepting the said service,
that then Col" Benjamin Bellows be appointed to the said office & com-
mand.
Then the Committee Dispersed & the Speaker resumed the
Chair and the Question was put whether the said Report be
accepted or not, & it past in the affirmative.
Adjourned to half past 2 o'clock :
P. M.
Voted, That this house resolve themselves into a Commit-
tee of the whole to join the Honbl Board to consider of the
Letter recd by Express from Ira Allen, Sec^ of the Council
of the New State of Vermont, and to report what is best to
be done thereon :
Letter from Ira Allen, Esq. Secy Spc.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 205.]
In Council of Safety, State of Vermont,
Manchester, 11th July, 1777.
Gentlemen —
The inclosed is a Copy of General St. Clair's Letter to the Convention
of this State, by which you will learn his request to the Militia of your
State: No further accounts have arrived since the date of the inclosed,
except that there are small scouting parties foraging in the Woods.
You will learn the Provision General Schuyler has made for the protec-
tion of this State, and you will naturally understand that when we
cease to be a frontier, your State must take it — Would beg your advice
and assistance for the good of the whole,
And have the honor to be, Gentlemen, with respect, your most obed'
& very Humb Serv1
By order of the Council,
Ira Allen, Sec?.
N. B. News has this moment come to hand that General How with
his Army have got up the North River as far as Tappan near the High-
lands and that the Inhabitants are moving out of Albany. We hear
General Washington is with his army in high spirits watching the mo-
tions of the Enemy.
I. Allen.
The Honbl the Council of Safety, New Hampshire State.
Cojyy of a Letter from General St. Clair to the Convention of
Vermont.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 197.]
Colonall Marshes, (1) July 9th 1777.
Sir — I have just now received a letter from General Schuyler direct-
) Supposed to mean Col. Marsh of Vermont. — Ed.
632 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
ing that Colonell Warner's Regiment with the Militia of your State
should be kept for the protection of the People, and I have by this Con-
veyance wrote to the Colonell to acquaint him thereof. The General
also desires that all the Cattle may be drove further down than where
it may be thought proper that Col° Warner take Post, and that all the
carriages which may be use to the Enemy be brought off or destroyed:
he also desires that all the cattle in condition for killing may be sent on
by a safe Route to Fort Edward where he now is with some Continen-
tal Troops and Militia, a large Reinforcement from Peak's-kill are on
their march from Albany to join him, and if I can be supplied with Pro-
vision at Manchester I shall also join him with the utmost expedition,
where we shall have force sufficient to check the Progress of the Enemy.
Your Convention have given such proofs of their readiness to concur in
any measures for the public safety that it would be impertinent to press
them now. I will only repeat the Request I made before that the Mili-
tia from the Eastward marching by Number Four may be directed to take
the shortest Route to join the army.
(On Public service) I am, Sir, your very hum1 serv4
A. T. Clary(I).
Previous to the receipt of your Letter of the 6th inst. I had directed
the Militia of your State that were with me to remain at Rutland for
the protection of the People until your Convention should direct other-
wise, and am pleased to find myself in sentiment with them and with
General Schuyler. The Militia that can be raised in your County will,
I think, keep the People in security, for in my opinion, they have little
to fear, except the Depredations of a few Indians. Fort Ann was at-
tacked the day before Yesterday, and the Enemy repulsed with consid-
erable loss.
(True Copy — )
Examined by Ira Allen, Sec^
Indorsed — " Copy of a Letter from
Gen1 St. Clair, to the Convention of
Vermont"
Letter from Ira Allen, Esq. to the Committee of Safety in New
Hampshire, urging immediate assistance.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 231.]
Manchester, 15th July, 1777.
In Couucil of Safety, State of Vermont.
Gentlemen —
This State in particular seems to be at present the object of De-
struction. By the surrender of the Fortress Ticonderoga a communi-
cation is opened to the defenceless inhabitants on the frontier, who,
having little more in present store than sufficient for the maintenance
of their respective Families, and not ability immediately to remove
their effects, are therefore induced to accept such Protections as are
offered them by the Enemy; By this means those Towns who are most
contiguous to them are under necessity of taking such Protection by
(1) This name is undoubtedly mis-spelt by the copyist. It should be A. St. Clair.— Ed
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. C33
which the next Town or Towns become equally a Frontier as tlie
former Towns before such Protection ; — and unless we can obtain the
assistance of our friends so as to put it immediately in our power to
make a sufficient stand against such strength as they may send, it ap-
pears that it will soon be out of the Tower of this State to maintain a
frontier. This country notwithstanding its infancy seems as well
supplied [with] provisions for victualling an army as any country on
the Continent, so that on that account, we cannot see why a stand may
not as well be made in this State as in the State of New Hampshire;
and more especially as the inhabitants are heartily disposed to Defend
their Liberties. You, Gentlemen, will be at once sensible that every
such Town as accept protection, are rendered at that instant forever
incapable of affording us any further assistance, and what is infinitely
worse, as some diseffected Persons eternally lurk in almost every
Town, such become double fortified to injure their country ; our good
dispositions to defend ourselves and make a frontier for your State
with our own cannot be carried into execution without your assistance;
should you send immediate assistance we can help you, and should you
neglect till we are put to the necessity of taking protection, you readily
know it is in a moment out of our power to assist you: your laying
these circumstances together, will I hope induce your Honours to take
the same into consideration and immediately send us your determina-
tion in the Premises.
I have the satisfaction to be your Honours
most obed1 and very Humbl serv1
By order of Council — Iua Allen, Sec^.
The Honbl the Council of Safety
State of New Hampshire.
P. S. By Express this moment arrived, we learn that between 3 & 6
Thousand of the Enemy are fortifying at the Town of Castleton — our
case calls loud for immediate assistance. I. Allen.
(On Public Service.)
Letter from Ira Allen, Esq. of Vermont, relating to hastening
on Troops. £c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 229.]
In Council of Safety, State of Vermont.
Manchester, 15th July, 1777.
To all Militia Officers whom it may concern : —
This is the second and perhaps the
last Express we may be able to send you from this post. Your imme-
diate assistance is absolutely necessary; a few hundred militia troops
to be joined to our present strength would greatly add to our present
encouragement; as, by very late information we learn that a large
scout of the enemy are disposed to take a Tour to this Post, the inhab-
itants with their Families cannot be quieted without an assurance of the
arrival of Troops directly for their assistance; you will please to let us
know your determination without delay.
The Continental Store at Bennington seems to be their present aim.
You will be supplyed with provision here on your arrival — Pray send
634 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
all the Troops you can possibly raise. We can repulse them if we have
assistance.
I have the the honor to be your most obedt
IIumb serv1 By order of Council
Ira Allen, Sec^.
Letter from the New Hampshire Committee of Safety to the
Massachusetts Committee.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 235.]
In Committee of Safety, July 16th, 1777.
Sir — The accounts we are continually receiving make it more than
probable that our Northern army have suffered very much on their
retreat, and those who escaped are much scattered. We have sent offi-
cers to No. 4, to stop all the soldiers on their way home as well of the
other States as our own, and we understand a considerable number is
collected there.
We have no letter from the army & know not the rout they have
taken & are greatly at a loss what measures are necessary to be taken
at this Important crisis, and desire a communication of your sentiments
on the subject. Our General Assembly will meet tomorrow, and we
are sure will readily coincide with our sister States in adopting the
most spirited exertions to retrieve the losses and save our Country
from the threaten'd Destruction.
P. S. The Inhabitants of our Frontier Towns on Connecticut River
are sending their Committees in the most pathetic manner, begging to
be supplied with fire-arms, as half of them (they say) are destitute,
and other parts of the State not much better stocked. We must again
repeat our solicitations in the most urgent manner to our sister State
to sell us some of the large Quantities of Guns they have lately Im-
ported, or a considerable part of our Militia must remain unwilling
spectators of the War, in which they would gladly assist their country.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 237.]
A Letter from the Massa Committee in answer to the foregoing,
saying, "We are sorry 'tis not in our power to supply you with the
arms you request. We have furnish'd you by Col° Folsom with five
Tons of Lead & five thousand Flints."
The Committee of both Houses being met according to the
above Vote, the Honbl Meshech Weare Esq1" in the Chair pro-
ceeded to consider of the above mentioned letter, and after
Debate & consideration thereon agreed to Report:
That one quarter part of the Militia of the Second Brigade in this
State & of Col. Thornton's, Col° Webster's & Col0 Badger's regiments
in the first Brigade in this State (not already in the service of this
State & of the United States) be forthwith Drafted for the service of
this State to march Imediately for the Defence of this State & the
Neighbouring States, to prevent the Encroachment & ravages of the
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 635
Enemy thereinto & to continue in that service for the space of two
months, if not sooner discharged. The officers to have the same wages
& rations as those raised for the Defence of Rhode Island, and the sol-
diers to be paid Four pounds per month wages, one months pay to be
advanced. That Mr. Samuel Trott Imediately repair to Col. Hunt at
Charlestown with orders from the Comtee of Safety for him to provide
what stores of Provision he can for the service of this State:
Whereupon the Committee was Dissolved k the Speaker
resumed the Chair and the Report of the said Committee
being read & considered
Voted, That the same be received and accepted,
[p. 187.] Voted, That the Militia of this State be divided
into two Brigades, and that the Vote of the 20th June last for
Dividing the Militia into three Brigades be & hereby is recon-
sidered & made void That the first of the said Two Brigades
contain the following regiments, viz. Whipple's, Evens', Moul-
ton's, Gilman's, Bartlett's, Thornton's, Webster's, Badgers
and McClary's, and that the HonbIe William Whipple Esq.
command the said first Brigade as Brigadier General : That
the Second Brigade contain the following Regiments, viz.
Nichols's, Ashley's, Moore's, Stickney's, Hale's, Bellow's,
Hobart's, Morey's, & Chase's, and that the Honbl John Stark
Esq. command the said second Brigade as Brigadier General,
and that the said Brigadier Generals be always amenable for
their conduct to the General Court or Committee of Safety
for the time being. [Concurred.]
Voted, That one Quarter part of the Militia in the Second
Brigade in this State and of Col0 Thornton's, Col. Webster's
& Col. Badger's regiments in the first Brigade in this State
(not already in the service of this State or of the United
States,) be forthwith Draughted for the service of this State
to march Imediately for the defence of this and the Neigh-
bouring States to prevent the Encroachments & ravages of the
Enemy thereinto : That they continue in the said service for
the space of Two months unless sooner Discharged : the Com-
missioned officers to have the same wages & rations as those
raised for the Defence of Rhode Island, the Non-Commis-
sioned officers & soldiers to be paid four pounds per month
wages, one month's pay to be advanced on their passing mus-
ter.
Voted, That Mr. Samuel Trott be appointed to repair to
Col0 Samuel Hunt at Charlestown with orders from the Comtee
of Safety to him to Provide and Store what Provisions & other
Stores he can procure for the service of this State. [Con-
curred.]
636 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Voted, That Col. Samuel Hunt of Charlestown have & re-
ceive out of the Treasury for the purpose of Purchasing Pro-
visions & Stores for the use of this State, the sum of one
thousand pounds to be by him accounted for, and that the
President give order for the same to be paid to Mr. Samuel
Trott. [Concurred.]
[p. 188.] The Committee of both Houses appointed to Nom-
inate proper persons for a Comtee to go to Springfield in the
County of Hampshire to meet Committees from the States of
the Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut & New
York on the 30th Inst, for the purposes mentioned in the re-
port of the Comtee of the whole House & Council of yesterday
made Report :
That they Nominate Col. Josiah Bartlett, and Col. Nathaniel Pea-
body as suitable Persons for that serrice: —
Which Report being read and Considered, Voted that the
same be recd & accepted.
Voted, That the officers <fc soldiers now to be raised for
the Defence of this & the Neighboring States be paid three
pence per mile for Travel from their respective homes to
Charlestown & that the same be paid them when they pass
muster.
Saturday, July 19th, 1777.
[p. 189.] Voted, to chuse a Committee of three of tliis
house to join such as the Honbl Board shall appoint to con-
sider of a Proper day to be appointed for a day of General
Fasting, Humiliation & Prayer to be observed throughout
this State and to Form a Proclamation for that End & Re-
port the same to this House as soon as may be, and that
Deacon Dearborn, Deacon Daken, & Deacon Knowlcs be the
Comtee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr.
We j it worth added.]
The Petition of Joshua Atherton, Stephen Holland, Jona
Gove, Leonard Whiting, William Vance, Rich'1 Cutts Shan-
non, Robert Fulton, jun1', John Moloney & Jeremiah Clough,
junr, of this day was read, and sent up to the Board by Col.
Pcabody.(l)
[On report of the Committee of both houses, upon the
subject of wages to officers, non-commissioned officers &
soldiers :]
(1) This petition has not been found.— Ed.
1777. J JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 637
Voted, That the officers receive the same wages & rations
as is paid in the Continental army, and the non-commis-
sioned officers the usual overplus, and that the privates re-
ceive four pounds ten shillings pr month; and that each
Colonel be supply'd with money to pay one months advance
wages.
Voted, That Nathaniel Peahody Esq1' he and hereby is ap-
pointed Adjutant General for this State.
Voted, That Major Stephen Peabody be and hereby is,
appointed Brigade Major of the Second Brigade of the Mili-
tia in this State. [Both concurred.]
Voted, To chuse a Comtee to join such as the Honbl board
shall appoint to consider of and Report to this house some
method for taking Fire-arms from such persons within this
State as refuse to take up arms against the Enemies of the
American States, for the use of this State, and that Mr.
Knowles, Mr. Sias, & Col. Monlton be the Comtee of this
house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Wentworth & Mr.
Patten added.]
[p. 190.] Voted, That the President be desired to Draw
orders on the Treasurer for the amount of seven thousand
pounds to be distributed by him to the several Colonel is of
the Regiments now ordered to draught men in their respect-
ive Regiments for the defence of this & the Nei'bouring
States, in such proportion as their respective Quotas of men
to be Draughted amount to, to be by the said several Colonels
respectively accounted for, to pay the months advance wages
voted said men. [Concurred.]
In Council, July 19th, 1777.
Tiie following orders were drawn on the Treasurer for the suras re-
spectively set against the names:
To Lieut. Col. Gordon Hutchins, for Col0 Stickney £1023.
i; for Col° David Hobart 268
To Mattw Patten, Esq. for Col° Daniel Moore, 802
To Lt. Col. Ebenr Smith, for Col° Badger— 569
To Samuel Trott for Col0 Bellows 478
" " for Col0 Israel Morey.... 246
" for Col0 Jona Chase 348
To Col0 John Webster, for 431
To Col0 Moses Nichols, for 887
To Col0 Samuel Ashley, for 765
To Col0 Enoch Hale— for 679
To Col0 Moses Nichols for Col0 Thornton 504
[Upon report and recommendation of a Committee]
638 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Voted, That Thursday the seventh day of August uext be
appointed to be observed as a day of Publick Fasting, Hu-
miliation & prayer, throughout this State, and that the Com-
mittee of Safety be desired to get Proclamations Printed &
Dispersed accordingly. [Concurred.]
The Committee to report on some method for taking fire-
arms from such persons within this State as refuse to take
up arms against the Enemies of the American States, for
the use of this State, reported as their opinion :
That the Colonels of the several regiments be Impowered to take or
cause to be be taken the fire-arms from the several persons referr'd to,
having the same appraised by two indifferent persons, and if not re-
turned to the owner or owners, or spoiled, to be paid for by the State.
Signed J. Wentworth, chairman.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted that the
same be received & accepted. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Brigadier General Stark have & receive the
same pay & rations as other Brigadier Generals have in the
service of the United States during his continuance in actual
service. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col° Benja Bellows have & receive £200, Col. Ashley,
£150. Col. Enoch Hale £100, each to be accounted for, &c :
[p. 191.] That Mr. John Casey be appointed Clerk to Gen1 Stark, and
that he be paid the same wages as a Lieutenant in the Continental ar-
my during his continuance in the service:
That Samuel Dutch receive 12s. in full for services as door keeper
&c.
That the members of the Council & House of Representatives be
paid for their attendance at the present sessions, in the same manner,
as at the last Session: That Hon1'1 Ebenr Thompson, Sec*", be paid 6s.
pr. day for his services in the Committee of Safety; also (3s. pr day the
present sessions, over & above his pay as a councillor, That Noah Em-
ery, Clerk, receive 12s pr day, during this sessions; & Mr. John Smith,
assist, clerk, 3s per day over his pay, as a member.
State of New Hampshire:
Whereas in and by an Act Intituled An Act in addition to
an Act Intituled " an Act for Forming & regulating the Militia within
the State of New Hampshire in New England, and for repealing all
the Laws heretofore made for that purpose," It is provided That the
Field officers of the respective regiments in this State, or the major
part of them (on receiving orders from the Major General) shall Issue
Warrants to the several Captains of the several Companies therein,
to call the Same with the Alarm List together, in order to draft men
for the purposes therein mentioned: Which provision alone has been
found ineffectual to answer the Purposes in & by said Act intended:
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 639
[p. 192.] Be it therefore Resolved, That when & so often as it shall hap-
pen that there be an imediate Call for a number of soldiers to serve
in the war between Great Britain and the United States of America,
and a sufficient number not i mediately appearing by voluntary Enlist-
ment for that Purpose, — It shall and may be Lawful for the next com-
manding Officer (in the absence of the Major General) as well as for
tin' President of the Council, or the Chairman of the Committee of Safe-
ty for the time being, of this State to Issue Warrants to any or either
of the Field Officers of the several Regiments aforesaid, who are here-
by fully authorized to proceed & Draft their respective Quotas of men
in the same manner as in & by the aforementioned Act is directed.
[Concurred.]
The House having finished the necessary Business of this
Special Session, Adjourned to the third Wednesday (being
the seventeenth day) of September next at three of the
Clock in the afternoon, then to meet at the State House in
Portsmouth.
God Save the United States of America.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence relating to public affairs &c. between
the Special Session, July 19. and the meeting of the
General Assembly, September 17th, 1777.
Letter to Gen. Stark, relating to the retreat, engagement and
distresses of the army, Sfc.
(Extract.) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 241.]
Moses Creek, July 17th, 1777.
Dear Colonel —
" Our situation puts me in mind of what I have heard you often say
of Ticonderoga. Such a Retreat was never heard of since the Crea-
tion of the world. I was ordered about five of the Clock in the after-
noon to draw forty eight Rounds pr man: afterwards, nine days
allowance of provision which I compleated about 2 of the clock in the
morning, and about the time I got home the Tents were struck, and
all was ordered to retreat; but it was day light before we got below
your old house; such order surprised both officers & soldiers; then they
wished for General Sullivan to the Northern army again; they left all
the Continental cloathing there; in short every article that belonged
to the army; which if properly conducted might be easily saved.
Surely we were fifty thousand times better off than General Sullivan
was in Canada last year; our men was in high spirits, and determined
to a man to stick by the lines till they lost their lives, rather than quit
so advantageous a Post; Drove us a long two or three & thirty miles
that day, till the Rear Guard got to Bowman's Camp; the men being
so fatigued were obliged to stay, and were attacked in the morning by
the Regulars, who travell'd all Night, and just got up by the time we
were beginning to march in a disorderly manner; our men being in
confusion, and made no great of a Battle. But some behaved & some
did not, Col" Reed acted Ins part very well. Col0 Hale they said did
not. Col0 Hale is either kill'd or taken. Little Dwyer behaved like a
lusty fellow & died in the Bed of Honour ; as nearly as I could con-
jecture, we had odds of a thousand that attacked them; our main body
was within six miles of us, the Indians took & killed a vast number of
our men on their Retreats; then was hurried at an unmerciful rate
thro' the woods at the rate of thirty-five miles a day, oblidg'd to kill
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 641
oxen belonging to the Inhabitants wherever we got them ; before they
were half skinned every soldier was oblidged to take a bit & half Roast
it over the fire, then before half done was oblidged to March, — it is
thought we went 100 miles for fear of seeing a Regular (I mean out of
the way) there never was a field officer consulted, whether we should
retreat or not, which makes them very uneasy; so that the blame of
our Retreat must fall on our Commanders; never was soldiers in such a
condition without cloaths, victuals or drink & constantly wet. Calcb(l)
and I are just as our mothers bore us without the second shirt, the
second pair of shoes, stockings or coats, — but, however its all in the
Continental). Caleb does vastly better than he ever did with you.
Col0 Cilley is very fond of us. Indeed, I suppose we are pretty diligent
for the most part. Give my compliments to Peggy, Arch & Jenny &
Martha." I am Respects — Yours &c.
N. B. The officers lost all their Baggage, writings & all. The Rear
Guard were mostly Invalids, and our Gen1 took away the main Body,
and even refused to send assistance when the Cols, begged him to do it.
Indorsed — "Letter from Cogan to Gen1 John Stark," &c.
Letter from Col. Seth Warner to JYeiv Hampshire Committee
of Safety.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 245.]
Manchester, July 18th, 1777.
Gentle" —
You have, inclos'd, General Schuyler's Orders for raising the Mili-
tia of your State to join me in Defence of the Country, which I believe,
if you knew the necessity we stand in of help and that soon, it would
be a means to forward you on. There is an Army or Body of the En-
emy to the amount of three Thousand at Castleton, many of the Peo-
ple have fled and left all in the Enemys hands and continually on the
move, and unless we can have help to make a stand against the Ene-
my, I know not where the End will be. Some have took Protection
from them already, and should they march down with any considerable
Body (which according to the best Intelligence we can get they are
now about to do) many more stand ready to take it likewise. I there-
fore earnestly Request of your Honours to, without fail, speedily to
send on the Militia of your State agreeable to Gen. Schuyler's Orders.
The confusion, Distress and Trouble of our country in this District
presses me to urge the matter. We have this minute Receiv'd news
that the Enemy are about marching this wray down the country.
1 am, Gentn, your Honours Humb1 serv4.
Seth Warner, Col0.
To the Honw the Council of the
State of New Hampshire, & the
Field officers in sd State.
(1) Caleb was the eldest son of Gen. John Stark. — Ed.
(2) This word is mutilated.— Ed.
40
642 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Orders to draft men.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 247.]
Exeter, July 18th 1777.
Sir — In pursuance of a Vote of the Council & Assembly of this day's
date you are forthwith to cause one fourth part of the Militia under
your command to be drafted for two months in order to prevent the
further encroachments of the Enemy.
For their encouragement in this time of general alarm, the Gen1
Court have Voted, that each Captain shall receive eight pounds, each
Lieut. £5: 10s, each Ensign £4, Sargeants, corporals & privates each
4 D. per month, & each non-commissioned officer & private is to have
a month's pay advanced which will be sent to each Colonel to be paid
them on their being ready to march. It is supposed that the Number
drafted will compose three Regiments to be commanded by 4 Field offi-
cers, viz. a Colonel Lieut. Col. & 2 Majors & its expected you'll agree
among yourselves upon the persons, whose pay & rations will be the
same with that the Field officers recd in the Continental service the last
year. The whole to be commanded by Brig. Gen1 Stark, — each man is
to receive M per mile from his home to Charlestown where he will re-
ceive provisions.
Indorsed — " Copy of orders to several
Regt3 to Draft men, July 22d 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 151.]
Letter from Col. Seth Warner, dated Manchester, July 20th 1777, to the
General officers of the Militia in the Counties of Hampshire & "Wor-
cester in Mass. urging immediate help.
Letters giving warning of the advance of the British troops.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 249.]
From Joel Mattheivs to Gen1 Bailey.
Sir — I have this moment recd intelligence from Otter Creek of the
motion of the Enemy, viz. That yesterday they were at Rutland, and
this day they Avere to be at White's nine miles this side with an intent
to march to No. 4. also another Detachment to inarch to Cohos. This
intelligence comes by way of Windsor to me. I have ordered to raise
the Militia in these parts. AVe have sent to Col0 Marsh, who likely will
also send to you. I still wait your orders, tho' I shall march what men
I can raise to oppose the Enemy.
In haste, I am, Sir, your Hum1 serv*
Joel Matthews.
Gen1 Baylev,
Hartford, July 19th 1777.
Letter from Beza Woodtvard, Esq.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 239.]
To the Committees, Military officers and good People in the State of
New Hampshire:
Post call'd on me this moment with the Letter of which the above
[from Mr. Matthews] is a copy. As you regard the safety of this
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 643
Frontier, for God's sake, pray come forward without delay. The
bearer Messrs Wood and Longfellow are sent Express for that purpose.
Please forward them with despatch.
Bkz. "Woodward, Clk,
Comtcc of Safety, for Hanover.
Hanover, midnight
Saturday night, July 19th, 1777.
Assembly at Exeter are earnestly requested to send for\vd arms &
ammunition for People in this Country, as well as men. Capt. Storrs
return' d home this day. Beza Woodward, Clk.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 253.]
Letter to the N. H. Committee of Safety, from Maj. Francis Smith,
of Col. Chase's Reg1, dated Lebanon July 20th 1777, imploring imme-
diate assistance in arms and ammunition, &c. Col. Chase is very ill at
present. Lieut. Jonathan Freeman of Hanover, is agent to go to the
General Assembly at Exeter, to make representation of their case.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 255.]
Letter from George King Esq. of Portsmouth, July 21st, 1777, saying
that no salt can be procured in Portsmouth, nor any Continental
powder.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 257.]
"Gen. Heath presents his compliments to the Honbl Mr. Cushing &
acquaints him that Mr. Brewer one of the conductors who attended
the Brass Cannon to Fish-Kill is just arrived in Town from that place,
which he left on Wednesday last. He informs that he himself assisted
in Patting ten pieces of Cannon on Board a Sloop for Albany ; that
General Sullivan was opposite to Fish-Kill with his Division waiting
for vessels in order to proceed to Albany; That General Washington
was to be at Kings-ferry as he was informed by Col0 Crane on Tuesday
last, with the Grand Army, said to be 20,000 strong, with 800 Waggons,
and a large number of Flat bottomed [Boats on Carriages," &c.
Hon. Thomas Cushing, Esq.
July 21, 1777.
Letter from Col. John Hurd relating to apprehensions of dan-
ger from the enemy, $c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 259.]
(Extract.) Cohoss, Haverhill, July 21st, 1777.
Sir —
" We were alarm'd yesterday by News from No. 4, that the regular
army were upon their march towards Connecticut River— But this af-
ternoon we have seen a copy of another Letter from Strafford, a Town-
ship lying West of Thetford, opposite Lime, requesting immediate
assistance to them for that one half the people of that Town were
gone off to the Regulars. This seems an alarming circumstance, as
we apprehend these people who have been known to be Tories some
644 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
time past, have held correspondence with the Regular Army, & know
their designs of marching in towards this River; so that now we may-
most certainly expect a Visit from 'em, if our people do not muster
strong enough to repel them, which we hope will be the case, for by
the Reports we have, the whole Country appears to be highly exasper-
ated since the unfortunate & unexpected Loss of Ty & its de-
pendencies. The people in this Quarter are most of 'em we trust
spirited to exert themselves all in their power, but are much in want
of good fire arms. If there's any fire arms belonging to the State to
be spared, a proportionable part ought to be sent this way for ye use
of Col. Morey's Reg4. ; what comes to Cohoos may be intrusted to Col.
Johnston & Major Hale, on whose care you may depend to distribute
them & take such security from each man as the Committee of Safety
shall direct."
Sir, Yr most humb Serv', J. Hurd.
To the Honbl Meshech Weare.
Letter from Col. Jacob Bayley, relating to the same matter.
[State Pap. Vol. VIL p. 263.]
Lyme, July 21st, 1777.
Gent" — Sundry Expresses has arrived from Winsor informing of the
Enemy's pressing toward No. 4 and Coos ; and this day we find that
about thirty men has deserted from Strafford and Thetford to the
Enemy, which obliges to move at least twenty Familys, and at least
four hundred Cattle and sheep across the River at Lyme; neither can
we secure what is left at Strafford without help, unless the militia now
raised march to Otter Creek, which if they do we will operate with
them, which will make us secure; — otherways five hundred men will
not be able to guard this River, — beg you will take the matter under
your consideration and act therein as you think proper.
I am Gent" your very Humb Serv1,
Jacob Bayley.
Letter from Col. Jsrael Morey $• Col. Jona. Child, on the same
subject.
(Extract) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 265.]
To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of New Hamp-
shire :
Gen1 — " We would inform you of the disagreeableness of near one
half the people in Strafford a town back of Thetford, deserting to the
Regulars; in consequence whereof the remaining part of sd Strafford
yesterday sent an Express over to us on this side the River to come to
their assistance ; we repaired imediately to their relief, found the re-
mainder of the Inhabitants determined to remove, so that this day they
have retreated to this River with more than 200 head of Cattle and
about the same number of sheep and there is a considerable number in
Thetford deserted, and sundry others on this River refuse to take up
arms in our defence, w'ich obliges us to renew our request for help
both for men and warlike stores."
We are Gen1, Your Servts
Israel Morey
Jona. Child.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 645
Letter from Governor Cooke of Rhode Island.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 267.]
Providence, July 21, 1777.
Gentlemen — This morning an Express arrived in town from Col0
Noyes informing that a Fleet o£ about 40 square rigged Vessells were
discovered off Watch Hill in Westerly, coming through the Sound
standing Eastward, so that it is past doubt that they are bound into
Newport. We request that you immediately send all the assistance in
your power to our aid.
We imagine that the Enemy intend to possess themselves of this
town & then penetrate the Country as far as your Capital. We are di-
recting all our Militia & alarm men to march into this place & to such
other places as we expect it probable they may land.
I am with very great respect, Gentlemen,
Your most obed' hhb1 Serv'
(Copy) Nicir4 Cooke.
Hon. Council of the Massa Bay.
[In answer to the foregoing, Gen. Artemas Ward, writes July 22d
"We have ordered Maj. Gen Warren, with two Brigadiers having half
the Militia (including the Alarm List) of the Counties of Bristol &
Plymouth, a few towns excepted, & half the Militia of eleven other
Regts to your immediate support."
[This information is sent to the Committee of Safety in New Hamp-
shire. Ed.]
State of New Hampshire,
In Committee of Safety, Exeter, July 23d 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 273.]
Hon. Artemas Ward —
Sir — Orders issued the last week for one Quarter part of two thirds
of the Regiments of militia in this State to march immediately to the
assistance of our Friends in the new State of Vermont, under the com-
mand of Br. Gen. Stark: and we shall in consequence of the Intelli-
gence forwarded by you, issue orders directly to the Colonels of the
other Regiments to draft one half of the militia, who are to be properly
equipt to march at a minutes warning to those places where their aid
shall be found necessary. Nothing on our part we hope will be want-
ing to put a speedy stop to the further Ravages of our merciless Ene-
mies. I am, Sir —
By order of the Comtee
Chairman.
P. S. By repeated expresses we learn that the
Enemy have advanced 9 miles this side
Otter Creek on the road to No. 4.
646 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Orders to Militia Colonels to draft.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 278.]
In Committee of Safety, July 23d, 1777.
To Col°
You are hereby required without delay to draft the one half
of your Regiment, including the Alarm List fit to bear arms, and see
they are immediately equipt with arms and Ammunition as the law di-
rects, & to be able to march at a minutes warning to such place within
the four New England States as the movements of the Enemy may re-
quire; and see that one quarter part of the officers in proper stations
are ready to march with them: We having received this day by Ex-
pres from the Mass" Bay advice that the Fleet of the Enemy have
quitted N. York with intentions to invade some of the New England
states aforesaid.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 279.]
Letter from Gen. Schuyler, July 24, 1777, to the New York Council
of Safety, expressing strong apprehensions of danger from Gen. Bur-
goyne's march across the country, &c. " If Gen. Burgoyue can pene-
trate to Albany, the Forces which is certainly coming by way of Oswego
will find no difficulty in reaching the Mohawk River, and that being
arrived there, they will be joined not only by Tories, but by every per-
son that finds himself capable of removing, and wishes to make his
peace with the Enemy & by the whole Body of the Six Nations. These
forming a junction with Burgoyne at Albany, whilst Gen. Howe presses
up the River, it will either put Gen. Washington between two fires or
drive him to the necessity of filing off into New England." [Hence
he urges the necessity of immediate reinforcements.]
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 281.]
Letter from Massa Council of Safety, July 24, 1777, says, "By let-
ters from Providence recdto day we are informed that the Fleet coming
thro' the Sound that so much terrified that Town a few days since,
was nothing more than a small foraging or victualling Fleet. "
Orders relating to Fortresses in Piscataqua Harbour.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 289.]
State of New Hampshire —
In Committee of Safety, Exeter, July 25th, 1777.
Resolved, That the officers of the Matross Companies stationed at
the Fortresses in Piscataqua Harbour be directed to keep in their Bar-
racks by night, and to suffer no soldier to be absent on Furlow or oth-
erwise longer than for six hours at a time; and that the said officers
with their soldiers exert themselves in putting said Fortresses in the
best posture of Defence possible.
M. Weare, Chairman.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 647
Letter From Gen. Nathaniel FoUom, delegate in Congress.
[State Tap. Vol. VII. p. 291.]
Philadelphia, July 26"', 1777.
Sir — I arrived here in good health the 20th, being stopt two days on
the road by foul weather. I performed the Journey in 12 days; on
my joining the Congress I found them worried with Petitions from a
great number of French Gentlemen for Commissions to serve in our
Army — to be made Generals & none less than Colonels, & that our
Agents in France & General Washington in the Camp were not less
troubled with them.
The first opportunity we had we presented the Petition of Mr. Phil-
brook & that of our State (1) to the consideration of Congress which
was referred to the Treasury Board, & this morning we are to have a
hearing before them. By what we can learn from the members & the
exhausted state of the Treasury at this time, we despair of success on
the Petition of the State, tho' it seems to be the wish of Congress that
the same thing which is asked by us might be done with each of the
thirteen United States. However if we should fail now we shall em-
brace the first opportunity to try them again & do everything in our
power to accomplish so desirable an end.
I am not without hopes of obtaining a grant for Mr. Philbrook as at
present I have heard no objection to it.
The loss of Ticonderoga considerably alarmed Congress as they were
informed but a little time before by Gen1 St. Clair that it was in a
good state of defence: An inquiry into that affair is thought necessary.
By intelligence from our Guards near New York, we learn that Lord
& General Howe sailed from that place with most of the army on
Wednesday the 23d Inst; — It is generally thought for some part of
New England.
I am, Sir, with the greatest respect
Yr most Obed'. humb. serv'.
Nath1 Folsom.
Hon. Meshek Weir, Esqr.
Letter from the Council of Safety, New York, to the Committee
of Safety, Neiv Hampshire, relating to their peculiar trials.
(Extract.) [State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 293.]
State of New York. Kingston, July 27th 1777.
Sir—
" The Evacuation of Ticonderoga was a very unexpected event, and
has been attended with An unhappy Influence on our affairs. The Peo-
ple are disgusted, disappointed & alarmed.
" The Council are constrained to observe that it is not in their pow-
er to afford General Schuyler much aid. Five counties of this State
(l)See ante, p. 600.— Ed.
648 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
are in the possession of the Enemy; three others are disunited by mal-
contents who meditate a Revolt, and are attempting to avail themselves
of the present troubles to advance their interested Purposes, insomuch
that all Order and Government has ceased among them. Of the re-
maining Six Counties, a third part of the Militia of three of them, name-
ly Orange, Ulster and Dutchess has been in actual service ever since
May last and are yet in the Field; Westchester has been so harrassed
by the Incursions of the Enemy from New York, that during the last
Winter and almost ever since, their Militia have been obliged to provide
for their own Defence: a third part of the County of Tryon are ordered
to embody without delay, and a considerable proportion of Albany are
already marched or marching to the Field. Add to this the number of
Inhabitants constantly employed on the Communications, in transpor-
tation &c. &c; and the still greater number, who, tempted by prospects
of ease or profits have quitted this invaded State and sought inglorious
quiet among our more peaceful neighbors; and you, Sir, will perceive
how greatly our strength is exhausted.
" It is unnecessary to observe to you, Sir, that the Destruction of
this State will bring the Horrors of War to the Doors of many who now
seem idle spectators of it.
" We hope the State of New Hampshire will on this occasion exert
herself in a manner becoming the character she hath hitherto sustained
in the Scale of American Importance, and that New York will not be left
unsupported in this day of trial."
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obed1 humle serv'
By order, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Presid'
To the President of the State of New Hampshire.
Letter from Gen. William Williams to Gen. Stark, to jw-sh on
men for the defence of Vermont.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 295.]
Manchester, 28th July, 1777.
Dear General —
Last evening Recd your favor of the 25th Inst., am very glad to
hear of Relief from you, as the Troops now under my command are
constantly returning home, and without immediate help from you shall
be left destitute of any. I therefore hope your Honour will push on
men with the greatest Expedition by Companies, as I think you will
not be exposed on your march: We have intelligence by Scouts and
sundry Inhabitants to the Northward, that the Enemy have actually
left Castletown, and also have marched from Skeensborough to Fort
Ann last Thursday.
Our troops attacked their Boats in Wood Creek & killed and wounded
three hundred of the Enemy, which caused them to retreat. I shall
make the best provision possible for the Quartering of your Troops,
but the loss of all our Kettles at Ticonderoga, puts it out of my Power
to provide any, or at least a sufficient number for your troops. You
will therefore send orders back to your State to provide you with such
necessarys as you shall think proper.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 649
Sir, we shall provide Beds and other necessaries which your Honour
may need in Camp for your own use. We have plenty of Provision and
ammunition for present use, and more can be had on the shortest no-
tice.
I am, Sir, Your most obedt Hum1 serv'
(Copy) William Williams.
To Gen1 Stark.
Resolves of Congress, relating to an inquiry for evacuating
Ticonderoga, $c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 299.]
In Congress, July 29, 1777.
Kesolved, That an inquiry be made into the reasons of the evacua-
tion of Tyconderoga and Mount Independence, and into the conduct of
the General Officers who were in the Northern Department at the time
of the evacuation.
That a Committee be appointed to digest and report the mode of con-
ducting the inquiry.
July 30.
Resolved, That Major General St. Clair who commanded at Tycon-
deroga and Mount Independence, forthwith repair to head quarters.
August 1st.
Resolved, That Major General Schuyler be directed to repair to head-
quarters.
That General Washington be directed to order such General Officers
as he shall think proper, immediately to repair to the Northern Depart-
ment to releive Major General Schuyler in his command there.
That Brigadier Poor, Brigadier Patterson and Brigadier Roche de
Firmoy be directed to repair to head quarters.
August 3d.
Resolved, That General Washington be directed to order the Gener-
al whom he shall judge proper to relieve General Schuyler in his com-
mand, to repair with all possible expedition to the Northern Depart-
ment, giving him directions what numbers of the Militia to call in from
the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
That notice be immediately sent to the Executive powers of the said
States and that they be earnestly requested to get the Militia in those
parts of their respective States most contiguous to the Northern De-
partment, ready to march at a moment's warning, and to send with all
possible expedition such parts of them as the General commanding in
the Northern Department shall require, to serve till the 15th of No-
vember, if not sooner relieved by Continental Troops, or dismissed by
the commanding officer of the Department; — and be entitled to the
Continental pay and rations.
That the commanding officer in the Northern Department have
discretionary powers to make requisitions on the States aforesaid from
time to time, for such additional numbers of the Militia to serve in
that department as he shall judge necessary for the public service.
650 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Whereas it is represented to Congress that General Washington is
of opinion that the immediate recal of all the. Brigadiers from the
Northern department, may be productive of inconvenience to the
public service.
liesolved, That the order of Congress of the first day of this month
respecting the said Brigadiers be suspended until General Washington
shall judge it may be carried into effect with safety.
By order of Congress,
John Hancock, Presid*.
State of New Hampshire.
Copy of Instructions to Col. Sam1 Folsom, for Gen. Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 303.]
Sir — The Committee desire you to proceed to No. 4, & if General
Stark has marched from thence to follow him & endeavour to find out
what circumstances his men are in, how they are provided for, & what
they are likely to want that can be supplied from this State. As the
Convention of Vermont proposed supplying them with Provisions we
depend they will.
You will inform Gen. Stark, that it is expected that he with the ad-
vise of his Field officers, appoint such necessary officers as they may
have Occasion for.
We are fearfull that the troops will suffer for want of Kettles, but
hope they have carried some from home. None could be procured in
New England that we could hear of, which you will let them know.
You will inform Gen. Stark that all the Medicines that could be
procured, as also 44 bushels of salt, & 1000 lbs of Balls are now on
their way to No. 4.
You will endeavour to be informed whether there is a magazine of
ammunition at Bennington, or whether our men must be supplied from
this State, as we have but a small quantity on hand, you wdl inquire
of Col. Hunt and Mr. Grout at No. 4 what Quantity of ammunition
they have delivered to Gen. Stark's men, and what remains in their
hands; and on the whole give such advice as you find needful for the
public good to all persons concerned in the service of the State in
those parts, and endeavour to contrive to the furnishing such things as
you can that are absolutely needful, and make report on your return
of such assistance as to you appears necessary to be sent them from
hence.
July 30th, 1777.
(B. G. Stark.)
Letter from General Stark to the Committee of Safety, New
Hampshire.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 305.]
Charlestown, No. 4. July 30th 1777.
Sin—
I received yours of the 22a Inst, with the inclosed informing me of
the situation of the enemy and of our frontiers; but previous to your
letter I had received an Express from Col0 Warner, informing me of
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 651
their situation, and I forwarded 250 men to their relief on the 28th; I
sent another detachment of this day, and as fast as they come in will
send them. I expect to march myself tomorrow or next day; we are
detained a good deal for want of Bullet molds as there is but one pair
in Town, and the few Balls you sent goes but a little way in supplying
the whole.
I am afraid we shall meet with difficulty in procuring Kettles or uten-
sils to cook our Victuals as the Troops has not brought any. If such
articles can be procured, I believe it would be of the utmost importance
to the safety and welfare of the Troops. I am informed this day by a
man from Otter Creek, that the Enemy is left Castletown and is gone
to Skeensborough, with an intent to march to Bennington; but I rather
think they do it by way of a faint to call the attention of General
Schuyler from fort Edward or to Fatigue our Troops. There is four
peices of small Cannon at this place that looks good, but wants to be
cleared out and put on Carriages: if you should think proper I will
order it done, as there is people here that says they can do it: As there
is but very little Rum in the Store here, if some could be forwarded to
us it would oblige us very much, as there is none of that article in them
parts where we are agoing. I inclose you a Copy of a Letter I this
moment received from Col0 Williams, and as you informed me when
I saw you last, that you had not received any account from any Gen-
tleman in the army since the desertion of Ticonderoga, I likewise in-
close you a Copy of a letter I recdfrom Mr. Coggan, (1) and by the best
information is as near the truth as any you may receive. I have shewed
it to Col0 Bellows and a number of other officers that was present, and
they say they could all sign it.
I am, Sirs, your Honours most
Obed1 humle Serv*
(Copy) John Stark.
I would take it kind if the Brigade Majors Commission could be for-
warded to me, as being present with me; his name is Stephen Peabody:
Likewise adj* Edward Evans of Col0 Stickney's Reg*.
Resolves of Congress in relation to raising recruits frc.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 307.]
In Congress, July 31st, 1777.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Executive Authorities
of each of the United States to divide their respective States into Dis-
tricts, and to appoint a proper person in each district to recruit men
to fill up the regiments raised in such State: that they take good se-
curity of the person so appointed for the faithful discharge of his du-
ty, and rendering just accounts of all public monies that shall come to
his hands; and that they allow for each able-bodied recruit so raised,
who shall enlist for three years or during the war, the sum of
eight Dollars in full for his trouble and expence; that where no
provision for securing deserters has already been made by the Laws of
the State, they give to each person, so appointed, full power to take
(1) See ante, pp. 640, 041— Ed.
652 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
up and secure all deserters that shall come within their respective dis-
tricts; and, where force is necessary for this purpose that they direct
the officers of the Militia to give such assistance as shall be recpiired ;
that they allow him the sum of five dollars for every deserter so taken
up And secured in full for his trouble and expence therein. And, for
the encouragement of men to enter the service, they shall have liberty
at the time of their enlistment, to make choice of the regiment, troop
or company in which they will serve, provided such regiment, troop or
company is not full; if it is, they may chuse any other regiment, troop
or company which is not full, which shall be entered against their
names, and returned to the officers appointed to receive such recruits;
who shall, at the time they are sent to join their corps, transmit the
same to the General or commanding officer.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Executive Authorities of
each of the United States, to appoint convenient places of rendezvous
in their respective States for receiving recruits and deserters; and that
they transmit to General Washington with as much expedition as pos-
sible, the names of such places of rendezvous, in order that proper of-
ficers may be sent to secure such recruits and deserters.
Resolved, That General Washington be directed to order all Conti-
nental Officers now absent from their corps, forthwith to join them,
except only such as the General shall think necessary to receive recruits
and march them to the army.
By order of Congress,
John Hancock, Presid1.
State of New Hampshire.
Letter from General Washington to Gen. Putnam, relating to
the British fleet and army going South.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 309.]
Coryell's Ferry, 31st July, 1777.
Dear Sir — I have just received intelligence from Philadelphia that
the Enemys Fleet arrived at the Capes of Delaware yesterday. You
will therefore please to order the two Brigades which were thrown over
the North river to inarch immediately to Philadelphia thro' Morris
Town and over Corryell's Ferry where Boats will be ready for them.
The Troops to march as expeditiously as possible without injuring the
men.
I beg you will endeavor to make up your Garrison with Militia from
Connecticut & New York as soon as possible; and I desire that you will
forward this account by Express to Gen1 Schuyler and to the Eastern
States, and I hope as they have now nothing to fear from General Howe,
they will turn out their force both Continental and Militia to oppose
Burgoine.
I am, dear Sir, yr most obed' Serv1
(Copy) Geo. Washington.
Gen Putnam.
P. S. As the Enemy seem now fixed, I desire that you may keep
two thousand Continental Troops, & order the others to march south-
ward by the same track with the two Brigades. If any thing should
1777.]
CORRESPONDENCE. 053
induce me to think that the Enemy mean to send any part of their force
back again I will immediately countermand the march of those Troops.
(Copy) G: Washington.
Gen. Putnam.
Copy of a Letter to William Weeks, Esq., in relation to Regu-
lating articles of Sale.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 311.]
State of New Hampshire.
In Committee of Safety, July 31st, 1777.
Sir—
The Petition of your Convention of Committees was this day laid
before this Committee by Capt. Parrot & Mr. Cheswell. I am directed
to inform you that the request for a suspension of the Regulating Act
for a certain time, is what the Committee are not iinpowered to comply
with. They were appointed for special purposes but not authorized to
make, suspend or repeal Laws of the State. Committees from each of
the four New England States, in conjunction with a Committee from
the State of New York, are now setting at Springfield in the State of
Massachtts Bay, expressly delegated with power to consider of the ex-
pediency of keeping in force Regulating Acts, Prohibitions from carry-
ing certain enumerated articles from one State to another, and many
other things which essentially concern the welfare of the whole; and to
make Report to the several Legislatures. It is really to be hoped that
some wise & salutary measures may be agreed on & recommended by
said Committees; & until their report is received, the Committees in
the most presing manner Recommend & call upon their fellow citizens
to consider the cause of their country their own cause, & the cause of
Millions yet unborn ; & not by their cruel jealousys, muwnurings,
distress & avarice raise Distractions among the people, and thereby
perplex, and perhaps destroy the most glorious cause that ever man-
kind were engaged in : But that they will freely impart whatever they
have of the necessary articles of life (more than absolutely wanting
for their own Families) at a reasonable price for the money emitted by
the States ; And further Recommend it to the Committees of the sev-
eral Towns to use their utmost endeavours in supporting Peace &
unanimity among the People, and doing as much as shall be in their
power towards alleviating the distresses of such as need assistance.
Indorsed — " Copy of a Letter to Wm. Weeks, Esq., about the Gen-
eral Committee of Springfield, &c."
Letter from General Washington to Gen. Putnam, in relation
to Gen. Howe's movements.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 317.]
Chester, Augst 1st, 1777.
Dear Sir — I have this moment received intelligence by Express
that the Enemies Fleet yesterday morning about 8 o'clock sailed out
of the Capes an Eastern Course: this surprising unexpected Event
654 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
gives me the greatest anxiety, and unless every possible exertion is
made, may be productive of the happiest consequences to the Enemy
and the most injurious to us. I have desired Gen1 Sullivan's Division
& the two Brigades that left you last immediately to return and recross
the river, & shall forward the rest of the army with all the Expedition
in my power. I have also written to Gen1 Clinton requesting him in-
stantly to reinforce you with as many of the Militia of the State of
New York as he can, & you are on the receipt of this to send an Ex-
press to Govr Trumbull urging him to assist you with as many of the
Connecticut Militia as he can collect, and without a moments loss of
time. The importance of preventing Mr. Howe's possession of the
Highlands by a Coup de main is infinitely great, & in the present situa-
tion of things every effort that can be thought of must be used. The
probability of his going more Eastward is exceedingly small & the
ill effects that might attend such a step inconsiderable in comparison
with those that wou'd inevitably attend a successful stroke upon the
Highlands. Connecticut cannot be in more danger thro' any other
channel than this & every motion of its own Interest and the general
Good demands the utmost endeavour to give you effectual assistance.
Govr. Trumbull I doubt not, will be easily made sensible of this.
I am, Sir, your most Obed1 Serv1,
Geo. Washington.
Gen1. Putnam.
Letter from Gen. Stark, relating to Stores at Charlestoivn and
the State of the army.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 319.]
Charles Town, Aug1 2d, 1777.
Sin—
I this day Recd your favour by Col0 Folsom for which I return you
my hearty thanks.
I inclose you a Copy of a return of what Stores there are now in the
Commissioners hands and what they have deliver'd out to the Brigade.
The Brigade is not yet completed: But I expect there is a sufficient
quantity of ammunition on hand to furnish it. Had all the powder
here in Store proved good, and fit for use, we might have had a full
supply of that article for present use.
As to the quantity of State Stores at Bennington, it is quite out of
my power to give you an account of them at present; but refer you to
Col. Williams letter(l) which I transmitted to you by Express, & which
I hope came safe to hand.
I purpose to set out for Manchester to morrow and after I arrive
there I will forward you an ace' of what supplies can be got there.
I should have gone from here before now, but could not get our Balls
run for want of molds.
I recd nothing new from the Enemy since I wrote to you last; when-
ever any tiling comes to hand worth communicating I will forward it
to you with all speed. I would have sent you an ace1 of the strength
of the Brigade, was it in my power, but cannot, because they only
arrive in small parties, and as soon as I can compleat a Division, I
(1) See ante p. 648.— Ed.
1777. J CORRESPONDENCE. 655
commonly give them marching orders for to set out for Manchester
without delay. After I arrive there, I will obtain a List of the number
of men in that department and shall send you an ace1 of the same.
I have order'd one Company to tarry here to guard the State Stores,
and two Companys I have station'd on the height of land between this
place and Otter Creek for the security of the Inhabitants.
As there are no spirits to be had at our Station I would esteem it a
favour, if you would order the Stores that are at this place, to be for-
warded to that place, & set a price upon the same; more will be wanted.
I am, with regard, your most obed1 humle serv1,
John Stark, Bd G.
N. B. Sealing Wax & Paper is much wanted.
Return of Stores at Charlestown.
An Ace' of the State Stores now in the Custody of the following
persons in this Town.
Col0 Samuel Hunt has now on hand:
13 Barrels of Powder,
7 sheets of lead or pieces,
100 Flints.
Commissary Grout has on hand the following articles :
11 Bbis. of powder, 9 of which are condemned,
about 34 Bushels of Salt.
Mr. White has on hand also
5 Hogsheads of rum,
5 Barrels of. Sugar,
2 Do. Do.
Commissary Grout has dealt out to my Brigade
509 Pounds of Powder,
710 Do. Balls & Lead.
Letter from the Committee of Safety to Gen. Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 321.]
(Extract)
State of New Hampshire — In Committee of Safety, Aug' 2d 1777.
Sir—
"We have not been able to procure any Kettles, but shall try every
probable method to procure some. A man is gone into the Massa State
to day to look out where we heard there was some tin — if any is pur-
chased they will be forwarded imediately. Rum is not to be bought in
this State; there are five or six Barrels in store which will be Sent
along very soon. Any thing in the power of this Committee for the
comfort or convenience of the men will be attended to, tho' the difficul-
ty of the times is such many things that are necessary for them cannot
be procured. We have certain intelligence that Gen. Howe lias sail'd
from N. York with a Fleet of 170 sail, and it is said 10,000 troops; but
his destination not known; £ of the Militia in this part of the State are
drafted & to march at a minutes warning when, & to where they may
land, if in New England. The Committee are of opinion the fixing the
Cannon on Carriages at No. -i, will be expedieut & desire you will give
orders to have it done."
Gen. Stark.
656 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Resolves and order of Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 330.]
In Congress, August 4, 1777.
Congress took into consideration the letter from General Washington,
wherein he wishes to be excused from making the appointment of an
officer to command the Northern Army, & thereupon Congress proceed-
ed to the Election of an officer, & the ballots being taken,
Major General Gates was elected to that command by the votes of
eleven States.
Resolved, That General Washington be informed of the appointment
& that he be directed to order General Gates to repair with all possible
expedition to the Northern department to relieve Major General Schuy-
ler.
Ordered, That the remainder of the letter from General Washington
be referred to the Committee on the Northern Department.
August 5, 1777.
The Committee on the Northern Department to whom General Wash-
ington's letter was referred, brought in a Report which was taken into
consideration. Whereupon,
Resolved, That the Commanding officers of the Northern Department
be directed to apply to the Executive Powers of the respective States of
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
& Pennsylvania for such a number of their respective militia as he shall
judge sufficient to reinforce the army under his command: That Such
militia be entitled to Continental pay & rations, & be continued in ser-
vice to the last day of November next, unless sooner relieved by Conti-
nental troops or discharged: And that it be earnestly recommended to
the Executive Powers of the said States, to exert their most vigorous
efforts, in complying with the requisition of the said commanding offi-
cer, without delay, that a speedy & effectual stop may be put to the
progress of the Enemy in that quarter. By order of Congress,
John Hancock, Presid*
New Hampshire.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 327.]
A Letter from Jona Gove, a prisoner in Exeter Goal, dated Aug. 4,
1777, vindicating himself against the charge of counterfeiting, and of
being inimical to his country.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 331.]
A Letter from John Stevens, of Concord, (1) a prisoner in Exeter
Goal, dated Aug. 5, 1777; in which he says: " Erom the want of that
air & exercise which I have been usually accustomed to, I have contract-
ed so ill an habit of body & thereby brought into so relax'd a state as
is to me alarming. I therefore humbly beg leave to address myself to
your honors humanity & humbly pray that I may be permitted (upon
giving bonds) to ride within the limits of the Town of Exeter without
(1) See Hist, of Concord, pp. 272, 563-4.— Ed.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 657
constraint, as the only means now left of restoring my shatter'd &
broken Const i tut ion."
Hon. Meshech Weare.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 333.]
Letter to New York Council of Safety, Aug. 5, 1777, relating to the
loss of Ticondero£a, and General Stark's movement.
Letter from General Gates to the New Hampshire Assembly,
asking for troops.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 339.]
Philadelphia, August 6, 1777.
Sir — I am directed by the most Honorable the Congress of the Uni-
ted States to apply to the Executive Power of the State of New
Hampshire for a reinforcement of seven hundred and fifty militia, to
be immediately sent to the Head Quarters of the Northern Army.
The critical situation of public affairs renders it unnecessary for me to
urge your patriotic State to the most expeditious compliance with this
Requisition. I hope it will be sufficient to say, That the Northern Ar-
my, if timely reinforced, may, by the blessing of Divine Providence,
obtain a Victory over our implacable Enemies, and prevent that rav-
age and misery, with the horror of which they vainly hope to awe the
Eastern States into unconditional submission.
Confident, Sir, of your zeal and attachment to the common cause,
I rest satisfied of your exerting your best Endeavours to serve your
devoted country.
With great respect, I have the honor to be
Your Obed1, humle serv1,
Horatio Gates.
The Honbl Presid1 of the
Assembly of the State of New Hampshire.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 341.]
Letter from Hon. John Hancock, Aug. 6, 1777, urging the General
assembly of New Hampshire, to comply with Gen. Gates requisition
and to forward men.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 343.]
Order of Gen. John Stark, dated Brumly, Aug 6, 1777, to Col.
Hunt of Charlestown, " to mount the cannon at No. 4. immediately;
to forward all the rum and sugar there belonging to the State, and get
all the cannon from Walpole brought up to No. 4, and fix them on
Carriages."
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 17.]
[On receiving this order Col. Hunt sends word to the Council ot
Safety in Exeter, Aug. 7th, 1777,] " That so many of the Inhabitants
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658 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
of this County are now abroad in the service, that it is extremely diffi-
cult to hire workmen ; nor do I know where it is possible to procure
iron, nor can timber that is seasoned and proper for that business be
handily got." [Consequently the mounting of the cannon was post-
poned.— Ed.]
General Burgoyne'' s Orders to the Inhabitants of Castleton, §c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 190.]
By Lieut. Gen1 John Burgoyne, Commanding an Army & Fleet of
Great Britain, against the Revolted Provinces in America:
To the Inhabitants of Castleton, Hubberton, Rutland, Tenmouth,
Powlet, Wells, Granville, with the neighboring districts; — also the dis-
tricts bordering on White-creek, Cramden, Cambridge, &c. :
You are hereby directed to send from your several Townships, Depu-
ties consisting of Ten persons or more from each Township to meet
Col0 Skeene at Castleton on Wens'day, July 15th at Ten in the morn-
ing, who will have Instructions, not only to give further Incouragement
to those who complied with the terms of my late manifesto, but also to
communicate conditions upon which the persons and properties of the
disobedient may yet be spared.
This fail not to obey under pain of Military Execution.
Head Quarters at Skeensborough House, July 10th, 1777.
J. BunooYXE.
By order of his Excellency
R1 Kimpton, Sec^.
Address of General Schuyler to the Inhabitants of Castleton, frc.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. '201.]
By Philip Schuyler, Esquire, Major General in the Army of the Unit-
ed States of America & Commander in Chief in the Northern De-
partment:
To the Inhabitants of Castletown, Hubberton, Rutland, Tenmouth,
Paulet, Wells, Granville with the neighbouring Districts bordering on
White Creek, Cambden, Cambridge, &c. &c.
Whereas, Lieutenant General John Burgoyne commanding an ar-
my of the British Troops, Did by a written Paper, by him subscribed,
bearing elate of Skeenesborough House, on the 10th of July instant,
require You to send from your several Townships, Deputations con-
sisting of ten persons or more from Each Township, to meet Colonel
Skene at Castle Town on Wednesday July 15th, at ten in the morning,
for sundry purposes in said Paper [mentioned] & that you were not to
fail in paying Obedience thereto, under pain of military Execution : —
Whatever, my Countrymen, may be the ostensible Reasons for such
meeting, it is evidently intended by the Enemy, then to prevail on you
by threats & promises to forsake the cause of your injured country; to
assist them in forcing Slavery on the United States of America, & un-
der the specious pretext of affording you Protection, to bring on you
that misery, which their promises of Protection drew on such of the
deluded Inhabitants of New Jersey who were weak enough to confide
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 659
in them, But who soon experienced their fallacy, by being treated in-
discriminately with those virtuous citizens, who came forth in Defence
of their Country, with the most wanton Barbarity & such as hitherto
hath not even disgraced Barbarians. They cruelly butchered without
distinction to age or sex; ravished children from ten to women of
Eighty years of age; they burnt, pillaged & destroyed whatever was
in their power: Nor did those Edifices dedicated to the worship of Al-
mighty God, escape their sacrilegious Fury. Such were the Deeds,
such they were incontestibly proved to be, which have mark'd the
British Arms with the most indelible stains. But they, having by the
blessing of Divine Providence on our Arms, been obliged totally to
abandon that State, they left those that were weak or wicked enough
to take Protection under them, to bemoan their Credulity & to cast
themselves on the mercy of their injured Countrymen. Such will be
your Fate, if you lend a willing ear to their Promises, which I trust
none of you will do. But lest any of you should so far forget the Du-
ty you owe to your Country, as to join with, or in any Manner of way
assist or give comfort to, or hold correspondence with, or take Protec-
tions from the Enemy: Be it known to each & every one of you, — the
Inhabitants of said Townships, or any other the Inhabitants of the
United States, that you will be cousidered & dealt with as Traitors to
said States, and that the Laws thereof will be put in Execution,
against every person so offending, with the utmost Rigor. And I do
hereby strictly enjoin & command all Officers civil & military to appre-
hend or cause to be apprehended all such offenders. And I do further
strictly enjoin & command such of the Militia of said Townships, as
have not yet marched, to do so without Delay, to join the army under
my command or some Detachment thereof.
Given under my hand at Head Quarters, Fort Edward, July 13th,
1777. Ph: Schuyler.
By the General's Command
Henry B. Livingston, A. D. C.
Letter from Ex-Govr John Wentworth to his father.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 323.]
(Extract.) Flatbush on Long Island,. 3d Aug* 1777.
Dear Sir — "I wrote you the 15th July — lest any accident should
prevent that letter, I avail myself of this opportunity by Mr. Fanning, a
Captive officer belonging to Connecticut, who has obtained permission
to return to New England for one month, and has promised me his care
safely to convey this to you. The purport of my former letter — [is re-
capitulated. See ante.'].
" Mr. Woodbury Langdon promised Mr. Fisher his assistance to ex-
pedite the children from Portsmouth, &c. but on his arrival & soliciting
permission to pass into New England., he has been arrested and is now
(an enlarged) prisoner, restricted to, the City of New York, & it is gen-
erally tho't may expect to meet whatever Gol° Holland of Londonderry
experiences.
" Mr. Fisher, Mr. Rindge, Trail, Boyd & Thompson were all well 5th
to Sth May last. Capt. Cochran and the other Gentlemen of New Hamp-
shire are all perfectly well."
Your most perfectly obliged & dutiful & affec' son,
J' Wentworth.
660 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from General Washington, relating to army regula-
tions, $c.
[State Pap. Vol. VII. p. 325.]
Philadelphia, August 4th 1777.
Sir — The great expense and loss of time that has attended the re-
cruiting service in most of the States and the little advantage derived
from it has induced Congress to recommend the Executive Power of
each to adopt certain new Regulations for promoting this important
and essential business, and for taking it entirely out of the hands of
the officers of the Army. The Resolve on this Subject and the Regula-
tions recommended, passed on the 31st ult° and will I presume be trans-
mitted you by the President.
I will not urge the expediency of carrying this proceeding into imme-
diate execution. I shall only observe, the necessity is obvious, and it
demands our most active attention.
The principal cause of my troubling you at this time, is to request
that after the persons recommended are appointed in your State, you
will be pleased to transmit me their names, their places of residence
and those designed for the Rendezvous of Recruits & Deserters. As soon
as I am advised upon those subjects, I shall recall all the officers who
are recruiting and order them forthwith to join their respective corps.
Before I conclude, I would beg leave to mention that the success of this
interesting business in all its parts will depend much upon a judicious
choice of those who are to be employed in it, and that I think the dis-
tricts should not be too large & extensive.
I have the honor to be, with great respect,
Sir — yr most obed1 Serv'
Ge° Washington.
Honbl Council,
State of N. Hampshire.
Proclamation by General Burgoyne (1).
[See Coll. Vermont Hist, Soc. Vol. I. pp. 163-165.]
A Proclamation by John Burgoyne, Esq. Lieutenant General of his
Majesty's Armies in America, Colonel of the Queen's regiment of
light dragoons, Governor of Fort William in North Britain, one of
the Representatives of the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament,
and commanding an army and fleet on an expedition from Canada,
&c. &o. &c.
The forces entrusted to my command are designed to act in concert
and upon a common principle, with the numerous armies and fleets
which already display in every quarter of America, the power, the jus-
tice, and, when properly sought, the mercy of the kino;.
The cause, in which the British arms are thus exerted, applies to the
most affecting interests of the human heart; and the military servants
of the crown, at first called forth for the sole purpose of restoring the
rights of the constitution, now combine with love of their country, and
(1) The date of this instrument seems not to be exactly ascertained. It is given by
Williams, in his history of Vermont, July 4; by others July '-', arid others still June, 29,
1777. The latter appears most nrobable— "Camp at Putnam Creek, June 29, 171 7."— Ed.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 661
duty to their sovereign, the other extensive incitements which spring
from a due sense of the Genera] privileges of mankind. To the eyes
and ears of the temperate part of the puhlic, and to the hearts of suf-
fering thousands in the provinces, be the melancholy appeal, whether
the present unnatural rebellion has not been made a foundation for the
completest system of tyranny that ever God, in his displeasure, suffer-
ed for a time to be exercised over a fro ward and stubborn generation.
Arbitrary imprisonment, confiscation of property, persecution and
torture, unprecedented in the inquisitions of the Romish Church, are
among the palpable enormities that verify the affirmative. These are
inflicted by assemblies and committees, who dare to profess them selves
friends to liberty, upon the most quiet subjects, without distinction of
age or sex, for the sole crime, often for the sole suspicion, of having ad-
hered in principle to the government under which they were born, and
to which, by every tie, divine and human, they owe allegiance. To con-
summate these shocking proceedings, the profanation of religion is
added to the most profligate prostitution of common reason; the con-
sciences of men are set at naught; and multitudes are compelled not
only to bear arms, but also to swear subjection to an usurpation they
abhor.
Animated by these considerations, at the head of troops in the full
powers of health discipline and valor ; determined to strike where neces-
sary, aud anxious to spare where possible, I by these presents, invite
and exhort all persons, in all places where the progress of this army
may point, — and by the blessing of God, I will extend it far, — to main-
tain such a conduct as may justify me in protecting their lands, habita-
tions and families. The intention of this address is to hold forth secu-
rity, not depredation to the country. To those whom spirit and
principle may induce to partake of the glorious task of redeeming their
countrymen from dungeons, and re-establishing the blessings of legal
government, I offer encouragement and employment; and upon the
first intelligence of their associations, I will find means to assist their
undertakings. The domestic, the industrious, the infirm and even the
timid inhabitants, I am desirous to protect, provided they remain quiet-
ly at their houses; that they do not suffer their cattle to be removed,
nor their corn or forage to be secreted or destroyed ; that they do not
break up their bridges or roads; nor by any other act, directly or in-
directly, endeavour to obstruct the operation of the king's troops, or
supply or assist those of the enemy. Every species of provision
brought to my camp, will be paid for at an equitable rate, in solid
coin.
In consciousness of Christianity, my royal master's clemency, and
the honor of soldiership, I have dwelt upon this invitation, and wished
for more persuasive terms to give it impression: And let not people be
led to disregard it, by considering their distance from the immediate
situation of my camp, I have but to give stretch to the Indian forces
under my direction, and they amount to thousands, to overtake the
hardened enemies of G. Britain and America: I consider them the
same wherever they may lurk.
If, notwithstanding these endeavors, and sincere inclinations to effect
them, the phrensy of hostility should remain, I trust I shall stand ac-
quitted in the eyes of God and men, in denouncing and executing the
vengeance of the State against the wilful outcasts. The messengers of
662 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
justice and of wrath await them in the field; and devastation, famine,
and every concomitant horror that a reluctant but indispensable prose-
cution of military duty must occasion, will bar the wav to their return.
J. BURGOYNE,
By order of his Excellency the Lieut. General.
Rob4. Kingston, Sec>'.
Camp near Ticonderoga, 4th July, 1777.
Letters, cj-c., relating to Gen. Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 23.]
Bennington, August 8, 1777.
Dear General —
Yesterday General Stark from New Hampshire, came into Camp at
Manchester. By his Instructions from that State, it is at his option to
act in conjunction with the Continental Army or not. He seems to be
exceedingly soured & thinks he hath not had justice done him by Con-
gress. He is determined not to join the Continental army until the
Congress give him his rank therein; his claim is to command all the
officers he commanded last year, as also all those who joined the army
after him. Whether he will march his troops to Stillwater or not I am
quite at a loss to know. But if he doth, it is a fixed point with him to
act there only as a separate corps & take no orders from any officer in
the Northern department, saving your Honor; for he saitli they all
were either commanded by him the last year or joined the army after him.
It is very unhappy that this matter by him is carried to so great a
length, especially at a time when every exertion for our common safety
is so absolutely necessary. I have good reason to believe, if the State
of New Hampshire were informed of the matter they would give new &
very different instructions to Gen. Starks.
The Troops from the Massachusetts are collecting here: I don't know
what number may be expected, I suppose the rear will be up to-morrow
night at farthest.
I am, Dear Sir, with regard & esteem
Your most obed' & humb1 Serv1
B. Lincoln.
The Hon. Majr Gen. Schuyler, &c.
(a Copy) Chas' Thomson Secy.
Instructions from Committee of Safety to Gen. Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 37.]
Augst 12th 1777.
Sir — I recd yours of the 7th Inst. (1) this morning & laid it before
the Committee, who are much distress'd least misunderstandings, dis-
trusts, & disputes among ourselves should ruin the country. Your di-
rections from the Committee were in a considerable degree left discre-
tionary to yourself & must still remain so; altho' they expect you will
(1) This letter of Gen. Stark has not been found.— En.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 663
at this crisis, at this time when our enemies are making their greatest
exertions, and penetrating into the country, exert yourself to oppose
them in the best manner you can, and act in conjunction with any
troops in harrassing the Enemy, — of which they have the greatest de-
pendance from your character for courage and firmness, — and have no
doubt but you "with the advice of your officers, will act in such a man-
ner as shall appear prudent & careful for the general concern; and that,
the result will be honorable to yourself & the State you belong to. The
greatest pains has been taken to get Tin Kettles, 25 have been procured
and sent off 3 days ago, which I hope you will receive as as soon as this:
a person is gone to Boston some days past after more, which if possible
to be procured will be forwarded.
Printed Rules & articles for governing the Continental Troops, which
are to be the rule for yours, I send by this opportunity, also the Com-
missions you wrote for.
Gen. Stark.
In Congress, August 19, 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 69.]
Resolved, That a Copy of General Lincoln's letter be forthwith trans-
mitted to the Council of New Hampshire, and that they be informed
that the Instructions which Gen Stark says he has received from them,
are destructive of military subordination and highly prejudicial to the
common cause at this crisis; and therefore that they be desired to in-
struct General Stark to conform himself to the same rules which other
General Officers of the militia are subject to, whenever they are called
out at the expense of the United States.
(Extract from the Minutes)
Chas Thomson, Sec.
By order of Congress— John Hancock, Pres*.
Letter from our Delegates in Congress, relative to Gren. Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 79.]
(Extract) Philadelphia, August 22d, 1777.
Sir — " The inclosed is a copy of General Lincoln's letter to General
Schuyler and the Resolution of Congress on receiving it, which was
the 19th Instant. Some of the southern Gentlemen made themselves
very warm on the occasion, threw out many illiberal reflections on Gen-
eral Stark, and some on the Legislative authority of the State of New
Hampshire — which made your delegates sit very uneasy in their chairs
even to give them time to go through — but in our turn we informed
Congress that we had no information from the State of New Hamp-
shire to inform us what the reasons were that induced them to give
such orders to General Stark; but that we had Recd a letter from the
Honbl Josiah Bartlett, a member of the Council of that State and late-
ly a member of Congress, which had given us some of their reasons,
and were such in our opinion as were conclusive, and would justify the
conduct of that State in the eyes of the whole world: That, in the
first place, the Militia of that State had lost all confidence in the
664 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
General Officers who had the command at Tyconderoga when it was
evacuated and given up to our enemies; that they would not turn out
nor be commanded by such officers; that the preservation of the lives
of the inhabitants on our frontiers and the cause in which we were all
engaged made such orders at that critical time absolutely necessary;
that we were not about to justify General Stark for making a demand
of rank in the army at that critical time, but we well knew he had a
great deal to say for himself on that head, and that he had been in al-
most all the engagements to the northward, and distinguished himself,
while others were advanced over his head. Yesterday a motion was
mad<3 by Maryland and seconded that a Resolve of Congress might be
passed to censure his conduct in refusing to submit to the Rules and
Regulations of the Army; on which a large debate ensued, in which
we were supported by all the New England Delegates and Some of
the Virginians: On motion being made, it was agreed it should lie on
the table and carried by a grate majority. We inform'd Congress that
a motion of that sort came with a very bad grace from Maryland
who, only, of the thirteen United States had seen fit to make laws di-
rectly in opposition to Congress by refusing that their militia should
be subjected to the rules & regulations of the army when joynd; And
we informed Congress that we had not the least doubt but the first
battle they heard of from the North would be fought by Stark and the
troops commanded by him * * * * and that I should
not be afraid to risque my honor nor my life, they would do as much
towards the defence of that part of the country and the common cause,
as the same number of any of the troops in that department.
'' I will leave you, Sir, to judge of our feelings, when the very next
day we had a confirmation of what we had asserted by an express
from General Schuyler giving an Account of the victory obtained by
General Stark and the troops under his command. We believe this
circumstance only will make those easy who have been trying to raise
a dust in Congress."
AVe are, with the greatest respect, Sir,
Yr most obed'. Humb1 servts.
Nath1 Folsom
Geo: Frost.
Copy of General Burgoyne' 's Instructions to Col. Bawn.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 25.]
The object of your expedition is to try the affections of the country,
to disconcert the councils of the enemy, to mount the Rudesel's dragoons,
to compleat Peter's corps, and to obtain large supplies of cattle, horses
and carriages. The several corps, of which the inclosed is a list, are to
be under your command.
The troops must take no tents, and what little baggage is carried by
officers must be on their own bat-horses (1).
You are to proceed from Batten Kill to Arlington & to take post
there, till the detachment of Provincials under ye command of Capt.
(1) " Bat-horse "—A horse allowed a batman in the British army for conveying the
utensils in his charge. " Batman "—A person in the British army who has charge of
the cooking utensils. — Web. Diet. — En.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. G65
Sherwood sh.all join yon from the S mthward. Yon are then to proceed
to Manchester, where you will again take port, so as to secure the pass-
es of the mountains on the road from Manchester to Rockingham; from
thence you will detach the Indians and light troops to the northward
toward Otter Creek; on their return and also receiving intelligence that
no enemy is in force upon the Connecticut river, you will proceed by
the road over the mountains to Rockingham, where you will take post.
This will be the most distant part on the expedition, and must be pro-
ceeded upon with caution as you will have the defile of the mountains
behind you which might make a retreat difficult: You must therefore
endeavour to be well informed of the force of the enemy's militia in the
neighbouring country. Should you find it may be effected you are to
remain there while the Indians and light troops are detached up the
river, and you are afterwards to descend the river to Brattleburg, and
from that place by the quickest march you are to return by the great
road to Albany.
During your whole progress, your detachments are to have orders to
bring in to you all horses fit to mount the dragoons under your com-
mand, or to serve as bat-horses to the troops, together with as many
saddles and bridles as can be found. The number of horses requisite
besides those necessary for mounting the regiment of dragoons, ought
to be thirteen hundred. If you can bring more for the use of the Army,
it will be so much the better. Your parties are likewise to bring in
waggons and other convenient carriages with as many draught oxen
as will be necessary to draw them, and all cattle fit for slaughter (milch
cows excepted) which are to be left for the use of the inhabitants. Reg-
ular receipts in the form hereto subjoined are to be given in all places
where any of the above mention'd articles are taken, to such persons as
have remained in their habitations and otherwise complyed with the
terms of Gen1 Burgoyne's manifesto: but no receipt to be given to such
as are known to be acting in the service of the rebels. As you will
have persons with you perfectly acquainted with the abilities of the
country, it may perhaps be advisable to tax the several districts with
the proportions of the several articles and limit the hours of the deliv-
ery: and should you find it necessary to move before such delivery can
be made, hostages of the most respectable people should be taken to
secure their following you the ensuing day. All possible means are to
be used to prevent plundering.
As it is probable that Capt. Sherwood who is already detached to
the southward, and will join you at Arlington, will drive in a consider-
able quantity of cattle and horses to you, you will therefore send in
his cattle to the army with a proper detachment from Peters' corps to
cover them, in order to disencumber yourself; but you must always
keep the regiment of dragoons compact. The dragoons themselves
must aid, and take care of the horses of the regiment. Those horses
which are destined for the use of the army must be tyed together by
Strings of ten each in order that one man may lead ten of them. You
will give the unarmed men of Peter's corps to conduct them and in-
habitants whom you can trust. You must always take your camps in
good positions, but at the same time where there is pasture; and you
must have a chain of centinels around your cattle and horses when
grazing. Colonel Skene (1) will be with you as much as possible, in
(1) Col. Skene was a tory.— Ed.
66Q STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
order to assist you with his advice, to help you to distinguish the good
Subject from the bad, to procure you the best intelligence of the Ene-
my, and to choose those people who are to bring me the accounts of
your progress and success.
When you find it necessary to halt for a day or two you must always
intrench the camp of the regiment of dragoons, in order never to
risque an attack or affront from the enemy. As you will return with
the regiment of dragoons mounted, you must always have a detach-
ment of Capt. Fraser's or Peter's Corps in front of the column, and
the same in the rear, in order to prevent falling into an ambuscade
when you march through the woods. You will use all possible means
to make the country believe that the troops under your command are
the advanced corps of the army, and that it is intended to pass the
Connecticut river on the road to Boston. You will likewise insinuate
that the main army from Albany is to be join'd at Springfield by a
corps of troops from Rhode Island.
It is highly probable that the corps under Mr. Warner now supposed
to be at Manchester will retreat before you; but should they, contrary
to expectation, be able to collect in great force and post themselves
advantageously, it is left to your discretion to attack them or not, al-
ways bearing in mind that your corps is too valuable to let any consid-
erable loss be hazarded on this occasion.
Should any corps be moved from Mr. Arnold's main army in order
to interrupt your retreat you are to take as strong a post as the coun-
try will afford and send the quickest intelligence to me, and you may de-
pend on my making such a movement as shall put the enemy between
two fires, or otherwise effectually sustain you.
It is imagined the progress of the whole of this expedition may be
effected in about a fortnight, but every movement of it must depend
upon your success in obtaining such supply of provisions as will enable
you to subsist, for your return to the army, in case you can get no
more, and should not the army be able to reach Albany before your
expedition should be compleated, I will find means to send you notice
of it, and give your route another direction.
All persons acting in Committees or any officers under the direction
of the Congress either civil or military are to be made prisoners.
1 heartily wish you success, and have the
honor to be, Sir, your most obed1 Serv',
J. Bukgoyne, Lt. Gen1.
Head Qr. (1) Aug1. 9th, 77.
Letter from Maj. Jona Hale to Col. Israel Morey.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 21.]
(Extract) Newbury, Aug' 11, 1777.
Sir — "Last night an Express arrived to Gen1 Bayley for one half
the militia of Col. Olcott's Regiment, which Express I have sent you by
the bearer. It is Gen1 Bayley's opinion that although there has no Ex-
press arrived as yet to our Regiment as we know off, yet it is the indis-
pensable Duty of our Regiment as many as possibly can to turn out
(1) Burgoyne's head-quarters at this time was at fort Edward. — Ed.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 667
volunteers, as there seems to be an opening for us to gain some advan-
tage of our Enemy, if we exert ourselves. I doubt not but a considera-
ble number of our people would turn out if you should think it advisa-
ble, and if Majr Child would go as their leader."
Sir, your Serv'
JoNa Hale.
Letter from persons in the Army, belonging to New Ipswich.
[State Tap. Vol. VIII. p. 31.]
(Extract.) Stillwater, August 11th. 1777.
To the Committee of Safety \
for the Town of New Ipswich \
Gentlemen — " We the subscribers who
are ingaged in the actual service of United States of America, and the
service of the township of New Ipswich in particular, beg leave to ac-
quaint said town something of the treatment and usage we have and
still receive with regard to our living, while we are jeoparding our
Lives in the defence of their just rights and priviledges, against the
haughty insults of our unnatural foes and the barbarous savages of
the wilderness.
" As to provisions indeed we receive some part of our Ration such as
beef and flour, without any kind of sause save only once in a while a
trifle of Pease, and that but only seldom. We ever supposed that
commissarys were to have been appointed and stores provided, such as
sugar or molasses, cheese, chocolate, and divers other articles necessary
which the Congress appointed, and allow'd to be provided, should have
been sent forward for the use of the New Hampshire troops and deliv-
ered out or sold for the prime cost, or at least allowance only to be
made for transporting; but instead of that we have little or nothing
sent by the State to be purchased, which obliges us to apply to other
State commissarys when we want, and then pay the most extravagant
price immaginable when ever we can at all procure any article, which
is but seldom : sugar at 3s pr pound, Rum of the meanest at 2 Dollars
a quart and often 3 Dollars; and every other article equivalent, by
which means no man's wages would maintain him to buy the necessa-
rys of life — supposing they were provided by the State, nay. they
would do but a small part toward it, much less to maintain his family
at home, supposing he have one.
" Clothing is a very material article; but none have ever come to
us: the Brigadier Gen1 of our Brigade borrowed a few frocks & trou-
sers from the Bay Stores, — wast-coats, stockings &c. but we are oblig-
ed to pay for them at the highest rate 22/6 lawfull money for a single
striped woolen wast-coat without sleeves ; 18s for a paire mean sole-
shoes & 18s for a tow-shirt &c. Some of us have lost all the clothing
we had. and every other necessary, save only the cloaths on our back
taken from us in Battle with the enemy on the 7th day of July past.
* * * * We are true and faithful subjects to the State Still,
and .are ready to defend it at all times, living still in hope of having
our grievances redressed. * * * *.
668 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
"We hope, Gentlemen, the town will consider our grievance, so far
as to endeavor to help us to some method of redress."
(Signed) Ithamar Wheelock
Levi Adams Nathaniel Hayes
Ephraim Foster Eph1™ Severance
Moses Farnsworth Rawlens Coburn
Jonas Adams Samuel Potter
Silas Gill Samuel Foster.
The Committee of Safety at New Ipswich, N. Hampr,
To the care of Lul. Paul Prichard
Pr. favr Capt. Druery, New Ipswich, N. H.
In Town meeting.
Voted, That our Representative lay this Letter before the General
Court and use his Influence that the Court fulfill their obligations to
the soldiers of this State.
Attest. Isaac How, Town Clerk.
New Ipswich,
Sept. 10th, 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 39.]
Geo. King gives notice to Hon. Meshech Weare (Portsm0 Aug. 12,
1777.) that. " Mr. Jotham Blanchard of Peterborough, has lately pur-
chased in the Eastern Country a quantity of cattle to the amount of
£70,0 " &c. and is " apprehensive that these cattle are intended to feed
our enemies."
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 43.]
The Committee of Safety, New Hampr Aug. 14, 1777, ask the aid of
the Committee of Safety of Boston, to arrest " Robert Luist Fowle a
printer, who has been concerned in counterfeiting" and " by his leaving
home in a private manner & carrying his cloaths with him, there is no
doubt but that he meant to abscond."
Vermont Council of Safety to Col. Marsh.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 41.]
(Extract) Benuington, 13th Aug1 1777.
Dear Col0 —
" These are in the most positive terms to requiar you without a mo-
ments loss of time to march one half of the Regiment under your
command to this place.
'* Whilst I am writing this, we are informed by Express that a large
Body of the Enemy's troops were discovered two hours ago in St. Koik?
12 miles from this place and another body at Cambridge about is miles
from this; that they march boldly in the Road, and there will doubtless
be an attack at or near this place within 24 hours. We have the assist-
ance of Maj. General Stark with his Brigade: you will hurry what
Rangers forward are recruited with all speed. Now is the time.
Sir, I am your Hiunb. Serv'
Jonas Fay, Vice Presid1
Col0 Marsh.
(Sent also by Express to Gen1 Bailey)
1777. J CORRESPONDENCE. 669
Letter from Bennington, relating to Gen. Stark' 's first engage-
ment there with British troops.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 53.]
In Council of Safety,
Bennington, 16"' Augst 1777.
Gentlemen —
Brig1 General Starks from the State of New Hampshire with his
Brigade, together wth the Militia & Companies of Rangers raised by
this State with part of Col0 Symonds Regiment of the militia, are now
in action with a number of the Enemies Troops assembled near this
place, which has been for some time very severe: We have now in pos-
session (taken from them this day) four Brass field pieces, Ordinance
Stores &c
And this moment four or five hundred Prisoners have arrived; we
have taken the ground altho' fortified by Intrenchments &c. but after
being drove about one mile and the Enemy being reinforced made a
second stand & still continue the action ; the loss on each side is doubt-
less considerable, but the numbers cannot ascertain.
You are therefore in the most pressing terms requested by Gen1
Starks & this Council to forward the whole of the Militia under your
several commands to this place without one minutes loss of time : they
will proceed on horse-back with all the ammunition that can be pro-
vided conveniently ; on our present exertion depends the fate of thou-
sands.
I am, Gen' yr most obd* Hhbl Serv*.
Jonas Fay, Vice Presidt.
To the Gen1 nearest com-
manding Regts in yc States.
Compliments of General Stark, with trophies of War, as presents.
[No date.]
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 55.]
General Stark presents his most respectful Compliments to the Hon-
ourable the Council and House of Representatives for the State of New
Hampshire, & begs their Acceptance of a Hessian Dragoon Sword,
Drum, Gun, Cartridge Box, Bayonet & Grenadier Cap: — The trophies
of the Memorable Battle fought by their Militia in conjunction with
the Militia, of the State of Vermont & Massachusetts Bay on the 16th
August 1777, at Walloomscook, & desires they may be deposited in the
State in memory of that glorious victory given them by the Divine
Being who overpowers & Rules all things.
Superscribed—" To Public service —
The Hon'ble Meshech Weare
President of the Council
State of N. Hre."
670 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from Gen. Stark, giving his account of the battle on the
16th August.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 63.]
(Copy) Bennington, August 18th, 1777.
Gkxtlemex — I congratulate you on the late success of your Troops
under my command; by express I purpose to give you a brief account
of my proceedings since I wrote to you last.
I left Manchester on Sunday the 8th Inst, and arrived here the 9th.
The 13th I was inform'd that a party of Indians were at Cambridge
•which is 12 miles distant from this place on their march thither. I de-
tach'd Col0 Gregg(l) with 200 men under his command to stop their
march. In the evening I had information by express that there was a
large body of the enemy on their way with their field pieces, in order
to march through the country, commanded by Govern1, Skene. The
14th I marched with my Brigade & a few of this States' Militia, to
oppose them, and to cover Gretrg's retreat, who found himself unable
to withstand their superior numbers: About four miles from the Town.
1 accordingly met him on his return, and the Enemy in close pursuit of
him, within half a mile of his rear; but when they discovered me they
presently halted on a very advantageous peice of ground. I drew up
my little army on an eminince in open view of their encampments, but
could not bring them to an engagement. I marched back about a mile,
and there encamp'd. I sent out a few men to skirmish with them,
kill'd thirty of them with two Indian Chiefs. The 15th it rain'd all
day; I sent out parties to harass them.
The 16th I was join'd by this States' Militia and those of Berkshire
County; I divided my army into three Divisions, and sent Col. Nich-
ols(2) with 250 men on their rear of their left wing; Col0 Hendrick in
the Rear of their right, with 300 men, order'd when join'd to attack
the same.
In the mean time I sent 300 men to oppose the Enemy's front, to
draw their attention that way; Soon after I detach'd the Colonels
llubbart(3) & Stickney(T) on their right wing with 200 men to attack
(1) Col. "William Gkegg was born at Londonderry, 21 Oct., 1730. He died in that
town, 16 September, 1824, in the 94th year of his age.— Ed.
(2) Col. Moses Nichols was of Amherst, where he died 23 May, 1790, aged 50 years.
He was appointed Colonel of the 6th Regiment of N. H. militia, 0 December,' 1776;
held many important offices in the town, county, and state. In profession he was a
physician. — Ed.
(3) Dr. Belknap in his history calls this name "Hubbard," which lias occasioned
much perplexity. It should be' written Hobart. See note p. 32. Col. David Ho-
bart was of Plymouth, N. II., and was at this time in command of the 12th Regiment
of N. H. militia. He was originally from Hollis. He fought with great bravely in
this batik, and received due credit from his General. Hon. Chandler E. Potter(in Adj.
Gen. Report, Vol. II. 1866, p. 320), says,— "He, with Stickney, led the detachment
against the tory breastworks, where there was the most desperate lighting. The tories
expected no quarter, and gave none, lighting to the last like tigers. They were com-
pletely surrounded within their fortification, and the work of death was finished with
bayonets and clubbed muskets. Hobart and Stickney saw the work thoroughly dene.
Sia'-k had ordered the men, as they passed through a eom-lield. to pur a husk of corn
on each one's hat. This precaution was a great ben, 'lit. As the tories were dressed
like themselves in their " working clothes," the corn husk under the hat-baud served
to distinguish friends from foes, and a man without a husk in Ids hat was sure to be
visited by a bayonet or the breech of a musket. After the war, Col. Hobart moved
to Haverhill, .Slass., where he died."
(4) Col. Thomas Stickney was of Concord, jV . H., colonel of the 11th regiment of
militia. He was a son of Jeremiah Stickney, Esq. lie died in Concord, Januan 26,
1809, in the SOth year of his age. [See Bouton's Hist, of Concord, pp. 274-276.]— Ed.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. G71
that part, all which plans had their desired effect. Col0 Nichols sent
me word that he stood in need of a reinforcement, which 1 readily
granted, consisting of 100 men. at which time he commenced the attack
precisely at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, which was followed by all the
rest. I pushed forward the remainder with all speed; our people be-
haoed with the greatest spirit ;v bravery imaginable : Had they been Alexan-
der* or Charleses of Sweden, they could not have behaved better. The
action lasted two hours, at the expiration of which time, we forced
their Breastworks at the muzzles of their guns, took two pieces of
Brass cannon, with a number of prisoners ; — but before I could get
them into proper form again, I rec'1 intelligence that there was a large
reinforcement within two miles of us on their march, which occasional us
to renew our attack. But luckily for us Col0 Warner's Regiment came
up, which put a stop to their career. We soon rallied, & in a few
minutes the action became very warm & desperate, which lasted till
night; we used their own cannon against them, which provM of great
service to us. At Sunset we obliged them to retreat a second time;
wre pursued them till dark, when I was obliged to halt for fear of killing
my own men. We recovered two pieces more of their cannon, together
with all their Baggage, a number of horses, carriages &c. kill'd up-
wards of two hundred of the enemy in the field of Battle, the number
of the wounded is not yet known as they are scattered about in many
places.
I have 1 Lieut. Col0 since dead, 1 major, 7 Captains, 14 Lieuts 4 En-
signs, ii Cornets, 1 Judge advocate, 1 Barron, 2 Cannadian officers, 6
sergeants, 1 Aid-de-camp & seven hundred prisoners; — I almost forgot
1 Hessian Chaplain. I enclose you a copy of General Burgoyne's
Instructions to Col0 Baum, wdio commanded the detachment that en-
gaged us. Our wounded are 42 ; ten privates & four officers belonging
to my Brigade is dead. The dead & wounded in the other Corps I do
not know, as they have not brought in the returns as yet.
I am Gentlemen, with the greatest regard & respect,
Your most obedient, Hum'0 serv1
[John Stark].
I almost forgot 3 Hessian surgeons.
N. B. I have sent you by the Post, Josiah Crosby, one hundred
seventy four Dollars & two thirds, of Hampshire currency, which I had
to give Contin1 for to my men, as there is scarce any other will pass
here.
Gentlemen — I think we have return'd the enemy a proper Complim1
in the above action, for the Hubbart-town engagement. (1)
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 67.]
A letter from Col. Israel Morey and Majr Jona. Child, to Hon.
Meshech Weare, says, "In consequence of a request from the com-
manding officer of the Northern Department of Vermont — we directed
the several companies [of militia] to be called together in order for vol-
unteers. The men turned out beyond our expectation to the number
of about seventy. Maj. Child is to march with them."'
(1) In ;i letter to General dates, dated August 22, 1777, Gen. Stark gives an account
of the battle verv similar to the foregoing. See the letter in Coll. Vermont Hist. Soc.
Vol. I. pp. 206, 207.— ED.
672 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from Gen. Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 71.]
Bennington, Aug8' 19, 1777.
Gentlemen— This moment as the po*t was about taking his leave,
I received a letter from Gen1. Gates who is arrived in Albany, & has
the command of our troops there, instead of the Generals Schuyler &
Sinclair, both of whom are sent for, to make their appearance at Head
Quarters.
I am, Gentlemen, your Humb1. Serv',
Joiix Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 75.]
A letter from Col. Nathaniel Peabody dated Boston, Aug. 21, 1777,
relating to the State of the southern army, an inquiry into the surren-
der of Ticonderoga, the escape of Luist Fowle from prison, the tories
&c.
Order of Committee of Safety, c^c.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 83.]
State of New I In Committee of Safety,
Hamp* j Augst 23d. 1777.
To-
Gent" — You are appointed and desired immediately to repair to
Bennington, and do every thing in your power to assist the sick and
wounded men of General Stark's Brigade of Militia of this State, and
to consult with and advise General Stark with respect to any further
operations, and to procure an exact Account of the late action of Gen.
Stark's with the Brittish troops: and you are Empowered to do and
transact any matters and things with Respect to said Brigade that you
may think necessary.
To Col. Josiah Bartlett &
Col" Nath1 Peabody.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 91.]
A b'ttor from Gen. Benja Lincoln of Mass. dated Bennington, Aug.
25, 1777, to the " Council of New Hampshire," requesting that more
militia may be forwarded, to take the place of those whose term of ser-
vice will soon be out. He also says, " On the 24th I received an order
from Gen. Gates in the word* following: "General Gates desires
" Gen. Lincoln will send a letter to the State of New Hampshire to
" have Colonel Utile immediately apprehended, and brought prisoner
"to Albany, to answer an accusation of high treason exhibited against
"him." (1)
(l)Col. Nathan Hale was of Rindge. On the retreat of our army from Ticonderoga
he was ordered 'to cover the rear of tin' invalids, by which means he fell seven miles
behind the main body. The next morning he was attacked by an advanced partyof
the enemv at Hubba'rdton, and, with other officers and 100 men, was taken prisoner.
See Belk. Hist. 1777.— Ed.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 673
"I must, Gentlemen, intreat your aid in this matter and that Colo-
nel Hale may be sent to Albany agreeable to the above request."
[Note. On the 4th of Sept. the Committee of Safety ordered the
arrest of Col. Hale. — Ed.]
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 93.]
August 26th, 1777.
Mr. John Neally was appointed to enlist a company for Rhode Is-
land, to serve till the first of January next. " If you enlist 34 men
you will have a Captain's Commission; If 22 men a Lieutenant's Com-
mission: If 16 men an Ensigns Commission."
Resolves of Congress in relation to Quakers fyc.
In Congress, August 2S, 1777.
Whereas there is strong reason to apprehend that a number of per-
sons who profess themselves to belong to the Society of People
commonly called Quakers, maintain a Correspondence and connec-
tion highly prejudicial to the publick Safety, in the respective
States of America :
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Executive Powers of the
respective States, forthwith to apprehend and secure all persons, as
well among the People called Quakers, as others, who have in their gen-
eral conduct and conversation evidenced a disposition inimical to the
Cause of America; and that the Persons so siezed, be confined in such
places, and treated in such manner, as shall be consistent with their re-
spective characters and the security of their persons.
That the Records and Papers of the meetings of Sufferings, in the
respective States, be forthwith secured and carefully examined, and
that such parts of them as may be of a political nature, be forthwith
transmitted to Congress.
Extract from the Journal
Cha9. Thomson, Sec^.
[State Pap. Vol. VIH. p. 99.]
General Gates issues notice Aug. 31, 1777, to officers and soldiers be-
longing to the Army of the Northern department, who are " loitering
in Boston, and other towns of Massachusetts Bay and New Hamp-
shire," that they must return to duty and join the Army by the 25th
of September, or take the consequences as deserters.
Letter from our delegates in Congress, relating to various mat-
ters of public interest.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 103.]
Philadelphia, Sept 2d, 1777.
Dear Sir — Gen1 & Admiral Howe with their fleet arrived in Elk
River on the 22d ult° and was, we [are] informed by two intelligent
sailors, (one belonging to Boston) deserters from the Admiral's ship,
42
674 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
that their fleet consists of 280 sail, five of which is 64 guns, 1 of 50, 1
of 40, three frigates and a number of tenders, such as brigs, sloops &
schooners; that the sailors are very sickly with the scurvey, spotted
& yellow-fever, and that they lost many of their horses on the passage,
tliat many of them has died since they landed them, by turning them
into corn-fields. Ye 25th they began to land their troops — it is uncer-
tain what numbers they have, is supposed to be about 10,000, that
many of them has deserted, and those deserters say that all the Hes-
sians will desert if they have an opportunity. The place where they
now are is in the midst of their countrymen, and it is said good Whigs.
The Congress has chosen a Committee to collect what evidence they
can for the trial of officers at Ticonderoga, as you'll see more at large
by the newspapers, and how far the State of New Hampshire is con-
cerned in that collection.
There has been lately a discovery as is supposed a plot by the Quak-
ers in this place against the States, by furnishing our Enemies with
intelligence &c. (I fear we shall fail of that proof that is expected)
which has in some degree laid the censure on all those people in the
United States; and the Congress has passed some Resolves to be sent
to the United States in order to apprehend some of those people. I
trust our Court will act with their known prudence and caution in that
affair.
The Treasury board has not made any report on our request for
money, but are daily promising to do it; am still in doubt whether we
shall succeed, as the Congress is in want of all our money for the pub-
lic use : It is greatly wished by Congress that the monied men would
supply ye loan office faster, and that all the States would go largely into
taxation.
Gen1 Washington's head Quarters at present is Wilminton, State of
Delaware, about 12 miles from Howe's main army, and 26 miles from
this place, has about 14,000 Continental troops, and the Militia is turn-
ing out in great bodyes of numbers from all Quarters this way, and in
high spirits. We trust (through the goodness of God), we shall be
able to repel the force of the enemy.
There is no Commissioners appointed as yet in the Eastern Depart-
ment to settle the accts of those States, except what is relating to the
army, but suppose there will be some appointed soon; as we have re-
quested of Congress to appoint such to examine the State of New
Hampshire's ace1, it would be no small advantage to your Delegates if
we could be honor'd with the Acts or Resolves of our Honor1'1 Court,
so far as relates with our duty we oive the State and Court in Con-
gress; we were left to guess the Reasons the State had in giving Gen1
Stark his orders as it is said he had, and trust we have given the Con-
gress sufficient reason to justify the State therein, and to prevent any
censure on the State in supposing they had any desire in acting in a
separate or distinct line, but in conjunction and steady union with the
whole United States and for the general welfare of y° same; Ave sent
by Mr. Bass three books of the Journals of Congress which was all he
could carry of ye 20 Voted to each State: Shall send the remainder yc
first opportunity.
Your most obed1 & most Humb1 serv'3
Nath1 Folsom
The Honbl Meshech Weare, Esq. Geo. Fkost.
Presid' New Hampshire.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 675
Resolve of Congress.
[State Tap. Vol. VIII. p. 105.]
In Congress, September 3d, 1777.
Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the several States to
take effectual measures for importing, or otherwise procuring, during
the ensuing winter, such supplies of arms, tents, & other military-
stores, blankets, clothing, medicines & other necessary articles for their
respective militia, as may be wanted for the next campaign; & that
they report to Congress the species & quantity of military stores man-
ufactured in their respective States.
Extract from the Minutes
Chas: Thomson, Sec-V.
Petition of William Vance for relief from prison.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 107.]
To the Honbl the Committee of Safety for the State of New Hamp-
shire :
Gent*.
I have been a long time your prisoner, I have suffered exceedingly
both in my health & property, And now the fruits of the Earth, which
with trouble And the greatest pains are almost ready for harvest,
must still fail me (in all appearance) if I am not permitted to return
to my family & farm. It has been with the greatest difficulty & trouble
that Mrs. Vance has been able to keep the young man who has done
my work hitherto till the present; now he has absolutely refused to
tarry any longer: And to lose the whole of the latter harvest for want
of my assistance is too dreadful to be thought on. I earnestly beseech
your Honors to extend your mercy & compassion towards me in this
time of my distress; Grant me deliverance from this place of confine-
ment, that I may by the blessing of the God of mercy, be a means of
delivering myself and family from cleenness of teeth & want of bread:
any Bonds or restriction which your Honors think necessary, I shall
endeavor religiously to observe.
I am, Gentlemen, with all due respect, your
Honors most obed' & devote Serv4 & prisoner,
William Vance.
Exeter,— Goal, Sept. 4, 1777.
Remonstrance against the release of Col. Holland from prison.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 111.]
Londonderry, Sept, ye 5Ul, 1777.
To the Honbl Committee sitting at Exeter :
From the Committee and Selectmen of this town we are assured
there is a petition carried about by Abraham Reid of Windham getting
si?mers to present to your Honors that Col0 Stephen Holond may be
admitted to bonds, and so come out of Goal; and we conceive by per-
swasions have prevailed upon som unwary and unthinkin men to sign
their petition ; we would therefore let your Honnors know that this
town and the well affected in it have no hand in that matter. We
676 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
further inform your Honnors, that Abraham Reid the carrier of the
above petition in his General conversation exclaims against the manig-
ment of the Continent: and further has said that all that had a hand
in puting Coll0 Holand in Goal, would be hanged.
We would be glad if your Honnors would send us a coppey of the
signer names when it comes to your hands, and so we remain your
very humb1 Servts
By order of the Committee and Select men,
John Aikex, Chaermau
John Moor, dark.
To M. Weare, Chaerman.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 113.]
Orders were issued, September 5, to Colonels of the several Regi-
ments, to draft one-sixth part of their respective Regts to go to Ben-
nington, under Gen. Stark: to inarch on the 15th of Sept., and remain
in service till the last day of November, 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 113.]
Petition to the Committee of Safety, from Doct. John Masters, dated
Exeter, Sept. 5, 1777, for release from Goal.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 117.]
Letter from Jere. Clough, Jem., in Exeter Goal, Sept. 6, 1777, to his
father, asking aid and advice, saying, "As lam told some of the prison-
ers belonging to this Goal may be transported if they will appoint a
place, and I would be glad to have the same opportunity if I can't get
no other Releaf, but should wait for your advice."
Letter from Plymouth, relating to an apprehension and suspi-
cion of Counterfeiters.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 119.]
To the Committee of Safety of the State of New Hampshire:
Gentlemen7: The Committee of Safety for the Town of Plymouth
being apprehensive that a Combination of Persons disaffected with &
inimical to the interest of this & the United States of America were
assembled at a certain place for purposes of the most dangerous conse-
cpience, — The place and some persons being suspected, — a secret spy
was sent out in order to make discovery, who upon return Report:
That at & near the house of Brion Sweeney's northerly of Great
Squam Pond in the town of Newholderness (a place very remote from
any other humane settlement) was discovered sundry persons who by
their number & dress did not appear to be the proper Inhabitants of that
place, (no man in that family being grown but Sweeney himself.) As
we have for a long time suspected that place to be a Den of mischief, we
are now more confirmed in our minds that there is secretly mischief a
planning & carrying on at & near sa'd Sweeney's, such as counterfeiting
money, or some other plan to assist our Enemies and the like. Mr.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 677
Abel Webster, the bearer hereof, being one of the spies who will give
further intelligence; As we think it not safe for the publick & especially
for the Inhabitants of these parts that the above affair should not be
properly looked into, we thought it our duty to give you this informa-
tion, hoping that you will not fail to give the same proper notice, &
pass such order thereon as iu the prosecution thereof will effectually
secure the publick safety in general against the same, as well as ease
the minds of the good people in these parts, in particular.
Stephen Wejsster, Chairman.
In Committee of Safety
Plymouth, September 8th, 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 121.]
Letter from Col. Sam1 Hunt, dated Charlestown, Sept. 8, 1777, re-
lating to the mounting of guns, furnishing arms for Continental troops,
provisions &c. In answer to which, Sept. 20, 1777, Col. Hunt was
directed "to defer mounting the cannon at present; and to procure a
quantity of Provision in store for the use of the State."
Resolution of the Committee of Safety respecting Mark H(J
Wenttvorth, Esq., ^c.(l)
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 131.]
State of New } In Committee of Safety,
Hampr J Sept. 12th, 1777.
It having been represented to us that Woodbury Langdon Esq1' is
now confined in New York as a prisoner, by the influence of John
Wentworth, Esq. late Govr of this State, and not to be released, other-
wise than by exchange for Col0 Stephen Holland, who is confined here
as a criminal; Therefore
Resolved, That Mark H? Wentworth, Esq. be required to give his
parole in writing, for himself and Family, also the wife and children of
John Fisher, Esq., that they do not leave the town of Portsmouth
without permit from the Legislative authority of this State; And that
the sheriff of the County of Rockingham be, and hereby is directed
imediately to serve Mr. Wentworth beforenamed, with a copy of this
Resolve, receive his Parole as aforesaid, and make return to this Com-
mittee or the General Assembly, as soon as may be.
M. Weare, Chairman.
To John Parker, Esq.
State of New Hampshire: Portsmouth, Sepf 12, 1777.
Whereas it is this day Resolved by the Committee of Safety of this
State, that I, the subscriber should give my written Parole for myself and
Family & also the wife & children of John Fisher, Esq., that neither of
us, shall depart out of this Town without leave from the Legislative
Authority of said State: I do hereby give my Word & Honor that my-
self & the above named Persons shall remain in this Town & not depart
therefrom without leave as aforesaid.
Mark H« Wentworth.
(1) See ante pp. C27, C28.— Ed.
678 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Particulars of the movements of Gen1 Lincoln from September
13th to the 21st.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 135.]
13th. Marched in three Divisions from Pawlet, commanded by Cols
Brown, Johnson and Woodbridge. Col. Brown crossed South Bay to
relieve our prisoners at the North of Lake George ; Col. Johnson at
the same time to divert the enemy at Independence; Col. Woodbridge
at Skeenborough to cover Col. Brown's retreat &c.
On Wednesday morning, ye 17th, at day-break Col. Brown began ye
attack, set at liberty 100 of our men which were prisoners; took pris-
oners 293 of the enemy, amongst which were two Capts., 7 Lieuts, &
two other officers; took Mount Defiance, Mount Hope, the French
lines & the Block house at the Landing, '200 Battaus, one armed sloop,
several gun-boats; on Sunday took about 100 prisoners — the prisoners
are marched for Connecticut, except ye 100 — took a vast quantity of
plunder; his [Col. Brown's] water craft are with a party set out for the
South end of Lake George, where are all their boats, baggage & heavy
artillery. I have not the least doubt but they will succeed ; The Divi-
sion consists of 500 men each; Col. Brown is reinforced now to 700.
We mean to keep possession of the ground at Ticonderoga; the field is
now opened wide, the time is now come that we may intirely cut off
Gen. Burgoyne's whole army if we exert ourselves; our numbers are
not sufficient to keep what we have & can get. I think it the Duty of
every man to turn out with his horse & one month's provision ; which
will undoubtedly accomplish our design. I must call on all friends to
America to turn out & come to our assistance at Ticonderoga.
Jacob Bayley, B. D G.
Castleton Sept. 21 , 1777.
P. S. Gen1 Lincoln is gone to join Gen1 Gates.
(A true Coppy) Attest — Peter Labaree, Chairman.
Letter from our delegates in Congress, relating to the battle of
Brandywine.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 107.]
Philadelphia, Sept. 15th, 1777.
Worthy Sir — No doubt but that you'l hear of the battle of yc 11th
Instant (before this reaches you) which begun at Chadsford on Bran-
dywine River ; various and uncertain are the accounts of the loss on
both sides ; several members of Congress were present at the battle,
who report as their opinion that our loss did not exceed 400 : and by
information this day by a man who lived nigh the field of battle, who
says he was called on with some others by Gen1 Howe to bury the dead,
that they buried of the enemy on that part where our Right wing was
engaged 1274, and that in said place we lost but 200 ; what numbers
was slain on our left wing where the battle first begun is not as yet
ascertained. They have lost a great many officers, and a very great
many wounded ; — one hundred waggons loaded with s(I wounded went
off the field together ; on the whole they were so sore that they have
continued in their camp ever since the battle, having full employment
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 679
to take care of their wounded and to bury their dead; Altho' we lost
the field with six pieces of cannon, another such victory would ruin
Howe's army. General Washington has collected his army, and (in
high spirits) taken an advantageous post about five miles from the
Enemy, and as soon as the reinforcement from Peeks-kill of 2500 joyns
him, to attack the Enemy.
We have obtained an order from Congress for one hundred thousand
dollars, one half on the loan-office in Boston, the other half on the loan
office in our State. Mr. Frost being in a poor state of health, desires
leave to return home, and proposes to set off from this place next week
and bring the orders on s'1 offices with him.
We are with great respect, Sir,
Your most ob1 & most Humbl servts
Natii1 Folsom
Geo: Frost.
To the Honbl Meshech Weare, Esq.
New Hampshire, President.
Letter from Gen. Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 139.]
Camp above Stillwater, 17th Sept. 1777.
Dear Sir — I embrace this opportunity by Express to inform you,
That the troops under my command is to leave this place tomorrow ;
and the enemy are within six miles of our army, and an engagement is
daily expected. This is to entreat you, as a Lover of your Country, to
hasten your Troops to joiu the army without loss of time. It is proba-
ble the Fate of America may be determened in a few days. Your ex-
ertions in this will get you everlasting Honour, and Neglect, to the
contrary. I am, Sir,
Your most obed', very humb1 serv1
John Stark.
To the Commanding officer of the
Militia destined for the Northern
army from the State of New Hampr.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 141.]
A Letter from Gen. Gates, dated Bemas Heights, Sept. 17, 1777,
says, " It is evident Gen. Burgoyne designs to risque all upon one rash
stroke — It is therefore the indispensable duty of all concerned to exert
themselves in reinforcing this army without one moment's delay."
[Directed to the Chairman of Comtee at Bennington — to be forwarded
eastward.]
Orders to Col0 Stephen Evans to march to Bennington.
[State Pap. Vol. VIH. p. 145.]
State of New Hampshire —
To Col0. Stephen Evans — You are hereby directed to march with
your Regiment lately raised to reinforce the Continental army, as soon
as possible to Bennington, where you will find Provisions, and put
680 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
yourself under the command of General Stark if there, or any where
in those parts, provided Gen. Stark has determined to tarry in the
service, who in that case will put himself under the commander in chief
of the Continental army: But if Gen. Stark should have left the ser-
vice before you arrive there, or be determined not to tarry, then you
are directed to put yourself under the command of the General officer
of the Continental army nearest to Bennington — then to act as shall
be prescribed by the commander of the Continental Army in that De-
partment.
Letter to General Stark, desiring him to remain in the service.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 149.]
State of N. Hampr— Sept. 20th 1777.
Sir — By a letter Recd from you dated at Bennington you mentioned
your determination of not contin^ in the service longer than the time
for which your Brigade then with you had engaged for. However,
considering your known zeal for the good of your country, the Gen1
Court hope your domestic concerns and all other difficulties will give
way to the Public service ; that you will consent to tarry with the
Militia, which will accompany this, who are directed to put themselves
under your command (if you tarry.)
The great necessity of all the Troops co-operating with each other
in the common cause, makes it absolutely necessary that you icith the
Militia under you, put yourselves under the command of Genl. Gates or
the commander in chief of the Continental army in that department ;
which if you tarry (as we earnestly desire) you are directed to do.
Gen. Stark.
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
[p. 194.] A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honourable
House of Representatives of the State of New
Hampshire, at their Fourth Session begun and
held at Portsmouth, on the 17th day of Septem-
ber, Anno Domini 1777.
Towns <$' Places.
Portsmouth
Exeter
Londonderry,
Chester
Hampton
Newington
Greenland
Rye
New Castle
Strati) am
New Market
Epping
Brintwood
Kensington
Poplin & Raymond
Nottingham
Deerfield & )
Northwood $
Hampton Falls )
& Seabrook £
So. Hampton & >
Newton |
Epsom, Chiches- )
ter & Allenstown C
Representatives. Miles.
HonbI John Langdon, Speaker
George Gains, Esq.
Thomas Martin, Esq.
Sam1. Gilman jr. Esq. 14
Thomas Odiorne, Esq. 14
Moses Barnett, Esq. 38
John Bell, Esq. . 38
John Webster, Esq. 32
Robert Wilson, Esq 28
Dr. Levi Dearborn 10
Richd Downing, Esq. 6
Mr. Joshua Hains 5
Mr. Nathan Goss 6
Benj. Barker, Esq
Capt. Sam1 Gilman
Mr. Josiah Norris
Samuel Dudley, Esq.
Mr. Ebenr Potter
John Dudley Esq.
Thomas Bartlett, Esq.
Jereh Eastman, Esq.
Mr. Henry Robie
Mr. Stephen Bartlett
Jn° McClary, Esq.
682
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777.
Towns Sf Places.
Concord
Pembroke
Canterbury & )
Loudon }
Pelham,
Wyndham
Salem
Plastow & )
Atkinson $
Kingston & )
E. Kingston ^
Sandown & Hawke,
Hampstead
Candia
Bow & Dunbarton,
Dover
Durham
Summersworth,
Rochester
Barrington
Mad bury
Lee
Gilmanton & Barnstead
Sanbor" & Meredeth
Leavittstown, Wakefield )
& Middleton j
Sandwich, Tarn worth )
& Moultonboro' )
New Durham, The Gore ?
& Wolfborough $
Amherst —
Holies
Salisbury & Boscawen
Mason & Raby
Temple & Peterboro'
Litchfield & 7
Nottingham W. \
Derryfield & Goffstown
Merrimac & Bedford
Dunstable
Weare
Hopkinton
Francestown }
& New Boston j"
New Ipswich
Wilton, Lynda- ~)
boro' Mile Slip >-
Duxbury & S Farns. )
Hillsboro', Ilenni- ~
ker, Deerint
Soc. Lands,
Representatives.
Gordon Hutchins, Esq.
Capt. Sam1 McConnell
Mr. Thomas Clough
James Gibson, Esq.
James Betton, Esq.
Mr. Caleb Dustin
Nath1. Peabody, Esq.
Sam1. Philbrick, Esq
Jethro Sanborn, Esq.
Sam1. Little, Esq.
Sam1. Moores, Esq.
John Bryant, Esq.
Stephen Evens
Jn° Wentworth, jun. Esq
Mr. John Smith
Mr. Paul Wentworth
James Knowles, Esq.
Capt. Joshua Foss
Jn° Demerritt Esq.
Joseph Sias, Esq.
Joseph Badger, Esq
Ebenr Smith, Esq.
Simeon Dearborn Esq
Jona Moulton, Esq.
Miles.
54
52
54
49
40
34
32
19
27
31
36
53
14
14
15
19
20
Moses Nichols, Esq.
54
Mr. Peter Woodbury
58
Mr. Stephen Ames
58
Capt. Matt. Pettingale
72
Mr. Amos Dakin
72
Francis Blood, Esq
76
Asa Davis, Esq.
49
John Goffe, Esq.
49
Wyseman Clagett, Esq.
49
Jona. Lovewell, Esq.
54
Mr. George Hadley
64
Capt. John Putney
64
Mr. Benja Dodge
64
Mr. Wm. Shattuck
74
* o .tarns.
Ilenni- ~)
ng & [
Francis Epes, Esq.
Capt. Joseph Symonds
68
7:)
1777.]
JOURNAL OP TIIK HOUSE.
Towns ;V Places.
New Breton, War-)
ner, Perrystown & >-
Fishersfield )
Kekn
Charleston
Walpole
Claremont
Richmond
"Winchester
Hinsdale & >
Chesterfield}
Westmoreland
Marlow, Snrry }
& Alstead J
Dublin & Monad- ?
noc — No. 5, £
Swanzey & Fitz- )
William' |
Stoddard, Gilsum )
& Packersfield j
Rindge, Jaffrey & >
Peterboro' Slip j
Unity, Acworth, >
Lemster, Saville, ,-
Croydon & Newport)
Cornish, Protectworth, >
Plainfield & Grantham }
Rumney, Ilolderness, )
Campton & Thornton }
Plymouth, Cockermouth,
Alexandria & New Chester
Apthorp. Northnm- "]
berland, Stratford,
Lancaster, Conway >■
Cockburn, Shelburn, |
Colburn, &c. - - J
[all other towns —
Representatives.
Mr. Francis Davis
Timothy Ellis, Esq.
Dr. David Taylor
Capt. Christo1" Webber
Elihu Stevens, Esq.
Capt. Oliver Capron
Capt. Reub" Alexander
Capt. Michael Cressey
Mr. Ebenr Britton
Mr. Obadiah Wilcox
Mr. Joseph Greenwood
Joseph Hammond Esq.
Joseph Rouncival, Esq.
Enoch Hale, Esq.
Benja. Giles, Esq.
Miles.
102
124
117
141
114
114
114
110
108
82
102
99
84
142
Dan1. Brainerd, Esq.
108
Dea. Francis Worcester
97
Mr. Joseph Whipple.
None]
684 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[p. 198.] State of New Hampshire.
At a Session of the General Assembly of the State of New
Hampshire begun and held at Portsmouth on Wednesday
the 17th day of September Anno Domini, 1777, by adjourn-
ment.
[Not being a quorum, adjourned to]
Thursday, Sept. 18th 1777.
Voted, That John Smith be and hereby is elected clerk,
pro tempore, of this house.
Voted, That Mr. Thomas Odiorn be Assistant Clerk.
Voted to choose a Committee of this House to join such as
the Honble Board shall appoint to take under consideration
the Inventories of the rateable Estates of the several Towns
in this State returned to the Secretary & report thereon &
that Mr. Bell, Jno. Dudley Esq. Capt. Martin, Benja Giles
Esq. & Jonathan Love well, Esq. be the Committee of this
house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett, Mr.
Thompson, Mr. Blanchard, & Mr. Bellows added.]
[p. 199.] Voted, That Brigadier General Whipple lie and
hereby is directed to order & set a Guard of sixteen effective
men with a proper officer included, to take care of and guard
the Goal at Exeter both day and night, & to be so ordered
that not less than eight men be on said Guard at a time dur-
ing the night or from sunset to sunrise, & that said officer &
men remain in said service for the term of three months next
ensuing, unless sooner discharged, & that the Privates receive
forty shillings per month each as wages, & the officer of the
Guard four pounds ten shillings per month, and that they
have the same Rations as soldiers employed in the ser-
vice of this State ; and that strict orders be forthwith given
in writing to the officer of the Guard to make all necessa-
ry defence in protecting the Prison & keeping the prisoners
secure. [Concurred.]
Voted, To choose a Committee of three to join such as the
Honbl Board shall appoint to take into consideration a Letter
from Congress respecting General Stark, & to draught an
answer thereto & lay the same before this house, <fc that Col.
Peabody, Capt. Martin, & Jno. Dudley Esq. be the Commit-
tee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Bart-
lett, Mr. King & Mr, Thompson added.]
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 685
Report of the Committee on a neiv proportion for taxes.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 5.]
The Committee of both houses appointed to consider of a method for
making a. new Proportion to be a guide for paying Taxes in this State,
Recommend that an order for taking and returning an Inventory be is-
sued to all Towns, Parishes, & Places in this State in the following-
form :
Whereas by a general change of circumstances in the several places
in this State paying Taxes, the last proportion is become unequal, and
a new one is necessary: Therefore
Voted, That the Select men or the major part of them or others by
them appointed, at the charge of the Town, Parish or place whereto
they belong, shall take an Inventory of the Rateable Estates of the
Towns, Parishes or places following: [Here follows the names of all the
taxable Towns &c. in the State — which see in the subjoined List, with
their Proportion &c.j
"Which Inventory shall be taken by the first day of June next, to
consist of what each person was possessed of the first day of April 1777,
and returned into the Secretary's office at or before said first day of
June next, in the following kind of Estate: All male Polls from eigh-
teen years old and upward except Persons engaged in the Army or
Navy for three years or during the War; all male & female slaves from
sixteen to forty-five years of age; orchard, arable, mowing and pasture
land, accounting so much orchard as will in a common season produce
ten barrels of cyder one acre; so much pasture land as will summer a
cow four acres, and what mowing land will commonly produce one ton
of hay yearly one acre, and what arable or tillage land will commonly
produce twenty-five bushels of corn yearly one acre; — in which is to be
considered all land planted with Indian corn, potatoes, & beans, and
sown witli grain, flax, & peas; all horses, mares & colts, distinguishing
the difference of years from one to three years old; esteeming all that
has been wintered two winters one year old, allowing in like manner
for those two years old & those three years old; — and all that are four
years old & upwards to be accounted horses and mares ; all oxen, cows
and young cattle, distinguishing their age as above expressed for horses;
All mills wharves & ferries and the yearly rents thereof, — yearly repairs
thereof being first deducted, in the judgment of the persons taking said
Inventory: The Sum total of all money in hand or improved at interest
more than those persons letting or having the same give Interest for:
The sum total of the Value of all stock improved in trade whether at
abroad or at home; The Sum total of the Value of all real Estate, viz.
Land & Buildings not included in the before named articles: No lands
appropriated to public uses to be Inventoried. That said Inventory be
made & returned in Columns agreeable to the following form: —
686
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777.
Num. of Polls 18 years old
& upwards
No. of Slaves from 16 to
45 years of age
No. of* acres of orchard
land.
No. of acres of arable
land.
No. of acres of mowing
land.
No. of acres of Pasture
land
No. of horses and mares.
No. of colts 3 years old
No. of colts 2 years old
No. of colts 1 year old
No. of oxen
No. of cows
No. of cattle 3 years old
No. of cattle 2 years old
No. of cattle 1 year old
Yearly rents of mills
being deducted.
Sum total of Stock in trade
Sum total of money in hand
or at interest.
Sum total of the value of all real
estate, not included before.
And every person is required to give in a true and faithful Inventory
of all the foregoing articles belonging to him respectively on oath if
required thereto by the person or persons taking said Inventory who
are hereby Empowered to administer the same, and on refusal or
neglect thereof, the person or persons taking said Inventory are to set
down to him or them so refusing or neglecting as much as in his or
their judgment appears equitable :
That the person or persons taking said Inventory shall take an oath
1777.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
687
to be administered by any Justice of the Peace in the county where the
same is taken, that he or they have faithfully and impartially made
such Inventory, a certificate of which oath from the Justice who
administered it, shall be returned with the said Inventory into the
Secretary's office :
Further Voted, That the selectmen of the next oldest Town, to any
Town, Parish, or place where no selectmen are chose, shall take an
Inventory of such Town, Parish or place, or appoint some person or
persons in the said respective places to do the same, and return it as
aforesaid, for which they shall be paid an adequate reward, on their
accounts being exhibited to and allowed by the General Assembly, out
of the Treasury of this State :
And further Voted, That the Secretary send a copy of this vote to
the Selectmen of the several Towns, Parishes and places before named
as soon as may be, at the Public expence.
(Copy) Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Proportion of State Tax to £1000.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 1.]
No. of
Amount
Places taxed.
Polls.
of Estates
rateable.
Doomage.
Proportion.
[Rockingham Co.]
1 Allenstown
32
£50: 2: 9
1: 10: 5%
6: 12: 6
2 Atkinson
91
217:19: 2
3 Bow
72
97: 7: 3
2: 19: 2
4 Brintwood
194
427: 9: 4
12: 19: 11
5 Candia— Deduct £25.
143
294: 2: 1
8: 18: 9
6 Chichester
119
152: 3: 8
£ 5
4: 12: 6
7 Concord
233
403 : 18 : 3
20
12: 5: 7
8 Chester
339
GS0 : 18 : 0
40
20 : 13 : 11
9 Deerfield
219
415: 3: 9
15
12: 12: 4%
10 Epping
258
668: 8: 6
40
%>: 6: 4y2
11 Epsom
73
124:11: 8
3: 15: A
12 Exeter
307
641 : 10 : 10
50
19: 9: IDA
13 Greenland
128
305:17: 8
30
9: 5:11$
8: 3: 4%
14 Hampstead
133
268:15: 7
5
15 Hampton
180
422:19: 8
10
12: 17: 3
16 Hampton Falls
115
284:16: 8
15
8: 13: 2%
17 Hampton North
127
288: 2: 9
15
8: 15: 1%
18 Hampton South
19 Hawke
103
251:14: 9
25
7: 13: 0%
91
220:14: 4
15
0: 11: 2%
20 Kensington— £20.
158
357: 3: 0
10: 17: 0i£
21 Kingston
188
374:18: 9
30
11: 7: Hi?;
22 East Kingston
S4
198: 3: 11%
15
6 : 0 : 6%
23 Londonderry
514
946:16: 3
5
28: 15: 6%
24 Northwood
64
117: 6: 0
3:11: dl
7: 5: 11%
5: 7: 9%
25 Newington
108
240: 5: 3
50
26 Newtown
91
177: 7: 11
27 Nottingham
146
329: 3: 31/,
10
10: 0: 1%
28 Newmarket
938
468:16: 8
14: 4: 111.:
6: 0: 11%
29 Plastow
99
198:18: 4%
20
30 Pelham
138
258: 8: 6
: L' A
31 Poplin
106
229:l(i: 5%
6: 19: 6%
32 Pembroke
143
269: 10: '.)
20
8: 3: 10%
80 Rye
143
289 : 10 : 0
8: 16: 0%
34 Raymond
131
253: 2: 8
7: 13: 10%
6: 11: 10%
35 Sandown
121
216:17: 4
5
36 Salem
210
363: 4: 5
11: 0: 9V„
37 Stratham
192
412: 13: 11
12: 10: 10%
38 Seabrook
127
214:12: 4
10
6: 10: 0%
39 Wynd
103
185: 00: 00
5: 12: 10%
4n Canterbury
170
306:10: 0
9: 6: 9%
4: 1!!: 8%
41 Loudon '
93
164: 0: 9
42 Newcastle
87
84:19: 8
2: 11: 8 "
43 Portsmouth, dedt £100.
,17
120.!: 8: 8
36: 10: 8%
427: 17: 3.
688
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
T1777.
No. of
A mount
Places taxed.
Polls.
of Estates
rateable.
Doomage.
Proportion.
[Strafford Co.]
1 Barnstead
58
80: 5: 10
15
2: 8: 9K
2 Harrington
200
456: 0: 9%
20
13: 17: h%
3 Campton
34
72: 0: 2
2: 3: 91/4
4 Conway
52
112:14: 9
3: 8: 6%
17:17: 5%
6 Dover
296
587:19: 9
100
6 Durham
209
460:11: 5
10
13: 19: 11%
7 Gilmantown
18G
311:17: 5y2
9: 9: 6%
1: 10: 4%
8 Gore or Kingswood
50
9 New Holderness
30
77:10: 9
10
2: 7: 4
(oy2) Leavitstown
16
35:10: 10
1: 1: 9%
10 Lee
180
365: 5: 9
15
11: 2: 1
11 Madbury
124
251: 4: 4
25
7: 12: 9%
2: 8: 7$
3: 19: 0y4
12 Mlddleton
13 Meredith
80
""'68'
"l'30:"9':"i"
15
14 Moultonborough
72
147:15: 0
4: 9: 10
15 New Durham
100
3 : 0 : 9%
16 Rochester
""sii"
"588 ill "9"
17: 17: 9%
17 Sanbornton
101
196:11: 6
15
5: 19: 5%
is Sandwich
60
132:16: 6
4: 0: 9
19 Summersworth
186
34(1: 7: 4
50
10: 6: 11
20 Tamworth
29
53: 3: 0
30
1:12: 31/,
21 Tuftonborough
22 Wolfborough
30
0: 18: 3
""ii"
"l07 :" 4: "7"
10
3: 5: 2y4
23 Wakefield
81
135: 8: 3
10
4: 2: 334
£149: 1: 2
[Hillsborough Co.]
1 Antrim
23
42: 9: 8
1: 5: 10
2 Amherst— dedt £145 : 16 : 9.
322
602: 9:11
18: 6: 3
3 Bedford
109
202: 6: 2
6: 3: 0
4 Boscawen
121
203: 7: 7
6: 9: 8V4
5 Derryfield
53
85:10: 4%
2: 11: li;.
6 Dei ring
49
99:17:11
3: 0: 884
1: 2: D/2
7 Duxbury farm & M. Slip
20
36: 8: 2
8 Dunbarton
93
216:13: 3
20
6: 11: 8
9 Dunstable
103
207: 3:11
20
6: 5: 11
10 Goffstown
147
251:14: 6
7: 13: 0V2
11 Fishersfield
40
1: 4: 414
12 Heneker
'"ioi"
145: "2:" *6"
4: 8: W„
13 Hillsborough
62
95:10: 8
2: 18: 03/i
15: 2: 6%
14 Holies
251
498: 1: 4
15 Hopkinton
211
381:18: 7
20
11: 12: 2%
16 Francestown
120
3: 12: llU
3: 7: 3%
17 Litchfield
""5S"
"iioiibVio"
10
IS Lyndeborough
142
241 : 18 : j 5
7: 7: 4%
19 Mason
111
178: 3: 4
5
5: 8: 7
20 Merrimac
114
195:16: 8
10
5: 18: 1134
21 New Boston
124
236: 9: 4
7-. 3: 9
22 New Bretton, £5.
47
71: 6: 6
2 : 3 : V,
23 New Ipswich
100
413: 7: 9
12: 11: 6
24 Nottingham West
129
207: 0: 0
6: 5: 10
25 Perrystown
36
33: 0: 6
1: 0: 034
26 Peterborough Slip
24
44: 7: 9
1: 6: 9
27 Peterborough
118
248:18: 4
40
7: 11: 4
2S Raby
30
'52: 1: 3
5
1: 11: 7%
29 Salisbury
109
220:14: 8
10
0: 14: 2
30 Society Lands
22
42: 15: 4
1: 5: 11
31 Temple
94
181: 2: 9
5: 9: 834
32 Weare
204
315: 7: 3
9: 11: 11
33 Warner
56
78:10: 1
2: 7: 8V2
34 Wilton
134
300 : 13 : 0
9: 10: 314
£195: 4: 8.
1777.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
G89
No. of
Polls.
[Cin shire Co.]
1 Alsteadl
2 Ac-worth
3 Charlestown
5 Clermont
6 Croydon
7 Chesterfield
8 Dublin
9 Fitz William
10 Gilsom
13 Jaffrey
14 Keen
16 Lempster
16 Marlow
17 Marlborough
18 Newport
20 Packersfield
Rindge
Richmond
Swansey— £10.
22
23
24
25 Surry
27 Stoddard— £15.
28 Unity
29 Walpole
30 Westmoreland
31 Winchester
32 Washington
4 Cornish
11 Grantham
12 Hinsdale
19 Plainfield
21 Protectworth
26 Savilla
[Grafton Co.]
1 Alexandria
2 Apt horn
3 Bath
4 Canaan
5 Cockermouth
6 Cockburne
7 Cardigan
8 Dorchester
9 Grafton
10 Gunthwait
11 Haverhill
12 Hanover
13 Lancaster
14 Lebanon
15 Lyme
16 Landaff
17 Morristown
IS New Chester
19 Northumberland
20 Orford
21 Plimouth
22 Pi^rinont
23 Relhan
24 Rumney
25 Strafford
26 Shelburne
27 Thornton
Warren
Wentworth
Lyman
Dartmouth
28
81
51
113
167
32
45
76
43
55
162
177
132
Amount
of Estates
rateable.
Doomage.
Proportion.
144:14: 1
82: 7: 3ys
287: 0: 4
202: 3: 9
7!: 16: 6
276: 11: 0
131: 7: 8
135 : 17 : 10
76: 3: 7
171): 19: 10
338:13: 3
60:11: 6
86:17: 4
141:12: 7
74: 8: V,
97:11: 1
256: 6:11
257:14: 6
240:13: 7
91:18:10
91:14: 5
71:13: 8
285:16: 0
286: 4: 8
259:11: 6%
92:16: 5
118:10: 2
157: 9: 9
84:10: 6
55:" 3:" 4*
160
50
160
160
30
50
4: 7: 11
2: 10: 0
8:15: 1
6: 2: 9
2: 5: 7
8: 8: 1
3: 19: 9
4: 2: 8
2: 6: 8
5: 9: 5
10: 5: 9
1:16: 5
2: 12: 10
4: 0: 0
2: 5: 3
2: 19: 3
7: 15: 10
7: 16: 7
7: 6: 3
2: 15: 10
2: 15: 9
2: 4: 3
8: 13: 8
8: 14: 1
2: 16:
4: 17:
1: 10:
4: 17:
4: 17:
0: 18:
1: 10:
i%
5%
k
2%
4
4
5%
ny2
7
2%
3%
H1, 4
3
4
4%
9%
q
8%
4%
4%
43
690 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[p. 200.] Voted to choose a Committee of three to join such
as the Honble Board shall appoint to take into consideration
a Letter from Capt. Thomas Thompson & report thereon, &
that Majr Philbrick Majr Gains & Capt. Gilman he the Com-
mittee of this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr.
King & Mr. Walker added.]
Letter from Capt. Thomas Thompson, of the ship Raleigh.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 47.]
Gent" — My duty to the United States obliges me to take notice of
the Conduct of the officers commanding at Fort Washington & Fort
Sullivan; my particular complaint is for not shewing due respect to the
Continental Ship of War Raleigh; namely, Not shewing Colours when
she passed the Forts, but sailing several times in a very insulting man-
ner: I ask'd them why they did not hoist their colours? Instead of a
proper answer, I was treated with indecent & ungentlemanly expres-
sions, such as I blush'd to hear: I must beg your Honours to make en-
quiry into this matter, & bring the offenders to justice equal to their
crime; as they are Answerable to you only for their conduct I hope you
will not pass it over as a light matter, but think the whole Continent
insulted by their behaviour. Col0 Whipple, Col0 Langdon, Major
Hackett & a number of Gent" from the Southward were on board.
Messrs John Furnald & Nahum Ward were in the Fort.
I beg your Honours to summon them and be govern'd by their evi-
dences in the matter.
I am, with due respect, Gent"
Your humbl Serv*
Thos Thompson.
N. B. This complaint is more particularly against the officers at Fort
Washington.
On board the Raleigh,
Augst 14, 1777.
Fry-day, September 19th 1777.
Voted, That this House immediately resolve themselves
into a Committee of the whole to join the Honbl Board to take
into consideration the Report of the Committee from the sev-
eral States of New England & New York, lately convened
at Springfield (1). [Concurred.]
(1) The report of the said Convention is contained in full in State Pap. Vol. VII. pp.
345-356. The Convention met July 30th, and continued in session till August 0th, 1777.
There were present :
From New Hampshire, Colo. Josiah Bartlett,
Col"- Nathaniel Peabodv.
From Massachusetts Bay, Hon. Thos. Cushing, Esq*-i
Hon. Robert Paine, Esq'-.
From Connecticut. Hon. Roger Sherman,
Samuel Huntington, and
Titus Hosiner, Esq™-
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 691
[p. 201.] The Committee of the whole House being join'd
by the Honbl Board to take into consideration the Report of
the Committees from the several States of Now England &
New York lately convened at Springfield — The Honble Me-
shech Weare in the chair, — proceeded to confer upon the
matters contained in the said Report ; not having- time fully
to consider of the same, the Committee adjourned to three
of the clock in the afternoon.
[Met according to adjournment 3, P. M.]
After further consideration, thereon, agreed to
Report
That it is the opinion of this Committee that all the paper currency
emitted by this State (except change less than a dollar) be redeemed &
called in by the first day of November next agreeable to the Recom-
mendation of the before mentioned Committees lately convened at
Springfield; and that, in order to redeem the same, the Treasurer be
impowered and directed to issue his Notes on the Faith and Credit of
this State (payable with interest) to be given in lieu thereof: That the
consideration of the second clause in the Report of. sd Committees re-
specting Taxes be postponed for the present, And that the Clause in
the sd Report respecting the repealing the Acts for Regulating prices
&c. and for making provision for the Families of the non-commission'd
officers & soldiers in the service of this State engaged in the Continental
Army for three years or during the War be accepted.
The Committee were then dissolved & the Speaker resumed
the chair.
[p. 202.] Thursday, Sept. 20, 17T7.
Voted, That no general officer shall at present go out with
the two Regiments to be sent from this State to join the
Continental army. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col. Hunt [of Charlestown] be directed to
purchase beef cattle not exceeding one hundred head, & flour
not exceeding fifty tuns for the use of this State. [Concur-
red.]
Monday, Sept. 22, 1777.
Voted, That John Paul Jones Esq1*. Captain of the Conti-
nental ship Ranger, have liberty to inlist from the matross
From Rhode Island, Hon. Win. Bradford,
Hun. Stephen Hopkins, and
Paul Mumford, Esq*.
From New York, John Stora ' Hobart, Esq.
(Governor Morris^vas appointed but not present)
N. B. It does not appear that the report of the doings of the Convention at Spring-
field was otherwise acted on by the General Assembly of New Hampshire than as
above.— Ed.
692 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Companys in the Batteries in the Piscataqua Harbour a num-
ber of men not exceeding twenty. [Concurred.]
Letter from Cajrt. John Paul Jones.
Portsmouth, Sept. 20th 1777.
Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen — The inclosed letter to the Committee
of Safety having produced no effect, I think it my duty to lay it before
you. The departure of the Ranger is now impeded solely for want of
the liberty which I then asked, and which I now hope to obtain from
you. United as the Continent is, its interest must take precedence of
all private concerns in every Patriot breast; and as I hope I have serv-
ed without blame, since the first establishment of the Navy, I am per-
suaded that 1 shall meet with the same countenance and assistance
from you, which every other officer hath experienced. Meantime I
have the honor to be with sentiments of respect,
Gentlemen, your most obedient, very humble serv',
Jno. P. Jones.
The Hon. The Speaker & Representatives
of the State of New Hampshire.
[p. 204.] Tuesday Sept. 23d, 1777.
Yoted, That the Commanding officer in this State, do rec-
ommend it strongly to the officers & soldiers in the Militia
under his command, That, so many of them as are inclined
to serve their country, on this important crisis do immedi-
ately march for the re-inforcement of our brethren in the
Northern Army, and that whilst in such service, they do
obey the orders of the commanding officer, & that they will
receive such pay, rations, & other encouragements as are re-
ceived from this State by other officers & soldiers. [Concur-
red.]
[p. 205.] Voted, That Capt. Enoch Page be directed to
march with his company immediately to the State of Rhode
Island & put himself under the command of Lt. Col. Senter
who is commander of the Regiment lately sent there from
this State.
[p. 206.] Voted, That his Honor the President be desired
to write to the President of the Massachusetts Bay inform-
ing him of the report of the Committee of both Houses with
respect to adopting the measures recommended by the Com-
mittees lately convened at Springfield ; and to know wheth-
er that State intend to comply with the same or any part
thereof. [Concurred.]
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 693
Wednesday, Sept, 24, 1777.
Voted, To choose a Committee of three to join such as
the honbl Board shall appoint, to take into consideration the
conduct of Col. Stephen Evans with respect to his not going
forward immediately with the troops under his Command,
& report thereon, & that Capt. Gilman, Col. Badger, & Col.
Hutchins he the Committee of this House for that purpose.
[Concurred — Col. Gilman & Col. Bartlett joined.]
[p. 207.] The Committee of both Houses appointed to take
into consideration the conduct of Col0. Stephen Evans with
respect to the not going forward immediately with the troops
under his command, Report as their opinion —
That the President be desired to give Col0 Stephen Evans positive
Orders to march within twelve hours after he receives the said Order:
— and if any of the men of his Regiment are not mustered, & paid
their advance wages & travel money, that he he directed to deliver the
money for that purpose to Col0 Otis Baker or Col. Chesley, & in case
of their absence or refusal, to some other suitable person.
Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which Report being read & considered, voted, That the
same be receiv'd and accepted.
Letter from Col. Stephen Evans.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 159.]
To the Honourable the President of the Council, now sitting at Portsm0.
Sit — The money I Recd out of the Treas^ for the purpose of paying
170 men & the officers of three companies, including the Adjut4 & Quar-
ter mastr, amounts to about 4145 Dollars. I Pec'1 about 3800 which
leaves 645 short of accomplishing the thing mentd.
Sir — I have not let the business suffer for want of the above money,
as I was so lucky as to find a friend that obligd me with it, but must
replace the same before I march: Therefore should take it as a favour,
if the money could be paid the bearer, Mr. Joseph Evans, & his Receipt
shall be good for the same.
Sr — your most obed1 & very humb1 serv4.
Step11 Evaxs.
Dover, Sept. 24, 1777.
P. S. The men in my Regiment are mostly Marched, & I have gave
order to the Lieut. Col. & Majr to march & hope to get off myself very
soon. (As before) S. E.
[p. 208.] Voted, That Lieut, Zebulon Gilman of Exeter be
and hereby is appointed Captain of a company in Col. Ste-
phen Evans Regiment now raising, to reinforce the Army in
69-1 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
the Northern Department, and that Lieut Zebulon Barber of
New Market be his first Lieutenant. & that they have commis-
sions accordingly. [Concurred.]
Votes, accts, petitions &c. acted on by the house & concurred by the
Council, between Sept. 17 and 24th 1777. (See Rec. of Council.)
Committee appointed on Inventories of rateable estate.
Request of Richard Rogers, a prisoner from New York, asking to be
liberated.
Petition of John Judkins "to be restored to his land" in a case
formerly settled by referees &c.
Money accruing from the sale of Sam1 Tarbell's estate by Amos
Dakin, to be paid into the Treasury.
Robert Mack to have out of the Treasury £80, to purchase a ton of
iron to be carried to No. 4.
Committee to consider of the practice of selling cheaper for silver
than paper money.
Vote forbidding people to buy cattle & carrying them out of the
State.
Petition from Quakers in Richmond, in Cheshire Co. [not found.]
Counterfeit money in the hands of Benjn Giles : he to receive the
equivalent amount, £28, from the treasury.
Capt. Daniel's pay roll allowed & paid, £139 : 3 : 4.
Petition of Silas Hedges for the fee in certain lands in Goffstown —
Petition of Benj. Cross, a Continental soldier for relief — to apply
hearing granted,
elsewhere.
The Superior Court empowered to adjourn by proclamation.
[p. 200-10.] Thursday, Septem1 25th, 1777.
The Committee of both houses appointed to take into con-
sideration the expediency of liberating one Richard Rogers
a prisoner from New- York, Report,
They are of opinion that said Rogers may be permitted to return to
the State of New York, and appear before the Board of Commission-
ers for detecting conspiracies &c. there, and abide their Order concern-
ing him; and that previous to his going he take an Oath of allegiance
to the State of New York.
(Signed) E. Thompson, Chr.
Which being read and considered,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted. [Concur-
red.]
Voted, That Capt. Mark Wiggin of Stratham be & here-
by is appointed Major of Col0. Abraham Drake's Regiment
raised to reinforce the army in the Northern department &
that he be commissioned accordingly. [Concurred.]
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 695
[p. 212.] Friday, 20th Septemr, 1T7T.
The committee of the whole house being joined by the
Honw Board to take into consideration what allowance the
General Assembly shall have for their services {ho current
year, & in what manner the same shall be paid. (The IIonbl
Meshech Weare in the Chair) proceeded to consider on the
matters to them referred, & after some time spent thereon,
came to the following determination, and
Report,
[p. 21;!.] That the wages of the members of the Honblc Council &
House of Representatives shall be six shillings per day for their attend-
ance iluriiig the present session & the next; & that they be allowed
four pence per mile for travel, & that the same be paid out of the pub-
lic Treasury in the manner it has been paid heretofore.
The Committee were then dissolved, & the Speaker re-
sumed the Chair. When the foregoing Report was read &
considered, & thereupon, Voted, That the same be received &
accepted. [Concurred.]
Voted, To chuse a Committee of five to join such as the
Honbl Board shall appoint to take into consideration the ac-
counts received from the Northern army & report what is best
at present to be done ; and that Capt. Blood, Dr. Taylor, Col0
Goffe, Major Downing & Mr. Gibson be the Committee of this
house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. King & Mr. Walk-
er added.]
An act to prevent the pernicious practice of Distilling into
any kind of spirit whatever, Cyder, Perry, wheat, Indian Corn,
rye, Barley & oats, or either of them, being read a third time,
Voted That it pass to be enacted. [Concured.]
[p. 214.] Voted, To chuse a Comtee of three to join such as
the Honbl Board shall appoint to nominate to this house prop-
er persons to collect evidence respecting the conduct of the
Generals that were at Ticonderoga at the time it was evacua-
ted, agreeable to the Resolves of Congress ; & that Capt.
Moulton, Capt. Gilman, & Benja Giles be the Comtee of this
House for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett & Mr.
Thompson added.]
Whereas many persons (some of them suspected to be in-
imical) have made a practice of buying up much cattle &
sheep within this State and have drove them thereout to
places unknown, to the great Damage of the Inhabitants
within the Same State, as it has a manifest tendency to raise
the Price of Beef & mutton and must also in future be the
696 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
cause of a great scarcity of leather & wool, and also as it is
probable that the said cattle & sheep are not designed for
the use and consumption of the neighbouring States, or of
our own armies, but those of our Enemies : — In order to
render all such schemes abortive in future : —
Be it, and it is hereby Resolved — That whenever it shall happen that
any person or persous shall be found within this State possessed of or
driving any Cattle or sheep with an apparent design to vend the same
in any other State, It shall & may be lawful for the select-men of any
[p. 215.] town into which the same Cattle or sheep shall come (or for
the Committee of Safety if any shall be in any such town within this
State) to cause the said person or persons so suspected as aforesaid to
come before them the said selectmen or Committee of Safety, & the
said Cattle or sheep to be stopped, & if upon examination such person
or persons shall not produce some certificate well authenticated under
the hands of the Selectmen or Committee of Safety or the major part
of them residing in or near the place where the said Cattle are destin-
ed, or otherwise convince the Examinants that the same are actually
bought up for the use of our Armies, or the good people of some
neighbouring sister State, or shall fail within the space of twenty days
to procure and produce such certificate as aforesaid (the cattle or sheep
to remain as a pledge in the mean time, at the expence of the owner)
it shall be taken, deemed and construed, that such cattle or sheep were
bought up and collected for the actual & sole use of the armies of our
merciless enemies; & the same cattle & sheep shall be sold by the said
examinants at private sale for the most they will fetch to any person
(being amical or friend to the United States) and the money arising
by such sale, after deducting reasonable charges, shall be paid into the
hands of the receiver-general of this State for the use of the same.
[Concurred.]
[p. 216.] An Act to prevent the pernicious practice of sell-
ing Goods, wares, merchandises or Provisions or any other
commodities for Gold & silver when the Paper currency of
the United States of America or of this State shall be offer-
ed therefor & denied acceptance, and also the exchanging a
larger sum in Paper money for a lesser sum in gold or silver
— being read a third time,
Voted, That it pass to be enacted. [Concurred.]
Saturday, Septv. 27th, 1777.
Voted, That this House resolve themselves into a Com-
mittee of the whole to join the Honbl Board, to take into
consideration the letter received by Express from the Com-
mittee of Charlcstown, & consult what is necessary to be
done.
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 697
The Committee of the whole House being joined by the
Honbl Board, to consider of the Letters received by Express
from the Committee of Charlestown, & consult what is nec-
essary to be done at this time (The Honbl Mcshech Weare in
the chair) proceeded to consider on the matters to them
referred, and agree to Report ;
That a Commissary of prisoners of war be appointed for this State ;
That a Vessel be procured, to be used as a prison ship to confine the
prisoners in, that are now on their way to this State & others, & that a
proper guard be sent forward immediately to meet the prisoners & con-
duct them to this place; That a Commissary be appointed to attend
the guard & purchase provisions necessary for the s'1 guard & the Pris-
oners, & that Capt. Francis Blood be the Commissary; That the sd
guard consist of twenty men including the officer; That Col" Supply
Clapp be the commissary of Prisoners; and the committee further re-
[p. 217.] port — That General Whipple be appointed to take the com-
mand of the Troops gone & going from this place to join the Northern
Army, & that the General Court be adjourned to the first Wednesday
in November next at three o'clock in the afternoon, then to meet at the
Court house in Exeter : The Committee of Safety in the recess to sum-
mon the Court sooner, if they see it necessary: The Committee report
further, That the Committee of Safety shall as soon as possible issue
Precepts for the choice of a General Assembly for the ensuing year,
When the Committee dissolved, & the Speaker resumed the Chair.
The foregoing Report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted.
Voted, That Capt. Titus Salter & Capt. Eliphalet Daniels
be ordered to send twenty men from their Companys (ten
whereof from each, including an officer from Capt. Salter's
company) to proceed immediately towards Charlestown in
this State to take charge of & Guard the Prisoners now on
their way to this place, & that Lieut. Jacob Worthcn have
the command of said Guard. [Concurred.]
[Letters from Charlestown above referred to.]
Letter from Brig. Gen. Bayley, to Col. Morey.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 152.]
Castleton, 22d Sept. 1777.
Sir — Success attends us as yet; in part we have cut off their com-
munications; we have taken Tie side, except ye old Fort; hope
soon to have all Lake George; taken about 500 prisoners; we want
help much; our Division is only 1500 men. Gen. Lincoln is gone to
join General Gates ; you and all the Militia eastward must turn out
with horse and one month's provision, which will I hope put an end
the dispute this way * * * * within ye month.
General Arnold fought a Battle two days ago on the left of General
G98 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Gates ; great numbers fell on both sides ; he took 250 prisoners and 3
field officers & the field. Pray turn out.
Jacob Bavley, B. D. G.
Col. Israel Morey, Orford.
Another letter from Brig. Gen. Bayley.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 153.]
(Extract) Castleton, Sept. 22d, 1777.
" We request that all the Militia above Charlestown and Eastward
march to our assistance with horses, bringing flour and Beef to serve
themselves one month, by which time I hope the whole of Gen. Bur-
goyne's army will be in our hands. I think now every man of Spirit
will turn out — pasturing is good and plenty this way.
" I send about 100 prisoners to you to dispose of as you think will
be most safe; some provision must be sent tomorrow, to meet the pris-
oners as far as one day's travel from hence, as we have none to spare.
The number to supply will be about 150 men; no time may be lost in
sending along the Militia. I have no man to write for me. You must
excuse mine. Please to send the inclosed as far as you think proper.
Gen1 Arnold has fought the Right wing of Gen1 Burgoyne's — won three
field pieces, the field and 250 prisoners. Great loss on both sides.''
(Copy) Jacob Bayley, B. D. G.
Attest
Peter Labaree,(l) Chairman.
Letter from Peter Labaree, Esq.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 157.]
To the Honourable Committee of Safety of this State, at Exeter.
Sirs — I heare enclosed send you a coppy of General Bayley's Letters
from Castletown, & he enforms me that lie sends 100 prisoners to be
desposed of as may be thought Best. These are therefore to desire
your Honours to send by the Bearer Hereof what Rout they must Take
and how they shall be Provided for on the Rode. Pray S1' give him all
possable Dispatch that can bee.
From yours, in y° Name and behalf of ye Committee of Safety of
this Town. Peter Labarek, Chairman.
Charlestown, Septemb1' ye 23, 1777.
Orders from the Committee of Safety at Charlestoicn relative
to prisoners.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 161.]
Mcssrs Mr. Ebenezer Swan and Capt. Simon Stevens:
Gentlemen — You are hereby Desired to take into your care and
custody a number of Canadian prisoners and toreys sent here by order
of Col0 Bailey by Capt. Tho8 Johnson, lately taking at Ticonderoga.
You are desired to take them from here as soon as conveniently can be
done and take such a gaurd as you, Gentlemen, shall think suffitiant to
gaurd said prisoners from here to Exeter, unless Relived by the way
or by some other order from some superior athority or Comity of State
(1) Peter Labaree, Esq., was chairman of the Committee of Safety of Charlestown,
No. 4.-ED.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 699
from tin' State of New Hampshire, and you are hereby directed to take
such care and charge of said prisoners and pervide such Necessarys for
them on the way, as you, Gentlemen, shall think Reasonable for their
common support, and them safely Deliver at Exeter or to such officer
or officers in Athority as you shall be derected so to do.
In behalf of the Committee
Peter Lab a it ee, Chairmn
Charlestown, Sept1
the 27: 1777.
[p. 218.] In the House of Representatives, Septem1' 27th
1777.
Voted, That there be inserted in the Precepts that go out
for calling a General Assembly for the ensuing year, Instruc-
tions to the several Towns to impower their Representatives
to vote in the choice of Delegates for the Continental Con-
gress. [Concurred.]
Resolved, That the Committee of Safety for this State have
full power to issue Precepts for the choice of new Members
of the General Court for the ensuing. year, to be signed agree-
able to the Constitution. [Concurred.]
Acts, Votes, accts, petitions, &c. passed on by the House, & concurred,
between Sept. 25 and Sept. '27th 1777. (See Rec. of Council.)
Petition of Selectmen of Charlestown, for leave to erect a Hospital to
inoculate for the small pox — to be considered.
Committee chosen to nominate officers for the several Counties.
Petition of Sarah Little, for leave to go to her husband — granted.
Committee appointed to transcribe the sums in the several Invento-
ries and make out a new proportion for State tax.
Petition of Lt. Col. Mooney in behalf of non-commissioned officers &
soldiers — referred to a Committee.
Petition of George Hart and others for allowance on blacksmith bills
— referred to a Committee.
A Letter from the town of New Ipswich, referred to a Committee.
A Committee appointed to consider the expediency of lengthening
out the time for receiving into the Treasury, money emitted by this
State.
David Hubbard allowed & pd £6:9:0, for express.
P^zekiel Gummer, door keeper, allowed & pd £3:12: 0.
Capt. Francis Blood, to receive out of the Treasury £60 to be ac-
counted for.
John Smith, clerk pro temp, of the house, to receive 6s per day, &
Thomas Odiorne, 3s per day, over and above their wages as members
of the house; Ebenr Thompson, Sec-', receive 6s per day, extra.
The House, then adjourned to the first Wednesday in No-
vember next, at 3 o'clock, p. m. then to meet at the Court
House in Exeter.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from Col. John Hurcl, in relation to Capt. Thornton.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 163.]
(Extract.) Haverhill, (Coho'os,) Sept 30th, 1777.
Sir — " While on my journey homewards, I happened to be at Ply-
mouth, when Captain Thornton was taken up, & present with the Com-
mittee on his examination: he then told us, & its likely he tells the
same story at Exeter, that he went over to Otter Creek to see his land,
& there he fell in with a party of Hessian Soldiers, who made a pris-
oner of him; that when he went out with the army he did not hear
arms, but only assisted to drive waggons, & was taken by our people
with the waggoners.
" Upon the return of Col0 Chas Johnston of this place a few days
agoe, who was with Col0 Nichols' party at the first attack on the British
army in Bennington, I inquired about Thornton, and Col0 Johnston
assures me that he was taken within the Breast-works by his men, &
not a waggon near them. I have also been informed by Mr. John
Way of this Town whom Thornton first fell into compa with on his
journey outwards, that he, Thornton, inquired of him whether any
watch or guard was kept here at Coho'os to examine travellers ; if any
scouts were then kept out towards Canada, & wch way they went, what
stock of Powder in the Town & where 'twas stored.
" Upon Mr. Ways telling him he knew of some, & that he had a
pound in his own house on purpose to kill Tories, — Suspecting some ill
design by all his enquirys, — Thornton then took occasion to run out
against the Tories in the most abusive language, thinking to deceive
Way & cover his designs: the next day he & his companions skult away
& were gone out of our Reach, tho' diligent search was made to stop
them.
"I thought this information might be some service, that I have
troubled you with it ; we can forward Depositions if necessary. We
hope & trust that Thornton & all his traiterous companions will meet
their condign punishment.
" I congratulate with you on the success of our army to the North-
ward & the glorious prospect there now appears of destroying the
whole Force of our Enemys both North & South, & compleating the
business of this campaign; if the people do but continue their spirit &
exertions. 'Tis rather unluckey tho' that General Stark's Brigade is
so soon broke up, wdl has struck a panic into the Enemy they will
never recover; — more of our men this way however are turning out at
the earnest request of General Bayley from Castleton, & by orders of
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 701
Col0 Morcy, who I hear was going off himself. I am extremely cha-
grin'd that my infirm Limbs will not permit me to share the Toils &
dangers of the field with my countrymen. I have spared two of my
family & sent them off with horses & provisions for near a month ; — one
of them, my son Jacob, tho' hardly of age sufficient, but a well grown
lad of good heart & disposition, to supply his fathers place."
Jn° IIukd.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 1G9.]
Letter from Committee of Safety in Newington, Sept. 20, 1777, giv-
ing reasons for their suspicions that Benja Adams, Esq. of Newington,
"is rather a friend to the Tyrant King than American Liberty."
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 171.]
Letter from Col. John Goffe, Derryfield, Sept. 30, 1777, urging the
forwarding of troops to the Northern army under Gen. Stark, " with
ali possible speed, since Heaven has to all appearance put it into our
power to cut off our inveterate Enemies, if we will but exert ourselves
and push on courageously without loss of time."
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 173.]
Letter from Hon. Nath1 Folsom, delegate in Congress, dated York,
Pa. Octr. '2d, 1777, stating that the British troops were in Philadelphia,
that Gen. Washington was watching their movements, and guarding
the Stores at Reading & Lancaster; congratulating the people of New
Hampshire, on the success of the Northern army, & praying that a Di-
vine blessing may attend our arms & preserve our invaluable liber-
ties," &c.
Orders to Gen. Whijyple to re-inforce the Northern Army.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 175.]
State of New Hampshire
In Committee of Safety, Octr 2d, 1777.
Sir — As you have been directed by the General Assembly to take
command of the Troops gone & going from this State to Re-inforce the
Northern Army, and the giving you some particular Instructions being
left to this Committee; You are hereby further directed to proceed to
Bennington and there collect the two Regiments under Col0. Evans,
and Lieut. Col°. Drake, as also all the volunteers there, and who may
arrive there. The Volunteers you will arrange and place into two
Companies &c. and put into the best order you can, and then put your-
self & troops under the commander in chief of the Continental army
in that department to act as occasion may require. You will tarry
such time at Bennington to make up your troops as you think conven-
ient for the good of the service; perhaps you may find it necessary to
proceed immediately to the Camp & order the Troops to follow you, to
be there put into order — however in that matter you will act as you
judge best.
Gen1. Whipple.
702 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Thanhs by Congress to Gen. Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 177.]
In Congress, Oct. 4, 1777.
Resolved, That the Thanks of Congress be presented to General
Stark of the New Hampshire Militia and the officers & troops under his
com in and for their brave and successful attack upon & signal victory-
over the enemy in their lines at Bennington; and that Brigadier Stark
be appointed a Brigadier in the army of the United States.
Extract from the Minutes,
Chas Thomson, Sec?.
Letter from the Portsmouth Committee of Safety, relating to a
flag of truce from Rhode Island.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 179.]
Committee of Safety: — Portsmouth, Octr 4th 1777.
Gentlemen — Last night arrived a Schooner as a Flag of truce from
Rhode Island, pass'd the Forts and came to anchor opposite the Town
— in our opinion unprecedented. The origin of this Flag we hear, is
to carry off, if permission, Benja Hart's Family & other Familys: We
have sent down for the Flag & the particulars of their desigu & order'd
the Vessel under Fort Sullivan with a guard, not to suffer any person
to pass on repass to or from her, till we can fully inform you & receive
vour order thereon, — wch we shall do in about two hours after rec1 of
this (1).
We are, respectfully, Gent"
yr mo : obl servts
In behalf of the Committee
II. Wkntworth, Chairman.
P. S. The Comtce tho't proper to
order the sails unbent — a similar
treatment to the Flag from this
State to Halifax some time since.
Honbl Comtce of Safety for New Hampshire.
Reply of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety to the fore-
going letter. (Extract.)
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 189.]
State of New IIampr
In Committee of Safety, October 8th, 1777.
Sir — "In answer to yours of the 4th Inst, respecting the Flagg of
truce from Newport, I am directed by the Committee to inform you,
that they have no objection to the persons named in the Commission,
to Mrs. Hart being sent off to him to be carried to Newport, except
young Wilson, who it appears is a prisoner of war & ought not to go
without assurance of some one of our friends with the enemy, being
sent in exchange for him.''
(1) The Portsmouth Committee (same day) inform the New Hampshire Committee
that they have :\ return of the Fluy;, a list of the persons on board, with letters, &c, and
ask for further direction.— Ed.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 703
'■ Mr*. Rysam, wife of one of the persons in the Flag," is also per-
mitted to go with her husband.
Letter from Col. Stephen Holland, asking to be allowed Bonds.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 181.]
Gentlemen — Some time since I preferred a Petition to your Honors
to be admitted to Bonds, and a number of Respectable men have by
Petition ask'd of you the same favour for me. Your Honors were then
pleased to say (as I was informed) that you could not do it, till you
laid it before the General Court, & that then you should be able to give
an answer to the Petitions. Now Gentlemen I earnestly request the
same favours of you, on the same conditions, as I understand the
General Court have given your Honours full power to act as you think
proper respecting the prisoners. I beg leave farther to request that
your Honours would be pleas'd to grant me my watch and money
which I assure you I am in great want of.
I earnestly pray your honours will extend your compassion towards
me; The Stench of the Goal is at times intolerable, and continually
bad & very unwholesome, whereby my health is greatly impaired &
daily failing.
I am, Gentlemen, with great respect, your most obed' Humble Srv1
Stephen Holland.
Exeter Goal, Oct' 4th, 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p.. 183.]
Letter from the New Ilamp1' Committee of Safety Oct. 4, 1777, to
Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut, asking that two prisoners, who were to
be sent to his order to Connecticut,-" might be exchanged for "one
Thomas Pickering a brave young man of this State, commander of a
privateer carrying about 16 guns," who was taken by a British man of
war, and " is now a prisoner at New York.*'
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 187.]
(Extract.)
A Letter from Dr. Silas Hedges Oct. 5, 1777, about counterfeiters,
says " One Samuel Hall has declared himself and others the instru-
ments by which the 30s & iOs and 60s bills, of New Hampshire were
made; gives information against John Holland, in Exeter Goal, as as-
sistant to him; and Evidences against other persons in New Hampr say,
part of the money was made in Joshua Atherton's house in Amherst."
[Sent to Hon. Josiah Bartlett.]
Court martial — Major General Sullivan.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 195.]
Camp at Toamensing, Octr 12, 1774.
At a Court of enquiry held at Major General lord Stirlings quarters,
704 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
by order of his Excellency General Washington, to examine into the
conduct of Major General Sullivan in the expedition commanded by
him to Staten Island, in the month of August last.
Present
Major General lord Stirling, President
Brigadier Genera
Brigadier General Kn
Brigadier General McDougall "|
r Members.
Colonel Spencer
Colonel Clark J
The Court after hearing the evidence against the conduct of Major
General Sullivan, and those produced by him in his defence, and duly
considering the same, are unanimously of opinion, that the Expedition
against the enemy on Staten Island was eligible and promised great
advantage to the cause of America; that the expedition was well con-
certed and the orders for the execution proper, and would have succeed-
ed with reputation to the General and the troops under his command,
had it not in some measure been rendered abortive by accidents, which
were out of the power of the General to foresee or prevent.
That General Sullivan was particularly active in embarking the
troops to the Island and took every precaution in his power to bring
them off.
That he made early provision at Elizabethtown for refreshing the
troops of his division, when they returned to Jersey; and that upon the
maturest consideration of the evidence in possession of this court, Gen-
eral Sullivan's conduct in planning and executing the expedition was
such in the opinion of the Court, that he deserves the approbation of his
country and not its censure.
The Court therefore are unanimously of opinion that he ouu'ht to
stand honourably acquitted of any unsoldierly like conduct in the expe-
dition to Staten Island.
Stirling
Alex1" McDougall
Henry Knox
Oliver Spencer
T. Clark
Published by order of Congress, J. Hancock, Presid'.
Letter from Hon. John Hancock.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 211.]
Yorktown, 19th Octr 1777.
Gent1
I am so press'd with business that I have only time to cover you sun-
dry Resolves of Congress to which I beg to refer your attention. The
judgment of the Court Martial respecting General Sullivan, I beg you
will order to have printed in your newspapers.
I am, Gen1 your Very humle ser\rt
John Hancock, Pres*
Hon. Assembly of New Hampshire.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 705
Orders of the Committee of Safety to Noah Emery, jun.
Commissary .
[State Tap. Vol. VIII. p. 223.]
In Committe of Safety, October 24th, 1777.
To Noah Emery, jun.
You are appointed as Commissary of stores for this State to proceed
to Albany & receive of Caleb Smith & Israel Gorden nine Barrels of
Rum and eight Barrels of Sugar hauled there by them; to find where
the New Hampshire Battalions are, and if they are nigh the North
River & likely to tarry until you can transport the Stores down the
River to them, you are to do it, & sell to the said Battalions Rum at
six shillings pr Quart, & sugar at two shillings pr pound, and render
an account of the money to this State. But if said Battalions should
'be gone to Pennsylvania or any very distant place from Albany, you
must store said Rum & Sugar in a safe place & leave it.
You are to deliver the articles to the men by an order from their
Captains, and if the men have no money you are nevertheless to deliver
it to them by the Captains order, who are to make the stoppages from
the men's wages, and account with the State for the same.
Letter from Gen. Sullivan, relating to the battle of German-
town, dated October 25, 1777.(1)
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. pp. 227-230.]
[This letter from Gen. John Sullivan to Meshech Weare, Esq., con-
tains a detailed account of the battle of Germantown, in which he
says] " We brought off all our cannon, and all our wounded ; our loss
in this action amounts to less than 700, mostly wounded. The enemy
by accounts from their own officers, to 2500. I can only say it must
have been considerable. We lost some valuable officers, among which
were the brave General Nash and my two aid-de-camps, Majors Sher-
burne— whose singular bravery must ever do honor to their memorys :
our army rendezvoused at Paulen's mills & seem very desirous of
another action. The misfortunes of the day were principally owing to
a thick fog which being rendered still more so by the smoke of the
Cannon & musketry, prevented our troops from discovering the mo-
tions of the enemy or acting in concert with each other. I cannot help
observing that with great concern I saw our brave Commander expos-
ing himself to the hottest fire of the enemy in such a manner that
regard to my country oblidged me to ride to him & beg him to retire :
he, to satisfy me & some others, withdrew a small distance; but his
anxiety for the fate of the day soon brought him up again, where he
remained till our troops had retreated."
Jn° Sullivan.
(1) This letter, which is very long, is printed in full in the Life of Gen. John Sulli-
van by T. C. Amory, Esq., Boston. See copy in Library of N. H. Hist. Soc— Ed.
44
706 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from General Folsom relating to Gen1 Howe's Army, §c.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 231.]
(Extract) York Town, 27th October, 1777.
Dear Sir —
" We are yet in possession of the River Delaware, Fort Mifflin
& the Fort opposite to it at the Red Bank. The Enemy have made
repeated attacks upon the Forts in the course of the last week, but
were always repulsed with great loss, particularly the general attack
which they made on the 22d & 23d Instant, when they lost two ships,
the Augusta of 6-1 guns & the Liverpool of 28, both of which they had
warped through the lower row of Chevaux-de-frize; but not being able
to sustain the heavy fire from our Forts, were forced to abandon them
& blow them up. A copy of a letter giving an account of this affair I
inclose you. (1)
Mr. Howe with his Army are in Philada in great want of provision.
Gen1. Washington's main army is at Germantown increasing in number
every day, & we hourly expect to hear of another engagement. We
have lately received Accounts from the northward of the surrender of
General Burgoyne & all his army to our victorious General Gates, the
particulars of which have not yet come to hand.
Inclosed I send you a Copy of the Articles of confederation as far as
agreed to by Congress. The 9th article is, " That the proportion of
the public expense incurred by the United States for their common de-
fense & general welfare, to be paid by each State into the Treasury, be
ascertained by the value of all lands within each state granted to or
surveyed for any person, as such land & the buildings and improve-
ments thereon, shall be estimated according -to such mode as Congress
shall from time to time direct." This article was opposed by all the
New England Delegates & we are yet in hopes of having it re-consider-
ed." (Signed) Nath1 Folsom.
Hon. Meshech Weare.
Letter from General Wm. Whipple. (2 J
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 201.]
Betten Kill, 15 Octr, 1777.
Sir — I have been so much engaged since I have been at this Post,
that it has not been in my power to wait on Gen1 Gates till yesterday;
Avhile I was there Mr. Burgoyne sent his adjutant Gen1 with a Flag,
desiring a cessation of arms for a short time; — which was granted till
sunset; The substance of the proposal made by Gen1 Gates, are that
Gen1 Burgoyne shall surrender prisoner of war, — the officers & men to
have their baggage & to be sent to some part of New England; the
officers to be on their parole, except such as have heretofore broke
their parole ; these terms, I expect will be agreed to to-day, when the
(l)The said letter is dated October 24, signed by Jno. Clark, A. D. C. Besides the above
information, he says, — " The explosion [of the ships] exceeds any description." — Ed.
(2) No address; but the letter was probably directed to Hon. Meshech Weare.— Ed.
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 707
army will be in a situation to march down the Country, and I hope
will soon have Mr. Clinton in the same situation that Mr. Burgoyne is
now in. If Mr. Burgoyne does not agree to the terms proposed by
Gates, we shall have a smart brush to-morrow, in which I am not in
the least doubt of success. You'll excuse this hasty scrawl as the man
who takes it to Charlestown is in a hurry.
1 have the honor to be with every sentiment of respect,
your most Hum1 Serv'. Wm. Whipple.
Letter from General Whipple, relating to Burgoyne's sur-
render <f e.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 211.]
Albany, 21»* Octr 1777.
SiPv — I did myself the Pleasure to advise you a few days ago, that a
Capitulation was negotiating between Gen1 Gates & Gen1 Burgoyne:
this business was happily concluded the 16th Inst. And on the 17th the
British army marched out of their encampment & layed down their
arms. I beg leave most heartily to congratulate you and my country
on this happy event. Gen1 Gates has given the volunteers of New
Hampshire an honorable dismission; the two Regiments who engaged
till ye last of Novr still remain here. I am directed by the Gen1 to at-
tend Mr. Burgoyne to Boston.
Nothing could have been more seasonable than our success over Bur-
goyne, as an army of 3 or 4000 men from New York are endeavouring
to make their way up this River; their design was to reinforce Burgu;
but fortunately for us they are too late, & if the weather does not pre-
vent Gen1 Gates getting his heavy Artillery down, I am in great hopes
Mr. Vaughn, who commands the Plunderers from York, will soon be in
the same situation with Mr. Burgoyne.
Measures are taking if possible to prevent his retreat, which no doubt
he will endeavour to effect so soon as he hears of Burgoyne's fate. I
expect to set out tomorrow, but as I shall escort Mr. B to Boston,
it may be 10 or 12 days before I get home.
The great hurry the army has been in, Since Mr. B's capitulation
has prevented my getting an exact return of the military Stores, but
such as I have been able to obtain, I do myself the Honour to inclose
you. Col. Langdon who set out ye 17th inst. took with him a copy of
the capitulation, which no doubt he will send you before this comes to
your hand.
I have the honour to be with every sentiment of respect, Sir, your
most ob' serv1
Wm. Whipple.
Hon. Meshech Weare, Esqr.
708
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777.
Account of the British army under the command of Gen1 Bur-
yoin, who ivas entirely defeated by our brave Americans (1).
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 15.]
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JJ, B. Brass Cannon, Royals & Mortars 37.
Stands of arms, 5000
Setts of Harness, 400
At Fort Schuyler 2 Field pieces & 4 Royals, 6
At Bennington 4 Field pieces, 4
A number of Ammunition waggons, with
Implements & Stores compleat, Indians,
Sutlers, Drivers, &c. &c. &c.
British prisoners taken at Saratoga, y€ 17th Octr, 1777.(2)
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 207.]
Staff.
Lieut. Gen1 Burgoyne
Major Gen1 Philips
Brig. Gen1 Hamilton
Capt. Lord Petersham | Aids to
Lieut. Wilford \ Gen. Burg8
Lieut Twiss ) Aids to
Capt. Green j Gen. Philips.
Major Kingston, D-v Adj£.
Doctr Wood, Surgeon Gen1
Lieut. Valiancy ~) Assist8
Lieut. Bailue > Qu. Mr
Lieut. Cambue ) Gen1
Capt. Craig, D>" Judge Advoe
Gov. Skeen
(1) This paper supposed to be forwarded or presented by Col. Langdon.— Ed.
(2) This and the following paper supposed to be forwarded by Gen. Whipple, as re-
ferred to in his letter.— Ed.
4 Lieut. Col3
5 Majors
32 Captains
52 Lieut8
23 Ensigns
4 Chaplains
5 Surgeons
5 D. Mates
123 Sergeants
106 Drum8
2080 Rank & file
2439
17 Staff
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 709
Lieut. Skeen, Major Brig.
David Geodes, D> Pay Masr 2150
Jona. Clesh, Ass1 Com. Gen1. 2198 German troops
1200 on the Canadian )
Establishment £
5851 Total capitulated
on ye 17th.
Return, of Ordinance £ Stores taken from the Enemy y6 7th <f"
17th Octor1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 207.]
Cannon.
12 Pounders 2 \ Taken y* 17th near
0 Do 6 \ Stillwater.
24 Pounders, 2]
12 Do. 2 I
op." 7 > Taken at Saratoga.
Royal Morters? 5 j
Eight Inch, Do. 2 J
Taken out of the river 3
Implements and stores coinpleat for the pieces not particularly ascer-
tained for want of time: 5000 stand of arms; a great number musket
cartridges, and a number of ammunition waggons, travelling forges
&c. &c.
Letter from Col. Stephen Evans — relating to the conduct of a
part of his Regiment.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 217.]
Albany, October 2311, 1777.
Sn — After giving you joye on the glorious & compleat Victory over
Gen1. Bourgoun & his army in those parts, I would inform the Commit-
tee or General Court (if seting) of the low lived & scandalous behav-
iour of part of my Regiment, who for no sufficient reason have shame-
fully deserted & gon horn. Last Saturday late in the day I had orders
to march for Albany; we parraded as soon as possible & marched; the
whole army was in motion having news that the enemy was makeing
up the River determined for Albany. My Regiment at that time had
but one clays provision, which was the case with many others. We
did not arrive at Albany Sunday by reason of some disorder in the
Regiment. Monday early in the forenoon they got in the cheife of
them. We apply'd immediately for provision: it could not by any
means be procured so soon as we called, but all dispatch possible was
made so that we got some in the afternoon ; but in the mean time some
officers & men made such a Noise about their ill treatment, that I was
really ashamed to hear them. They rail'd & swore they would go hom.
I strove with all my power to prevail with them to stay, but to no pur-
pose. I provided very good houses for them where they might live
with the familys, about six in a house, but all would not do, & hom
710
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
they would go & they did go to the tune of 85 officers & men; & I here-
with present you a List of the whole & have sent the same on knowing
it was my duty to inform you of all such rash & unjustifiable proceed-
ings, & beg at the same time that they may be dealt with in the strict-
est manner; they are not in the least excusable; all things considered,
base men — After they, the most of them have taken from one another
70 or 80 dollars, & som more, how can they answer such proseedings
to God, their conscience & those they robed of their money. I have
returned herewith the returns of each company from their respective
commanding officer that is now present, & hope that for the safety of
our army example &c. — they will be advertised as deserters, which I
am order'd to do by the Gen1. I desire there may be orders given out
imediately to the officers of the militia to secure both officers & men
as fast as they get horn.
Your most Obede1 & very humb. Servant
Steph11 Evans.
N. B. I here inclose an account of what Gen1. Burgoins army con-
sisted of. His army consisted, according to the most authentick ac-
count consisted of 9575, 400 of whom fell into our hands before the ca-
pitulation, & a very considerable number were killed & rendered unfit
for service. Indeed, it is generally believed that the whole would have
been totally destroyed had not their Gen1 prevented it by a speedy sur-
render— which has given unwonted honour to the American arms.
S. E.
Deserters from Colonel Evan's Regiment.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 219.]
In Capt. Libbey's ComV-
James Libbey, Capt. Dover.
Joshua Hobart, Lt. Somersth
Thomas Gushing, Serg. Dover.
Reuben Ricker, Corp.
Joseph Michel
Will'11 Knight
Joseph Stevenson
Benjrt Kenney
Ebenezer Coson,
Michael Sudrick,
Robart Hurd,
Joseph Caswell,
Dover.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Rochester.
Dover.
Do.
Barrington.
Gersliom AVentworth, Somerswh
James Garrish, Dover.
Otis Watson Do.
John Kennison, Lebanon.
(Nathan Horn, Lt.)=Total=16.
Capt. Porter KimbaWs CompV-
Zacheus Clough, Serg' Poplin
Elijah Pollard.
(Porter Kimball, Capt.) Totakr=2
Capt. Daniel McDuffee 's Comp»-
Serj. James Danielson, Barrington.
Dan1 Foss, Corp1 Do.
Paul Brewster, Do.
John Bickford, Rochester.
John Stanton Do.
John Nute Do.
Moses Rollins, jun Do.
Joseph Thompson Do.
Samuel Winkley, Barington.
Isaac Bickford, Rochester
Nathan Foss Barington
Ralph Hall Do.
Isaiah Foss, Rochester
Ebenezer Hall, Barington
Samuel Stiles Do.
Dudley Davis Do.
Simeon Starbord Do.
Henry Hill Do.
Daniel Dealing, Baringtou
John Akens Do.
Stephen Starbord, Rochester.
(Capt. Daniel McDuffee,) Total— 21.
1777.]
CORRESPONDENCE.
711
Copt. Zebulon Gilman's Coma
William Simpson corp1 New Mar'.
Josiah Burleigh Do.
Josiah Goarding, Exeter
John Pain, Do.
(Zebulon Gilman, Capt.)Total=:4.
Capt. Sanborn's ComV
Joseph Hoit, Deerfiehl
John Chandler, Northwood
Jon" Hawkins, Nottingham
.Joseph Langley
Benj" Langley
John Roberson
(Jeremiah Prescot Lt.) Totah=6.
Capt. George
Thomas Crummit, Ens. Durham.
James Thomas, Serg4. Do.
Jeremiah Pinnar, Serg1 Do.
Mark Whitten, Serg' Lee
Benja Podge, Serg' Madbury
Enoch Bunker, Corp1 Durham
Daniel Tasker, Corp1 Madbury
Josiah Kinnison, Corp1 Lee
Ephraim Bickford, Corp1 Do.
Lee,
David Davis
Samuel Bickford
Benj". Smith
Philip Fowlar
Joshua Doe,
Edmond Spendergrass,
Thomas Leathers
David Mann
Samuel Chesley
Will'" Smart
Trueworthy Durgan
Durham
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Durham
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Tunic's CompV-
John Si as,
Benja Burnham,
Josiah Durgan
Timothy Munsey
Thomas Hill,
John Davis,
John Stevens
Nath1 Stevens
AVilliam Twombly,
Daniel Demerit,
Ebenezer Demerit,
Daniel Tuttle,
Moses Emerson,
Moses Emerson,
Eliphalet Tuffs
Solomon Hanson
(George Tuttle, Capt.)
Volunteers.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Madbury
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Total=36
Whole No. deserters
87
N. B. The above Deserters went off the 19th and 20th Inst.
October ye 23d 1777.
The above is a true copy of the Number of Desarters as given in by
the Several commanding officers of the Companies present.
Pr order of the Col°
Joxa Wentworth, Adg4.
Capt. George Tuttle desarted October 25 from Albany & Ebenezer
Horn of Rochester, 20th Do.
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
[p. 220.] State of New ) A Journal of the Proceedings of
Hampshire. J the House of Representatives of
the State of New Hampshire, at
their Session begun & holden at
Exeter on the fifth day of Novem-
ber, 1777, by adjournment.
Wednesday, Nov. 5th 1777, 3 o'clock P. M.
Voted to choose a committee of three of this House to
prepare and bring in a bill to oblige all officers both civil &
military, as well as the members of the General Assembly
within a limited time therein to be set, to take & subscribe
an Oath & Declaration of Fidelity to this State ; and in such
form as shall be therein prescribed, & lay the same before
this house as soon as may be, and that Mr. Clagett, Col0
Peabody & Mr. Speaker be the Committee for that purpose.
Nov. 6. A Committee appointed to report on necessary business,
Messrs Downing, McClary, Ju° Dudley, Lovewell & Moulton.
Friday, Nov. 7th, 1777.
Voted, That the bonds given to this State & to the Speaker
of this House in behalf of this State by such persons as
have been apprehended as Enemical to this State or to the
United States of America, & by such persons as have been
apprehended on suspicion of their being guilty of making &
uttering counterfeited bills of this or either of the United
States, and have absconded or on any wise broken their said
Bonds ; be forthwith delivered to the Attorney General of
this State, and be imediately prosecuted by him for the bene-
fit of this State. [Concurred.]
[p. 221.] A Committee chosen to consult on the wages to be paid
soldiers who marched on the late alarms.
A Committee to consider of the allowance to Prison keepers.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 713
Petition from Newmarket to be divided into two Parishes — leave to
bring in a bill.
Committee to form a Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving.
[See Resolve of Congress, p.
Committee on proportioning the State Tax: Also a Committee to
prepare necessary bills.
A Committee to consider what is to be done respecting Prisoners at
Portsmouth.
Sundry Letters and Copys of Resolves of Congress were read.
Nov. 8. An act for altering the time of sitting of Infer Court of
Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham, from the last Tuesday
of Feb>' to the first Tuesday of Feb^, annually.
The Militia who marched on the alarms to reinforce Ticonderoga, to
be allowed four pounds & ten shillings per month.
[p. 223.] Saturday Nov1 8th, 1777.
An Act to oblige the members of the Council & house of
Representatives, all officers civil & military, Barristers &
Attorneys at Law, to take and subscribe an oath of Fidelity
to the State, was read a third time and passed to be enacted.
[Concurred.]
Voted, That Otis Baker, John Wcntworth jun1' & Theo-
philus Dame, Esq. of Dover, in the County of Strafford ;
Col0 Jonathan Moulton, Mr. Robie and Mr. Potter, in the
County of Rockingham ; Col0 Kelley in the county of Hills-
borough, Samuel Dudley Esq. of Brintwood, & Col. Enoch
Hale of the County of Cheshire, be a Committee to apply
forthwith to the clerks of the several societies of the People
called Quakers in the several Towns of Dover, Hampton
falls & Seabrook, Brintwood, Wearc, and any other Towns
in this State, & examine the records & papers of such socie-
ties respectively, and if they find any records or papers of a
Political nature, that they seize them & transmit them to the
House for examination, and in case such clerks shall refuse
to discover and deliver such records & papers that the said
Committees have full power to break Locks or bolts to come
at them, and for that end have power to impress all necessary
aid & assistance for doing the same. [Concurred.]
Voted, To chuse a Committee of three to join such as the
Honbl Board shall appoint to consider of the Letters &c. re-
ceived from Congress & also the Letters from General
Gates, (1) Gen1 Whipple & Col° Evans respecting deserters,
(1) General Gates's letter is not found: for General Whipple's & Col. Evans's letters,
see ante. pp. 706-710.— Ed
714 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
and to make report what is to be done thereon, and that
Col0 Nichols, Capt. Blood and Capt, Martin be the Comtee of
this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett, Mr.
Ashley, & Mr. Gilman added.]
[p. 224.] Monday, Nov. 10th, 1777. P. M.
The chief of this afternoon was spent in qualifying the
members of the house agreeable to an act passed in this
State on Saturday last.
Form of Oath and Declaration.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 261.]
I, A. B. do solemnly swear, that I do renounce, refuse and abjure,
any Allegiance, or Obedience to George the III, King of Great Britain;
and that I will to the utmost of my Power, support, maintain and de-
fend the Independence of all the United States of America, as the
same was set forth by the Continental Congress, in their Declaration
of the 4th of July, 1776. And, I do promise, that I will bear Faith
and true Allegiance to the State of New Hampshire during my resi-
dence therein; and will disclose and make known to some Magistrate
acting under said State, all Treasons and Conspiracies, which I shall
know to be against the United States, or any one of them, as Indepen-
dent of the Crown of Great Britain. And these things I do Swear ac-
cording to the plain and common sense of the words, without any
equivocation, or secret reservation whatsoever upon the true Faith of
a Christian. So help me GOD.
James Knowles
Joseph Si as
Jona Moulton
John Smith
Paul Wentworth
Joseph Badger
John Wentworth, juu.
Ebenezer Smith
Joshua Foss.
State of New Hampshire. Exeter Novr 10th, 1777.
James Knowles, Esq. within named, took & subscribed the within
mentioned Oath and Declaration, Before me
Noah Emery, Commissioner.
And Nov. 11th, 1777, Joseph Sias, member for Lee took & subscribed
the within Oath & declaration before me, N. Emery, Commissioner;
the same day Jonathan Moulton, Esqr. member for Sandwich, Tam-
worthj & Moultonborough, took and subscribed the within oath and
Declaration — Before me Noah Emery, Commissioner.
Novr. 13th. Joseph Badger, Esqr. member for Gilmantown & Barn-
stead, and John AVentworth, jun. Esq, member for Dover took & sub-
1777.] JOURNAL OF TIIE HOUSE. 715
scribed the within oath & Declaration, before me, Noah Emery, Com-
missr.
Novr. 18th, Ebenezer Smith Esq, and on the 19th Capt. Joshua Foss,
took the within Oath & Declaration & subscribed the same, Coram
N. Emery, Comr.
[On another Paper Nov. 10, 1777, are the following names.]
Simeon Ladd Tho". Parsons
Thomas Folsom Benja Hickcox
Benja Boardman
Tuesday, Novr. 11th 1777.
[p. 224.] Voted and Resolved, That all Grand Jurors and
Petit Jurors within this State shall, before they proceed to
Indict, Present, or try any person or cause in any Court
within this State, take and subscribe the oath appointed by a
late Law of this State to be taken by all officers civil and
military within this State.
The Council and house being joined in a Committee of the
whole to consult upon the ways and means of making the
proportion & raising, levying & collecting the State tax for
the current year 1777 ; — The Honbl Josiah Bartlett Esq1' in
the chair, proceeded to confer & consult upon the matters to
them referr'd, and after some time spent thereon came to
the following Resolution and Report :
That the same rate for Taxation be used now as was by the late Law
of this State excepting wild Lands which shall be taxed at the rate of
half one per cent. (1)
Then the Comtee dissolved and the Speaker resumed the
Chair ; and voted, That the Comtee fill up the columns ac-
cordingly.
Capt. Salmon Stone's pay roll allowed, £433:11:8.
Petition of Ichabod Fisher — referred to a Committee.
Petition of Andrew Aiken referred to a Committee,
[r. 225.] Capt. Titus Salter's pay roll allowed, £136:10:7.
An Act to enable the Congregational & Presbyterian societies in
New Market to settle & maintain the Gospel ministry.
Committee appointed to purchase beef and pork.
Capt. Davis Howlett's pay roll for fifty men, allowed £412: 6:2.
Capt, Howlett's pay roll for SO men allowed £291:7:10.
Capt. Howlett's ace', all'd, £5:18:4,— he to give bonds, for his pay-
ing the officers & soldiers.
Wednesday, Novr. 12th, 1777.
Voted, That Thursday the fourth day of December next
be observed and kept as a day of Publick Thanksgiving
716 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
throughout this State, and that the Proclamation for the
same be forthwith printed and dispersed throughout the
State.
General Thanksgiving.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 235.]
Yorktown, Perm., 1st Novembr 1777.
Sir
The arms of the United States of America having been blessed in
the present campaign with remarkable success, Congress have resolved
to recommend, that one day, Thursday the 18th of December next, be
set apart to be observed by all the Inhabitants throughout these States
for a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God: And I have it in com-
mand to transmit to you the inclosed extract from the Minutes of Con-
gress for that purpose.
Your Honor will be pleased to take the necessary measures for carry-
ing the Resolve into effect in the State in which you preside.
You will likewise find inclosed a Certified copy of a minute which
will shew your Honor the authority under which I address you.
I am with great esteem & regard,
Sir, your Honours most ob' & most hum1 serv4,
Henry Laurens, Pres* in
The Honble Meshech Weare Congress.
New Hampshire.
In Congress, November 1, 1777.
Congress proceeded to the choice of a President, and the ballots
being taken, Mr. Henry Laurens was elected.
Extract from the minutes.
Cha9 Thomson, Sec>'.
A Comtee appointed to nominate civil officers.
A Comtcc to inquire of the Council what votes & resolves of the last
session were non-concurred &c.
Pay roll of Capt. Samuel Wright, all'd, £367:2: 1.
Voted, to chuse a Committee to join a Committee of the
Honbl Board to consider of the manner how the Tax upon
out lands & other Estates not inventoried shall be collected
within this State, and who shall collect the same & report to
this house as soon as may be ; and that Jn° Dudley Esq1'.
Jn°. Webster, Esq1'. Mr. Lovell, Mr. Knowles, Mr. Worcester,
Mr. Giles & Mr. Gibson be the Committee of this house for
that purpose.
Thursday, Nov. 18th, 1777.
Voted, To chuse a Comtee of three to join a Comtee of the
Hon''1 board to consider the case of the Prisoners from New
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 717
York, now in Amherst Goal, and report thereon, and that
Mr. Lovewell, Mr. Gains, & Mr. Webster be the Committee
of this house for that purpose.
[p. 227.] Voted, to chnse a Com*60 of three to join such as
the Honbl board shall appoint to consider the Petition of Asa
Porter & report thereon & that Capt. Simonds, Mr. Gains &
Sam1 Gilman Esq. be the Comtee of this house for that pur-
pose. [Concurred — Mr. Walker & Mr. Blanchard joined.]
NOTE BY THE EDITOR.
[The several joint Committees to consider the subjects referred to
them met successively on the loth, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
insts., and at length agreed on the following, viz.]
On hearing the Address of sundry towns in the County of Grafton,
chose the HonbI Josiah Bartlett & John Langdon Esqr. & Mr. Giles a
sub Committee to confer with the Comtee of said Towns upon the mat-
ters of their address, and report thereon as soon as may be.
Chose [also] Ebenr Thompson & George King, Esqrs and added them
to the Comtee to confer with Comtee from Sundry Towns in the County
of Grafton, (1) and to draught an answer to their Addresses and re-
port the same to the Comtce to-morrow. (19th)
Then the Comtce proceeded to examine & pass the Inventories of
Polls & Estates returned by the Selectmen of the several towns & plac-
es within this State, and to add the proper Doomages.
The said Committee reported That they had settled and Passed the
several Inventories returned & had fixed the Doomages, and commit-
ted them to the former Committee from both houses to enter them into
a List accordingly.
The Committee on Asa Porter's petition — Hon. Timothy "Walker,
Chairman, — reported, That said Asa Porter have leave to come into
this State, visit his former habitation and attend to his private concern-
ments— he being of good behaviour, according to his bond.
[p. 232.] Thursday, Nov1' 20th, 1777.
Voted, That Capt. Gilman, Col. McClary & Mr. Gains be
a Comtee to join such as the Honble board shall appoint to
consider of the accounts & abstracts of Brig. General Stark,
and report thereon. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Samuel Gilman jun. Esq. be & hereby is ap-
pointed to take the several Acts & Laws made & to be passed
in this State, this Session, and to see them printed as soon
as possible, and to inspect the Press whilst printing, and re-
turn them into the Secretary's office as printed, and that he
advertise them in the Newspapers. [Concurred.]
f 1) The addresses referred to have not been found.— Ed.
718 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777
The Comtee of Gen. Stark's abstracts reported as their
opinion, That the account and abstract of Brigr Gen1 Stark
be allowed and paid: [viz. wages, £208: 3: 0, & rations,
£SS : 16 : 4.]
The Comtee on the affair of the Prisoners taken by Col0
Brown reported,
That Col0 Clapp the Commissary of prisoners for this State be
directed to write to Maj. General Heath stating the number & their
different circumstances of Imprisonment, and to request his order
thereon, & if he cannot obtain an answer, then to address Maj. Gen1
Gates upon this occasion.
Signed — Jona Blanchard, for the Committee.
Which report being read & considered, Voted, That the
same be recd & accepted. [Concurred.]
[p. 233.] Voted, To choose a committee of three of this
house to join such as the Honbl Board shall appoint to nomi-
nate proper persons to collect evidence respecting the con-
duct of the Generals that were at Ticonderoga at the time it
was evacuated, agreeable to the resolves of Congress, and
that Mr. Gibson, Mr. Giles, & Mr. Betton be the Committee
of this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Blanchard
added.]
[p. 238.] Saturday, Novr. 22d, 1777.
Voted and Resolved, That the Resolve of the General
Court of this State of the tenth of December 1776, laying
an Embargo on all vessels of every Denomination (excepting
such as may be fitted out by order of the United States, or
cither of them, or by the Board of War in behalf of this
State, or such as may go coast wise from one Harbour in
this State to another, or such as may be permitted by the
General Assembly, or in the recess thereof by the Council
or Committee of Safety of this State,) and every article and
clause therein be repealed, & hereby is Repealed, annulled
and made void to all intents and purposes. [Concurred.]
Voted, That William Knight and George Gains Esq1-, of
Portsmouth, William Rowell of Newtown, and Isaiah Adams
of New market, be Justices of the Peace for the County of
Rockingham ; That Benja Norris of Pembroke, and Richard
Champncy of Portsmouth, be Coroners for the County of
Rockingham ; That John Taskcr of Barnstead, and William
Chamberlain of Middletown, be Justices of the Peace for
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 719
the County of Strafford ; That John Burnam Hanson of Do-
ver, & Joseph Stevens of Durham, & John Gilman of Mere-
dith, he coroners for the County of Strafford ; That John
Duncan of Antrim be a Justice of the Peace, and Moses
Nichols Esq1' of Amherst, be a Justice of the Quorum for
the County of Hillsborough ; That William Pope of Hills-
borough, Aaron Quimby of Wcarc & David Spofford of Tem-
ple, be Coroners for the County of Hillsborough ; That Thom-
as Putnam of Acworth, Daniel Lake of Rindge, Asa Brig-
ham of Fitzwilliam, and Joseph Rouncival of Washington,
be Justices of the Peace for the County of Cheshire. [Con-
curred.]
Tuesday, Nov1'. 25th, 1777.
[p. 242.] The Committee of both Houses appointed to con-
sider of & report some method for Collecting the State Tax
from such Townships & places as are not incorporated or
not inhabited, beg leave to recommend the following method,
viz. That there be added to the Proportion Act, the follow-
ing clause or words to the same purpose :
Whereas there are sundry places among the aforegoing names of plac-
es which are not Incorporated, and have no method to assess &
collect the sums to be raised: Therefore
Be it Enacted, That Joseph Badger & Simeon Dearborn, Esqrs or ei-
ther of them, for the County of Strafford, Benjamin Giles & William
Haywood Esqrs. or either of them for the County of Cheshire, Francis
Blood Esq. & Capt. John Putney or either of them for the County of
Hillsborough, John Hard & Samuel Emerson, Esqrs. & Mr. Joseph
Whipple (they or either of them) for the County of Grafton, are here-
by appointed to call meetings of the inhabitants of all places in their
respective Counties that are not incorporated, giving all such places
public notice by causing a Notification setting forth the time, places &
occasion of meeting, to be posted up publicly in said place at least four-
teen days before the time of holding said meeting, to chuse all officers
necessary for assessing & collecting the State Tax; — which meeting
shall be holden by the first of February next; and the Selectmen of
each place chosen as aforesaid shall in their places call meetings to be
holden on the last Monday in March, to chuse all officers as aforesaid,
and so to proceed annually untill a New Proportion of the State Tax —
and the officers so chosen shall be under oath for the faithful Discharge
of the Trust reposed in them, and shall have the same power & author-
ity in their respective stations as if chosen under an Incorporation;
and the Inhabitants of all such places are hereby indulged with one
month longer before they pay their first State Tax to the Treasurer
than those places that are Incorporated; and all officers chosen as afore-
said are & shall be subjected for neglect of duty to the same penalties
as are inflicted on the iike officers chosen in places incorporated.
720 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
And, Whereas the Towns of Tuftonborough, Shelburne, Cockburn
and Morristown, who are in the aforesaid Proportion, are not Inhabit-
ed or so few Inhabitants therein as not to be capable of assessing &
collecting the State Tax, Therefore —
Be it Enacted, That the Treasurer for the time being shall at the
time of issuing his warrants annually for the State Tax, give Public
[p. 243.] Notice in the New Hampshire Gazette & some one of the
Boston Newspapers, of the sums proportioned & to be paid by the
owners of the lands in the aforesaid Towns, requiring them to pay the
same into the Treasury by the same time that other Towns are requir-
ed to pay their Tax, and that if they neglect to pay the same, as much
of their land will be sold by order of the General Assembly, as will
pay said Tax with all incidental charges — which is submitted in behalf
of the Committee, by E. Thompson, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered, voted, That the
same be received and accepted. [Concurred.]
Voted, To chuse a Committee of three to join such as the
Honbl Board shall appoint to take under consideration a Let-
ter from General Bailey, and report thereon, and that Capt.
Blood, Majr Gains & Col. Hutching be the Committee of
this house for that purpose. [Concurred — Mr. Wentworth
added.]
Letter from General Bailey.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 281.]
Newbury, 20th Novr. 1777.
Dear Sir — I heartily congratulate you on the happy Reduction (for
the New England States) of Gen. Burgoins army by Gen. Gates, in
which New Hampr State first and last was very Instrumental ; — your
turning out the voluntiers was extraordinarily advantageous in that
affair ; and now if the advantage gained is followed, this winter, we
may have possession of the Lake, which will for the future prevent any
more disturbance from the Enemy from Canada, with but little ex-
pence. I wish the French prisoners might be sent home on their Pa-
role; I think it will be of advantage to our Cause.
Mr. Babcock will wait on you, who is a good friend to our cause and
would be glad to take Mr. Wing, (1) to Albany. I see no harm in his
being sent. I am with the greatest respect your
Hum1'1 serv',
Jacob Bailey.
The HonM Meshh: Weare.
(1) Abraham Wing was a prisoner taken at Ticonderoga.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OF TlIE HOUSE. i 21
Thursday, Nov1' 27, 1777.
[P. 248.] Resolved, That George King Esq. Clerk of the
Superior Court of Judicature, be and hereby is Impowered &
directed to remove the files and records of said Court now
at Exeter, to the Town of Portsmouth as soon as he can
conveniently perform the same.
Resolved, That the Naval officer for the port of Piscataqua,
be and hereby is directed to collect & receive for the use of
this State all the Powder & Powder money that shall become
due to this State from foreign vessells entering the Port of
Piscataqua in this State, according to the Laws of this State,
and pay the same into the Treasury every three months.
[Concurred.]
[p. 252.] Friday, Novr 28, 1777.
An Act to prevent the transfer or conveyance of the es-
tates and property of all such persons who have been appre-
hended upon suspicion of being guilty of treason, misprision
of Treason or other inimical practices, respecting this State,
the United States, any or either of them, & also for securing
all Lands within this State as well as of such persons as
have traitorously deserted or may have gone over to or in
any way or manner joined our enemies, as of thoge who
belong to or reside in Great Britain — was read a third time
& passed to be enacted. [Concurred and. enacted.]
[p. 253.] The Committee to take under consideration the
Petition of Richard Jordan, Report as their opinion,
That this State lend the said Jordan two hundred pounds for the
term of two years without interest for an encouragement to carry on
the Paper business within this State, his giving good security for the
same: Tho' provided, the Mill be not coinpleated within one year from
this time, he to pay lawful Interest from the time of receiving the
money — all which is humbly submitted.
Signed — Mattw Patten, Chairman.
Which Report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted.
[p. 255.] Voted, That the Adjutant General appointed by
the State have the rank of Colonel.
Saturday, Novr 29* 1777.
Voted, That each member of the Honbl Council, & of the
house be furnished with a printed copy of all the Acts &
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722 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Laws of this State, as soon as conveniently can be done after
they are printed, and that the Committee of Safety take
order therefor accordingly.
Voted, That the Honbl George King Esq. & Capt. Thomas
Martin he a Committee to inspect the press and see the Notes
printed for the Treasurer to issue, in lieu of the Bills of the
Long-form
struck off.
[p. 234.] [Abstract of the proceedings of the House arid Coun-
cil (not included in the foregoing record) from the 19th to the
29th of November, taken in order from the Eecords of the
Council, pp. 234-254.— Ed.]
1777, Nov. 19. Vote for censuring the conduct of John Paul Jones,
commander of the armed ship Ranger in preventing the Brige Mary,
John Barrere master, from sailing on her intended voyoge.
Petition of Joseph Badger concerning land in Gilmanton — a hearing
granted.
A Committee appointed to nominate Civil officers.
Capt. Titus Salter's pay roll allowed, £163 : 1 : 5.
Capt. Eliphalet Daniel's pay roll allowed, £111: 3: 0.
Ace* of Josiah Jones for boarding soldiers, allowed £9: 7: 8.
Ace* of Capt. Francis Blood for supporting sick soldiers, £14: 13: 3,
paid.
A joint committee to consider of some method to supply the families
of soldiers, gone in the army.
Vote giving leave to the Snow York, Ebenezer Brown master, & the
Brige Helena, Samuel Gill master, to sail from the port of Piscataqua
on their desthrd voyages.
Nov. 20th. A Joint Committee to consider the petition of the officers
of the Matross Companys at Portsmouth.
Nov. 21st. An Act passed to enable the Congregational and Presby-
terian Societies in the town of New Market to settle & maintain the
Gospel ministry, &c.
Staff Roll of Col. Thomas Stickney, £253 : 13 : 6, and his ration
roll, £162 : 5 : 8, allowed & paid.
Officers who draw money out of the Treasury in behalf of their men,
required to give bonds.
The agents for the State appointed to prosecute counterfeiters,
allowed to receive out of the Treasury £200, to be accounted for.
The Staff Roll of Col. Moses Nichols, £230 : 4 : 6, allowed also his
ration roll, £178: 18: 0.
The pay roll of Capt. Stephen Dearborn, £577 : 8: 4, allowed.
Acct. of Col. David Hobart, £292: 13 : 2, and also the pay Roll of
Capt. Edward Elliot, £378 : 9: 4 allowed.
Muster rolls of Col. Enoch Hale, settled.
Ace1 of George King, Esq. £5 :4 :3, allowed.
Vote to raise £40,000 State Tax on polls and estates, for the current
year; and that collectors receive all bills of this State in payment of
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 723
taxes, but that paper bills shall not be legal tender for debts after the
first day of March next ensuing, except bills under the denomination
of one dollar.
Andrew Aiken, a soldier, allowed monthly wages to date, and also
30s for his doctor's bill.
Guards to be placed at the Goals and powder house.
Nov. 22d, Edward Waldo, a wounded soldier, allowed two months
wages, £16:4. Abner Gage, a wounded soldier, allowed 42s. for doc-
tor's bill, & £23, wages.
Ship Arnold allowed to sail from Piscataqua. Embargo taken off
from all vessels in the harbor.
Col. Ashley's muster roll settled. Col. Badger's and Lt. Col. Eben-
ezer Smith's muster rolls, pd. a balance of £78: 16.
Acct. of Peter Woodbury, £3:17:4, allowed.
Capt. Joshua Bailey's pay roll, £400:8, allowed.
Capt. Bena Sias' several rolls allowed, Viz:
£387:3:7, also £87:14:8, and £29:2:6.
Public Thanksgiving recommended by Congress, to be observed.
Nov. 24. Pay roll of Capt. Christopher Webber, £327:16:8, allow-
ed.
Nov. 25. Committee appointed to consider the wages of members of
the two houses.
Nov. 26. Jacob Elliot, allowed £9:18, for wounds in battle and
physician's bill.
Col. Gorden Hutchins ace*. £6 : 15: 1, paid.
Bills of the long- form, to be brought in and burnt.
Capt. Joseph Barrett's pay roll, £8S:15 allow'd & paid.
The wages of the House, Council and Comtee of Safety settled: viz.
4:d per mile for travel, and 12s per day, attendance for the two houses;
and 14s per day for Comtee of Safety.
Vote, giving Abraham Wing a prisoner, leave to return home to
Canada.
Salary of Chief Justice of the Supr. Court, for one year, £200.
Salary of puisne Justices of sd Court, for one year, £120.
Salary of the Secretary, one year, £120.
Acct. of Lt. Col. Joseph Hammond, £2:7:6, allow'd & paid.
Nov. 27. Ace1 of Col. Samuel Ashley for ferriages for his Regiment,
allow'd, £3:19:6.
Staff roll of Col. Ashley, allow'd, £50: 18: 4.
John Smith permitted to exchange a five pound note, defaced, for a
good one.
Acts passed.
To supply the Treasury with £40,000.
To vest the property of a certain tract of land in Goffstown, to
Silas Hedges, his heirs & assigns.
Making a New Proportion for a State Tax.
Prohibiting Vendues (in certain cases.)
Explaining an Act against Forgery.
To Incorporate the town of Moultonborough.
To Incorporate the town of New Hampton.
To repeal two certain Acts against monopoly and oppression.
To repeal a clause in the Maritime Act.
724 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Resolve for supplying the families of soldiers in service.
Rations allowed the officers of the Matross companies.
Wages to the Matross company, the same as in the Continental ser-
vice.
Ichabod Fisher, allow'd £18, for loss of a horse & saddle in the ar-
my.
Pay roll of Capt. Samuel McConnell, all'1 £708: 6: 5.
Pay roll of Col. Benja Bellows, alld £1016: 5: 5.
Col. Moses Kelley to receive £60 for purchase of clothing for prison-
ers in Amherst Goal.
Nov. 28th — Rev. Isaac Mansfield, pd £4, for chaplain in the House.
Rob' Thompson, constable of Londonderry, pd. £4:1:6, for bring-
ing George Wood to prison.
Prison-keepers in Counties of Rockingham and Strafford, allowed
20s per week, for each State prisoner.
Rev. Ezra Stiles, (1) pd. 30s. '' for praying with the General Assem-
bly."
Rev. Daniel Rogers, pd £4. "for his good services" as chaplain.
Pay roll of Capt. Kimball Carlton, £380 : 1, allow'd.
Ace4 of William Elliot, £5: 1: 0 allowd & paid.
Ace' of John Wentworth, jun., for drawing bills, all'd & pd. £6.
Exchange of counterfeit bills with Samuel Cutts and Capt Titus
Salter, permitted to be made by the Treasurer.
Sam1 Dudley, paid 42s. for a load of wood.
Ace' of Dea. Isaac Williams, allow'd — £3: 15: 6.
Elihu Stevens of Claremont, appointed Justice of the Peace for
Cheshire Co.
Clerk of the Assembly, allow'd 18s. per day, and assis* clerk 3s per
day over & above his wages as a member of the house: And the Secre-
tary of the Council, 6s per day, also 6s. as Secretary for the Comtee of
Safety.
Ace1 of Dea. Samuel Brooks, for room, fire wood & candles, for the
Council & Comtce of Safety, 163 days, allowed £24 : 9.
Ace' of Dr. Joseph Barns, for medicines for Col. Nahum Baldwin's
Reg*alld£5: 9: 11.
Pay roll of Lt. Col. Ebenezer Smith, all* £126: 14: 6.
Muster roll of Capt. Thomas McConnell, for five men, allow'd,
£22: 10.
Nov. 29. Wyseman Clagett, Attor. Gen. to receive £40, out of the
Treasury, to be accounted for.
Roll of Col. Benj. Bellows, £974: 16. allow'd.
Jonathan Piper, door keeper to the house, all'd, £6 : 18.
Acts Passed.
For sinking the Bills of Credit of this State.
For continuing in force two Laws, which were temporary.
In Addition to the valuation Act for making rates &c.
To prevent the transfer of Estates, by suspected persons.
(1) Rev. Ezra Stiles, at first pastor of a church in Newport, R. I., preached in the
North Church in Portsmouth, in 1777, and was thence called to the Presidency of Yale
College.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 725
Resolve to enable the Superior Court to sustain Actions pending at
the Court in Amherst, before adjournment, but not decided.
Order for the Secretary to draw for services 35 Dollars.
Voted, That this House (having finished the business of
this Session,) be and hereby is dissolved.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence relating to matters that transpired
BETWEEN NOV. 1, AND DECEMBER 17th 1777.
Letter from Col. Jacob Bailey, relating to suspected persons.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 249.]
Newbury 5th Nov 1777.
Dear Sir — We have taken up Nathan Noyes who is lately from
Onion River, being examined saith, That he was there in company with
one Pritchet and Rugles who went through Orford about 6 weeks ago,
and Pritchet left a horse and money at John Man's (Rugles left his, I
suppose, at Case's) Pritchet's business is into Canada to get a Com-
mission for a Privateer now fitting out at Portsmouth, under pretence
of going in our service; other things very criminal Pritchet is guilty of;
Mr. Man must be privy to it. An order will come by Goodhue for
the horse and money; he shall be seized upon when he comes over,
which will be soon. We must examine into the matter soon, — as Pritchet
may come some other way and clear himself of us ; I should be glad to
see you but cannot leave home at present. We must send to Exeter
after examination of the matter.
I am, Yours, &c.
Jacob Bailey.
P. S. Noyes is come and cannot come down; so you will act private-
ly in the matter first and examine whether a horse is at Man's or not
or at Case's.
To Israel Morey, Orford.
Upon examination of Mr. Man we find ye horse with him & no mon-
ey, and likewise a horse at Case's.
I. Morey.
Resolves of Congress, for taking possession of the Passes on
the North River.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 239.]
In Congress, Novr 5, 1777.
Resolved, That General Washington be informed that it is the earn-
est wish of Congress to regain the possession of the Forts & passes of
the North or Hudson's River, & to secure the communication thereof ;
& for that purpose that General Gates should remain in command in
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 727
that quarter & that General Putnam be called upon to join the main
army with such a detachment from the army under the command of
General Gates, as General Washington may think can be spared, not
exceeding the number of two thousand five hundred, including Col.
Morgan's corps.
*****
That the Governor & Council of the State of New York be requested
to appoint a Committee of three active & judicious persons to assist
General Gates in obtaining such artificers & materials for accomplish-
ing these purposes as he shall direct; & the said Committee are impow-
ered to apply to the several States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York & New Jersey for their
assistance, who are requested to afford the same, by furnishing the
said Committee with such artificers & materials as they by direction of
General Gates shall apply for; & the said States are respectively requested
to furnish such a number of men as General Gates shall apply for, to
accomplish the important & salutary purpose of maintaining the com-
munication between the Northern & Southern States by keeping pos-
session of the North River.
That General Gates be authorised & directed to apply to the State
of New York & the States Eastward of North River for such aids as
he shall judge necessary for the reduction of Ticonderoga & Fort Inde-
pendence, if not reduced by General Starks, at such time as he shall
deem best adapted for that expedition; & that the said States be re-
quested to supply General Gates with such a number of their militia,
as he shall judge necessary for the purpose intended.
Extracts from the minutes.
Cha6 Thomson, Sec^.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 259.]
A letter from Col. Israel Morey, dated Orford, Nov. 8, 1777, relating
to the delay of his regiment to join the main army under General Gates,
in which he says, "I heartily congratulate with you on the success of
our Northern army under General Gates, — which acquired much honor,
tho' much I think is due to brave General Stark and men under his
command, by whose bravery the first fatal stroke was given to Bur-
goins army."
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 265.]
Letter from Geo. Jona. Trumbull of Connecticut, Nov. 10, 1777, re-
lating " to the subject of the Circulating medium." He says "The
credit of the Continental Currency requires the attention of Congress,
and all the States, to render the same a stable & just measure. With-
out it, all must be in confusion."
Hon. Meshech Weare.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 267.]
Articles of agreement between the Board of War of the United States
on the one part, and Nicholas Toquett, & Mark Toquett, of France
(father & son) on the other part, relating to the manufacture of powder
in the States, dated Novr 17, 1777.
728 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[State Tap. Vol. VIII. p. 275.]
A Letter from Col. Joseph Senter, dated Warwick, Novr 18, 1777, giv-
ing an account of the failure of the expedition (or the deferring of it)
against Newport, Rhode Island.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 295.]
A Circular from Richard Peters, Secy of War, dated Novr 25, 1777,
requiring a list of officers furnished by New Hampshire for the Conti-
nental service.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 301.]
Resolve of Congress, Decr 3d 1777, for calling in all the bills outstand-
ing emitted under the King's Government.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 313.]
A Letter from Henry Laurens, President of Congress, recommend-
ing laws to be enacted to prevent, if possible, the depreciation of the
Paper currency, &c.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 317.]
Letter from Gen. Heath to Meshech Weare, Esq. directing that the
Canadian prisoners in New Hampshire, be sent to Albany, under the
care of Major Torrey.
Resolves of Congress relating to the prosecution of the war.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 287.]
In Congress, Nov. 22J, 1777.
Pursued by the injustice & the vengeance of Great Britain, these
United States have been compelled to engage in a bloody and expen-
sive war. Amidst every distress that may befal them, it will be their con-
solation to appeal to heaven for the rectitude of their measures, since
they have had recourse to arms, not from ambition or the lust of power,
but to resist actual invasion & boundless rapine, and to secure the com-
mon rights of human nature, the blessings of freedom & safety.
Aided by venal foreigners and some of the traitors, the war lias been
prosecuted by our implacable foes with the utmost force & vigour, &
aggravated by more than savage barbarity. Congress, nevertheless,
supported by the confidence of their fellow citizens without burthen-
ing them with taxes or pecuniary contributions, have hitherto raised
all the necessary supplies on the public faith.
To maintain our fleets and armies, large sums have been emitted in
bills of credit, and the same method has been embraced by the respect-
ive States to answer their internal wants. By these expedients, our
paper currency notwithstanding the solid basis on which it is founded,
is multiplied beyond the rules of good policy; no truth being more ev-
ident, than that where the quantity of money of any denomination ex-
ceeds what is useful as a medium of commerce, its comparative value
1777. J CORRESPONDENCE. 729
must be proportionally reduced. To this cause, conspiring with the
arts of our open & secret enemies, the shamefull avidity of too many
of our professed friends, & the scarcity of foreign commodities, are we
to ascribe the depreciation of our currency. The consequences to be
apprehended are equally obvious & alarming. They tend to the de-
pravity of morals, the decay of public virtue, a precarious supply for
the war, debasement of the public faith, injustice of individuals & the
destruction of the honor, safety & independence of the United States.
Loudly therefore are we called upon to provide a seasonable & effectual
remedy.
Blessed be God, they are not irremediable: The means of repressing
them are still in our power. Let the virtuous patriots of America re-
flect on the inestimable value of the prize for which we are contending.
Hitherto spared from taxes, let them now with a cheerful heart con-
tribute according to their circumstances: — Let the sordid wretches who
shrink from danger & personal service, & meanly prefer their own inglo-
rious ease and emolument to the good of their country, be dispised,
and their ill-gotten wealth be abhorred as a disgrace: — Let the extor-
tioners & oppressors be punished; the secret traitors be dragged to
light; the necessities of the army attended to & relieved, & the quan-
tity of money in circulation be reduced; & we shall soon see the public
credit fully established, & with the continuation of the Divine favor, a
glorious termination of the present arduous conflict.
To promote these great & salutary purposes, Congress upon mature
deliberation & with the most earnest solicitude recommend the follow-
ing propositions to the Legislatures of the respective States, to be im-
mediately carried into effect.
1st Resolved, That it be most earnestly recommended to the respect-
ive States to raise, in the course of the year 1778, commencing on the
first day of January next by quarterly payments, the sum of five mill-
ions of dollars, by taxes to be levied on the inhabitants of the respect-
ive states in the proportion following: viz,
New Hampshire
200,000 Dollars
Massachusetts Bay
820,000
Do.
Rhode Island & Providence
Plantation 100,000
Do.
Connecticut
600.000
Do.
New York
200,000
Do.
New Jersey
270,000
Do.
Pennsylvania
620,000
Do.
Delaware
60,000
Do.
Maryland
520,000
Do.
Virginia
800,000
Do.
North Carolina
250,000
Do.
South Carolina
500,000
Do.
Georgia
60,000
Do.
$5,000,000.
That the sums assessed to be raised, shall not be considered as the
proportion of any State, but being paid into the Treasury shall be
placed to their respective credit, bearing an interest of six pr Cent per
annum, from the time of payment, until the quotas shall be finally
730 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
ascertained & adjusted by the Congress of the United States, agreeable
to the confederation hereafter to be adopted & ratified by the several
States. And if it shall then appear, that any State is assessed more
than its quota of the said tax, it shall continue to receive interest on
the surplus; & if less, it shall be charged with interest on the deficiency,
untill by a future tax, such surplus or deficiency shall be properly ad-
justed.
2. Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the Legislatures
of the several States to refrain from further emissions of bills of credit,
& where there is a sufficient quantity of Continental bills of credit for
the purposes of a circulating medium, forthwith to call in by loans or
taxes & to cancel all the paper money, small bills for change under a
dollar excepted, which such State has already emitted; and for the
future, to provide for the exigencies of war and the support of Govern-
ment by taxes to be levied within the year, or such other expedient, as
may produce a competent supply.
3d. And, whereas the obstruction of the course of justice in any
State may not only prove injurious to its citizens, but also to the
circulation & credit of the currency of such State & of the Tinted
States :—
Resolved^ Therefore, That it be recommended to the several States
forthwith to take effectual care that justice be duly administered
within their respective jurisdictions, as well for the recovery of debts,
as for the punishment of crimes & misdemeanours ; provided that no
suit or action shall be maintainable for the benefit of the enemies of
these United States.
4. And whereas advantages have arisen from the establishment of
Continental loan-offices, on which Congress continue to place great de-
pendence: in order therefore as far as it is practicable to ascertain the
supplies for the war, which may be raised in the several States upon
loan-office Certificates: —
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Legislatures, or in the re-
cess of any of them, to the Executive Authority of the respective States
to cause subscriptions to be opened under the inspection of one or more
respectable citizens within each town or district specifying the names
of the lenders & the sums they are willing to lend; & that a copy of such
subscription papers shall from time to time be sent to the respective
commissioners of the said loan-offices & by them transmitted to Con-
gress; provided that no certificate shall issue for less than two hundred
dollars.
5. Resolved, That it be recommended to the Legislatures, or in their
recess to the executive power of the respective States of New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island & Providence Plantations,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Delaware respec-
tively, to appoint Commissioners to convene at New Haven in Connecti-
cut, on the 15th day of January next; and to the States of Virginia,
Maryland & North Carolina respectively to appoint Commissioners to
convene at Freckericksburg in Virginia, on the said 15 day of January;
& to the States of South Carolina & Georgia respectively to appoint
Commissioners to convene at Charlestown on the 15 day of Feb^ next,
in order to regulate & ascertain the price of labour, manufactories, inter-
nal produce & commodities imported from foreign parts, (military stores
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 731
excepted;) & also to regulate the charges of inn-holders; & that on the
report of the Commissioners, each of the respective Legislatures enact
suitable laws, as well for the enforcing the observance of such of the
regulations as they shall ratify, & enabling such innholders to obtain
the necessary supplies, as to authorize the purchasing Commissaries of
the army, or any other person whom the Legislatures may think proper
to take from any engrossers, forestallers or other persons possessed of
a larger quantity of any such commodities or provisions than shall be
competent for the private annual consumption of their families, & who
shall refuse to sell the surplus, at the prices to be ascertained as afore-
said, paying only such price for the same.
6. And in order to introduce immediate economy in the public ex-
pence, the spirit of sharping & extortion, & the rapid & excessive rise of
every Commodity being confined within no bounds, & considering how
much time must unavoidably elapse before the plan directed by the pre-
ceding resolution can be carried into effect:
Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the respective Legis-
latures of the United States without delay, by their separate author-
ity, to adopt & effectually enforce a temporary regulation of the prices
of provisions & other commodities for the supply of the army, in such
manner, as they shall judge reasonable, & to continue in force, until the
general regulation before proposed shall be adopted.
7. And whereas, notwithstanding the large quantities of clothing
which have seasonably been ordered from Europe for the armies of the
United States, such have been the obstructions from a variety of
causes, that an adequate supply hath not been imported, and it is be-
come necessary that immediate provision should be made to defend the
troops from the inclemency of the winter, and to prevent future disap-
pointments of the like nature, and that for this purpose the several
States should be called upon for assistance :
Resolved, therefore, that it be earnestly recommended to the several
States from to time, to exert their utmost endeavours to procure in
addition to the allowance of cloathing heretofore made by Congress,
Supplies of blankets, shoes, stockings, shirts and other cloathing for
the comfortable subsistence of the officers & soldiers of their respective
battalions; and to appoint one or more persons to dispose of such arti-
cles to the said officers & soldiers in such proportions as the general
officers from the respective States commanding in such army shall
direct, and at such reasonable prices as shall be assessed by the cloather-
General or his deputy, & be in just proportion to the wages of the
officers & soldiers, — charging the surplus of the cost to the United
States; and all cloathing hereafter to be supplied to the officers and
soldiers of the continental army out of the stores of United States,
beyond the bounties already granted, shall be charged at the like
prices, the surplus to be defrayed by the United States : Provided, that
effectual measures be adopted by each State for preventing any compe-
tition between their purchasing agents, who are severally directed to
observe the instructions of the respective States relative to the prices
of cloathing purchased within such State.
8. Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the several States
as soon as may be to confiscate and make sale of all the real and per-
sonal estate therein, of such of their inhabitants and other persons
732 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
who have forfeited the same, and the right to the protection of their
respective States, and to invest the money arising from the sales in
Continental loan office Certificates, to be appropriated in such manner
as the respective States shall hereafter direct.
Extract from the Minutes,
Chas Thomson, Secy.
Letter from Selectmen §• Committee of Londonderry, relative
to Col. Holland. [No date.]
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 305.]
To the Honourable the Committee of Safety for the State of New-
Hampshire, now conven'd at Exeter in said State :
Gentlemen — We the subscribers selectmen & Committee of Safety
for the Town of Londonderry, begs leave to inform your Honours that
upon Con1. Folsom's informing us of Con1 Holland's escaping out of
Goal, we have taken all possible pains to find him by searching his own
house and several other houses that we suspected he might be lurking
in, and by sending men to all the Ferries on Merrimack River from
Andover up to Amoskigg falls, to prevent his getting over, and last
Saturday night we set guards on the leading Roads from sun down on
said evening, until sun rise next morning, to prevent his getting out
of said town, and we have also kept a guard round his house night and
day ever since his escape, and intends to continue said guard untill we
hear from your Honours. We think his Estate ought to be secured by
your order untill his person be found; but this we humbly submitt to
your Honours wisdom ; as it is very expensive at this season of the
year to keep a guard, we would be glad your honours would consider
the contents of the above as speedily as possible, and take order on
the same — Whilst we are your Honours most humble servants.
t^ x, ivr™™ 1 Clerk t0 tne
John Moore J Selectmen
T . ) Chairman to
John Aiken, the Committee.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 307.]
To the honourable the Committee of Safety for the State of New
Hampshire, now conven'd at Exeter in said State:
Gentlemen — Agreeable to your orders, we have taken an Inventory
of Con1 Holland's personal estate, and have taken Bonds in a sufficient
sum that said Bonds-men will be forth coming for said personal estate,
when call'd for by the Selectmen and Committee of Safety of this
town; but notwithstanding our care, a great many valuable things was
carryed off.
We have taken all care possable to procure evidences against Mr.
Vance's aiding and assisting Con1 Holland's making his escape; and
as we know not what is best to Do with said Vance, we send him down
to your Honours with the evidences against him by the bearer — which
is all humbly submitted.
We are your Honours most humble servents,
Jo-.A™Jg*-- ^
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 733
To the Honorable the Committee of Safety at Exeter —
Gentlemen — There being a suspicion that Mr. William Vance of
this town, was aiding- and assisting to Coll. Holland in making his
escape from the hands of Justice, as he was seen in Haverhill walk-
ing the Streets, and not upon Business upon Friday last, we appre-
hended & examined him, but could receive no satisfaction; — therefore
thought proper to confine him to his farm, untill Ave can get farther
intelligence of the matter.
We wait, Gentlemen, for your advice on what must be done with
him. John Moor — select-clark.
John Aiken, Chair" for Com.
Resolves of Congress, in relation to an enterprise under General
Stark, for the destruction of the fleet at St. John's.
[State Tap. Vol. VIII. p. 309.]
In Congress, Decr 3d 1777.
Whereas the surprising and Destroying the Enemy's shipping at St.
John's & elsewhere on Lake Champlain, during the winter, is an enter-
prise of the utmost importance, & of which there is the greatest pros-
pect of success, provided it can be conducted with prudence, resolution
and secresy :
Resolved, That the Honbl James Duane, Esqr be authorized and di-
rected in a personal conference to communicate the enterprise to Brig-
adier Gen1 Stark, who is appointed to the command, and to consider
with him of the best and most practicable means for its accomplish-
ment.
That Brigadier Gen1 Stark be authorized with the utmost secresy, to
select or raise a competent number of volunteers for this service, & to
receive from the commanding officer of the Northern department a suffi-
cient quantity of Military stores, carriages & provisions; or if more con-
venient, to hire carriages & to purchase provisions, & that the sum of
five thousand dollars for those and other contingent expenses, be ad-
vanced out of the Military chest in the said Department, 'to him or his
order, for the expenditure whereof he is to be accountable.
That if the Enterprise should be successful the sum of twenty thou-
sand Dollars shall be paid to the said Gen1 Stark & his officers & men,
to be divided among them in proportion as the pay of Continental of-
ficers & privates bears to each other as a reward for their services & in
full satisfaction of all wages and claims ; or in such proportion more-
advantageous to the privates as the Gen1 & his officers shall ascertain.
But if stipulated wages should be preferred to the chance of such re-
ward, the Gen1 shall be at liberty to retain the officers and men at
double continental pay & rations during the expedition, in considera-
tion of the inclemency of the season & the importance of the service.
That Gen1 Stark be enjoin'd to keep secret the said enterprise & not
to communicate it untill the nature of the operations shall render it
necessary.
That a warrant in the words following & subscribed by the President
shall be transmitted to Gen1 Stark, viz.
734 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777-
la Congress, York town, 3d day of Decr. 1777.
Whereas Brlgr Gen1 Starks is appointed to command & direct a secret
expedition during the winter reason,
You are therefore directed & required upon his order to supply him
with such sum of money, not exceeding five thousand dollars & such
carriages, military stores & provisions as he may require, taking his
vouchers for the same & for which he is to be accountable.
By order of Congress,
To the commanding officer, Pay Master,
(Jen1 Qr Master, & commissaries of Stores
& Provisions in the Northern Department.
That if from any unforeseen accident Gen. Starks should be unable
or unwilling to engage in the said enterprise, the commanding officer
in the Northern department be, in such case, directed & authorized to
appoint some other Brave & Diligent officer to the said command, &
that the officer so commanding shall have the same powers & with the
officers & men the same reward & pay as are before proposed.
That all officers in the service of the United States be required, and
all civil Officers & others requested to give every aid & assistance in
their power for forwarding & securing the success of the said Enter-
prise.
Extract from the Minutes.
C. T. Sec^
In Congress, Decr 4, 1777.
Kesolved, That it be eaimestly recommended to the legislatures of
the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut &
New York, to take effectual measures for the preservation of all pine
timber growing within their respective territories, which may be suit-
able & usefull for masts, or other purposes of navigation & for prevent-
ing any waste & Destruction of that valuable kind of timber.
Extract from the Minutes
Chas. Thomson, Sec^.
Letter from Londonderry relating to one Robert Fulton.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 319.]
Londonderry, 9 Decr 1777.
To the Honourable yc Committee of Safety for ye State of New
hampshire — Greeting:
Whereas we the subscribers had a Complaint exhibited for us against
Robert Fulton, aleaging him guilty of holding a treasonable Corre-
spondence wh the Enemy at New York & elsewhere, the Testamoney of
Mr. Jas. Bois & others, together with his own past conduct Demon-
strated to us that he was guilty & a dangerous person to the Libertyes
of the Commonwealth as far as his abilitys will adinitt him. In duty
to our country we sent sa Fulton to Exeter, expecting he would be
confin'd with the other traitors there untill acquitted by an Impartial
tryal by the Country. We are credably inform'd that he & his Son
Robert has subscribed Thos Gage's Asotiation Paper; — of the certainty
1777.] CORRESPONDENCE. 735
you may be informed pr. Dr. Hedges; Last sumer he went off in order
to get to tlie British troops, but could not get to them as may apear
pr. Elisabeth Adams & Rodolphus Green; at the time of Concord
battle lie cursed the country people for Rebefla and hoped they would
be cut in peaces that went to opose the Regulars; his third son lately
found in arms at the surrender of Burgoin, and coinplain'd to Rob1
McGregore Esq1" y' he could not get Liberty to stay at home.
In fine, we believe y* with the assistance of his acomplices he sub-
verted the truth & caused y° Honourable Counnitee to believe a lie,
when they admited him to take the oath of Fidelity to the States. We
believe he would not stop to sware any thing to sute his turn ; we leave
the matter with your Honnours and remain as in Duty bound, True
Friends to the United States of America.
John Moor "1 John Aiken ~|
John Gilmor I Select Will"1 Wallace
John Nesmith j men. Matthew Miller
Thomas Wallace, iunr J Jonas Adams I .-,
Jonathan Gillmer ^Comittee.
Robert Holms
Daniel Hunter
Rob1 Smith
Letter from General Poor(l), relating to the condition of the
Neiv Hampshire troops.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 323.]
Camp at the Gulph, 15 miles from Philadelphia,
December 7th, 1777.
Sir — Inclosed is the account of the goods sent by Mr. Nichols; the
money I have sent by Mr. Emery to Discharge the same; the Enemy
are hous'd in the Citty of Philadelphia; we shall inarch in a few days
to Valley Forge, which is about twenty miles from the Citty, there to
build hutts out of the standing trees for winter Quarters, — which I am
sure will take four or five weeks to cover ourselves. Did you know
how much your men suffered for want of shirts, Britches, Blankitts,
Stockens & shoes, your hart would acke for them. Sure I am that one
third are now suffering for want of those Artickels, which gives the
soldier great Reason to complain, after the incurigement given by the
State to supplie those of its Inhabentents who should engage in their
servis.
But their is another curcumstance more alaruming still; that is,
when you Ingaged your men to serve for three years or during the
war, they ware promised a certaine sum for their servises; your State
at the same time fixed a reasonable price upon such artickels as the
country produs'd and which they neic their Familys must be supplied
with, which would but bearly support them at those prices. But soon
(1) Gen. Enoch Poor was of Exeter, son of Thomas Poor, of Andover, Mass. He
was appointed Colonel of one of the N. H. Regiments, in 1775. [See Vol. VII. p. 4S3.]
In 177!', he accompanied General Sullivan in his expedition to 'Western New York,
against the Indians. In 1780, he commanded a Rrigade under Maj. Gen. La Fayette.
He was a brave and prudent officer. He died in Xew Jersey, Sept. S, 17Si>, a_;ed 4:.;.
See Abbott's Hist, of Andover, pp. 26, 27. Coll. of Parmer & 'Moore, Vol. II., pp. 105,
100. A line portrait of him is suspended in the Representatives Hall, Concord. — Ed.
736 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
after they left Home it seems by sum means or other the contract on
the side of the State was brocken, and those very artickles which their
familys must have or suffer rose four or five hundred pr cent, soldiers
wa^es remain the same. How can it be expected that men under these
curcumstances can quietly continue to undergo every hardship and
Danger which they have been and are still Exposed to? and what is
more distressing is, their daily hearing of the sufferings of their wives
and children at home.
I don't wright this by way of complaint, but do wish that sum mode
may be hit upon that the familys of those in servis may be supplied, or
I fear we shall have many of our best officers resign, and many soldiers
desert, for no other reason than to put themselves in a way to support
their familys or shear with them in their sufferings; and should that be
the case I fear the consequences. I am, Sir, your most obedient,
Humb1 serv'
Exoch Poor.
400 Pr shoes at 10s=£200: 0
30 Pr. Britches, 3s= 45 : 0
20 Pr. Stockens 9s 9:0
£254: 0
Mr. Tho8 Odiorn.
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
[p. 259.]
Journal of the proceedings of the Honorable House
of Representatives of the State of New Hamp-
shire, at their first session begun and holden at
Exeter on the 17th day of December, Anno
Domini 1777, 3 o'clock, p. m.
Wednesday, Dec. 17th 1777.
The House proceeded to the choice of a Speaker, and the
Ballots being taken it appeared that the Honble John Lang-
don, Esq1' was chosen Speaker, who being absent, the House
proceeded and chose John Dudley Esq1' Speaker pro Tempore
of this House, who accordingly took the chair.
Voted, That Noah Emery Esq1' be clerk of this House.
Voted, That Mr. John Smith be Assistant clerk of this
house.
Adjourn'd to Friday next, 2 o'clock, p. m.
[Representatives for 1777-8, copied from a MS. vol. in the Secys office, containing lists
of Representatives from 1775 to 1782.]
List of the Members of the Honourable House of Representatives of the
State of Neio Hampshire at their first Session begun and held at Exeter on
the third Wednesday of December, being the 17th day of said month, Anno
Domini 1777.
6
Towns.
Names.
ID
.a
m =3
C3
Wages.
Portsmouth
The Honhl. John Langdon
14
8
£5:14:8
George Gains, Esq.
14
12
8: 2:8
Samuel Cutts, Esq.
14
12
8: 2:8
Exeter
Thomas Odiorne, Esq.
15
9: 0:0
Sam'l Hobart, Esq.
2
15
9: 5:4
46
738
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777.
6
o
Towns.
Names.
3
Wages.
Londonderry
Jolm Pinkerton, Esq.
24
13
£8:12:0
John Gilmore
20
13
8: 9:4
Chester
John Webster, Esq.
16
12
8: 5:4
Robert Wilson, Esq.
14
15
10: 8:0
Stratham
Simon Wiggiu, Esq.
4
15
9:10:8
Kensington
Eben'r Potter
4
16
10: 2:8
Brintwood
Sam'l Dudley, Esq.
Sam'l Philbrick, Esq.
5
15
9:13:4
Kingston &B. Kingston
5
15
9:13:4
Northampton
Dr. Levi Dearborn
6
11
7: 8:0
New Market
Capt. Samuel Gilman
6
14
9: 4:0
Hampton-fails
Henry Robie
7
14
9:18:8
Hampton
Josiah Moulton,Esq.
8
13
8:17:4
Epping
Capt. Daniel Gordon
7
13
8:14:8
Greenland
Joshua Haines
10
7
5: 4:0
S. Hampton & Newtown
Capt. Eliph't Merrill
Nathan Goss
10
13
9: 2:8
Rye
12
15
10:12:0
Nottingham
Thomas Bartlett, Esq.
12
6
4:
Sandown & Hawke
David Tilton
10
15
10: 6:8
Newivigton
Rich'd Downing, Esq.
15
10
8:
Hampstead
Capt. John Calfe,
17
15
11: 5:4
Raymond & Poplin
John Dudley Esq.
18
18
11: 8:0
Atkinson & Plaistow
Nath'l Peabody, Esq.
18
17
10:16:0
Salem
Jeremiah Dow
23
17
10:19:4
Beerfield & Northwood
Jere : Eastman, Esq.
22
12
7:18:8
Candia
Moses Baker, Esq.
22
5
3:14:8
Epsom, Chichester & Al- )
lenstown J
Wyndham
Jno. McClary, Esq.
25
16
10: 8:8
James Bettou, Esq.
28
16
10:10:8
Pe'lham
James Gibson, Esq.
35
13
8:19:4
Pembroke
—
—
Bow & Dunbarton
Jeremiah Page, Esq.
47
12
8:10:8
Concord
Col. Thomas Stickney
40
16
10:18:8
Canterbury & Loudon
Sam'l Chamberlain
35
16
10:15:4
New Castle
Capt. John Blunt
17
12
8: 6:8
Lee
Hercules Mooney, Esq.
13
12
8: 1:4
Durham
Mr. John Smith
12
15
(1)12:17:0
Dover
Jno. Wentworth, jr. Esq.
18
15
9:12:0
"
Capt. Caleb Hodgdon
18
—
_ _ _
Summersworth
Mr. Paul Wentworth
24
15
9:16:0
Rochester
James Knowlton, Esq.
25
16
10: 8:8
Banington
Wakefield, Middleton & )
Leavittstown J
James Marden
25
18
11:12:8
Nath'l Balch
50
13
9: 9:4
Meredith & Sanbornton
Eben'r Smith, Esq.
52
15
10:14:8
Gilmanton & Barnstead
John Tasker, Esq.
36
18
12: 0:
Sandwich, Tarn worth & )
Moultouborough J
Bradb'y Richardson Esq.
70
10
8: 6:8
New Durham, the Gore & \
Wolfeborough j
Litchfield & N'm West
Tho's Tash, Esq.
8?
15
10: 1:4
James Underwood, Esq.
35
7
5: 7:4
Merrimack & Bedford
Capt. Sam'l Batten
35
IS
11:19:4
Derryfield & Goffstown
Moses Kelley, Esq.
35
18
11:19:4
Dunstable
Jona. LovewelljEsq.
40
12
8:10:8
Holies
Stephen Ames
44
12
8:13:4
Amherst
Moses Nichols, Esq.
42
19
12:16:0
"
Josiah Crosbie
42
18
12: 4:0
Weare
Sam'l Caldwell
52
18
12:10:8
Hopkinton
Capt. Step'n Harriman
Archib'd McMillan
50
18
12: 9:4
New Boston & Francestown
50
18
12: 9:4
(1) This sum includes 3s. per day as assistant clerk.— Ed.
1777.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
739
Towns.
Names.
6
a
5
6
a
OS S
P|
03
Wages.
Wilton, Lymlesboro', &c.
Abiel Abbot, Esq.
54
12
£0:11:4
New llivtnn, 'Warner, )
IViivs'ii & Fishertield )'
[Not represented]
Temple & IVterboro'
Jotham Blanehard
05
14
10:11:4
Salisbury & Boseawen
Mason & Raby
Amos Dakin
58
15
10:18:8
New [pswich
Nath'l Stone
CO
15
11:
Heneker, Hillsboro' &c
Capt. Jos. Symonds
65
11
8:15:4
Dublin, Monadnock, No. 5,
Benja. Tucker
75
15
11:10:0
Rindge Jaffrey & Peter- \
bor' Slip |
Packersfleld Stoddard* >
Gilsum J
■William Smiley
74
18
13: 4:0
Joseph Rounseval, Esq.
85
15
11:16:8
Svvansey & Fitzw'm
Capt. John Mellin
88
12
10: 2:8
Keen
Timo. Ellis, Esq.
88
11
9:10:8
Marlow, Surry & Alstead
Abraham Kingsbury
102
6
7: 0:0
Westmoreland
KIhu'i- Brittin
96
10
9: 4:0
Winchester
Capt. Reuben Alexander
114
18
14:12:0
Hinsdale & Chesterf'd
Michael Cressey
114
16
13: 8:0
Richmond
Walpole
Charlestown
Wm. Heywood, Esq.
114
9
9: 4:0
Claremont
Elihu Stevens, Esq.
127
3
6: 0:8
Acworth, Lempster, Sa- )
ville, Croydon, Unity [
Benja. Giles, Esq.
128
18
15: 1:4
Newport )
Rumney, Holdeness )
Campton & Thornton J
Dan'l Brainerd Esq.
Noah Emery, Clerk
94
18
13:18:8
14: 8:0
[No other towns repre-
sented.]
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
At the first session of the Council and Assembly began and held at Exeter
on Wednesday the 17th of December, 2777, the following persons were
returned to serve as members of the Council for the year ensuing, viz.
The Honble Meshecli Weare, Esqr
Josiah Bartlett, Esqr
Nicholas Oilman, Esqr
George King, Esqr
Timothy Walker, Esqr j
John Wentworth, Esqr
Ebenezer Thompson, Esqr
Jonathan Blanehard, Esq1
Matthew Patten, Esqr
Samuel Ashley, Esqr 7
Benjamin Bellows, Esqr \
For the County
of
Rockingham
) For the County
$ of Strafford.
) For the County
I of Hillsborough.
For the County
of Cheshire
[No returns from the County of Grafton.]
740 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Friday, Dec1" 19th 1777.
Voted, That John Wentworth jun. Esq. Col0 Nichols &
Mr. Downing be a Committee to draw up & present to this
house such rules as are necessary to be observed by this
house for the regulation & expediting the business of the
house & to lay the same before the house as soon as may be.
Voted, That no member of this house in future be paid
for travel any further than to & from the place of his resi-
dence.
Hon. Bbenezer Thompson, Esq. was made choice of [by
joint ballot.] for Secretary of State for the ensuing year.'
Saturday, Dec1' 20th 1777.
RULES OF THE HOUSE.
[p. 261.] Upon Report of the Committee —
Voted, That the Rules passed by the last house, number-
ed from one to thirteen inclusive, as recorded in the Journal
Book, page 50 and 51, be adopted as rules for the regu-
lation & expediting the business of the house together with
the following additional Rules :
14. No member speaking by leave shall be interrupted by another,
but by rising up to call to order, or correct a mistake.
15. No member shall nominate more than one person for one Com-
mittee, provided the person by him first nominated be chosen.
16. No bill shall be sent to the Board, without notice thereof first
being given to the house by the Speaker, & also the Title thereof being
first read.
17. That no member be on more than two Committees at the same
time, nor chairman of more than one.
18. That every member having been present at a Debate, and the
vote thereon being challenged, shall be obliged when called upon by
the Speaker to vote on one side or the other of a Question, unless
special reason be assigned to the contrary — the validity of which rea-
sons shall be determined by the house.
Voted, That the forementioned Rules be transcribed and
posted up in some conspicuous part of the house,
[p. 262.] [Upon report of a joint Committee]
Voted, That The Honbl Meshech Weare, Ebenezer Thomp-
son, Josiah Bartlctt, Nicholas Oilman, Jonathan Blanchard,
Nath1 Peabody, Thomas Odiorne, John Dudley, John McClary
George Gains, Josiah Moulton, John Wentworth, jun. and
Benjamin Giles, Esq18 — be appointed a Committee of Safety,
until another Committee be chosen in their stead, — any seven
of whom to be a quorum to do business.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 741
Voted, That Mr. Giles, Mr. Cresey, Mr. Mellin be a Com-
mittee with such as the Honbl Board shall appoint to consid-
er of the address of the Committee of Safety of Chester-
field, & report thereon :
Address or Petition of the Committee of Safety in Chesteifeld,
in relation to certain suspected persons.
(Extract) [State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 321.]
To the Honourable Court of the State of New Hampshire:
<%The Committee of Safety of Chesterfield humbly sheweth this
Honbl House, that whereas sundry Persons, viz. Ebenezer Harvey,
Elezor Pomroy and Sam1 King, all of Chesterfield abovsd, were som
time in June last summoned to appear before the Court of Enquiry at
Keen as being Enemical to the United States of America, and upon
tryall were found guilty of a misdemeanour against the State; — on
which account they were fined & confined to their farms by Bond till
that or som other Court or authority should set them at Liberty; — upon
which they or som of them Beg'd the Favour of sd Court, that they
might have ye Liberty of taking the Oath of Fidelity to the States ; on
which accompt, Esqr Gyles went Emediately to Exeter as we have
been informed and procured said oath or form of it, and sent to us by
Sheriff Cook of Keen, and our Direction was to take a justice of the
Peace and tender sd Oath to those confined persons, to ye end they
might take it and performe accordingly and be at Liberty; and we fol-
lowed the Directions of Esqr Prentice & EsqrWyman; the aforemen-
tion'd confined persons said they were willing to take ye said oath if it
came from lawful authority ; but they Disputed ye authority and paid no
regard to Esqr Prentice Letter, which was to take the Oath of fidility
and be set at Liberty; and as they were fully fixed in principal or will,
they apply' d to Justice Baldwin and he liberated them. Again they
apply'd to Esqr Wyman and notwithstanding they neglected to take
the oath, he, said Justice, enlarged their bonds just so far as to serve
their own turns ; — all which was contrary to ye advice of the Comitte,
except they would take ye oath of Fidelety to the States, and their
bond are just so far enlarged as to serve their own turns ; and when
called upon to do any publick service they say that they are confined; —
and so are excused — all which gives great uneasiness to xuany steady
friends to America. * * * *
'' We do therefore pray your Honours to take these things into your
wise consideration and Dismis or Confine the abov mention'd persons,
and that they be subjects of their duty and servis in ye defence of our
much oppress'd Land."
Sam1 Fairbank ~) Comitte
Elisha Rockwood >• of
James Robertson ) Safety
Chesterfield, December ye 13th, 1777.
To the Honble Court or Comite of
Safety of this New Hampshire State,
(a Copy near similer to the former petition.)
Test — Sam1 Fairbank, Chairman.
742 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 327.]
Letter from Gov. Cooke of Rhode Island, Dec. 17th, 1777, asking
continued military aid from New Hampshire, saying, " There are now
in the harbor of Newport Twenty ships, Frigates & Sloops of war —
eight of which are of the line. Lord Howe in the Eagle of 01, togeth-
er with the Bristol of 50 Guns, were expected there yesterday, and we
suppose arrived, as there were a very considerable number of cannon
fired, wch we imagine was a Salute to the Flag.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 331.]
Letter from John llobertson. prisoner in Exeter Goal, Decr 15, 1777,
asking liberty to go home on bail, saying, " Suppose I happened to goe
astray once by foolishness and bad advice; which I am very sorry for
it; — but hope I will be wiser for the time to come."
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 318.]
Letter from Henry Laurens, Pres* of Congress Dec. 23, 1777, com-
municating Resolutions of Congress to counteract the evils growing
out of the avarice of many of the people — a disposition to " build vast
fortunes on the destruction of the liberties of the western world."
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 353.]
In answer to Gov. Cooke's request for aid, Mr. Weare, Pres. of the
Council, wrote DeC 20, 1777, " In consequence a resolution passed for
raising & equipping 200 men as soon as possible, to march to Provi-
dence, to assist in the defence of your State, for the term of one year
if wanted."
Tuesday, December 23d, 1777.
In the Committee of the whole :
The Honbl Meshech Weare in the chair, proceeded to con-
sider of the matters to them referred, and after some time
spent thereon, the Committee came to the following Resolu-
tion & report :
That two hundred men, including officers be forthwith raised &
equip1 for the present defence of Rhode Island & Providence Planta-
tions, to be in that service untill the first day of Jan^, 1779; — unless
sooner discharged, & to be raised by voluntary enlistment, and to serve
wherever they shall be ordered within the States of New England or
New York: That each non-commissioned officer & soldier receive a
bounty of six pounds each on their Enlistment, & fifteen Dollars pr
month wages, one months wages to be advanced them on their passing
muster, to be divided into four Company's to be officered by one Cap-
tain, one Lieutenant & one Ensign — to be commanded by a Lieut.
Colonel : the Commission'1 officers to be paid their wages according to
the Continental establishment & the non-commission'd officers to be
paid the same sums above the privates as in the Contenental Estab-
1777.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 743
lishment ; that before they march they receive three pence per mile for
their travel to Providence.
The said report being considered, Voted that the same be
received and accepted.
[p. 265.] Wednesday, Dccr 24, 1777.
Voted That Mr. Wiggin, Mr. Gains & Mr. Gilman with
such as the Honbl Board shall join be a Committee to take
into consideration the Letters and other papers receiv'd from
Gen1 Sullivan & report thereon — [Concurred, Messrs Bartlett
& Blanchard added.]
Certificate relating to General Sullivan in the battle of Bran-
dgwine.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 215.]
October 23d 1777.
Since the battle of Brandywine, I have been sorry to hear very
illiberal complaints thrown out against the conduct of Majr General
Sullivan. As I was present during the whole action, and being obledg'd
from my situation, with Lord Sterling, to be near Gen1 Sullivan, of
course I had an opportunity of discovering such specimens of courage
as could not escape the attention of any one. 'Tis witli greatest pleas-
ure as well as justice to his character, I can declare that his uniform
bravery, coolness & Intrepedity, both in the heat of Battle, rallying &
forming the Troops when broke from their ranks, appeared to me to be
truly consistent with, or rather exceeded any idea I had ever of the
greatest soldier.
Ent0 Edavakds, A. D. C.
to Major Gen1 Lord Sterling.
Indorsed — " Certificate of
Maj. Edwards, No. 29."
Letter from General Sullivan, in vindication of himself, $c.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 243.]
Camp at Whitemarsh, Nov. 5th, 1777.
Much esteemed Sir —
When I reflect on the many obligations I lay under to the State of
New Hampshire, for having often entrusted me with every thing that
Freemen hold dear, I cannot content myself without accounting to
them for every part of my conduct, & removing from their minds every
unfavorable impression which the tongue of slander may have made;
It is for this purpose I have taken the freedom to lay before the General
Assembly of that State, all the evidence relative to my conduct on
Staten Island, with the proceedings & Result of the Court of Inquiry.
I have also inclosed copies of all my letters to Congress both before &
after the tryal which will render it unnecessary for me to make any
comment on the evidence, or the usage I have received. The papers
744 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
relative to this tryal are numbered from one to twenty inclusively.
The tongue of slander once let loose seldom seeks repose; it attacked
me again with redoubled fury after the battle of Brandywine. This
procured a vote of Congress to suspend me from the service, before I
knew the former resolution had taken place. To clear up the matter I
inclosed Congress the papers numbered from 20 to 30, which I appre-
hend fully convinced them of the injustice done me by the voice of
calumny; my enemies not yet satiated represented to Congress my
want of military abilities, & the want of confidence in my officers &
soldiers; This produced my fourth letter to Congress inclosing the
papers numbered from 30 to 41; I think I did not inclose the whole as
they were not then all ready. Those you will find contain addresses
from all the officers I have on the ground, except some part of Hazen's
Regiment, which may easily be accounted for when it is known that
Major Taylor commands the Regiment, it will be found by the pro-
ceedings of the Court of Inquiry, that Major Taylor moved for post-
poning the inquiry, for want of three absent witnesses; — viz. Col0 Hall,
Col0 Stone & Major Forrest; as I know this was only to work a delay,
I granted him, that if they were present they would say the same as
himself; though I knew that if they were present, they would be ma-
terial witnesses in my favor. Col0 Hall has since returned to camp &
says he could not attempt to support his assertions, and the other gen-
tlemen have declared the same to others ; & I will even venture to own
myself guilty whenever he can procure either of those gentlemen to
corroborate his testimony. Under this concession I went to trial, and
the Result was what the nature of the evidence promised. I need
make no comment upon his testimony; it need only be compared with
his letter. The difference in them plainly shews how he was obliged to
depart from the letter to prevent being detected; but in this he did not
succeed as the proceedings of the Court fully show. If the evidence I
do myself the honor to inclose the General Assembly fully convinces
them of my having been attacked without cause, they will do me the
greatest honor I could wish for in having them published with this
letter, in such manner as they may think proper. The three last pa-
pers numbered 42, 43 & 44, 1 would not wish to have published, as they
only discover what I would willingly for the sake of my country con-
ceal from the world ; however they may show the motives which
induced some persons to proceed against me. In my first letter to
Congress I have appealed to the officers who have formerly been under
my immediate command. I am happy in the reflection that those offi-
cers live in your quarter, many of them holding high military offices
in the State of New Hampshire, Massachusetts & Connecticut; — To
them I again appeal for the justice of my assertions in my letter to
Congress. I beg that the Honorable Assembly of New Hampshire,
for which I have so great respect & to which I feel so many obligations,
will not think amiss of my requesting Congress to permit me to retire
from the army. The three last papers will convince them of the Rea-
sons. I know by my own feelings & the history of mankind, that I am
in common with them liable to many errors, & it must be miraculous if
I escape them all; — and there remains no doubt in my mind, that the
first error must end in my ruin ; though I have satisfied Congress & the
Court of Inquiry respecting my conduct, yet my enemies have only
retired to seek some new advantage, & the first erroneous steps I take
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 745
they will pursue with all the cruel hate of prevailing cowards, till they
have answered their purpose. This alone induced me to make this
request, that I might never fall under the odium of that country which
I have ever strove to support & maintain. To this request, Congress
have as yet given me no answer.
Dear Sir, — I cannot help observing that though the enclosed testi-
monies make it clear, that when my own Division forsook me, I joined
myself to the two remaining Divisions & fought till I could not get a
man to stand by me longer, & when those also retired I did not make
that an excuse for quitting the field myself, but immediately took
Weedcns? Brigade to a proper post to cover the Retreat of our Army,
and with them fought till night. In the last action my horse was shot
under me. Though this appears clearly from the testimony of Col0
Pinkney, Lauren & Hamilton of Gen1 Washington's own family, &
from Major Telureys testimony, as well as many others, that I had the
whole weight of the fire through the day, yet Congress voted to give
the same Major Telurey a horse ready accoutred, in lieu of a Conti-
nental horse he had shot under him, for his bravery; & though I lost
the best horse in America, they have not taken the least notice of it.
This however just, would be too severe to publish to the world at this
time.
Yrs. most respectfully,
Jn° Sullivan.
P. S. The paper No. 44, proves an inattention which as in my letters
I have studiously concealed it from Congress, I wish to hide it from
the world.
If the assembly should do me the honor to order my papers publish-
ed, you would oblige me much by adding the address of the Canada
officers to me, which may be found in the Newspapers of August or
September, 1776.
J. S.
With the highest esteem & respect, your most obed' servant,
JX° SULLIVAX.
HonbI John Langdon Esqr.
[p. 266.] An Act [entitled an Act for continuing in force
a certain Act entitled an Act for taking up & imprisoning or
otherwise restraining persons dangerous to this State, was
read a third time & Passed to be enacted. (1)
[In Committee of the whole, Dec. 24, 1777.]
According to the order of the day, the whole Council &
house being resolved into a Committee to Nominate proper
persons for delegates for this State to the Continental Con-
gress, and a Treasurer for this State, and also to consider
of the Letters & resolves of Congress & Articles of Confed-
eration of the United States of America, lately received
from Congress, and to report thereon, the Honble Meshech
(1) See Record of Acts in Secretary's office, 1777.— Ed.
746 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIEE. [1777.
Weare in the Chair, proceeded to consider of the matters
to them referred and after some time spent thereon came to
the following resolution and Report :
That the Iionbl Josiah Bartlett & William Whipple Esqrs are nomi-
nated by joint ballot for Delegates to represent this State in the Conti-
nental Congress for the ensuing year, or untill they shall be relieved by
others to be appointed in their stead ; also, That Nicholas Oilman Esqr
is nominated by joint ballott for Treasurer of this State for the ensu-
ing year ; That An Act be passed to ascertain what persons shall be
excluded from the benefit of the Laws of this State ; That persons be
appointed in the Several parts of this State to receive subscriptions for
monies to be lent into the Continental Loan office; That two Commis-
sioners be sent from this State to meet Commissioners from the other
States at New Haven in Connecticutt agreeable to the fifth article of
[p. 267.] the resolves of the Continental Congress of the 22d of Novr
last, to regulate the prices of labour &c. &c; That some person or
persons be appointed to purchase up as many hatts, shirts, Breeches,
shoes & stockings, as they can procure for the use of our Battalions;
That An Act be passed for confiscating the Estates of all such persons
as have rendered themselves unworthy of the Protection of this State:
That the Articles of Confederacy be printed forthwith & Dispersed to
ye number of 250.
The Committee then Dissolved and the Speaker resumed
the Chair, and the said Report being read & considered,
Voted, That the Same be & hereby is recd & accepted.
1777.] ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. 747
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. (1)
To all to whom these presents shall come, we, the undersigned,
delegates of the States affixed to our names, send greeting :
Whereas, the delegates of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, did, on the fifteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and in the second
year of the Independence of America, agree to certain articles of con-
federation and perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire,
Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecti-
cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, in the words fol-
lowing, viz: —
Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the States of
New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plan-
tations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Article 1. The style of this confederacy shall be, " The United
States of America."
Article 2. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and inde-
pendence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this
confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress
assembled.
Article 3. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league
of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of
their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare; binding them-
selves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made
upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade,
or any other pretence whatever.
Article 4. The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship,
and intercourse among the people of the different states in this Union,
the free inhabitants of each of these states, paupers, vagabonds and
fugitives from justice, excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and
immunities of free citizens in the several states; and the people of each
state shall have free ingress and regress to and from other states, and
shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to
the same duties, impositions, and restrictions, as the inhabitants thereof
respectively, provided that such restrictions shall not extend so far as
to prevent the removal of property imported into any state to any
other state, of which the owner is an inhabitant; provided also, that no
(1) These articles, which were manifestly forwarded to New Hampshire, are not
found among our files; they are therefore copied from a standard work called " States-
man's Manual," Vol. 1, pp. 1-7, published by Edward Walker, New York, 1849.— Ed.
748 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. t [1777.
imposition, duties, or restrictions, shall be laid by any state on the
property of the United States or either of them.
If any person guilty of or charged with treason, felony, or other
high misdemeanor, in any state, shall flee from justice, and be found in
any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or
executive power of the state from which he fled, be delivered up and
removed to the state having jurisdiction of his offence. Full faith and
credit shall be given in each of these states to the records, acts, and
judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other state.
Article 5. For the more convenient management of the general
interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in
such manner as the legislature of each state shall direct to meet in
Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power
reserved to each state to recall its delegates or any of them, at any
time within the year, and to send others in their stead for the remain-
der of the year.
No state shall be represented in Congress by less than two. nor by
more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a
delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall
any person being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the
United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any
salary, fees, or emoluments of any kind.
Each state shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the states,
and while they act as members of the Committee of the states.
In determining questions in the United States in Congress assem-
bled, each state shall have one vote. Freedom of speech and debate
in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court or place
out of Congress; and the members of Congress shall be protected in
their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their
going to and from and attendance on Congress, except for treason,
felony, or breach of the peace.
Article 6. No state, without the consent of the United States in
Congress assembled shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy
from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance, or treaty, with
any king, prince, or state; nor shall any person holding any office of
profit or trust under the United States, or any of them, accept of any
present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever, from any
king, prince, or foreign state; nor shall the United States in Congress
assembled, or any of them, grant any title of nobility.
No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation, or
alliance whatever, between them, without the consent of the United
States in Congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for
which the same is to be entered into and how long it shall continue.
No state shall lay any impost or duties, which may interfere with any
stipulations in treaties entered into by the United States in Congress
assembled, with any king, prince, or state, in pursuance of any treaties
already proposed by Congress to the courts of France and Spain.
No vessel-of-war shall be kept up in time of peace by any state, ex-
cept such number only as shall be deemed necessary by the United
States in Congress assembled for the defence of such state or its trade;
nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any state in time of peace,
except such number only as in the judgment of the United States in
Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts
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necessary for the defence of such state; but every state shall always
keep up a well-regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and
accoutred, and shall provide and have constantly ready for use, in pub-
lic stores, a due number of field-pieces and tents, and a proper quan-
tity of arms, ammunition, and camp equipage.
No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the United
States in Congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by
enemies or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being
formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger
is so imminent as not to admit of a delay till the United States in Con-
gress assembled can be consulted ; nor shall any state grant commis-
sions to any ships or vessels-of-war, nor letters of marque or reprisal,
except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Con-
gress assembled, and then, only against the kingdom or state, and the
subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under
such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Con-
gress assembled, unless such state be infested by pirates, in which case
vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as
the danger shall continue, or until the United States in Congress
assembled shall determine otherwise.
Article 7. When land forces are raised by any state for the com-
mon defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel, shall be ap-
pointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such
forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct, and
all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the ap-
pointment.
Article 8. All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be
incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by
the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of the
common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states in
proportion to the value of all land within each state granted to or
surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improve-
ments thereon shall be estimated according to such mode as the United
States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint.
The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the
authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states, within
the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Article 9. The United States in Congress assembled shall have the
sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, ex-
cept in the cases mentioned in the sixth article — of sending and receiv-
ing ambassadors — entering into treaties and alliances; provided that no
treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the
respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and
duties on foreigners as their own people are subject to, or from prohib-
iting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commod-
ities whatsoever — of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what
captures on laud or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes tak-
en by land or naval forces in the service of the United States, shall be
divided or appropriated — of granting letters of marque and reprisal in
times of peace — appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies
committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and
determining finally appeals in all cases of captures: provided, that no
member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said
courts.
750 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
The United States in Congress assembled shall also be the last resort
on appeal in all disputes and differences now subsisting or that here-
after may arise between two or more states concerning boundary, juris-
diction, or any other cause whatever ; which authority shall always be
exercised in the manner following: whenever the legislative or execu-
tive authority or lawful agent of any state in controversy with another
shall present a petition to Congress, stating the matter in question, and
praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of Con-
gress to the legislative or executive authority of the other state in con-
troversy, and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties, by their
lawful agents, who shall then be directed to appoint by joint consent
commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determin-
ing the matter in question; but if they cannot agree, Congress shall
name three persons out of each of the United States, and from the list
of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one, the petition-
ers beginning until the number shall be reduced to thirteen; and from
that number not less than seven nor more than nine names, as Congress
shall direct shall, in the presence of Congress, be drawn only by lot;
and the persons whose names shall be so drawn, or any five of them,
shall be commissioners or judges, to hear and finally determine the con-
troversy, so always as a major part of the judges, who shall hear the
cause, shall agree in the determination: and if either party shall neglect
to attend at the day appointed, without showing reasons which Con-
gress shall judge sufficient, or being present shall refuse to strike, the
Congress shall proceed to nominate three persons out of each state, and
the secretary of Congress shall strike in behalf of such party absent or
refusing ; and the judgment and sentence of the court to be appointed
in the manner before prescribed, shall be final and conclusive, and if
any of the parties shall refuse to submit to the authority of such
court, or to appear, or defend their claim or cause, the court shall nev-
ertheless proceed to pronounce sentence or judgment, which shall -in
like manner be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other
proceedings, being in either case transmitted to Congress, and lodged
among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned:
provided, that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall
take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the supreme
or superior court of the state, where the cause shall be tried "well and
truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the
best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of reAvard:'* pro-
vided also, that no state shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of
the United States.
All controversies concerning the private right of soil, claimed under
different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdiction as they may
respect such lands and the states which passed such grants are adjusted,
the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to
have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on
the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States, be
finally determined, as near as may be, in the same manner as is before
prescribed for deciding disputes respecting territorial jurisdiction be-
tween different states.
The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and
exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin
struck by their own authority, or that of the respective states — fixing
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the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States —
regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not
members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of
any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated — establish-
ing and regulating post offices from one state to another throughout all
the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing
through the same, as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the
said office — appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of
the United States excepting regimental officers — appointing all the offi-
cers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the
service of the United States — making rules for the government and
regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their ope-
rations.
The United States in Congress assembled shall have authority to ap-
point a committee to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated a
committee of the states, and to consist of one delegate from each state;
and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be neces-
sary for managing the general affairs of the United States, under their
direction — to appoint one of their number to preside, provided that no
person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year
in any term of three years — to ascertain the necessary sums of money
to be raised for the service of the United States, and to appropriate
and apply the same for defraying the public expenses — to borrow money
or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half
year to the respective states an account of the sums of money so bor-
rowed or emitted — to build and equip a navy — to agree upon the num-
ber of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its
quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state,
which requisition shall be binding; and thereupon the legislature of
each state shall appoint the regimental officers, raise the men, and
clothe, arm, and equip them, in a soldier-like manner, at the expense of
the United States; and the officers and men so clothed, armed, and
equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time
agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled : but if the
United States in Congress assembled, shall, on consideration of circum-
stances, judge proper that any state should not raise men or should
raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should
raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra num-
ber shall be raised, officered, clothed, armed, and equipped, in the same
manner as the quota of such state, unless the legislature of such state
shall judge that such extra number cannot safely be spared out of the
same; in which case they shall raise, officer, clothe, arm, ami equip, as
many of such extra number as they judge can be safely spared. "And
the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped, shall march to
the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States
in Congress assembled.
The United States in Congress assembled shall never engage in a
war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor
enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the
value thereof, nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the
defence and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills,
nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate
money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or
752 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint
a commander-in-chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to
the same; nor shall a question on any other point, except for adjourn-
ing from day to day, be determined, unless by the votes of a majority
of the United States in Congress assembled.
The Congress of the United States shall have power to adjourn to
any time within the year, and to any place within the United States,
so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the
space of six months; and shall publish the journal of their proceedings
monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances, or
military operations, as in their judgment require secresy; and the yeas
and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be en-
tered on the journal, where it is desired by any delegate; and the dele-
gates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request, shall be fur-
nished with a transcript of the said journal, except such parts as are
above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the several states.
Article 10. The committee of the states, or any nine of them,
shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of Congress, such of the
powers of Congress as the United States in Congress assembled, by
the consent of, nine states, shall from time to time, think expedient to
vest them with; provided that no power be delegated to the said com-
mittee, for the exercise of which, by the articles of confederation, the
voice of nine states in the Congress of the United States assembled is
requisite.
Article 11. Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in
the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled
to, all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be ad-
mitted into the same unless such admission be agreed to by nine
states.
Article 12. All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and
debts contracted, by or under the authority of Congress before the
assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confeder-
ation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United
States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States
and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Article 13. Every state shall abide by the decision of the United
States in Congress assembled, on all questions which, by the confeder-
ation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation
shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the Union shall be
perpetual; nor shall any alteration at anytime hereafter be made in
any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the
United States, and be afterward confirmed by the legislature of every
state.
And whereas it has pleased the great Governor of the world to in-
cline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Con-
gress, to approve of and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of
confederation and perpetual Union; Knoiv ye, that we, the undersigned
delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that
purpose, do, by these presents, in the name and behalf of our respect-
ive constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every
of the said articles of confederation and perpetual Union, and all and
singular the matters and things therein contained; and we do further
solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that
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r53
they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Con-
gress assembled, on all questions which, by the said confederation, are
submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably ob-
served by the states we respectively represent; and that the Union be
perpetual.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, in Congress.
Done at Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, the ninth day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sev-
enty-eight, and in the third year of the independence of America.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
josiah bartlett,
John Wentwortii, Jr.
MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
Johx Hancock,
Samuel Adams,
Elbridge Gerry,
Francis Dana,
James Lovell,
Samuel IIolten,
RHODE ISLAND.
William Ellery,
Henry Marchant,
John Collins.
CONNECTICUT.
Roger Sherman,
Samuel Huntington,
Oliver Wolcott,
Titus Hosmer,
Andrew Adams.
NEW YORK.
James Duane,
Francis Lewis,
William Duer,
gouverneur morris.
NEW JERSEY.
John Witherspoon,
Nath. Scudder.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Robert Morris,
Daniel Roberdean,
Jonathan Bayard Smith,
William Chiegan,
Joseph Reed.
DELAWARE.
Thomas McKean,
John Dickinson,
Nicholas Van Dyke.
MARYLAND.
John Hanson,
Daniel Carroll
VIRGINIA.
Richard Henry Lee,
John Banister,
Thomas Adams,
John Haryie,
Francis Lightfoot Lee.
NORTH CAROLINA.
John Penn,
Constable Harnett,
John Williams.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Henry Laurens,
William Henry Drayton,
John Matthews,
Richard Hutson,
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
GEORGIA,
John Walton,
Edward Telfair,
Edward Langworthy.
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754 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Letter from Hon. Henry Laurens, President of Congress, relat-
ing to the Confederacy of the States.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 271.]
In Congress, Novr. 17, 1777.
Congress having agreed upon a plan of Confederacy for securing the
freedom, sovereignty & independence of the United States, authentic
copies are now transmitted for the consideration of the respective Leg-
islatures.
This business equally intricate & important, has in its progress been
attended with uncommon embarrassments & delays, which the most
anxious solicitude and persevering diligence could not prevent. To
form a permanent union, accommodated to the opinion & wishes of the
delegates of so many states differing in habits, produce, commerce &
internal police, was found to be a work, which nothing but time & re-
flection, conspiring with a disposition to conciliate, covdd mature &
accomplish.
Hardly is it to be expected, that any plan in the variety of provisions
essential to our union should exactly correspond with the maxims and
political views? of every particular State. Let it be remarked, that
after the most careful inquiry & the fullest information, this is proposed
as the best which could be adapted to the circumstances of all, & as that
alone, which affords any tolerable prospect of a general satisfaction.
Permit me then earnestly to recommend these Articles to the imme-
diate & dispassionate attention of the Legislatures of the respective
States. Let them be candidly reviewed under a sense of the difficulty
of combining in one general system the various sentiments & inter-
ests of a Continent divided into so many sovereign & independent com-
munities; under a conviction of the absolute necessity of uniting all
our councils & all our strength to maintain and defend our common lib-
erties; let them be examined with a liberality becoming brethren 8c
fellow-citizens surrounded by the same imminent dangers, and contend-
ing for the same illustrious prize; and deeply interested in being forever
bound & connected together by ties the most intimate and indispensa-
ble: And finally, let them be adjusted with the temper & magnanimity
of wise & patriotic legislators, who while they are concerned for the
prosperity of their own more immediate circle, are capable of rising-
superior to local attachments, when they may be incompatible with the
safety, happiness & glory of the general confederacy.
We have reason to regret the time, which has elapsed in preparing
this plan for consideration. With additional solicitude we look forward
to that which must be necessarily spent before it can be ratified. Every
motive loudly calls upon us to hasten its conclusion.
More than any other consideration, it will confound our foreign
enemies, defeat the flagitious practices of the disaffected, strengthen &
confirm our friends, support our public credit, restore the value of our
money, enable us to maintain our fleets and armies, & add weight & re-
spect to our councils at home & to our treaties abroad. In short, this
salutary measure can no longer be deferred. It seems essential to our
very existence as a free people, & without it, we may soon be constrain-
ed to bid adieu to Independence, to liberty & safety — blessings, which
from the justice of our cause & the favor of our Almighty Creator,
1777. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 755
visibly manifested in our protection, — we have reason to expect, if in
an humble dependence on his Divine Providence we strenuously exert
the means which are placed in our power.
To conclude — If the Legislature of any State shall not be assembled,
Congress recommend to the executive authority to convene it without
delay, & to each respective legislature it is recommended, to invest its
delegates with competent power ultimately in the name & behalf of the
States, to subscribe articles of confederation & perpetual union of the
United States, & to attend Congress for that purpose, on or before the
tenth day of March next.
By order of Congress.
Henry Laurens,
President.
The Honorable
Meshech Weare, Esquire.
Letter from Hon. Ninth1 Folsom, relating to the foregoing ar-
ticles of Confederation.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 283.]
York town, November 21st 1777.
Dear Sir —
Inclosed I send you a Copy of the Confederation, the Eighth article
of which respects Taxation, and has given me great uneasiness, as I
cannot see any Justice in the Rule therein laid down, for proportioning
the several States with the charges of the present war. In the first
place, it appears to me that one third part of the wealth of the South-
ern States which consists in Negroes, is entirely left out, and no notice
taken of them in determining their ability to pay taxes, notwithstand-
ing it is by them that they procure their wealth; neither are we to
have any advantage of them in proportioning the number of men to be
drawn from the several States to carry on the war, that being fixed on
the number of white inhabitants in each State, so that by their negroes
being left at home, they can till their lands and get bread & riches,
while some other States may be greatly distressed. In the next place,
the wealth that is in some States more than there is in others, by no
means fixes a proportionable Value on the Lands in such States, —
which, if this be true, seems to prove that the plan laid down by Con-
gress is not just: These are my own thoughts on this head; but refer
you to your own better judgment on them. It seems to be the sense of
Congress, that if any of the Articles of Confederation, should be thought
hard of or unequal to any of the States, that they will make a repre-
sentation of the same to Congress, with the reasons of their disapproba-
tion to such articles, in order if possible to give satisfaction and ease to
each and every of the States. The time fixed on for the several Legis-
latures, to determine on these great Points, is by some members thought
too short; but I make no doubt but they will take as much time to de-
liberate thereon as may be thought just and necessary.
General Washington's head Quarters is at the Sixteen mile stone
from Philadelphia, where it has been for a month past. Several strong
detachments are further advanced; some at Germantown & a strong
756 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Picquet at the Rising Sun 4 miles from Philadelphia; a considerable
reinforcement from the Northern army are on their march, and in a
few days it is expected they will join General Washington.
Whether any thing will be attempted or no is very uncertain. Yes-
terday we had an account that Fort Mifflin was evacuated; to day it is
contradicted; — be it as it will, our people have maintained that Post
with much gallantry and have harrassed the enemy greatly.
November 22d. The news to day is, That the enemy have marched
fifteen hundred men in order to attack our people at Read-bank, and
that General Washington's whole army are in motion, and that Gener-
al Green's division had march'd to reinforce that Post: but this wants
confirmation.
I am, Sir, with much respect,
Your Very humble servant,
Nath1 Folsom.
P. S. I hope I shall not be left
alone here this winter.
To the Hon. Meshek Weare, Esqr.
Thursday, Decr 25th, 1777.
Voted, That the Honbl Samuel Hale, Esq1' be & hereby is
appointed a justice of the Inferiour Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Rockingham, & that he be commissionated
accordingly. [Concurred.]
[p. 268.] Voted and Resolved, That the Honbl Josiah Bart-
lett Esq1' and the Honbl William Whipple Esq1' be & hereby
are appointed Delegates to represent this State in the Conti-
nental Congress for the ensuing year, or untill they shall be
relieved by others to be appointed in their stead, and that
they set out so as to arrive at Congress by the tenth day of
March next ; and that upon their arrival they relieve the two
other Delegates of this State now at Congress, (in such man-
ner that two of the said Delegates be in Congress at the
same time) and that in case of the death, incapacity, or ab-
sence of either of said two Delegates, the other have full
power to represent this State. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Honbl Nicholas Gilman, Esq1' be & hereby
is appointed Treasurer & receiver General of this State for
the year ensuing, and that he give bond to the Speaker of
the Honljl House of Representatives with two sufficient Sure-
ties in the Sum of one hundred thousand pounds, for the use
of this State, for the faithful discharge of said trust. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 270.] P. M.
Voted, That no Deserters from Col0 Stephen Evens' regi-
ment be paid any wages at all.(l)
(1) See ante, pp. 710, 711.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 757
Friday, December 26th, 1777.
[p. 271.] On motion of Col° Stephen Evens,
Voted, That he be directed to pay off the rolls of those
officers & soldiers of his regiment who came home on fur-
lough, & those who staid out their time, the wages due to
them, to such officer as makes up the rolls, — they giving
security to pay agreeable to said rolls, — and that he stop the
pay of all those who deserted, and that he as soon as may be
render an account to the Gen1 Court or Committee of Safety
of all the monies he received of the paymaster of the Conti-
nental troops, and of the monies paid by him to the officers
& soldiers ; and that he pay the ballance into the Treasury
of this State as soon as may be. [Concurred.]
A resolve to enable Convicts to dispose of part of their
Estates for certain purposes therein mentioned, was read &
passed, & is on file. [See State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 303.]
[p. 272.] The Committee for nominating Commissioners to
go to New Haven in Connecticut reported, That they recom-
mend the Honbl Ebenezer Thompson, Timothy Walker, Jon-
athan Blanchard Esq1' and Nath1 Peabody, John Wentworth,
jun. & George Gains, Esq1'9 two of whom to be appointed
Commissioners for that purpose — which report was received,
& thereupon,
The votes of the House were called and the ballots being
taken, it appeared that the Honbl Jonathan Blanchard Esq.
& Nath1 Peabody, Esq1' were chosen & appointed Commis-
sioners for this State to go to New Haven in Connecticut, to
join with Commissioners from the other States to endeavour
a regulation of the prices of Labour &c. agreeable to the
fifth article of the resolves of the Continental Congress of
the Twenty second of November last ; and to be at New
Haven by the 15th day of January next. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col. Samuel Hobart have liberty to sell by
retail, one barrell of the Salt petre in his hands belonging to
this State, he to account therefor with this State. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 271.] Directions for a free Representation.
Saturday, Dec1' 27th, 1777.
Voted, That it be recommended to Towns Parishes &, places
in this State, if they see fit, to instruct their Representatives
at the next session, to appoint & call a full & free Represen-
758 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
tation of all the people of this State to meet in Convention
at such time & place as shall be appointed by the General
Assembly, for the sole purpose of framing & laying a perma-
nent plan or system for the future Government of this State.
Sent up by Mr. Odiorne. (1)
Voted, That the following words be printed at the bottom
of the Articles of Confederation, and before the vote of the
General Court relative to instructing the Representatives, viz :
" The foregoing Articles of Confederation as formed by the
"Honble the Continental Congress, are printed and to be dis-
" persed throughout this State, That every person may give
"their sentiment thereon, and the following vote of the Gen-
" eral Assembly of the State of New Hampshire is also pub-
lished for the same purpose." Sent up by Mr. Ordiorne.
Voted, That Maj1' Stephen Peabody be and hereby is chosen
& appointed Lieutenant Colonel to command the Regiment
to be raised in this State for the imediate defence of Rhode
Island. [Concurred.]
Tuesday, Dec1' 30th, 1777.
[p. 277.] Voted, That there be enlisted and kept up at the
Forts on Piscataqua river near Portsmouth, fifty matrosses
including officers, for one year next ensuing, unless sooner
discharged, to be posted in the following manner, viz. Twenty
five at Fort Washington, out of whom guards shall be ap-
pointed to secure the magazine at Portsmouth, and the other
twenty-five at Fort Sullivan, out of whom guards shall be ap-
pointed to secure fort Hancock on Great Island ; that fort
Washington be commanded by Capt. Titus Salter & one Lieu-
tenant ; That fort Sullivan be commanded by Capt. Eliphalet
Daniel with one Lieutenant ; that the said Captains be paid
eight pounds per month each & three Rations, and the Lieuts
six pounds per month each & two rations, and that the Sol-
diers be paid three pounds per month wages ; that one gun-
ner, one gunner's mate, one drummer and lifer, two sargeants
& two corporals be appointed to each company ; that the Sar-
geants & gunner be paid three pounds eight shillings per
month, and the gunner's mate, corporals, drummers & lifers
be paid three pounds and four shillings per month during
their services. [Concurred.]
(1) It (loos not appear that this important measure was acted on by the Council during
this session.— Ed.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
7*
[p. 278.] Voted, That Col0 Stephen Evans he forthwith sent
for and ordered to appear before this House as soon as may
be, to give his reasons why he has not paid off the Rolls of
his Regiment, agreeable to the orders of this house.
The Committee of both houses appointed to consider of the
case of the New York Tory prisoners at Amherst, made Re-
port :
That they be imediately sent off under a Guard of a Sarg1 anil six
men, to the Executive authority of the State of New York : That
Lieut. Col0. Moses Kelley be desired to provide the said Guard : That
such of the said prisoners as are in actual need of shoes, stocks, or
cloathing for their inarch, be supplied by said Kelley, and that he draw
a suitable sum for expence, & cloathing, he to be accountable; and that
the Secretary be desired to write to the said Executive authority with
the reasons for sending them, and inform them, that the accounts at-
tending their safe keeping in this State will be transmitted in the re-
cess of the General Assembly. Submitted
Mattw Patten, for the Comte".
Which Report being read & considered.
Voted, That the same be rec'1 & accepted.
[p. 279.] Wednesday, Dec. 31st 1777.
Voted, That the resignation of Wyseman Clagctt Esq1- as
Attorney General for this State be received & accepted. (1)
[p. 281.] The Committee on the motion of Doc*. Richard
Bartlett [of Pembroke relative to Guns] made Report :
That Dr. Richard Bartlett in behalf of the Selectmen of Pembroke,
be allowed thirteen dollars for the use of thirteen guns, supply'd Capt.
Daniel Moore, & also three pounds ten shillings & six pence for three
Guns not returned, and that Capt. Daniel Moore be called upon to give
an account of said guns, &c. which is humbly submitted.
Signed, Nich8 Gihnan, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be reccl and accepted, and further
Voted, That the said Bartlett have & receive out of the
Treasury ten Dollars more, for damages done to said guns
and that the President give order of payment accordingly.
[Concurred.]
(1) Wyseman Clagett, Esq., was born in Bristol, England, August, 1721. Receiving a
liberal education, he was admitted a barrister in the Court of King's Bench. He after-
wards resided a while in the island of Antigua, where he was a notary public and sec-
retary of the island. Coming to this country, and taking up his residence in Forts-
mouth, in 175^, he was appointed the King's Attorney. He married a beautiful young
lady, Miss Letjice Mitchell, of Portsmouth. In the Revolution he took sides for lib-
erty, and was one of the Council of Safety. Removing to Litchfield where he owned
a farm, he often represented that and other towns in the vicinity. He died in Litch-
field, December 4, 1784, aged G3 years and four months. See notices of him in
Adams's An. of Portsm., p. 279 ; Brewster's IJamb. Vol. 2, pp. 231-236 ; Farm. & Moore's
Hist. Col., Vol. 2, p. 145.— Ed.
760 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Thursday, January 1st, 1778.
[p. 283.] Voted, That the Enlisting officers for raising men
for the imediate Defence of Rhode Island receive out of the
Treasury two dollars per man for each good effective man
they shall enlist for that service.
Voted, That Capt. Daniel Runnels of Londonderry, Capt.
Meshech Bell of New Castle, Capt. Ebenezer Webster of
Salisbury, & Capt. Ezekiel Gile of Plastow be appointed
Captains of the four Companys to be raised for the imediate
Defence of Rhode Island. [Concurred.]
Voted, That there be appointed to each of the Companys
to be raised for the imediate defence of Rhode Island, two
Lieutenants instead of a Lieutenant and an Ensign. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 284.] Upon report of a Committee —
Voted, The form of a Precept to Orford for a representa-
tive; and to incert in said precept, " That inasmuch as the
other towns in the District with which Orford was connected
had at a meeting convened for that purpose Voted not to
join in sending a representative, that no other Precept shall
issue to any other part of the said District for a representa-
tive to sit in the General Assembly." [Concurred.]
[p. 285.] Friday, Jan? 2d, 1778.
Resolved, That the several officers commanding Regiments
within this State do forthwith see that the orders heretofore
issued for raising the Continental Battalions in this State be
imediately complied with, and that the said officers make
return of their doings in consequence hereof to the Commit-
tee of Safety of this State or to the General Court by the
first day of their next session ; And be it further resolved
that the said officers be directed to call on the selectmen &
Committees of Safety of the several delinquent towns &
[p. 286.] places within this State for their assistance in
filling up the said Battalions and in case any town or place
shall neglect or refuse to compleat their proportion of men
for filling up said Battalions by the time set for making
return as aforesaid, the expense of raising such proportion
shall lie added to the next years Tax of such delinquent
town or place, and the several muster masters & paymasters
in this State arc directed to muster and pay such men for
tin? purpose aforesaid, first entering on the State notes in
their hands one years Interest. [Concurred.]
1777.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 761
Voted, That John Mills of Amherst, Joseph Thomas of
Durham, John Kimball of Meredith, & Joseph French of
Dunstable be appointed first Lieutenants of the four com-
panies to be raised for the imediate* defence of rihode Island;
and that Timothy Blake of Goffcstown <& Samuel Odlin of
Exeter, and Samuel Dearborn of Epping, and Bracket Towle
of Chester, be appointed second Lieutenants of the said four
companies. [Concurred.]
[r. 287.] Whereas the Receiver General by Direction of this State is
impowered to borrow certain sums of money for its use for one year at
six per cent and to give his notes therefor, and as there is not money
in the Treasury at this time to Discharge the said notes, nor the Inter-
est becoming due on those notes issued for paying bounties to soldiers,
which interest was promised to be paid annually, Therefore, Be it
Resolved, That the Receiver General be and he is hereby fully author-
ized to promise compound Interest on such notes to the Possessors that
are willing to wait one other year for payment.
The above vote of Council being sent down from the Honbl
Board for concurrence was read, consider'd & concurr'd by
the house.
Toted, That Col° Samuel Ashley of "Winchester be ap-
pointed first Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Cheshire; That Benjamin Bellows Esq1' of
Walpole, Col0 Samuel Hunt of Charlestown and Deacon
Applin of Swansey be appointed Justices of the said Court.
[Concurred.]
Voted, That the Honble Ebenezcr Thompson Esq1' be ap-
pointed a Com miss1' to go to New Haven in the room & stead
of the Honbl Jonathan Blanchard, Esqr who resigns that
office. [Concurred.]
[p. 289.] Voted, That John Taylor Gilman be directed to
purchase up all the Hatts, shirts, Breches, stockings & shoes,
and other cloathing necessary for the soldiers of this State
in the Continental army, and that he have liberty to employ
such agent or agents as he shall find necessary in any parts
of this State for that purpose. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col0 Samuel Hunt of Charlestown be & here-
by is authorized and Impowered to collect all the Stores of
every sort belonging to this State that is or may be found
within his knowledge, and to take care of the same ; & such
cloathing as are necessary for the soldiers of this State to
transport to the army for the use of the said soldiery as soon
as possible, and deliver the same to the Commissary of this
State or to General Poor or such person as he shall order,
762 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
taking a rcceit for the same from the person to whom deliv-
ered ; and that he he directed to purchase as many of such
necessaries for the said soldiers as he can procure <fe trans-
port & deliver them as aforesaid & render an account thereof
to this house or to the Committee of Safety as soon as may
he, and that he be impowered to call upon & receive of
Robert Mack eighty pounds which he received of the Treas-
urer of this State, to purchase Iron with for the use of this
State. [Concurred.]
Saturday, Jan? 3d, 1778.
[p. 292.] Voted, That Mr. Thomas Odiome be & hereby is
appointed to take all the Acts & resolves of this house as
soon as passed & get them printed & inspect the Press while
printing, and that he cause to be printed a sufficient number
of setts to furnish one for each member of the General
Court & one for each town in this State. (1)
[p. 293.] [On report of a Committee] Voted, That Col0
Evans be directed to account with the Committee of Safety
to their satisfaction for the whole of the money he received
for the payment of the wages and rations of the Regiment
lately under his command at the Westward ; that he settle
the same on Wednesday or Thursday of next week, & on his
refusal or neglect so to do that the said Committee of Safety
be authorized & directed to commit the said Col0 Evans to
close Goal till he comply. [Concurred.]
Votes, accts. petitions & Acts. &c. acted on by the honse and concur-
red by t!ie Council — from Dec 17, 1777, to Jan*' 3d, 1778 — not included
in the foregoing Journal of the House. See Records of Council.
Paper bills of the Ion? form ordered to be burnt.
Roll of Lt. Stephen Hoit, all'1 & pd. £96:5: 6.
Committee appointed to buv flour of John Noyes.
Roll of Capt. Nathan Ballard, alld & pd. £105.
Roll of Capt, Philip Putnam, all* & pd. £172 : 0:5.
A room provided for sitting of the Council in Exeter.
Petition of Willet Peterson, relating to a mortgage deed of land in
Kingston given by him to James McMasters, — leave to bring in a bill.
Petition of Thomas Hall, praying his late guardians may be called
to account — hearing granted.
Roll of Capt. Chase Taylor, of Gen. Stark's brigade, pd. £70: 9: 1.
Ace1 of Paul Dustin, a soldier, in Capt. McConnell s comoy all'1.
£6:12:8.
(1) It does not appear that this vote was concurred by the Council.— En.
1777.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 763
Ace1 of Daniel Gould for boarding Charles Hanson, a sick soldier,
alld £6:2:0.
Order to pay David Lawler, a soldier in Quebec expedition, 1775,
£4.
Roll of Capt. Amos Gage's Compy alld & pd. £393: 1 : 10.
Roll of Capt. Stephen Peabody's Comp>', pd. £65:12: 9.
Roll of Capt. Elisha Mack's Com? in Gen. Stark's brigade pd. £253:
1:5.
Roll of Do. Do. volunteers, pd. £217:3:3.
Roll of Capt. Waitstill Scott, pd. £462:17:7.
Roll of Capt, John Cole, pd. £258:17:10.
Petition of Reuben Tarbell referred to a Committee.
Resolve enabling persons convicted of capital crimes to sell real es-
tate &c.
Petition of officers in Col. Evans regiment — referred to a Committee.
Vote to pay Ebenezer Blood whose son was killed at Bunker hill,
£4: 16, in full for his sons cloaths lost there.
Roll of Capt. Titus Salter's matross compy. pd. £168: 2 : 8.
Roll of Capt. Jeremiah Dow, pd. £281: 11:5.
Roll of Col. Jonathan Chase's Reg1 for reinforcing the Northern ar-
my £1337 : 3 : 8. allowed & pd. £1057: 9 : 8.
Roll of Capt. Jeremiah Post, pd. £387: 1 : 8.
Roll of Capt. Eliphalet Daniel for matross company, pd. £125:17.
Amos Peasley, messenger to Dover, pd. £4:10.
Roll of Capt. Joshua Hendee, all'1 & pd. £411:7: 5.
Roll of Capt. John Sloan, all'1 & pd. £217 : 7 : 10.
Roll of Lt, Samuel Brown, pd £309: 1: 10.
Ace1 of Ichabod Rollins settled & pd balance, £147:3:4.
Paid the balance of Hon. Josiah Bartlett's ace1, as delegate in Con-
gress, 1776, £101:14.
Advanced to Col° Supply Clapp, £500, as agent victualler, to be ac-
counted for.
£250 advanced to Col. Moses Kelley, for expense of tories &c. to be
accounted for.
Roll of Capt. Joseph Hutchins, alld & pd. £154:17:8.
Wages of members of the General Court — the same as last session.
Also wages of Committee of Safety, as before.
Petition of persons in Pembroke to be set off to Col. Stickney's reg-
iment— hearing granted.
An Act to encourage fair dealing & to restrain and punish sharpers
and oppressors — enacted. [See records of Acts in Secretary's office,
1778.]
Maj. Abiel Abbot's ace1, as muster master, £3080, settled.
Roll of Capt. Abiel Walker's compy, alld & pd. to Maj. William Hey-
wood, £360:8:4.
Ace' of William Furbur, pd. £7:0.
Acct of Jonathan Piper for waiting on the Assembly, pd. £7:4:6.
Allowance to our delegates in Congress : 20s per day, and reason-
able expences.
Jonathan Blanchard & Nathaniel Peabody, Esqrs. allowed £50, each,
as Commissioners to New Haven.
James Minor paid for ferriage of soldiers over Connecticut river
£20:5:3. Also, Samuel Remington, for ferriage, allowed £17:7:9.
764
STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1777.
The House adjourned to the Second "Wednesday in Febru-
ary next at 8 o'clock in the afternoon, then to meet at the
Court house in Exeter.
Return of the members wanting to compleat the Continen-
tal troops, as taken from the returns of the Muster-master
General for the month of December, 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 351.]
Wanting to compleat.
States & their several quotas.
$
3
g
o
1 2
2 3
1
Total.
o
cc
O
Q
Ph
New Hampshire, 3 battalions
48
76
10
1509
1649
Massachusetts-Bav, 15 Bo.
73
86
35
4476
4670
Rhode Island 2 do.
8
19
"
731
758
Connecticut 8 do.
"
13
12
1584
1609
New York 4 do.
12
32
8
1345
1397
New Jersey -1 do.
19
47
10
1629
1705
Pennsylvania 12 do.
63
165
48
4515
4791
Delaware 1 do.
9
12
3
407
431
Maryland 8 do.
72
120
69
3259
3520
Virginia 15 do.
13
112
71
4736
4932
North Carolina 9 do.
244
224
51
4525
5044
30,506.
Resolves of Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 361.]
In Congress, Decr 29, 1777.
Resolved that all persons, inhabitants of any of these United States, who
have voluntarily inlisted or shall so inlist with or join the enemy of the
said States, and have been or shall be taken in arms, shall be confined
to close jail, subject to be delivered up to the respective States to which
they belong, to be dealt with agreeable to the laws thereof; and that
the Commissary General of prisoners and his deputies be directed from
time to time, to transmit to the respective States the names of such of
their citizens, who have been made prisoners.
Extract from the Minutes,
Chaa Thomson, Sec?.
1777.] JOURNAL OF TPIE HOUSE. 765
In Congress, Dec. 31, 1777.
[State Pap. Vol. VIII. p. 363.]
Resolved, That as it is expedient to promote a speedy reformation in
the army as well for the purpose of discipline as economy, & the num-
ber of officers being already out of all proportion to that of all the pri-
vates, to avoid further embarrassments in this respect, it be recom-
mended to the Governments of the several States to suspend filling up
any vacancies in their respective regiments untill they shall hear fur-
ther from Congress on the subject
Extract from the Minutes
Chas Thomson, Secy.
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE :
Journal of the Proceedings of the Honble House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of New Hampshire, at their second
Session begun and holden at Exeter on the Eleventh day
of February, A. D. 1778.
List of the Members of the House.
[Copied from a MS. Vol. in Secretary's office, 1775 to 1782.]
Portsmouth, —
The Hon. John Langdon, Speaker.
" George Gains
" Samuel Cutts, Esq.
Exeter, Thomas Odiorne. Esqr
" Samuel Ilobart, Esqr
Londonderry, John Pinkerton, Esqr
" John Gilmore
Chester, John Webster, Et3qr
" Robert Wilson
Kensington, Mr. Ebenezer Porter
Stratham, Simon Wiggin, Esqr
Brintwood, Samuel Dudley, Esqr
Kingston & ) c 1T„ .,, . , v .
-n ?y r Sam1Philbrick,Esqr
East Kingston \ -1
Northampton, Dr. Levi Dearborn
New Market, Capt. Samuel Gilman
Epping, Capt. Daniel Gordon
Hampton Falls, Henry Robie
Hampton, Josiah Moulton, Esqr
Greenland, Joshua Hains
Sandown & ) -^ ■, rr,.,,
TJ i - David lilton
Hawke, )
siNea;tporic^Eii^MCTrii1
Nottingham, Thos Bartlett, Esqr
Rye, Nathan Goss.
Newington, Richd Downing, Esqr
New Castle, Capt. John Blunt,
Hampstead. Capt. John Calfe
''-:;;:;;;; &;..rohnD,K,it.y,ESq.
Candia, Moses Baker, Esqr
Salem, Jeremiah Dow, Esqr
Epsom, &c.&c. John McClary, Esqr
Wyndham, James Betton, Esqr
Pelham, James Gibson, Esqr
Canterbury | SamuelChamberlain
ec Loudon, )
Pembroke,
Concord, Thos Stickney, Esqr
T-. , , > Jeremiah Page, Esq
Dunbarton, \ ° ' "■•
Durham, Mr. John Smith
Lee, Hercules Mooney
Madbury,
Dover, JohnWentworth, Jun.Esqr
" Capt. Caleb Hodsdon
Summersworth,
Mr. Paul Went worth
Rochester, James Knowles, Esq1
BarriDgton, Mr. James Marden
Gilmanton &) T , rr i t? ,
T3 , , y John Tasker, Lsqr
Barnstead, )
Wakefield, &c. &c. Mr. Natli1 Balch
Meredith and) -n, , 0 .,, « ,
0 , Ebenr Smith, Esqr
San born ton, ) x
Sandwich, &c. &c.
Brad>' Richardson, Esqr
1777.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
7G7
New Durham, &c.
Thomas Tash, Esq'.
Litchfield & ? James
Nottingham W. $ Underwood, Esq.
Merrimac & Bedford,
Capt. Sam1 Patten
l)en-yr,eld,&|M K]1 E
Goftstown, \ J ' i
Dunstable, Jona. Lovewell, Esqr
Amherst, Moses Nichols, Esqr
" Capt. Josiah Crosbie
Holies, Stephen Ames
Hopkinton, Capt. Step" Harriman
New Boston & ) A , , M Milk
Erancestown, $
Weare, Sam1 Caldwell
Wilton, &c. &c. Abial Abbot, Esq.
Mason &; llaby, Mr. Amos Dakin
New Ipswich, Nathaniel Stone
Temple & > Mr. Jonathan
Peterboro' ) Blanchard
Henniker,&c. Capt. Joseph Simonds
Salisbury & )
Boscawen, )
Warner, &c. Sec
[No other towns
llindge, Jaffrey &c.
William Smiley
Dublin &c. Benj" Tucker
Packerslield &c.
Jos: llouncival, Esqr
Keen, Timothy Ellis, Esqr
Swansey &c. Capt. John Mellin
Westmoreland, Ebenezer Britton
Marlow, Surry, &c.
Absalom Kingsbury
Charlestown,
William Heywood, Esqr
Winchester,
Capt. Reuben Alexander
Hinsdale &c. Michael Cresey
Richmond, Daniel Read
Walpqle Capt. Chrr Webber
Cornish, &c. &c.
Claremont, Elihn Stevens, Esq.
Acworth, &c. &c. &c.
Benja Giles, Esq.
Rumney, &c. &c. &c.
Dan1 Brainard, Esqr
Orford,
Plimouth, &c. &c. Fran8 Worcester
Haverhill, &c. &C;
represented.]
Members of the Council.
Hon. Meshech Weare
Josiah Bartlett
Nath1 Oilman
George King
Tim0 -Walker
Jn° Wentworth
Ebenr Thompson
Jon? Blanchard
Mattw Patten
Samuel Ashley
Benj1 Bellows.
[p. 295.] Wednesday, February 11th 1778.
The house met according to adjournment, and there not
being but thirty two members present and being no Board,
the house adjournal to nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
Thursday, Feb>r 12th 1778.
The petition of Gordon Hutchins praying leave to sell his
household Furniture by Publick Vendue, being read & consid-
ered, Voted and Resolved, that the prayer thereof be grant-
ed. [Concurred.]
[p. 296.] The Petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, praying
for an act to Divorce her from her husband, Robert Rogers
768 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1777.
Esq1' for sundry reasons therein mentioned, being read & con-
sidered.
Voted, That the Petitioners be heard thereon before the
General Assembly on the 17th day of Fehy current. [Con-
curred.]
The Report of the Commissioners from New Haven was
read.(l)
Friday, Feb? 13th 1778.
Voted, That Mr. Betton, Dr. Dearborn & Mr. Underwood
with such as the honbl Council shall join be a Committee to
consider of the conduct of the honbl Committee of Safety re-
specting their settlement of Col0 Morey's account on the
seventh of Janylast and to report thereon. (2) [Concurred —
Mr. Walker & Mr. Wentworth joined.]
[p. 297.] The Committee of Safety bro't into the house the
Journal of their proceedings in the last recess of the General
Assembly, which was read & considered.
The Petition of the inhabitants of New Castle praying to
be enabled by an act, to raise money by a lottery, to build a
bridge from New Castle to the main, being read & consid-
ered,
Voted, That the prayers thereof be granted and that the
Petitioners have leave to bring in a bill accordingly.
[p. 298.] Voted & Resolved, That there be forthwith raised,
Equipped and marched from this State to the State of Rhode
Island, one hundred men officers included in addition to the
two hundred men now raising for the immediate defence of
Rhode Island &c. to be under the same orders & regulations,
and to be officered in the same manner as the two hundred
are Voted to be.
[p. 301.] [Agreeably to recommendation of the Committee
of the whole of both Houses.]
Voted, That one suitable person be appointed in each reg-
iment of militia in this State and furnished with proper
sums of money from time to time out of the Treasury, to
procure & enlist a number not exceeding seven hundred able
bodied effective men any where in this State, to serve as sol-
diers in the New Hampshire regiments in the Continental
(1) The editor regrets that he has not heen able to find this report among the tiles of
the Secretary's office, or elsewhere. — Ed.
CJ) S,v R-J-ovds ol Committee of Safety, Vol. VII., N. H. Hist. Coll., pp. 132, 133.
—Ed.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 769
army, for the term of three years or during the present warr
with Great Britain, unless sooner discharged ; and the mon-
ey so expended to he replaced in the Treasury by such Towns
& places as are or may be delinquent in procuring- their re-
spective Quotas of men for rilling up the aforesaid regiments
in such manner & proportion as shall be determined by the
Gen1 Assembly of this State ; and that the persons so appoint-
ed to procure & enlist soldiers as aforesaid make proper re-
turns on oath to the General Assembly or Comtee of Safety
of this State, of their doings & success in the Premises on or
before the Eighteenth day of March next ; (and the several
militia officers and others heretofore called upon in such de-
linquent Towns & places respectively are once more called
upon in the strongest terms to exert themselves to the ut-
most to compleat their respective quotas of men for filling up
said Regiments) and they are hereby authorized to hire &
procure said soldiers any where within this State as may be
most convenient (any Law or resolve to the contrary Not-
withstanding) and that no person or soldier hereafter enlist-
ed or procured as aforesaid shall be accounted as any part of
the Quota of any particular Town or place (excepting only
such as shall be hired or procured to enlist by such Towns or
places respectively, or procured by any Delinquent Town, of
the person or persons appointed as aforesaid, by advancing to
them monies for that purpose sufficient to pay the whole hire
except to pay the Continental & State bounties.) [Con-
curred.]
[p. 802.] Voted, That the town of Exeter be & hereby is
appointed the place of Rendezvous for all such officers as do
or may belong to the New Hampshire regiments in the Con-
tinental army and shall from time to time be collected
together; and that proper Barracks and all other Necessaries
be provided for their support untill they can be sent forward
to head quarters. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the following advertisement be forthwith
printed in hand-bills & dispersed throughout this State :
This is to give Notice to all such officers & soldiers of the first,
second, & third New Hampshire regiments whose Furlo's are expired;
Those who at different times have been left sick, and also to those who
were captured by the enemy, and have been since retaken, or by any
other means made their escape, That they are required forthwith to
join their Regiments at Head Quarters : And, Whereas there are num-
bers of soldiers that have Deserted from said Regiments, and many
that have never yet joined them now skulking about the country,
48
770 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
probably willing to return to their duty, but deterred from it through
fear of punishment; — I do, by consent of his Excellency Gen1 Wash-
ington, hereby promise them a full & free Pardon on condition they
join their Regiments or deliver themselves to some officer of the Conti-
nental army on or before the Twentyeth day of next March; but
should any one be so lost to a sence of his Duty as to Neglect this op-
portunity, he must if found expect to suffer the severities of the mar-
tial law, in that case made and provided.
Enoch Poor, B. Gen1.
Valley Forge, Camp
Pennsylvania, January 216t, 1778.
These are to give Notice, that the Town of Exeter in this State, is
appointed as a place of Rendezvous for the soldiers described in the
above advertisement, and all officers civil & military and all other per-
sons are hereby required at their Peril to assist the Continental officers
in carrying the same into Execution.
By order of the Assembly,
President.
[p. 303.] Voted, That three reputable Persons in this State
be appointed as a Board of AVarr for this State, whose busi-
ness shall be to supply the Continental regiments of this
State with cloathing & all other Necessaries, and transact any
other business as they shall from time to time be directed by
the General Assembly or Committee of Safety of this State,
to whom they are to be accountable, and that they be Nomi-
nated to this House by a Committee of both houses. [Con-
curred.]
P. M.
Voted, That Major Mark Wiggin of Col0 Whipple's regi-
ment, Col. John McDuffie for Col0 Evans regiment, Capt.
Moses Leavitt for Col0 Moulton's regiment, Col0 Sam1 Folsom
for Col0 Gilman's regiment, Capt. Benja Stone for Col0 Bart-
lett's Regiment, Col0 Noah Lovewell for Col0 Nichols's regi-
ment, John Bell Esq1' for Col0 Thornton's regiment, Capt.
John Underhill for Col0 Webster's regiment, Capt. Benja
Sias for Col0 Stickney's reg-t, Col0 Joseph Badger for his own
reg*, Capt. Simon Marston for Col0 McClary's reg*, Col° Jo-
seph Hammond for Col0 Ashleys reg-t, Col0 Thomas Heald
for Col0 Hale's reg*, Maj1' John Bellows for Col0 Bellows reg*,
Col. Israel Morey for his own regim*, Col0 David Webster
for Col0 David Hobart's reg*, be appointed to procure & enlist
soldiers for filling up the Continental Battalions of this State
according to a former vote of this day, with the powers & au-
thorities in said vote mentioned. [Concurred.]
1778. J JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 771
[p. 304.] Voted, That Mr. Gibson, Mr. Gains, Col0 Hobart
Mr. Odiorne & John Dudley Esq1' with such as the Hon1'1
Board shall join be a Comtee to Nominate to this house six
persons out of whom for three to be chosen and appointed
as a Board of War. [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett, Mr. King &
Mr. Walker, joined.]
Wednesday, Feb*' 18tu, 1778.
The Committee to nominate proper persons for a board of
Warr reported
That they nominate John Penhallow, Joshua Wentworth, Thomas
Martin Esq™, Mr. Ephraim Robinson, Mr. John Taylor Oilman & Col0
Sam1 Folsom. Signed, J. Bartlett, Chairman.
Voted, That Col0 Joshua Wentworth of Portsmouth, John
Penhallow, Esq1- of Portsmouth, and Mr. Ephraim Robinson,
of Exeter, be and hereby are chosen & appointed as a Board
of Warr for this State, (1) whose business shall be to supply
the Continental regiments of this State with cloathing & all
other Necessaries, and to transact any other business as they
shall from time to time be directed by the General Assembly
or Committee of Safety of this State, to whom they are to
be accountable for their conduct. [Concurred.]
Thursday Feb? 19th 1778.
[p. 307.] Voted, That Jonathan Mitchell Sewall Esq1- be
k hereby is chosen & appointed Attorney General for this
State.(2)
[p. 308.] The Committee on the request of Jonathan Pay-
son reported as their opinion :
That Mr. Jonathan Payson have liberty to send the Brigantine Pru-
dence to Sea, he giving security for such sum of money as the one half
of said vessell and appurtenances shall be valued at, to the Speaker of
the house of Representatives — all which is humbly submitted.
Signed, Matt. Patten, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be recd and accepted and that the
bond be given for fourteen hundred and forty pounds.
(1) The editor has not succeeded in finding any Record or Journal of the Board of
War during their term of service.
(2) It does not appear that this appointment was concurred by the Board.— Ed.
772 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
[p. 809.] Voted, That Samuel Livermore Esqr be and here-
by is appointed Attorney General of this State. (1) [Con-
curred.]
Friday, Feb^ 20th 1778.
Voted, That the Secretary be directed, when he sends any
of the acts & resolves of this State to be printed, that he affix
the day of passing them on the head of the margin in each
Act, or at the bottom. [Concurred.]
[p. 310.] Voted, That this house resolve themselves into a
Committee of the whole to join the Honbi Board if they see
lift, to consider of the Confederation formed by the Honble
the Continental Congress, and also of the calling a full &
Free representation of all the People of this State for the
sole purpose of forming a Permanent Plan or system for the
future government of this State.
Saturday, Feb. 21st 1778.
A Precept was sent to Lancaster to send a representative
for Lancaster, Northumberland, Apthorpe, Strafford, Cock-
burn, Colburn, Shelburne & Conway.
A Precept was sent to Boscawen to send a representative
for Salisbury & Boscawen.
[p. 311.] Voted, That Mr. Lovewell, Mr. Giles, Col0 Pea-
body, Col0 McClary, Col0 Nichols, Majr Downing & Dr. Dear-
born, with such as the Honbl Board shall join be a Standing
Committee to receive & consider of all Petitions & accounts
of sick and wounded officers & soldiers, and all those that
have been captivated or met with any losses in the war and
to make report on all such to this house as occasion presents
from time to time. (2) [Concurred — Mr. Bartlett, Mr. King
& Mr. Gilman, joined.]
(1) Samuel Livermore was born in Walt-ham, Massachusetts, May 14, 1":>2, came to
New Hampshire, and settled in Portsmouth about 1758. Was appointed by Gov. John
Wentwortn king's attorney for New Hampshire. In the Revolution he espoused the
cause id' liberty. He served the state with great ability and success in almost every
public station, — as representative, delegate to Congress, senator, attorney general, chief
justice, &c. In the latter years oi his life he resided in Holderness, N. H., where he
owned an extensive farm. An interesting memoir of him, written by Arthur Liver-
more, Esq., is in the archives of the N. II. Historical Society, and will probably be
published. He was, in his generation, one of the ablest men in the State.— Ed.
(2) See tabular list of all such on a subsequent page.— Ed.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 773
Monday, Fcb>' 23, 1778.
[p. 312.] Voted, That Mr. Odiorne, Mr. Blanehard & Mr.
Potter, with such as the Hon1'1 Board shall join be a Comtee
to consider of and frame & bring in a bill to enable the Se-
lectmen of the several Towns & Parishes in this State, to Tax
the People called Quakers and others within their respective
Limits to all charges of the Warr in such manner as they
shall think equitable & just, Notwithstanding such Town or
Parish do not vote therefor, and to enable the Constables or
Collectors of such Tax to Levy & collect the same.
Tuesday, February 24th, 1778.
Voted, That the board of Warr be directed imediately to
prepare Barracks in the town of Exeter sufficient to lodge
what men may rendezvous there, & call upon the Continental
Commissary in this State to provide Necessarys for said men
while in said Barracks ; but in case said Commissary should
not be able to provide the whole that may be wanted for the
men while in Barracks, That the Board make such provisions
themselves as the Commissary cannot ; That they also pur-
chase such quantity of shoes, stockings, shirts, hatts, breech-
es and over-all & all other Necessaries from time to time as
they shall find wanting for our Troops in service, for the
knowledge of which they will keep up correspondence with
the officers, & send forward such articles to the army from
time to time directed to such person as the General Assembly
or Comtee of Safety shall hereafter direct. [Concurred.]
[p. 313.] Voted, That Col° Hobart, Col° Peabody, Mr. Odi-
orne with such as the Honbl board shall join, be a Committee
to make out Instructions & orders to the honbl Board of
Warr for their imediate conduct. [Concurred — Mr. Thomp-
son added.]
The Committee of both houses being met in the Assembly
Chamber, according to the order of Friday last to consider
of the Confederation formed by the Honble Continental Con-
gress, and also of the calling a full representation of all the
People of this State for the sole purpose of forming a Per-
manent Plan or system for the future government of this
State &c. The Honble Josiah Bartlett Esq1' in the Chair :
Proceeded to consider of the matters referred and after
some time spent thereon came to the following resolutions,
and reported :
774 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [177S.
That forty thousand pounds be issued in Treasurer's notes to pay oft
the bounties of the Continental soldiers :
The Comtee then proceeded to consider of the Articles of Confedera-
tion & Perpetual Union, — which being read & considered Article by
Article the Committee agreed to the first, second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth & seventh articles; and the eighth article being objected to & the
arguments made pro & con, the Committee adjourned to three oclock
afternoon — and then met according to adjournment, and resumed the
consideration of the eighth article of the Confederation and perpetual
Union between the United States ; and thereupon, reported, That the
eighth article be agreed to ; also the ninth, tenth, eleventh, Twelfth
and thirteenth articles.
And the Committee not having finished, adjourned to nine
o'clock to morrow morning.
Wednesday, Feb? 25th, 1778.
According to the order of the day, the Committee of both
houses being met in the Assembly Chamber, The Honbl
[p. 314.] Meshech Weare in the Chair, proceeded to con-
sider of the matter referred to them — and after some time
spent thereon the Committee agreed to report :
That a full and free representation of all the People of this State be
called as soon as conveniently may be for said purpose; That the Con-
vention be on the second Wednesday in June next; That they meet at
Concord in this State ; That each Town, Parish or Precinct sending a
member or members to said Convention pay their own members for
their time & expense ; That when the said Convention have formed
such Plan of Government, they lay the same before their constituents
for their approbation, before the same shall take effect; That such Plan
shall not take effect untill three quarters of the people of this State shall
consent thereto.
The Committee then adjourned to 3 o'clock, P. M., and
after some time spent thereon agree further to Report,
That the foregoing articles of Direction be not recommendatory but
Directory, and that Precepts issue to each Town, Parish & District in this
State if they see fit to send one or more members to the said Conven-
tion, saving to any two or more Towns, Parishes or Districts if they
see fit to join together in electing & sending one member to represent
them in said Convention.
The Committee then Dissolved, and the Speaker resumed
the Chair, and the above Report being read and considered,
Voted that the same be received and accepted.
Voted, The articles of Confederation.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 775
Thursday, Feb? 26th, 1778.
[p. 317.] The Committee on the conduct of Mr. Adjutant
Elliot made Report :
That William Elliot adjutant to Col. Hale's Regiment was taken
prisoner at the retreat from Tioonderoga in July last, and was since re-
taken by our Troops ; That he has neglected to return to his Duty in
the army tho' repeatedly ordered by Gen1 Poor; That we are credibly
informed he has engaged to go on board a Privateer from Boston, and
has enlisted several men in this State to go with him without his being
discharged from the army; That his conduct has much encouraged
many of the soldiers who were taken Prisoners and released in the
same manner, to refuse joining the army, — pleading his example: We
would therefore recommend that the said Elliot be Directed forthwith
to join the army, and that if he refuse or neglect, that Col0 Cilley be
desired to send him forward to the army under guard.
Signed, Josiah Bartlett, Chairman.
Which Report being read and considered,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 318.] Whereas the present situation of affairs in this
State makes it necessary that a full & free Representation of
the Inhabitants thereof should meet in Convention for the
sole purpose of forming and laying a permanent plan or sys-
tem of Government for the future Happiness and well-being
of the good people of this State, & this house having received
Instructions from a considerable part of their Constituents
for that purpose : Therefore,
Voted and Resolved, That the Honble the President of the
Council issue to every Town, Parish & District within this
State a Precept recommending to them to elect and choose
one or more persons as they shall judge expedient to con-
vene at Concord in said State, on the tenth day of June next
for the purpose aforesaid, saving to the small Towns liberty
to join two or more together, if they see fit to elect & send
one person to represent them in said Convention :
And such System or form of Government as may be agreed
upon by Such Convention being printed & sent to each &
every Town, Parish & District in this State for the approba-
tion of the People, which system or form of Government, be-
ing approved of by three-fourth parts of the Inhabitants of
this State in their respective Town meetings legally called
for that purpose, and a return of such approbation being
made to said Convention & confirmed by them, shall remain
as a permanent system or Form of Government of the State,
776 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
and not otherwise ; & that the charge & expense of each
member of Such Convention be defrayed by their respective
electors.
Saturday, Feb? 28th 1778.
[p. 325.] An Act to Dissolve the marriage of Robert Rog-
ers & Elizabeth his wife was read a third time & passed to be
enacted. [Concurred & passed by the Council.]
Act to dissolve the marriage of Robert Rogers and Elizabeth
Ids wife, passed March 4th, 1778.
[Copied from the original on file in Secretary's office.]
State of New Hampshire : In the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and seventy eight.
An Act to dissolve the marriage between Robert Rogers and Eliza-
beth his wife.
Whereas Elizabeth Rogers of Portsmouth in the County of Rock-
ingham and State aforesaid, hath petitioned the General Assembly for
said State, setting forth that she was married to the said Robert
Rogers about seventeen years ago ; for the greater part of which time he
had absented himself from and totally neglected to support and main-
tain her — and had, in the most flagrant manner, in a variety of ways,
violated the marriage contract — but especially by Infidelity to her Bed:
For which reasons praying that a divorce from the said Rogers, a
vinculo matrimonii, might be granted. The principal facts contained
in said Petition being made to appear, upon a full hearing thereof —
Therefore
Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives for said
State in General Assembly convened, That the Bonds of Matrimony
between the said Robert and Elizabeth, be and hereby are dissolved.
State of New Hampshire —
In the house of Representatives, February 28, 1778.
The above Bill having been read a third time, Voted, That the same
pass to be enacted. Sent up for concurrence.
John Dudley, Speakr pro Temp.
In Council, March 4th, 1778.
The within Bill having been read three times Voted, That the same
be Enacted. M. Weake, President.
Voted, That Simon Marston be and hereby is appointed
First Major of Col0 McClary's Regiment in the room & stead
of Daniel Page who declines that service. [Concurred.]
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 77T
[p. 327.] Monday, March 2d, 1778.
The Speaker being absent — chose the Hon1'10 Col0 Samuel
Hobart speaker pro temp6.
Voted, That Ephraim Baldwin Esq1' of Chesterfield lie cited
to appear before the Gen1 Assembly on the second Friday of
their next session to answer to a complaint exhibited to this
Court against him by the Committee of Chesterfield, as
speaking or acting in some measures Enemical to the Liber-
ties of the American States. [Concurred.]
[p. 328.] Tuesday, March 3d, 1778.
Voted, That Capt. Harriman, Capt. Simonds & Mr. Wor-
cester, with such as the Honbl Board shall join, be a Com-
mittee to consider the motion of Capt. Harriman respecting
the Manufacturing of Wier and wool cards in this State k
report thereon. [Concurred, Mr. Patten joined.]
[p. 330.] Upon a motion made by Col0 Bartlett concerning
a Negro Slave of Lieut. Henry Butler, who has enlisted into
the regiment raising for the defence of Rhode Island, Voted,
That those Negro Slaves who have enlisted into the said ser-
vice without their masters leave, upon returning their enlist-
ing money paid them, that the muster master shall strike
them out of the rolls. [Concurred.]
[p. 331.] Wednesday, March 4th, 1778.
The Committee to consider of the manufacturing Wier
and wool cards in this State, Reported —
That if Mr. Eleazer Spafford or Mr. Jonathan Hale or either of
them shall make or cause to be made two thousand pairs of good wool
Cards at or before the last day of May one thousand seven hundred
and seventy nine, out of Wier and Card Tacks manufactured in this
State, the said cards being made as near as conveniently can be in the
centre of this State, if they or either of them shall perform said work
by the time above mentioned, and they giving the people of this State
the refusal of said cards as they are made at a reasonable price, not
exceeding the price in other New England States, then they or he to
draw out of the Treasury of this State as a bounty for making said
Cards Two hundred pounds, and if they or he make three thousand
pairs of good Wool cards by that time, then they or he to have fifty
pounds added to the above said Bounty — all which is humbly submitted.
Sign'd— Mattw Patten, for the Comtee.
Which report being read & consider'd, Voted, That the
same be receiv'd & accepted. [Concurred.]
778 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
Yoted, That Capt. Gilman, Mr. J. Wentworth, Capt. Har-
riman, Maj1' Hay ward, Mr. Worcester, Capt. Moulton & Col0
Nichols with such as the Honbl Board shall join, be a Com-
mittee to Nominate to this house Proper persons in each
County in this State, as a Committee to seize & dispose of
the Personal Estate of such persons as are gone over to the
Enemy and to account with the receiver General therefor.
[Concurred — Mr. Gilman, Blanchard & Bellows added.]
Voted, That Col. Hobart with such as the Honbl board
shall join be a Comtee to wait on Gen1 Whipple & know of
him whether he accepts of his appointment as a Delegate to
the Continental Congress, & to desire him to attend the
house as soon as his convenience will admit of with his
answer. [Concurred — The President, Mr. Wentworth &
Mr. King added.]
State of New Hampshire —
In the House of Representatives, March 4, 1778.
The House took under consideration the thirteen Articles
of Confederation & perpetual Union between the Thirteen
United States of America, as agreed to by the Honw Con-
gress of said States, and came to the following Resolution
thereon, viz :
Resolved, That we do agree to said articles of Confedera-
tion, perpetual union &c. And do for ourselves & Constit-
uents engage that the same shall be inviolably observed by
this State.
And the Delegates of this State for the time being, at the
Congress aforesd are hereby impowered & Instructed to
Ratify the same in behalf of this State. [Concurred.]
P.M.
[p. 833.] Voted, That Major William White of Chester be
& hereby is appointed Muster master of Capt. Daniel Run-
nels' company now enlisting for the immediate defence of
Rhode Island. [Concurred.]
[In Committee of the whole] , The Honble Josiah Bartlett
in the chair ; Proceeded to consider of the matters to them
referred, and after some time spent thereon came to the fol-
lowing resolution and report :
That eighty thousand Pounds be raised and levied on the polls &
Estates of this State; Sixty thousand pounds of which to be for the
supply of the Continental Treasury, and the other twenty thousand
pounds for the supply of the Treasury of this State, to be paid into the
1778.]
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
779
Treasury at two Equal payments, the first to be on or before the last
day of June next and the other on or before the last day of December
next — and that Jon" Blanchard Esq1 John Wentworth Jan. Esq1 & Col°
Hobart be a Committee to form and lay a bill before the Assembly for
that purpose.
Then the Comtee Dissolved & the Speaker resumed the
Chair, and the report of said Committee being read & consid-
ered,
Voted, That the same be received and accepted. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 334.] Thursday, March 5th 1778.
Eliphalet Merrill, Representative for the Towns of South
Hampton and Newtown, delivered in the following Protest,
viz.
This may certify that I, Eliphalet Merrill as Representative for the
towns of South Hampton and Newtown agreeable to Instructions from
said Towns, Do Enter my Protest against the Eighth & Ninth Articles
of the Confederation as proposed by the Honbl Continental Congress
being received by this State as they now Stand.
Signed — Eliphalet Merrill.
Entered according to the Original.
Attest, N. Emery, CI. D. E.
[p. 335.] Voted, That Capt. John Calfe with such as the
Hon1'1 Board shall join be a Committee to bring in a bill to
enable the Treasurer of this State to issue Notes for Forty-
thousand pounds ; the one half in Notes of Ten pounds value,
and the other half in note of five Pounds value payable in
four years from the date, and interest at six per cent, per
annum, The Interest to be paid Annually — which Notes shall
be in the following form, viz.
No. ( )
State of New Hampshire, The. . . .day of
1778. For value received for the use of the State
of New Hampshire I do, in behalf of said State,
hereby Promise & oblige myself & successors in
the office of Treasurer, to Pay to the Possessor
of this note the sum of Pounds, on the
day of 178. .with Interest at
six per cent per annum, the interest to be paid
annually. Witness my hand,
Treasurer.
I Committee.
780 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
That the above Committee he directed to get the said notes
printed as soon as may be and delivered to the Treasurer,
and that Mr. John Smith & Noah Emery Esq1' be the Com-
mittee to countersign said notes before they be issued by the
Treasurer.
[p. 336.] Voted, That Mr. Cutts, Mr. J. Wentworth & Mr.
Blanchard with such as the Honbl Board shall join be a Com-
mittee to prepare and bring in a bill to Discriminate & point
out what Estates of persons in this State who are gone over
to our Enemies or have aided, assisted or supplied them with
arms or provisions or any kind of warlike stores whatsoever,
shall be confiscated and sold for the benefit of this State, and
for enabling Persons in each County in this State to sell such
Estates both real & Personal in their respective Counties,
and to account with the Treasurer or Receiver General of
this State for the Net Proceeds thereof. [Concurred — Mr.
Blanchard joined.]
[p. 342.] Voted, That Jonathan Perkins of Epping being
a brevett officer in Col. Cilley's Regiment from the 29th of
July last, be commissioned as an Ensign in Capt. Jason
Wait's Company in said Col0 Cilley's regiment from that
time. [Concurred.]
[p. 343.] Saturday, March 7th, 1778.
Voted, That Maj1' George Gains be and hereby is appointed
of the Committee to get the Treasury notes printed off, in
the room & stead of Capt. John Calfc, who declines that
service. [Concurred.]
Tuesday, March 10, 1778.
[p. 346.] The Committee to nominate Delegates to the
Continental Congress made Report :
They nominate the Honw William Whipple, Esqr the Hon1'1 Josiah
Bartlett, Esqr John Wentworth jr. Esqr Col" Nath1 Peabody, the Honbl
Timothy Walker Esqr & the Hon1'1 Jonathan Blanchard, Esq1" for the
purpose they are directed, which is humbly offered by
E. Thompson, for the Committee.
Whereupon the House proceeded to the choice of two of
the said persons for Delegates to represent this State in the
Continental Congress, for the current year, and the ballotts
being taken & counted it appeared that the Hon1'1 William
Whipple Esq1' and John Wentworth jun. Esq1' were chosen
for that purpose. [Concurred.]
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 781
P. M.
Voted, That the Delegates from this State to the Conti-
nental Congress shall have & receive Twenty live shillings
per day for their service besides their reasonable expences,
for the time they are in the service of this State. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 347.] A Proclamation for a General Fast throughout
this State on Thursday the Sixteenth day of April next,
being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be transcribed, printed and dispersed
throughout this State. [Concurred.]
Resolved, That the Honbl Nathaniel Folsom & George
Frost, Esq1'3 Delegates from this State to the Continental
Congress be and hereby are desired and directed to tarry at
Congress and represent this State therein, untill they shall
be relieved by others to be sent to represent this State in
their room & stead. [Concurred.]
Wednesday, March 11th, 1778.
[p. 348.] Whereas doubts have arisen in the minds of some
persons respecting a vote of the Gen1 Assembly of yesterday
settling the wages & allowance of the Delegates for the Con-
tinental Congress the ensuing year : Therefore
Voted and Resolved, That each Delegate for this State the
ensuing year shall be allow'd Twenty-five shillings per day &
reasonable wages for his servant & hire for his horses, and all
necessary expenses for himself, servant & horses from the
time he sets out from his own home to join Congress, till
he shall return home.
Voted, That no bounty be given for any salt manufactured
in this State which is or shall be sold for more than ten
shillings per bushell and for cash only. [Concurred.]
Thursday, March 12th, 1778.
[p. 351.] Voted, That Mr. Wiggin & Col. Kelley with such
as the Honbl board shall join be a Committee to examine into
the State of the Prison in Exeter, and also into the matter
& manner of the late escape of Stephen Holland, Esq1' out of
said Prison & report thereon. [Concurred — Mr. Gilman
added.]
[p. 352.] Upon motion in behalf of William Elliot-
Voted, That the vote of the General Assembly of the 26th of
782 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
February last respecting the conduct of William Elliot, be and
hereby is reconsidered, reversed & made void, on condition,
That he return to his duty in the army or produce a regular
discharge therefrom, and that he desist from enlisting any
more men in this State to go in any Privateer, & use his En-
deavour for the discharge of those he has already enlisted.
[Concurred.]
Voted, Unanimously, That the Honbl Josiah Bartlett Esqr
be & hereby is chosen & appointed a Delegate to represent
this State in the Continental Congress for the year ensuing,
with all the powers & Privileages heretofore granted to Dele-
gates from this State to said Congress. [Concurred.]
Friday, March 13th, 1778.
[p. 353.] Voted, That the Guards sett at the Prison in
Exeter by order of the Gen1 Assembly or Committee of
Safety of this State be and hereby are discharged & dis-
missed from that service. [Concurred.]
[p. 354.] An Act in addition to an Act Intitled an Act to
oblige the members of the Council & house of Representa-
tives, all officers civil & military, &c. &c. to take & subscribe
an oath or Declaration of Fidelity to this State, was read a
third time and passed to be enacted. [Concurred & passed
by the Council.]
[p. 355.] Voted, That the Honbl Board of War have and
receive out of the Treasury five thousand pounds by order of
the President to be by them accounted for. [Concurred.]
P. M.
According to the order of the day, the Council & house be-
ing met in the Assembly Chamber, to consider of the Report
of the Committees of the Several Northern States convened
lately at New Haven in Connecticutt, The Honbl Josiah Bart-
let Esq1' in the Chair, proceeded to consider of the matter to
them referred, and after reading & considering the report of
said Committee (1) at New Haven, and hearing & consider-
ing the arguments thereon pro & con, & duly considering the
same, Came to the following resolutions and Report :
That the further consideration of the said Report of the Committees
convened at New Haven be postponed untill the next Session of the
Gen1 Assembly of this State; this Court having been informed that the
(1) The editor has not been able to find the report of the committees at New Haven.
—Ed.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 783
Southern States are totally against adopting the Report; & being al-
together uncertain whether either of the States had enacted Laws for
enforcing the same.
The Committee then Dissolved, <fc the Speaker resumed
the Chair, and the Report of the Committee being read &
considered,
Voted, That the same be receiv'd and accepted. [Con-
curred.]
Upon the motion of Col. Bartlett to be excused from rep-
resenting this State in Congress for the current year, the
vote being put thereon, it passed in the Negative.
Saturday, March 14th 1778.
[p. 356.] Voted, That the Hon™ Josiah Bartlett and John
Wentworth Jim. Esq1' be and hereby are appointed to serve as
Delegates to represent this State in the Continental Congress
for & during the term of one year from the date hereof un-
less sooner recalled, and that they & each of them in the ab-
sence of the other have full and ample power in behalf of this
State to consent and agree to all measures which Congress
shall deem necessary for the public good. [Concurred.]
Voted, That it is offensive to this house that any member
of this house should play at cards or any other unlawful
game in Publick houses and that they be desired to desist
therefrom.
Petitions, Acts, Accts, votes &c. passed on by the house & concurred
by the Council from February 11, to March 14, 1778.
Capt. Gershom Drury's Roll allowed £127: 13: 6.
Petition of Inhabitants of the S. E. part of Londonderry to be an-
nexed to Nottingham West — hearing granted.
Roll of Lt. Joseph Thomas pd. £28: 18: 10.
Ace' of Samuel Philbrick pd. 9.<j.
Petition of the heirs of John Day — hearing granted.
Acct. of Samuel Gilman pd. £3: 7: 6.
Non-resident owners of land to be notified to pay Taxes.
Capt. Eliphalet Giddinge to receive £200, as muster-muster.
Acct. of James Aiken, for wages, pd. £8: 2 : 8.
John T. Gilman to deliver clothing to soldiers.
Capt. Joshua Abbot's Roll, pd. £363: 7: 7.
Bryant Brown pd. £10 for a horse lost at Ticonderoga.
Roll of Lt. Col. Thomas Ileald, pd. £410: 8: 7.
Hon. Win. Whipple's ace', as member of Congress, settled, £855.
Letter relating to Malachi Salter in custody at Portsmouth-
Petition from Nottingham West relating to fishing in a brook &c.
Hon. Josiah Bartlett's ace1 alld & pd. £20.
784 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
Petition of Richd Jenness, to have a Deed of sale vacated, granted.
Roll of Capt. John Langdon's Company of Volunteers, alld £315:19: 8.
Ace1 of John T. Oilman, pd. £167 : 13 : 8.
Advanced to John T. Gilman, £600 to be accounted for.
Ace' of Capt. Reuben Alexander, pd. £28: 7: 4.
Tax of James McMasters of Portsmouth 1775, to be discounted, £10.
Act to alter the time of holding the annual town meeting of Epsom,
passed.
Abraham Marston all'1 for expenses when sick, £21: 6: 2.
Col. Samuel Ilobart to draw £200 from the Treasury for recruiting
service.
Col. Noah Lovewell, Capt. Benja Stone & Capt. Simon Marston, each
to receive £200 for recruiting service.
Petition of Olive French to vest land in Stratham in her children —
granted to bring in a bill.
Capt. Reuben Alexander to receive £200, in behalf of Col. Joseph
Hammond, for recruiting purposes.
Roll of Capt. Simon Marston's Corny at Rhode Island, pd. £1116 :
12: 10.
Capt. John Underbill, Col0 Joseph Badger, Maj. Sam1 Page, Col0
Stickney, in behalf of Capt. Benjamin Sias, Doct. Levi Dearborn, Capt.
Moses Leavitt; Mr. Nathaniel Stone in behalf of Maj. Thomas Heald,
Mr. John Oibnore in behalf of John Bell, Esq. each to receive £200 for
recruiting service.
Wages of Capt. Titus Salter raised to $12 per month, & his Lieuts.
£8 per month.
Roll of Capt. Thomas McLaughlin, pd. £22: 17: 11.
Roll of Capt. Enoch Page, at Rhode Island, paid.
Roll of ('apt. Titus Salter, pd. £91: 0.
Roll of Lt. Sam1 Houston, pd. £81:19:1.
Roll of William Campbell, £18: 19:1, pd.
Roll of Capt. Robert Pike, pd. £759: 1 : 2.
Middleton and Leavitstown to be incorporated.
Maj. Mark Wiggin to receive £200 for recruiting service.
Annual meeting of Peterboro' altered.
Acct. of Capt. Thomas Ford, £2: pd: a mistake in £4:10, corrected.
Acct. of Doct. John Young, £7: 13: 8 pd.
Roll of Capt. James Ford, £121:0:10, pd.
Roll of Lt. Oliver Dow, pd. £55.
Goal keepers in Exeter allowed 28.? per week.
£20 advanced to Lt. Joseph Wheaton, for recruiting.
Roll of Capt. John Mellens, £202: 14, pd.
All recruiting officers to give bonds to account for all monies received
from the treasury.
Col. Benja Bellows to be pd £12, for transporting baggage, £20, for
ahorse killed, £14:5:0:6 for Batt horses, £47:8:6for Roll of Capt.
Samuel Nichols, and his own Roll, £966:0:3.
Salary of Attorney General fixed at £200, in quarterly paym,s.
Capt. Sam1 Gilman for a drum spoiled in the service 30s. pd.
Joseph Douglass alld £22:6: 10 for ferrying soldiers over Connecticut
river. „
The Judge of the maritime Court to pay all the money for sale of ar-
ticles of the Brigatine Elizabeth into the Treasury.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 785
Thomas Hardie to receive wages, £3:11: 4.
Roll of Capt. Eliphalet Daniel, £98, pd.
Au Act to enable Samuel McKcen of Amherst to redeem land.
Roll of Capt. Joseph Parsons, £1052:0:1, pd.
Absalom Kingsbury pd. for a tin kettle lost in the army, 12s.
Ace' of Capt. Daniel Reynolds, £2:10, pd. £312 for bounties to Sol-
diers, to be accounted for.
Roll of Capt. James Robertson, £89:4:4, pd.
Roll of Lt, Oliver Cobleigh, £77 : 18 :4, pd.
Roll of Capt. John Hale, £242: 17 : 11, pd.
Inhabitants of Washington to pay their taxes to Marlow & Lempster,
until the title to land shall be settled.
Ace1 of Elihu Stevens, 24s. pd.
Bounty on Wool Cards lengthened one year.
Packersfield annual meeting altered.
Supply Bill for £80,000 passed.
Fire arms in the Counties of Cheshire & Grafton to be collected by
Col. Hunt & stored in Charlestown.
Counterfeit bills not to be taken in.
Ace1 of Deacon Brooks settled by his payment of £93: 13: 11 1.
Col° Samuel Folsom to receive £400, for recruiting service.
Messrs Brooks & Odiorne pd. £20 : 11: 4 for taking in counterfeit
bills.
£600 advanced to Capt. Eliphalet Giddinge for bounties.
Dea. Amos Dakin pd. £9: 6: 3, also, £5 : 6: 8 for Capt. Joseph
Barrett.
Capt. Josiah Gilman, one of Committee to draw Continental ac-
counts.
Pd Moses Dalton, 26s bounty for making salt.
Committee of Safety to take up all deserters from the army.
Roll of Majr George Gains, pd. £147: 18.
Bills of Credit in the Treasury to be burnt to ashes.
New Hampton taxes to be collected by Selectmen of Moultonboro'.
John Dean pd £52: 9:8 for his servant Daniel Bickford, a soldier
sick in his way from the army.
Ace4 of Majr Henry Dearborn, pd. £20: 5.
Roll of Col0 Moses Kelley, pd. £75: 14: 9.
Ensign Jonathan Leavitt, pd. £4: 17: stopt out of his wages in Capt.
Parsons Roll.
Ebenezer Mcllvaine pd. £9, for extra expenses in sickness.
Roll of Capt. Titus Salter, £94. pd.
One hundred men to be raised immediately for Rhode Island.
Capt. John Blunt appointed to take care of the Light House at New
Castle.
Pay of the Council & House, Committee of Safety, Secretary &
Clerks, settled.
49
786 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
Voted, That the General Assembly be adjourned to the
third Wednesday in May next, and this House is accordingly
adjourned to the said 3d Wednesday in May next, then to
meet at the Town house in Exeter at three o'clock in the
afternoon. [Concurred.]
Notes by the Editor.
Agreeably to adjournment, the House of Representatives met at Exeter, May 20,
1778 ; but as there was no Quorum of the Council in session for the transaction of
business (at least, no Council records are found of that session), the House adjourned
after a session of three days, having appointed a Committee to prepare a bill to dis-
criminate and confiscate Estates ; to collect together and to make sale by auction of all
the masts now in this State and belonging thereto; to examine into the damages done
to the houses & other buildings and land in New Castle and other places, by the soldiers
of this State ; and committing public affairs generally to the Committee of Safety,
during the recess of the General Court. The House adjourned to the second Wednes-
day in August next, at 3 o'clock P. M.
In the interim, — that is, between the adjournment, May 24, and the meeting in August,
1778, — a convention was held in Concord for the purpose of forming a permanent plan
of government for the State. The proceedings of said Convention and others held for
the same purpose, will appear together in the subsequent volume of N. H. Papers.
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE :
Wednesday, August 12th, 1778.
The House met according to adjournment. The Speaker
being absent, the Honbl John Dudley Esq1- Speaker pro tem-
pore took the Chair.
A List of the Hon',le House of Representatives of the State of New
Hampshire, at their fourth session, begun & holden by adjournment
at Exeter, on the 12th day of August, Anno Domini 1778.
[Copied from MS. Vol. in Secretary's office.]
Towns. Names.
Portsmouth, —
Hon. John Langdon, Speaker.
" George Gains, Esq.
" Samuel Cutts, Esqr
Exeter, Thomas Odiorne, Esqr
" Samuel Hobart, Esqr
Londonderry, John Pinkerton,Esqr
" Mr. John Gilmore
Chester, John Webster, Esqr
" Robert Wilson, Esqr
Kensington, Mr. Ebenezer Potter.
Stratham, Simon Wiggin, Esq.
Brintwood, Samuel Dudley, Esq.
Kingston & East Kingston,
Samuel Philbrick, Esqr
Northampton, Dr. Levi Dearborn
New Market, Capt. Sam1 Gilman
Epping, Capt. Daniel Gordon
Hampton-falls, &c.
Mr. Henry Robie
Hampton, Josiah Moulton, Esq.
Greenland, Mr. Joshua Haines
San down & Hawke,
Mr. David Tilton
S. Hampton & Newton,
Capt. Eliph4 Merrill
Nottingham,Thomas Bartlett, Esqr
Rye, Mr. Nathan Goss
Newington, Richd Downing, Esqr
Towns. Names.
New Castle, Capt. John Blunt
Hampstead, Capt. John Calfe
Raymond & Poplin,
John Dudley, Esq.
Atkinson & Plastow,
Xath1 Peabody, Esqr
Deerfield & ) T -r> , -n ,
Northwood, Pere- Eastman' Es(lr
Salem, Jeremiah Dow, Esqr
Candia, Moses Baker, Esqr
Epsom, &c.&c. John McClary, Esqr
Wyndham, James Betton, Esqr
Peiham, James Gibson, Esqr
Canterbury ) Mr. Sam1
& Loudon, } Chamberlain
Pembroke,
Concord, Thomas Stickney, Esqr
Bow & Dunbarton,
Jeremy Page, Esqr
New Durham, &c. &c.
Thomas Tash, Esqr
Durham, Mr. John Smith
Lee, Hercules Mooney, Esq.
Madbury,
Dover, John Wentworth, jun. Esqr
" Caleb Hodsdon Esqr
Summersworth,
Mr. Paul Wentworth.
788
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1771
John Tasker, Esq.
Towns. Names.
Rochester, James Knowles, Esq.
Barrington, Mr. James Marden,
Gilmanton &
Barnstead,
Wakefield, &c^ &c. Mr. Nath1 Balch
Meredith and ) Ebenr g j h E
Sanborn ton, ) • 1
Sandwich, &c. &c.
Brady Richardson, Esqr
Litchfield & ? James
Nottingham W. \ Underwood, Esqr
Merrimac &
Bedford,
Dunstable, Jona. Lovewell, Esqr
Capt. Samuel Patten
Amherst, Moses Nichols, Esqr
" Capt. Josiah Crosbie
Holies, Mr. Stephen Ames,
Hopkinton, Capt. Step11 Harriman
New Boston & ) Mr. Archd
Francestown, \ McMillan
Weare, Mr. Sam1 Caldwell
Wilton, Lyndsboro', &c.
Abiel Abbot, Esq.
Mason & Baby, Mr. Amos Dakin
New Ipswich, Mr. Nath1 Stone
Temple &Peterboro',
Capt. Jotham Blanchard
Heneker & } Capt. Joseph
Hillsborough, &c. y Symonds.
Towns. Names.
Salisbury & Boscawen,
New Breton, Warner, &c.
Capt.' Daniel Flood.
Rindge, Jaffrey &c.
Mr. William Smiley
Dublin & } Mr. Benjamin
Marlborough $ Tucker
Stoddard, > Jos. Rouncivall,
Packersfield, &c. { Esqr
Keen, Timothy Ellis, Esqr
^rwJ.L,i ^t. John MeUin
Westmoreland, Mr. Ebenr Britton
Richmond, Mr. Daniel Read,
Winchester,
Capt. Reuben Alexander
Walpole, Capt. Christr Webber,
Hinsdale & Chester*
Mr. Michael Cresey
Marlow, Surry, &c.
Mr. Absalom Kingsbury
Charlestown, Win. Hey wood, Esqr
Claremont. Elihu Stevens, Esq.
Acworth, Newport, &c. &c.
Benja Giles, Esq.
Cornish, &c. &c.
Plymouth, &e. &c.
Mr. Francis Worcester.
Rumney, Campton, &c. &c.
Dan1 Brainard, Esq.
Note. No other towns represented. — Ed.
[A List of the Members of the Honorable Council in Session, at
Exeter, 12th August, 1778.
Ebenezer Thomson
Hon. Meshech Weare
Josiah Bartlett
Nicholas Oilman
Geo. King
Timothy Walker
John Wentworth
Jona. Blanchard
Matthew Patten
Samuel Ashley
Benja Bellows.]
1778.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 789
[p. 367.] Friday, August 14th 1778.
Upon motion. Voted and resolved that the Naval officer
for the Port of Piscatqua be and hereby is directed not to De-
mand any Powder money for any Foreign Vessell that shall
be cleared out from said Port untill further order of the Gen-
eral Assembly. [Concurred.]
[p. 368.] Upon motion, Voted, That Benjamin Herrington
of the Province of Nova Scotia, now a Prisoner at Portsmouth,
have leave to Depart this State & repair to Nova Scotia upon
his Parole, he to send home to this State some one of the
Prisoners now there belonging to this or any of the United
States — [Concurred.]
Voted, That Capt. Gilman, Capt. Calfe, Mr. Odiorne, Col0
Mooney & Col0 Bartlett with such as the Honbl Board shall
join, be a Committee to consider of all Petitions, Complaints,
remonstrances, & accounts of all officers & soldiers who have
been taken sick or wounded, or have met with losses in the
service of this State or of the United States, & to report
thereon. [Concurred — Mr. King, Mr. Walker & Mr. Blan-
chard joined.]
Voted, That it is not agreeable to this Assembly to discon-
tinue [the riding of the weekly Courier from Providence to
Exeter] but that the Same be kept up untill the 25th day of
December next, provided the other New England States agree
thereto, and that the President inform Governor Trumbull
hereof accordingly. [Concurred.]
Voted. That Col0 John McDuffee & Capt. Chamberlain;
both of Rochester, and Chamberlain Esq1" of Middle-
ton be a Committee to mark out the road petitioned for [from
Leavitstown to Wakefield] to accommodate the said Inhabi-
tants & other people in the best manner, and make report to
this Court as soon as may be.
[p. 370.] P. M.
Voted & Resolved, That the Honbl Josiah Bartlett Esqr
Ebenezer Thompson, Esqr and Timothy Walker (1) jun. Esq1*
be and hereby are chosen and appointed Delegates to repre-
sent this State in the Continental Congress to be holden for
the United States of America, in November next, and that
any two of them have full power to represent this State in
said Congress for one year from the first of November next
(1) It does not appear that Mr. Walker accepted this appointment, or that he attended
the Continental Congress as delegate.— Ed.
790 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
unless sooner recalled or superceeded by order of the Gen1
Assembly of this State. [Concurred.]
[p. 371.] Monday, August 17th 1778.
Upon reading and considering the Petition of George Glen
praying for a Permitt to go with his family to Great Britain
to secure his interest there, Voted that the prayer of said pe-
tition be granted, and that the President give him a Permitt
accordingly. [Concurred.]
[p. 372.] Voted, That the President be desired to dispatch
some person to Boston tomorrow morning, Express, and to
return as soon as may be with the latest & best Intelligence
from the army & Fleet at Rhode Island, and that for that end
he wait on the Honbl Major General Heath and also Enquire
of the Courier from Boston to Rhode Island. [Concurred.]
Tuesday, August 18th 1778.
[p. 374.] Voted, That three persons be chosen & appointed,
in addition to Col. Josiah Bartlett, as Delegates to represent
this State in the Continental Congress from the first of No-
vember next for one year from that time, unless sooner re-
called or relieved from said service by order of the General
Assembly of this State ; and that John Wentworth jun. Esq1'
William Whipple, Esqr and George Frost, Esqr be and here-
by are chosen & appointed for that purpose, and that no more
than two of said Delegates shall attend Congress at the same
time. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Col° Hobart, Mr. Gains, Mr. Odiorne, Mr.
Porter, & Capt. Calfe, with such as the Honw Board shall
join be a Comtee to represent to Congress or to our Delegates
there the proceedings of the People on the Grants West of
Connecticutt river & several Towns on the East side of said
river ; also to write to the people on said grants <fe remon-
strate against their proceedings. (1) [Concurred — Mr.
Walker & Mr. Thompson added.]
(1) The proceedings of the New Hampshire Assembly, with the Letters and papers
that relate to the controversy about tile New Hampshire (irants (so called) are con-
tained in a MS. volume in the Secretary's office, labelled " Vermont Coxtuovkksv,
1764-1791," to which all persons desirous of understanding the nature and extent of
that long controversy are referred. It is much to be desired, in the opinion of the
editor, that the said MS. volume should he published entire, by authority of the Legis-
lature. A similar volume, containing the proceedings, letters, &e., of the Vermont
government on that subject was published, under the editorship of Hon. William
Slade, Jr., in 1823. The New York proceedings, and papers relating to the same, arc
found in Vols. VII. and VIII. of Documents relating to the Colonial Hist, of New
York.— Ed.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 791
Wednesday, August 19th, 1778.
[p. 376.] Voted, That the Board of war charge this State
with the supplies for the Continental Soldiers who rendez-
voused at Exeter, and that the same be charged by this State
to the Continent. [Concurred.]
[p. 378.] Whereas the Superior Court of Judicature, In-
ferior Court of Common Pleas and Court of Gen1 Quar. Ses-
sions of the peace for the County of Cheshire in said State,
by an Act of this Government passed in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, " Intituled
an Act for establishing Courts of Law for the Administra-
tion of Justice within this Colony," were appointed to be
held in & for said County of Cheshire at certain times &
places in the same Act mentioned — None of which said
Courts have been held in said County since the passing said
Act, — By means of which it has become necessary to make
further Provision for the holding said Courts for the County
aforesaid, and for the reviving all writs, Processes, Execu-
tions & other matters in Law, which were returnable to, and
pending in any of the said Courts respectively at the time of
the Establishment of the present Government : Wherefore
Be it resolved, and it is hereby resolved by the Council and
House of Representatives in General Court assembled, That
each of said Courts be and hereby are revived and Established,
and shall in future be held in and for said County at such
times & places as the same Act directs, and that all writs,
processes, Executions & other matters in Law returnable to
or pending in any of said Courts at the time of the Establish-
ment of the present Government, or that are now pending
therein, shall be returned to, sustained and determined by
said Courts respectively (before whom the same by Law are
recognizable) as tho' no Suspension of Such Courts had taken
place, (Except such matters only as are incompatible with
the present Government) at the first term of said respective
Courts in said County. [Concurred & passed.]
[p. 379.] The Committee from both houses appointed to ex-
amine into and consider the case & circumstances of the sev-
eral prisoners in Exeter Goal and report what measures are
best to be taken with them in future made report as their
opinion respecting the Prisoners in Exeter Goal, viz :
That John Shepard be brought to trial at the next Superior Court
in this County, or as soon as may be, and that the agents for said State
be directed imediately to procure all the evidence in their power relative
792 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
thereto: And that Matthew Thornton (1) be detained in Goal uutill
the Superior Court shall sit in the County of Grafton, and then carried
there and tried agreeable to the Law of this State — and that George
Wood have liberty to sell so much of his estate under proper restric-
tions, as shall be sufficient to pay his fine and the charges; and that
Joshua Jenness and James "Warren Bragdon two Continental Soldiers
be imediately sent to General Poor in order for trial by martial law, —
all which is submitted.
Signed, Nichs Gilman, for the Committee.
Which Report being read and considered, Voted That it
be receiv'd and accepted. [Concurred.]
Thursday, August 20th 1778.
[p. 382.] Voted & Resolved, That the Honbl Meshech Weare
Esq1' Ebenezer Thompson, Esq1' Nicholas Gilman, Esqr Mr.
Thomas Odiorne, John Dudley, Esqr Capt. Sam1 Gilman,
Maj1' Samuel Philbrick, Capt. John Calfe, Jonathan Lovcwell,
Esq1' Col0 Thomas Bartlett and Col0 John McClary, be and
hereby are chosen and appointed a Committee of Safety for
this State to transact the business of both Houses of Assem-
bly in the recess of the General Court, and to continue until!
another Committee of Safety for this State be chosen and ap-
pointed in their stead, <fcc. [Concurred.]
Voted and Resolved that Noah Emery Esqr of Exeter be &
hereby is chosen and appointed Notary Public and Tabellion
for this State. [Concurred by Council, and also]
Vote appointing Mr. Thomas Odiorne agent to Collect Debts due to
the State.
Vote empowering the Committee of Safety to draw orders on the
Treasury in favor of those towns who advanced money to the Rhode
Island Volunteers.
Vote appointing Ebenezer Thompson and Wyseman Clagett, Esq™
Special Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature for this State.
"Vote directing the Treasurer to notify by a printed hand-bill all
Towns delinquent in paying their Taxes, to pay the same imediately or
he will issue Extents.
Vote appointing Isaac Wyman, Thomas Sparhawk & Joseph Ham-
mond Esqrs to administer the oaths of office to the Justices of the Infe-
rior Court for the County of Cheshire :
Vote directing the Board of War to supply the Troops at Rhode
Island with necessaries.
Vote appointing Nathaniel Folsom Esqr a Delegate to represent this
State in Congress.
(1) This Matthew Thornton was of the town of Thornton, in Grafton comity.— Ed.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 793
Friday, August 21st 1778.
[p. 389.] Voted, That the Selectmen of Londonderry be
and hereby arc ordered and directed to require of Jane Hol-
land, the wife of Stephen Holland late of Londonderry, an
absentee from this State, a Bond from two sufficient persons,
in the sum of two hundred pounds, to the Speaker of the
Honbl House of Representatives for the time being for the use
of this State, conditioned for the payment of one hundred
pounds in three months from this day to the Treasurer of this
State for the use of the Government & People of said State
for the rents & Incomes (the present year) of the Farms and
buildings thereon in Londonderry aforesaid that lately be-
[p. 390.] longed to the said Holland, and for her paying the
Taxes of said Farms, and that she make no strip nor waste
thereon & shall deliver up the said premises to the said Se-
lectmen on or before the first day of March next ensuing, and
that in case she refuse or neglect to give such Bond as afore-
said, that then they imediately remove her off from the said
premises and take possession thereof with the produce there-
of the present year, & that they supply her from time to time
out of said produce with as much as they shall think sufficient
for the support of her and her family until further order of
this Court, or of the Committee of Safety of the State for the
time being to whom they shall be accountable from time to
time.(l) [Concurred.]
Saturday, August 22d 1778.
[p. 394.] Whereas in consequence of orders from the Com-
mittee of Safety, many of the officers & soldiers in this State
(1) Stephen Holland was one of the persons whose property was confiscated and sold.
Ina MS. volume in Secretary's office, labelled " Province and Revolutionary papers,"
is a full account of all the expenses incurred in disposing of said estate. The charge
made by the Selectmen is as follows: [See p. 151 of said volume.]
State of New Hampshire Dr.
To Selectmen & Committee for Londonderry.
May 3d, 1777. Eight of said Committee & Selectmen convened at ye order of Colo.
Samuel Folsom, then on ye public service of ye State: We assisted him sd Folsom in
sarching Stephen Holland's Stores & Dispatched ten men & horses to yeseverall ferrys
upon Merrimack River; Also sarched several other Houses we suspected would secreet
Him & set guards upon several Roads &c. Our expence & time £2: 8:0
May 7th. To taking an Inventory of sd Holland's parsonal
Estate, Five Selectmen, seven of ye Committee £3: 12: 0
To Cash payd for our Expences, viz. thirteen Dinars & Gallon Rum, £1: 13: 6
June 2d. The Committee meet upon the Business of Mr. Holland,
& Despatched two Men in Sarch of him, viz. Dr. John Aiken
&Rt. Smith. Eight of Committee £2: 8:0
June 7th. Comitte meet att ye Request of Mrs. Holland, to hear
some Letters read £2 : 8:0
794 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
turned out with alacrity and are now under the command of
General Sullivan at Rhode Island : Therefore,
Resolved & Voted, That the officers & soldiers aforesaid
shall on proper pay rolls being presented at the end of the
Campaign receive a reward adequate to their services in ad-
dition to the ten pounds each which was ordered them by the
Committee of Safety. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the last contract made by the Committee of
this State with Col0 Samuel Hobart for making Powder for
this State be Dissolved and made void, and that the Commit-
tee of Safety be desired to make a new Contract with him
for what Powder he has made for this State since the fourth
of February A. D. 1777, and for what he shall hereafter make
for this State during the current year. [Concurred.]
Accts votes, acts, petitions &c. passed on by the house & concurred
by the Council, from Aug. 12 to 22d, 1778.
Petition of Relhan for incorporation, granted.
Balance of ace1 of Matthew Thornton, Esqr. pd. £71 : 10.
Prison keepers allowed 42s pr week for boarding prisoners.
Roll of Capt. Oliver Capron, pd. £208 : 17 : 8.
Lt. Jonathan Norris, wages, pd. £14: 8: 6.
Leavittstown incorporated by the name of Effingham.
Vote to repay money advanced to Rhode Isl. volunteers.
May 5, 1777. Mr. "William Wallace sent upon ye Business of ye
State pr order ye Selectmen and Comitte to the Honnorible
Comitte of ye State to advise relative to the parsonal estate
of sd Holland, who bro't us their order to seize, aprise &
take Bond for sd parsonal estate &c.
Sd Wallace time & expeuce £1: 14: 0
Sept. 10, 1777. Mr. Jonathan Adams sent to Exeter to give
intelligence Relative to a Petition then industriously caried
& signed for ye Inlargement of sd Holland &c.
His expeuce & time __ — _ — _ £1:4:0
Deer. 9. To the time & expence of Select & Comitte men meet
to give in Act. of their service Don in ye Behalf of ye State
Relative to sd Holland, £3: 6:0
The (lards posted pr Order of Malitia officers upon the several Roads &
about the House of Mr. Holland, in the whole, one hundred & thirty two
men one day.
[Other accounts were brought in at different times by the above said selectmen and
committee (which see, pp. 154, 105), viz.,
James Nesmith, jun. £9: 17: G
John McKeen 3 : 12 : 0
James Wallace 3: 12: 0
Robt Me Murphy 5: 8:0
Thorn's Wallace 3: 3:0
John Aiken 3 : 12 : 0
John McKeen for a )
Journey to Exeter ]
2: 0
£31: 6: 6
And the final settlement was made by the State Committee on Claims, December I
1778.]— Ed.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 795
Acct. of Simeon Ladd, pd. £11: 17.
Acct. of Ezekiel Carter pd. for nursing a sick soldier, £1: 6: 6.
Two Rolls of Capt. Titns Salter, £94, and £70 : 14, pel.
£100 advanced to John T. Oilman to pay off wounded soldiers.
Joseph Metcalf & Abner Allen, soldiers, pd. 30s. each.
Col0 Joseph Badger, acct. allowed, £175: 7: 6.
Acct. of Jeremiah Bartlett, for doctor's bill, &c. pd. £60.
Pd Wyseman Clagett, as attorney, £50.
Dr. Solomon Chase, allowed £69: 5 : 6, for doctoring sick soldiers.
Balance of the acct. of George Frost, Esq. pd. £309: 17: 9.
Roll of Capt. Jonathan Brockway, pd. £51: 15: 4.
Resolve to allow Selectmen of Hampton-falls to rectify some mistakes
in making their rates.
Resolve to enable the town of Westmoreland to choose a Collector.
Col0 Jonathan Chase's ace1 pd. in Notes on interest, £364: 19: 11.
Act to enable Daniel Pierce to convey 50 acres of land.
Act to enable Mary Britain, widow, to convey certain lands.
Vote for Mr. Absalom Kingsbury to carry letters to Vermont.
Chief Justice, allowed £80, and Puisne judges & clerk, £65' each.
Wages of the Council & House settled.
Nathaniel S. Prentice Esq. to pay the Roll of Capt. Benjamin Flood,
out of the public money in his hands.
James Rundlet, door keeper, pd. £9.
Vote regulating Fees & Fines.
Voted, That this Court be & hereby is adjotirned to the
last Wednesday of October next, then to meet at the Town
house in Exeter at three o'clock afternoon, [Concurred] and.
this House is adjourned accordingly,
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[p. 397.] A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honbl House
of Representatives of the State of New Hamp-
shire at their fifth and last Session begun &
held at Exeter on the last Wednesday of Octo-
ber (being the 28th day of said month) A. Doni1
1778, by adjournment from the 22d day of Au-
gust foregoing.
[Members of the House present the same as at the preceding
session, with the addition only of Jos. Whipple,
Esq. for North Umberland, Lancaster & asso-
ciate towns.
Members of the Council present the same as before. — Ed.]
Wednesday, October 28th 1778, P. M.
A Packet by a Flagg from the Commissioners from Great
Britain was bro't into the House by the Honbl Speaker, & sent
to the Board :
The act of the State of Mass*8 Bay Prohibiting the return
of sundry persons therein named & others who have left the
State or some other of the United States from returning into
said State & residing there being read & considered,
Voted, That a Bill be drawn & presented to this house as
soon as may be, similar to the Massachusetts Act above men-
tioned to prevent the return to this State of such persons who
have left this State in manner abovesd ; and that Mr. Gains,
Mr. Lovewell & Mr. Odiorne with such as the Honbl board
shall appoint be a Committee to draw up and present said
bill. [Concurred — Mr. King joined.]
177S.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 797
Thursday, October 29th 1778, P. M.
[p. 398.] Voted, That Col. Nichols, Col. Bartlett, Dr. Dear-
born, Col. Hobart & Capt. Alexander with such as the Hon1'1
Board shall join, be a Committee to consider of all Petitions,
complaints, remonstrances & accounts of all officers & sol-
diers who have been taken sick or wounded or have met with
losses in the service of this State or of the United States, and
to report thereon. [Concurred, — Mr. Gilman & Mr. Walker
added.]
Voted, That one hundred & twenty men be enlisted as
matrosses for the defence of the Forts at Piscataqua Har-
bour, to be divided equally into two companies, to be under
the command of Capt. Titus Salter & Capt. Eliphalet Daniel
with one Lieutenant to each Company, that they serve for
one month from the time of Engagement unless sooner dis-
charged, and that their wages be thirty dollars per month, &
Voted, That three hundred men be forthwith raised &
equipped for the Defence of the Port & harbour of Piscataqua
for one month unless sooner discharged, that their wages be
thirty dollars per month, that they be drafted out of the sev-
eral Regiments following, viz. Col0 Even's Col0 Gilman's Col°
Bartlett's, Col0 Thornton's, Col0 Webster's & Col° McClary's
regiments, the alarm-lists included, to be under the Command
of such Militia officers as shall hereafter be appointed by the
Gen1 Court or Committee of Safety — [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Schooner Venus, Capt. Oliver command-
er, laden with lumber & fish, be permitted to sail from Pis-
cataqua on her intended voyage to Cape Francis, and that
she be cleared accordingly. [Concurred.]
[p. 399.] Friday, October 30th 1778.
Voted, That the Marine or Naval officer for the Port of
Piscataqua give Passes or Clearances to such Persons as
have Vessells now lying in Piscataqua river as shall make to
appear to his satisfaction that they are not upon any Illicit
Trade nor Design to furnish our Enemies with any sort of
Provisions, and shall give bond to land their Lading at such
towns as they shall be cleared out for, and that from & after
the fifth day of November next, he clear out no vessel with
[p. 400.] corn or Provisions of any sort but what shall
produce a Certificate or clearance from some Naval office
from whence they came, or produce some good recommend-
798 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
ation from the Selectmen or Committee of Safety or Corre-
spondence of the place or Town they came from, that such
provisions are necessary & wanted in such town or place,
and give bond to deliver the same accordingly — excepting
such Provisions as are necessary for the vessells crew.
[Concurred.]
Saturday, October 31st, 1778.
[p. 401.] Voted and Resolved, That any one of the Dele-
gates from this State to the Honbl Continental Congress be
and hereby is authorized & impowered to represent this State
in said Congress at all times in the absence of the other
Delegates from this State, untill the Articles of Confedera-
tion of the United States shall be ratified by all the States.
[Concurred.]
[p. 402.] Munday, Nov. 2d, 1778.
Voted, That Mr. Page, Mr. Underwood & Mr. Giles, with
such as the Honbl board shall join be a Committee to draw
up & present a Resolve to this House to prevent any person
or persons within this State from entering or improving upon
any Lands within this State supposed to belong to any per-
son or persons Encmical to this State or to the United States.
[Concurred — Mr. Blanchard joined.]
[p. 403.] Tuesday, Nov. 3d, 1778.
Voted, That the writs for calling in the next General
Assembly be Directed to the Selectmen of the same towns &
places as the last year, excepting where the present Repre-
sentative of such towns & places shall apply to the Secretary
for the writs to be directed to any other Town or place
within their respective Districts.
[p. 404.] Voted, That the Committee appointed in May
last together with Mr. John Smith & Jonathan Mitchell
Sewell Esq1' with such as the Honbl board shall join be a
Committee to Draft & bring in a bill for confiscating the
Estates of sundry persons therein to be named, and Lay the
same before this House. [Concurred — Mr. King joined.]
P. M.
Voted, That Warren Bragdon(l) be put on board one of
(1) It appears that Warren Bragdon was a deserter from the army.— Ed.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 799
the Continental Frigates or ships of War agreeable to his
petition of Nov1- 2d, 1778, and that the President give order
accordingly. [Concurred.]
Wednesday, Nov. 4th, 1778.
Voted, That the Hon1*1 Board of War have and receive
five per cent commissions as a full compensation for all their
services to this State. [Concurred.]
Thursday, Nov1' 5th, 1778.
[p. 407.] Voted, That Mr. Underwood, Mr. Love well, Mr.
Ellis, Capt. Moulton & Mr. Betton, with such as the Honbl
board shall join, be a Committee to consider of all Petitions,
accounts & Losses sustained by the soldiers & officers of this
State who were taken at the Cedars in Canada, and also all
Petitions, accounts & losses sustained by such officers &
soldiers as went on the expedition to Canada under command
of Col0 Arnold, & to report thereon.
[p. 408.] Voted, That Col0 Joshua Wentworth of Ports-
mouth, Mr. Joseph Gilman of Exeter, and Samuel Emerson
Esq1' of Chester for the County of Rockingham; Thomas
Westbrook Walclron Esq1' of Dover, Moses Carr Esq1' of
Summers worth, and Col° Joseph Badger of Gilmantown for
the County of Strafford ; Col0 Nahum Baldwin of Amherst,
Timothy Farrar Esqr of New Ipswich and Joshua Bayley
Esq1' of Hopkinton, for the County of Hillsborough; Col0
Joseph Hammond of Swansey, Thomas Sparhawk Esqr of
Walpole, and Capt. Oliver Ashley of Claremont for the
County of Cheshire; and Samuel Emerson Esq1' of Plimouth,
Alexander Craige Esq1' of Rumney & Charles Johnson of
Haverhill, Esq1' for the County of Grafton, be & hereby are
appointed Committees for the said several & respective
Counties, to receive of the several Town Clerks or Select-
men of each town & place in their respective Counties, the
votes of each Town & place for Councillors for said State
for the year ensuing ; and that the Committee for Rocking-
ham meet at Exeter in said County, & that the Committee
for Strafford meet at Dover, That the Committee for Hills-
borough meet at Amherst, that the Committee for Cheshire
meet at Walpole, & the Committee for Grafton meet at
Wentworth, on or before the second Wednesday of Dec1'
next for the purpose of sorting & returning said Votes.
[Concurred.]
800 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
Friday, Nov1' 6, 1778.
[p. 409.] Voted, That a Precept be sent to the Town of
Conway, for a representative to represent, the town of Con-
way, the town of Shelburne and the locations adjacent, in
the Next General Assembly of this State.
The Committee to consider of what pay & allowance shall
be made to the voluntiers & others that went on the Expedi-
tion to Rhode Island, Reported as their opinion,
That the Voluntiers that went to Rhode Island in the late expedi-
tion, be allow'd the ten pounds each (which they have already received
by order of the Committee of Safety) for the use of his horse; — That
each voluntier be allowed eight pence per mile out & home for travel to
the several places of their abode — That the officers as there arranged,
be allowed the same pay & subsistence money as officers of the same
Rank have in the Continental Army ; — That each soldier be allow'd
five pounds per month — That each sargeant be allow'd five pounds,,
ten shillings per month; — That each corporal be allow'd five pounds &
five shillings per month: All which is submitted —
Signed, J. Wentworth, chairman.
Which report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be receiv'd & accepted, & that the
pay rolls be made up accordingly. [Concurred.]
[p. 410.] P. M.
This day Mr. Joseph Whipple made return of a precept,
whereby he was chosen & appointed to represent the Towns
of Lancaster, Northumberland &c. &c. and took the oath of
fidelity to this State and took his seat in the house accord-
ingly.
[p. 411.] Saturday Novr 7th 1778.
Voted, That Mr. Thornton, brother to Matthew Thornton,
jun1' now in prison in Exeter, be admitted to visit his said
brother in Prison, the Prison-keeper attending him.
The Committee to whom was referred the Account of the
State of Connecticutt against the State of New Hampshire re-
ported :
That they have examined said account and find part of the charge,
viz. £59:14:6 for money supplied New Hampshire officers returning
from captivity, and for sick soldiers in the service of said State, and the
remainder of said account amounting to £20:15:5, for supplies to sol-
diers who said they belonged to New Hampshire, but by the names of
the officers they served under were in the Massachusetts service.
Signed, E. Thompson, for the Committee.
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 801
Which report being read and considered,
Voted, That the same he received & accepted and that the
President give order of payment of said sum of <£59 : 1-1 : G to
Mr. Fenn Wadsworth. [Concurred.]
[p. 412.] Voted, That the wife & daughter of Jeremiah
Pote have liberty to go on board the Flagg now lying in Pis-
cataqua harbour to see the said Pote & converse with him
under the inspection of Col0 Supply Clapp. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Post rider from Providence to this State
discontinue his further services in that way as his further
services appears to this State unnecessary, and that the Sec-
retary transmit a Copy of this Vote to the President of the
Council at Boston — [Concurred.]
[p. 414.] Tuesday, Nov1' 10th 1778.
Voted and Resolved, That the Vote of this house of the
third of Nov1" Inst. " That Warren Bragdon be put on board
one of the Continental Frigates or ships of War, agreeable to
his Petition of Nov1' 2d 1778," be not construd to deprive any
person from apprehending him & prosecuting him for any
criminal offence or breach of the peace. [Concurred.]
Wednesday Nov. 11, 1778.
[p. 415.] The Committee on the Letter from H. Laurens,
Esqr(l) & resolves of Congress attending the same, reported
their opinion :
That all the Persons on board the Flagg which bro't the manifestos
be forthwith taken up & secured in safe & close custody, agreeable to
the resolve of Congress.
Sign'd, Nichs Gilman, for the Committee.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted That the
same be recd and accepted — and further Voted, That the
Sheriff of the County of Rockingham be and hereby is direct-
ed to seize the said Flagg and all persons that came in the
said Flagg and secure them in safe & close custody, and se-
cure the said Flagg & all her Tackle and appurtenances un-
till further order of the General Assembly or Committee of
Safety of this State. [Concurred.]
[p. 416.] Voted, That the Flagg of Truce which bro't
(1) The letter of H. Laurens, and the Resolves of Congress referred to, have not been
found.— Ed.
50
802 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
Prisoners to Piscataqua be permitted to sail to her destined
Port. [Concurred.]
Whereas this State cannot be supplied with a sufficient
Quantity of paper for its own consumption without the par-
ticular care of its Inhabitants in saving Raggs for the paper
mill, — Therefore
Resolved, That the selectmen or Committees of Safety of
the Several Towns & places in this State be and they hereby
are required imediately to appoint some suitable person in
their respective Towns and places (where it is not already
done) to receive Raggs for the paper Mill under the direction
of Richard Jordan of Exeter who is to pay for the same ;
and the Inhabitants of this State are hereby desired to be
very carefull in saving even the smallest quantity of raggs
proper for making paper, which will be a further evidence of
their disposition to promote the public good. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the Treasurer be and hereby is directed to re-
ceive into the Treasury for Taxes all bills of this State which
are altered from lesser to greater for the sums they were
first made for, & that he keep an account thereof & of the
persons he received them of. [Concurred.]
[p. 417.] An Act to prevent the return to this State of cer-
tain Persons therein named, and of others who have left or
shall leave this State or cither of the United States of Amer-
ica & have joined the Enemies thereof, was read a third time
& Passed to be Enacted. [Concurred & passed.]
[See this Act in full, on a subsequent page, following the
dissolution of this Assemblv.]
[p. 420.] Voted, That if any Member of this House shall
after entering for the day be absent more than half an hour
agreeable to the rules of this house, shall be struck off the
list for the day unless he give satisfactory reasons to the
house for such absence.
Friday, Nov. 13th, 1778.
[p. 423.] Upon considering the Petition of the officers and
soldiers of the first Company of Militia in the Town of Pem-
broke to be disjoined from the regiment commanded by Col0
Daniel Moore and annexed to the regiment commanded by
Col0 Thomas Stickney :
Resolved, That the said first Company of Militia in said
Pembroke commonly called the English Company, be seper-
1778.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. 803
atcd and disjoined from the Regiment commanded by the
said Col0 Daniel Moore, and be annexed and joined to the
Regiment commanded by Col0 Thomas Stickney, and that in
future they be considered & taken as part of the said last
mentioned regiment & demean themselves accordingly.
[Concurred.]
Saturday, Nov1' 14th, 1778.
[p. 424.] Voted, That Samuel Abbott now a prisoner in
Exeter Goal have liberty of the Prison Yard, he giving Bond
to the Speaker of the Honbl house of Representatives for the
time being for the use of this State with sureties in the sum
of £2000 for his remaining a true prisoner there during the
Pleasure of this Court.
Tuesday, Novr 17th, 1778.
[p. 427.] Voted, That the Honbl Board of War be directed
to issue & settle their accounts with this State on or before
Friday the 20th Instant. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Mr. Gains, Capt. Moulton & Mr. Potter be
desired to prepare the form of a Proclamation for a General
Thanksgiving throughout this State.
[p. 428.] [In Committee of the whole] Hon. Meshech
Weare, Esq. in the Chair, proceeded to consider of sundry
matters to them referred, and after debate & full considera-
tion thereon came to the following Resolution and Report :
That a Resolve be Passed by the General Assembly of this State
signifying that they highly approve of the conduct of the American
Congress in rejecting the offers of the Commissioners from the King of
Great Britain ; and also their conduct in making Warr or Peace, and
in making alliances with any Nation or Nations, as Congress shall
see fit.
That in the opinion of this Committee all such Persons as have since
the commencement of hostilities between Great Britain & the United
States gone over to and joined the Enemies of these States by taking
arms against the United States or any of them or aided, assisted or
abetted our said Enemies in the present unhappy warr, have justly
forfeited their Estates real & personal to this State, and that the same
ought to be confiscated & sold for the use of this State : (The Com-
mittee not having finished, adj. to 9 o'clock tomorrow.)
[p. 429.] That in their opinion, An Act be passed by the General
Court to confiscate and sell for the benefit of this State, the Estates
Real & personal of such persons as are to be therein named, being
Notorious Enemies to the United States.
That An Act be passed for the holding two Superior Courts annually
in the Counties of Strafford and Hillsborough.
804 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
The Committee then dissolved, and the speaker resumed
the Chair and the said Report being read & considered,
Voted, That the same be received & accepted.
Wednesday, Novr 18th, 1778.
The Committee on the affair of William Baxter reported
their opinion :(1)
That the said William Baxter be forthwith delivered to the sheriff of
this County (of Rockingham) to be by him kej>t in custody, with the
persons who came in the Flagg which bro't the Manifestos in order to
be sent back to New York by the first conveyance.
Sign'd George King, Chairman.
Which report being read & considered, Voted That the
same be received & accepted, and that the President give
order accordingly.
Thursday, Novr 19th 1778.
[p. 431.] A Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving on
the tenth day of December next was read & ordered to be
sign'd by the President & Speaker of the House & dispersed
throughout this State. [Concurred.]
P. M.
Voted, That James Mills a soldier in Capt. Stillson's com-
pany at Ticonderoga be made up in the Roll of Lieut. Stephen
Hoit as a private in said Company for one months wages, and
same money as other soldiers in said Roll are made up. [Con-
curred.]
[p. 435.] Voted, That Mr. Odiorne be and hereby is appoint-
ed to take all the Acts & Laws passed this Session and get
them printed in such numbers that each member of the Gen1
Court may have one sett, and each town and parish repre-
sented one sett, and that he disperse them accordingly.
Friday, Novr 20th 1778.
[p. 43C] Voted, That the Revd Mr. Augustine Hibbard (2)
be allowed & paid as a Chaplain of General Stark's Brigade in
the year 1777, deducting from the said pay what he had
(1) The action on the case of Wm. Baxter was founded on a letter from Nathairl S.
Prentice, Esq., which letter cannot now be found.— Ed.
(2) Rev. Augustine Hibbard wm Congregational minister of Clareinont from 1774 to
1785.— Ed.
1778.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 805
already received as regimental Chaplain, lie being made up as
such in Col0 David Hobarts Staff Roll ; and the President
give order accordingly. [Concurred.]
[p. 437.] The Petition of William Stevens being read & con-
sidered,
Voted, That the said William Stevens being a Continental
soldier, who has been detained by sickness within this State,
and is now able to do some duty in his regiment, Be directed
to march to Boston & apply to the commander in chief there,
or some other Continental officer to put him on duty. [Con-
curred.]
Saturday, Nov1' 219t 1778.
[p. 439.] Voted, That Eleazer Russell, Escf of Portsmouth
be & hereby is appointed Naval Officer for the Port of Piscat-
aqua in this State, untill further order of the General Assem-
bly. [Concurred.]
Voted, That Samuel Hale Esq1' & Woodbury Langdon Esqr
both of Portsmouth, Levi Dearborn, Esq1' of Northampton,
Samuel Philbrick Esq1' of Kingston and Mark Wiggin Esq1'
of Stratham, be Justices of the Peace for the County of Rock-
ingham ; That Thomas Sparhawk, Esqr of Walpole, Reuben
Alexander, Esqr of Winchester, Samuel Gustin, Esqr of Mar-
low & John Mellen Esq1' of Fitz William, be Justices of the
Peace for the County of Cheshire ; That Charles Johnson,
Esqr of Haverhill be a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Grafton ; That Hercules Mooney Esqr of Lee be a Justice of
the Peace for the County of Strafford. [Concurred.]
Voted, That the thanks of the General Court of this State
be given to the Honbl Major General Sullivan for his spirited
conduct in the late Action at Rhode Island, and that the
President be requested to write to him an Answer to his late
Letter and enclose a Copy of this vote therein. (1)
The Committee appointed by the Council & house of Rep-
resentatives to estimate the Damages & Rents of sundry
houses improved as Barracks in the years 1775 & 1776, by
Capt. Parr's Rifle men & other Continental troops under the
command of Col. Peirse Long, having met for the purpose
aforesaid, and after a full survey of the buildings at New
(1) Neither the letter of Gen. Sullivan, nor that of President Weare, is found on
file. See, however, Adj. Gen. Report, N. H., 1866, Vol. II, pp. 341-352, and Farm.
Belk. Hist., o. 376.-ED.
806
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1778.
Castle, at Seavy's Island and Capt. George Janvrins Island,
Do agree to Report as follows, viz.
To Meshech Bell for his house and damage,
To William Vinard for
Ditto
To Jane Watkins for
Ditto
To Henry Foss,
Ditto
[p. 440.] To Matthew Bell
Do.
To John Simpson
Do.
To Shadrach Bell
Do.
To Daniel Warner
Do.
To Thomas Bell
Do.
To Robert White
Do.
To John Tarlton
Do.
To George Frost,
for his old house & ■
-Do.
To William Trundy
Do.
To Robert Lapish
Do.
To Mrs. Shannon
Do.
To Richard Yeaton
Do.
To Joseph Frost
Do.
To George Frost for new house
&Do.
To William Jones
Do.
To Mrs. Moodey
Do.
To Mr. Chase for Parsonage,
Do.
To Henry Prescott
Do.
To Stephen Batson
Do.
To George Jaffrey
Do.
To Samuel Furnald
Do.
To John Furnald
Do.
To Stephen Seavey
Do.
To Stephen Jenkins
Do.
To George Janvrin
Do.
£45: 0: 0
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20:0:0
12:0:0
28:0:0
24:0:0
90:0:0
56:0:0
72:0:0
76:0:0
20:0:0
32:0:0
12:0:0
30:0:0
16:0:
6:0:
0:
0:
0:
7:
16:
15:
120:0:
S0:0:
30:0:
13:0:0
24:0:0
10:0:0
12:0:0
20:0:0
7:0:0
65:0:0
£968:0:0
This account of nine hundred & sixty eight pounds, appears to your
Committee to be due to the above mentioned twenty-nine persons for
the improvement of their houses and lands for the purposes before
mentioned, and all their Damages, all which is submitted by George
Gains for said Committee.
Which report being read and considered
Voted, That the Same he received and accepted, and that
the President give orders of payment accordingly to George
Gains. [Concurred.]
Munday, Novr 23d 1778.
[p. 441.] The petition of Elizabeth Stark wife of the Honw
Brigadr John Stark praying for leave to inoculate herself &
family for the Small Pox, being read & considered,
1778. J JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 807
Voted, That the prayer thereof he not granted.
Voted, That Capt. Harriman, Col0 Webster, Mr. Ellis, Mr.
Giles & Mr. Hodgdon, with such as the Honbl Board shall
join be a Committee to consider of a certain Anonymous Let-
ter bro't into this house by Mr. Ames, and to report thereon.
[Concurred.]
Tuesday, Novr 24th 1778.
[p. 442.] Whereas by reason of the present Warr the Courts
of Law within the County of Cheshire have for a long time
past been inactive, and the several actions in each Court
pending cannot be bro't forward ;
Resolved, That hence forward the Courts of Common Pleas,
Gen1 Session of the Peace & Superior Courts of Judicature
within said County, be opened & held at the several times &
places prescribed by Law for holding said Courts respectively :
And all appeals or other matters which have been or now are
returnable to either of the said Courts shall be taken up &
sustained by the Court or Courts respectively to which the same
were returnable or appealed, and all writs, Processes, Judg-
ment & Executions in either of said Courts pending at the
time of their last sitting are hereby revived in the same man-
ner as if no lapse had intervened. [Concurred.]
The Committee on an Anonymous letter (1) bro't into this
house by Mr. Ames, having considered the same, conversed
with Col0 Peabody, examined Doct1' Hedges on oath, agree to
Report :
That they think the said Paper to be a scandalous infamous perform-
ance of some inveterate enemy or enemies of the United States framed
for the purpose of bringing into disgrace persons employed to bring
them to justice, and to set the good people of these States at variance
with each other.
Signed — Nath1 Gilman, for the Comtee.
Which report being read and consider' d, Voted that the
same be recd & accepted.
Wednesday, Novr 25th, 1778.
Voted, That Mr. Giles & Mr. Cutts wait on the Commit-
tee for drawing acts and desire them as soon as may be to
draw up a bill for declaring forfeit to this State & for con-
(1) The editor has not been able to find the said anonymous letter.— Ed.
808 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
fiscating to the use of this State, all the Estates both real &
personal of such persons as shall be named in said bill,
■within this State, who are notorious enemies to this or either
of the United States.
Voted, That Mr. Cutts, Mr. Knowles, Mr. Smiley, Capt.
Blunt, Mr. Hodgdon, Col° Nichols, Mr. Giles, Mr. Lovewell
& Mr. Worcester, with such as the Honbl board shall join be
a Committee to name to this house such persons as shall be
named in a bill to be passed for declaring forfeit to this
State & for confiscating to the use of this State, all the Es-
tates (within this State) both real & personal of such per-
sons, who are notorious Enemies to this or either of the
United States, and also to Nominate to this house Commis-
sioners in each County in this State to take into Possession
such Estates & to dispose thereof in such way & manner as
in & by said bill shall be provided, and report the same to
this house as soon as may be.(l) [Concurred — and Mr.
Bartlett, Mr. Walker & Mr. Ashley joined.]
[p. 445.] The Committee on the affairs of the Courts in
the County of Cheshire reported their opinion :
That a Commission be made out appointing the Honbl Samuel Ash-
ley, Benjamin Bellows, Samuel Chase & Benjamin Giles, Esqr Standing
Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of
Cheshire, and that Commissions be made out appointing Col0 Samuel
Hunt & Thomas Aplin, Esq' Special Justices of said Court — which is
submitted.
Sign'd, Josiah Bartlett, for the Committee.
Which report being read & considered, Voted that the
same be received & accepted, and that the President take
order accordingly. [Concurred.]
[The President of the Council and the Secretary were appointed to administer the
oaths to the aforesaid Justices, and the said Justices then to administer oaths to all
other Justices and officers of said Court.— Ed.]
Friday, Novr 27th, 1778.
Resolved, That Michael Wentworth, Esq. of Portsmouth,
who lately returned to this State from Europe, be and hereby
is exempted from all forfeitures, Pains & Penalties inflicted
by an Act lately passed by the General Court of this State
Intituled, "An Act to prevent the return to this State of
certain persons therein named &c." untill the further order
(1) See the said Act in full, on a subsequent page, with all the names returned, aa
embraced in the bill ; also the Commissioners for each County.— Ed.
1778.] JOURNAL OP THE HOUSE. 809
of the General Court, of which all officers therein named
are to take notice. [Concurred.]
[p. 456.] Saturday, Nov. 28th, 1778.
Voted, That the thanks of this House be given to the
Hon1'1 Speaker and Speaker pro tempore, to the Clerk &
assistant Clerk of this house for their good services in their
several stations.
Voted, That this house be and hereby is Dissolved.
Sent up by J. Wentworth, jun. Esqr.
The above Vote being concurr'd the House Dissolved
accordingly.
Att* N. Emery, Clk. Assembly.
God Save the United States op America.
The following two very important Bills were passed in the foregoing session.— Ed.
PUBLIC ACTS
State of ) In the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred
New Hampshire \ and Seventy eight.
An Act to prevent the return to this State of certain
persons therein named, and of others who have left or shall
leave this State, or either of the United States of America
and have joined or shall join the Enemies thereof.
WHEREAS John Wentworth Esq. late Governor of this
State, Peter Livius Esq; John Fisher Esq; George Meserve Esq; Rob-
ert Traill Esq; George Boyd Esq; John Fenton Esq; John Cochran
Esq; Samuel Hale Jr. Esq; Edward Parry Esq; Thomas McDonough
Esq; Major Robert Rogers; Andrew Peppered Sparhawk alias Andrew
Peperell Esq; Patrick Burn Mariner, John Smith Mariner, William
Johnson Rysam Mariner, Stephen Little Physician, Thomas Achincloss,
Archibald Achincloss, Robert Robertson, Hugh Henderson, Gillain
Butler, James McMasters, John McMasters, George Craigie, Merchants;
James Bixby Yeoman; William Pevey Mariner, Benjamin Hart Rope-
maker, Bartholomew Stavers post-Rider, Philip Bayley Trader, Samu-
el Holland Esq; Benning Wentworth Gentleman, and Jude Kennison
Mariner, all of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham; Jonathan
Dix of Pembroke Trader, Robert Luist Fowler of Exeter printer, Ben-
jamin Thompson Esq., of Concord, Jacob Brown and George Bell of
New Market, Traders, Stephen Holland Esq. Richard Holland Yeoman,
John Davidson yeoman, James Fulton yeoman, Thomas Smith Yeo-
man, and Dennis O'Hala yeoman, of Londonderry all in the County of
Rockingham aforesaid; Edward Goldstone Lutwyche of Merrimack Esq;
Samuel Cummings Esq; Benjamin Whitney Esq. and Thomas Cummings
Yeoman of Hollis — William Stark Esq; John Stark Yeoman son of the
said William, John Stinson Yeoman, John Stinson Jr. Yeoman, Samuel
Stinson Yeoman, and Jeremiah Bower Yeoman of Dunbarton, Zacche-
us Cutler Trader and John Holland Gentleman of Amherst, Daniel
Farnsworth of New Ipswich, Yeoman, & John Quigly Esq of Francestown,
& John Morrison of Peterborough Clerk, all in the County of Hillsborough
— Josiah Pomroy Physician, Elijah Williams Esq. Thomas Cutler Gen-
tleman, Eleazer Sawyer Yeoman and Robert Gilmore Yeoman of Keen,
Breed Batchelder of Packersfield Gentleman, Simon Baxter, Yeoman
and William Baxter Yeoman of Alstead, Solomon Willard of Winches-
ter Gentleman, Jesse Rice of Rindge Physician, Enos Stevens Gentle-
man, Phinehas Stevens Physician, Solomon Stevens Yeoman, & Levi
Willard Gentleman of Charlestown, John Brooks of Claremont Yeoman
1778.] PUBLIC ACTS. 811
& Josiah Jones, and Simon Jones of Hinsdale Gent" .ill in the County
of Cheshire and all other persona who have left or shall leave this State
or any other of the United States of America as aforesaid, and have
joined or shall join the Enemies thereof, and of the United States afore-
said, thereby not only basely deserting the Cause of Liberty and de-
priving these States of their personal services at a time when they ought
to have afforded their utmost assistance in defending the same against
the Invasions of a cruel Enemy; but abetting the Cause of Tyranny,
and manifesting an inemical disposition to said States and a design to
aid the Enemies thereof in their wicked purposes — And Whereas,
many Dangers may accrue to this State & to the United States afore-
said, if such persons should be again admitted to reside in this State —
Be it therefore ENACTED by the COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES in General Court assembled and by the au-
thority of the same that if the said John Wentworth, Peter Livius,
John Fisher, George Meserve, Robert Traill, George Boyd, John Fen-
ton, John Cochran, Samuel Hale Jr., Edward Parry, Thomas Mc'
Donough, Robert Rogers, Andrew Pepperrell Sparhawk alias Andrew
Pepperrell, Patrick Burn, John Smith, William Johnson Rysam,
Stephen Little, Thomas Achincloss, Archibald Achincloss, Robert
Robertson, Hugh Henderson, Gillam Butler, James Mc' Masters, John
Mc* Masters, George Craigie, James Bixby, William Pevey, Benjamin
Hart, Bartholomew Stevens Philip Bayley, Samuel Holland, Benning
Wentworth, Jude Kennison, Jonathan Dix, Robert L. Fowle, Benjamin
Thompson, Jacob Brown, George Bell, Stephen Holland, Richard
Holland, John Davidson, James Fulton, Thomas Smith, Dennis
OTIala, Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, Samuel Cummings, Benjamin
Whiting, Thomas Cummings, William Stark, John Stark, John Stin-
son, John Stinson Jr. Samuel Stinson, Jeremiah Brown, Zaccheus
Cutler, John Holland, Daniel Farnsworth, John Quigley, John Mor-
rison, Josiah Pomroy. Elijah Williams, Thomas Cutler, Eleazer San-
ger, Robert Gilmore, Breed Batchelder, Simon Baxter, William Bax-
ter, Solomon Willard, Jesse Rice, Enos Stevens, Phinehas Stevens,
Solomon Stevens, Levi Willard, John Brooks, Josiah Jones and Simeon
Jones, or any or either of them, and all other Persons though not
specially named in this Act who have left or shall leave this State, or
either of the United States aforesaid and joined or shall join the Ene-
mies thereof as aforesaid shall after passing this Act voluntarily return
to this State without leave first had and obtained therefor from the
General Assembly of this State by special Act for that purpose; it
shall be the duty of the Sheriff (his under Sheriff and Deputies) of the
County and of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Committees of
Safety, Grand Jurors, Constables and Tythingmen, and of all others,
Inhabitants of the Town, Parish or District wherein such person or
persons may presume to come, and they are hereby respectively impow-
ered & directed forthwith to apprehend and carry such person or per-
sons before some Justice of the Peace within the same County, who is
hereby required to commit him or them to the Common Goal within
the same County, there in close Custody to remain until he or they
shall be sent out of the State as is herein after directed.
And such Justice is hereby directed to give immediate information
thereof to the Board of War in this State. And the said Board of
War is hereby impowered and directed to cause such person or persons
812 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
so committed to be transported to some part or place within the Do-
minions, or in the possession of the Forces of the King of Great
Britain as soon as may be after receiving such information ; those who
are able at their own expense, and others who are unable, at the Ex-
pense of this State — and for that purpose to hire a vessel or vessels if
need be.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that if any
person or persons, so transported shall voluntarily return into this
State without leave had and obtained therefor in manner as before-
mentioned, He or they shall on conviction thereof before the Superior
Court of Judicature suffer the pains of Death.
AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any Master of a
ship or other vessel shall after the passing of this Act Knowingly bring
into any Port, Harbor or place within this State, any of the persons
before described, or if any person shall wilfully or willingly harbour
or conceal any of them after their Return to this State, and contrary
to the design of this Act, such Master or person so offending, shall on
Conviction thereof before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the
County where the offence shall be committed or before the Superior
Court of Judicature forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred pounds
the one half thereof to the use of this State, and the other half to the
use of him or them, who shall sue for the same.
AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that the President of the
Council be and hereby is requested to write to the several Legislative
Assemblies in the United States of America, enclosing a copy of this
Act, & desiring them to transmit to this Assembly a List of all persons
who have left their resj>ective States & joined the Enemies of the Unit-
ed States in order that such persons may be prevented from residing in
this State.
And the Secretary of this State is hereby directed to cause this Act to
be published in the New Hampshire Newspapers and also in Handbills —
aud to transmit fifty copies thereof to the Ministers or Commissioners of
the United States at the Court of France as soon as may be, who are
desired to cause the same to be made public immediately after they
shall have received them, that so the persons named and described here-
in may be deterred from attempting to come within this State, without
leave first had and obtained therefor as aforesaid.
State of 1
New Hamp- y In the House of Representatives Nov. 11, 1778, This
shire ) bill having been read a third time Voted that it Pass to
be Enacted.
Sent up for Concurrence —
John Laugdon, Speaker
In Council, November 19, 1778, This Bill read a third time & Voted
that the same be Enacted.
M. WEARE, President.
1778.] PUBLIC ACTS. 813
State of ) In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun-
New Hampshire £ dred and seventy-eight.
An Act to confiscate the estates of sundry jjersons
therein named.
Whereas John Wentworth Esq., Samuel Holland Esq.,
George Meserve Esq, John Cochran Esq, Thomas Mc'Donough Esq,
William Johnson Rysam, James Mc' Masters, John Mc' Masters, Ben-
ning Wentworth Gent. Robert Luist Fowle, Stephen Holland Esq,
Edward Goldstone Lutwyche Esq, Samuel Cummings Esq, Benjamin
Whiting Esq, William Stark Esq, John Stinson, Zacheus Cutler, John
Quigley Esq, Daniel Earnsworth, Josiah Pumroy, Elijah Williams Esq,
Breed Bachelder, Enos Stevens, Simon Baxter, John Brooks, Crane
Brush, Samuel Tarbell and James Rogers Esq, have since the com-
mencement of hostilities between Great Brittain and the United States
of America left this and the other United States and gone over to and
joined the enemys thereof and have to the utmost of their power aided,
abetted and assisted the said enemys in their cruel designs of wresting
from the good people of said states their Libertys civil and religious,
and of taking from them their property and converting the same to
the use of their said enemys, Whereby they have justly forfeited all
right to protection from either of said states and also their right to
any further enjoyment of their interest and property being within this
State ;
Be it therefore Enacted by the Council and House of Repre-
sentatives, and it is hereby enacted that the whole estate, real and
personal, of the said John Wentworth, Samuel Holland, George Me-
serve, John Cochran, Thomas Mc'Donough, William Johnson Rysam,
James Mc' Masters, John Mc' Masters, Denning Wentworth, Robert
Luist Fowle, Stephen Holland, Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, Samuel
Cummings, Benjamin Whiting, William Stark, John Stinson, Zacheus
Cutler, John Quigley, Daniel Earnsworth, Josiah Pumroy, Elijah Wil-
liams, Breed Bachelder, Enos Stevens, Simon Baxter, John Brooks,
Crane Brush, Samuel Tarbell, and James Rogers, and of each and
every of them, lying and being within this state, be, and herebv is,
declared to be forfeited to this state and that the same be for the" use
thereof.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Col.
Samuel Folsom, Major George Gaines, and Mr. Robert Smith, or any
two of them, be and are hereby appointed to be a committee within the
County of Rockingham, to enter into and take possession of all and
singular the estates, real and personal, of the aforesaid John Went-
worth Esq and others named in the preamble of this act, forfeited as
aforesaid for the use of this State, which may be found situate, lying
and being within the County of Rockingham aforesaid.
And that Major Caleb Hodgedon, Mr. John Burnham Hanson, and
Col. Joseph Badger, or any two of them, be and are hereby appointed
to be a committee within the County of Strafford, to enter into and
take possession of all and singular the estates, real and personal, of the
aforesaid John Wentworth Esq, and others named in the preamble of
this Act forfeited as aforesaid for the use of this State, which may be
814 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
found situate, lying, and being within the County of Strafford afore-
said :
And that Col Moses Nicholls, James Underwood Esq, and Col Noah
Lovewell, be and are hereby appointed to be a committee within the
County of Hillsborough, to enter into and take possession of all and
singular the Estates, real and personal, of the aforesaid John Went-
worth Esq, and others named in the preamble of this Act, forfeited as
aforesaid for the use of this State, which may be found situate, lying
and being within the County of Hillsborough aforesaid :
And that Benjamin Giles Esq, Major Timothy Ellis, and Mr Elijah
Babcock, or any two of them, be and are hereby appointed to be a
committee within the County of Cheshire to enter into and take pos-
session of all and singular the estates, real and personal, of the afore-
said John Wentwortli Esq and others named in the preamble of this
Act, forfeited as aforesaid for the use of this State which may be
found situate, lying, and being within the County of Cheshire aforesaid:
And that Francis Worster, Samuel Emerson, and Charles Johnson
Esquires, or any two of them, be and are hereby appointed to be a
committee within the County of Grafton to enter into and take pos-
session of all and singular, the estates, real and personal, of the afore-
said John Wentwortli Esq, and others named in the preamble of this
Act, forfeited as aforesaid, for the use of this State, which may be
found situate, lying, and being within the County of Grafton aforesaid ;
and that the several committees aforesaid make out fair inventorys of
all such estates, real and personal, as they may enter into and take pos-
session of as aforesaid, and return the same to the General Court for
the time being. And all selectmen, and all other persons whatsoever
that may have in their possession any of the estates aforesaid taken by
them in pursuance of any Act, Resolve or Order of this State, are
hereby directed to deliver the same to the committees aforesaid within
their respective Countys.
And the said respective committees are hereby impowered and di-
rected to sell at public auction such personal estate as may come to
their hands by virtue of this Act, and account for the same to the Gen-
eral Court. And the several committees aforesaid are hereby required,
before they enter upon their office aforesaid, to be sworn before some
magistrate to the faithful discharge of their duty.
Provided nevertheless, that the several Committees aforesaid after
taking such Inventories shall leave out of the personal Estate such arti-
cles as they shall deem necessary for the use and support of any of the
families of the persons aforementioned.
State of |
New HampTj In the House of Representatives, Novemr 27th 1778 —
The foregoing Bill having been read a third time;
Voted; that it pass to be Enacted
Sent up for Concurrence —
John Dudley — Speaker pro tern.
In Council, Novemr 28th 1778: This Bill was read a third time and —
Voted, that the same be Enacted.
M. Wkaue, Prest.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The following is a summary of the proceedings of both Houses of the
General Assembly, in their first Session from December 18th to Decem-
ber 26th 1778. Copied from the Records of the Council, as contained in
a MS. Vol. in the Secretary's office, labelled " Council Records 1778
to 1784."
Pages in the margin correspond with those in the Council Records.
—Ed.
Friday, December 18th 1778.
[p. 57.] Vote appointing the 30th day of December current
to be observed as a day of Public Thanksgiving throughout
this State. [Concurred. ](1)
[p. 58.] Tuesday, December 22d.
Vote directing the Board of War to supply such Continen-
tal Soldiers as are now in Goal within this State with neces-
saries, until they be sent forward to their respective Corps.
Vote to desire Ebenezer Hazard Esq1" Deputy Post master
Gen1 to procure orders for the post-rider from Boston to
Portsmouth, to ride thro' the town of Exeter weekly and to
establish a Post-office there.
[p. 59.] Vote directing the Committee of Safety to ascer-
tain the Towns delinquent in raising their Quotas of Conti-
nental soldiers.
Wednesday, Decr 23d.
Yote appointing Meshech Weare, Josiah Bartlett, Nicholas
Gilman, Ebenezer Thompson, Nathaniel Peabody, Nathaniel
Folsom, Hercules Mooney, John McClary, George Gains,
John Dudley and Josiah Moulton Esqrs and Capt. Samuel
(1) Readers will please take notice that all the votes given in this summary were con-
curred by both houses.— ED.
816 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
Oilman a Committee of Safety with all the powers of former
Committees of Safety in this State.
Vote appointing Mr. Joseph Oilman & Capt. Josiah Gil-
man a Committee on Claims.
Vote appointing Col0 Joshua Wentworth, Mr. John Pen-
hallow and Mr. Joseph Gilman, a Board of War for this
State the ensuing year.
Vote appointing Nicholas Oilman Esqr Treasurer and Re-
ceiver General of this State for the year ensuing.
Vote appointing Samuel Livermore Esq1' Attorney General
of this State for the year ensuing ; and Mr. Thomas Odiorne
agent for the State, to take care & keep the accounts of this
State with individuals.
Vote giving leave to Nicholas Gilman Esq1' and others to
send the Schooner Hermit, Nathaniel Giddinge master, to
some one of the Southern States for a load of provisions.
Thursday, Decr 24th.
Vote for John Taylor Gilman to receive out of the Treas-
ury £300 to pay pensions to disabled soldiers — to he ac-
counted for by him.
[p. 60.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board to draught & bring in a Bill to make void all attach-
ments on Estates of persons joined the Enemies of the
United States. [Mr. Bartlett & Mr. Walker added to house
Committee, viz. Mr. Blodgett, Langdon, Mooney, Gains,
Hobart, Capt. Gilman, and Knowles.]
Vote directing the Naval officer at Portsmouth to permit
no vessel to sail from Portsmouth or Piscataqua harbour
with more provisions on board than what is necessary for
their voyage, until further order of the General Assembly.
Note by the Editor.
The following paper is one of much importance in relation to the controversy be-
tween New Hampshire anil Vermont about what are called "The New Hampshire
< J i-;i Tits."" It was discovered l>y the editor in a printed collection of pamphlets in the
library of the New Hampshire Historical Society, and is supposed to be very rare, if not
the oiily one in existence.
RE SO LYES
OF A
CONVENTION
HELD ON THE
New-Hampshire Grants.
At a Convention of Delegates from twenty-two Towns on the New-Hamp-
shire Grants from loth Sides of Connecticut-River, held at Cornish,
Dec. Oth, 1778.
Voted unanimously,
1. rpiIAT the members of this Convention will unite together for the
JL purpose of pursuing such legal and regular measures as may-
have a tendency to secure to these Grants the benefits of good govern-
ment, -without any regard to the distinction made by the arbitrary line
drawn on the western bank of Connecticut-vhrcv by the King in Coun-
cil in the year 1764.
2. A pamphlet entitled A public defence of the right of the New-Hamp-
shire Grants, Sfc. compiled by the major part of a Committee appointed
by the Assembly of Vermont for that purpose, was repeatedly read,
and unanimously approved.
3. Whereas notwithstanding the request for this Convention, but
few of those towns whose members continue to act with said Assembly
after the protesting members had withdrawn, have sent members to this
Convention; and the conduct of the Assembly in passing the votes and
resolves contained in their printed journals, the protest, remarks &c.
have rendered it impracticable for said Assembly to carry into execution
said resolves as therein proposed, which difficulty will continue so long
as said votes stand in force; and as the people in those towns by justi-
fying the conduct of the Assembly in violating the constitution, will on
their part dissolve the solemn compact which they entered into by the
confederation, and the people consequently become discharged from
51
818 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1778.
their allegiance and obligations to the State. Therefore voted, that the
proposals contained in the beforementioned address, be made to New-
Hampshire, viz.
1. To agree upon and settle a dividing line between New-Hampshire
and the Grants, by committees from each party, or otherwise, as they
may mutually agree.
Or, 2. That the parties mutually agree in the appointment of a Court
of Commissioners of disinterested judicious men of the three other
New-England States, to hear and determine the dispute.
Or, 3. That the whole dispute with New-Hampshire be submitted to
the decision of Congress in such way and manner as Congress in their
wisdom shall prescribe.
Provided always, That the Grants be allowed equal privileges with
the other party, in espousing and conducting their cause.
Or, 4. If the controversy cannot be settled on either of the foregoing
articles, and in case we can agree with New-Hampshire upon a plan of
government, inclusive of extent of territory, that we unite with them,
and become with them one entire State, rejecting the arbitrary line
drawn on the western bank of Connecticut-river, by the King of Great-
Britain in 1764.
4. Voted, That the inhabitants of those towns on the Grants, in the
State of Vermont, who have not sent a representative to this Conven-
tion, and whose members joined with the majority of said Assembly in
passing the votes, on account of which the protesting members with-
drew, be requested to direct their respective members to rescind said
votes, and join us in making said proposals to New-Hampshire.
5. Voted, That in case those towns whose members continued to act
with the Assembly of Vermont, still remain firm and steadfast in sup-
porting and continuing said votes of Assembly, and neglect to join in
carrying into execution said report of their committee, we will make
overtures to join with New-Hampshire, on the last article in said pro-
posals.
6. That all the other towns on said Grants be requested to join us in
making proposals to New- Hampshire as beforementioned — and that
those towns which agree to join therein, be requested to transmit copies
of their votes relative thereto, to Governor Marsh, Mr. Woodward, Col.
Morey, Maj. Child, Col. Payne, Col. Olcolt or Gen. Baley, who are here-
by appointed a committee for receiving them, and carrying the forego-
ing votes and proposals into execution, so soon as the towns on the
Grants can have reasonable opportunity to join us therein.
7. Voted, That said Committee be impowered to call a Convention
from the towns on the Grant, whenever any thing shall appear which
shall, in their opinion, render one necessary.
J. Marsh, Chairman.
Extracted from the votes of said Convention,
B. Woodward, Clerk.
NEW HAMPSHIRE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
List of the Honble House of Representatives of the State
of New Hampshire at their First Session begun and holden
at Exeter on the third Wednesday of December, being the
16th day of Said month, Anno Dom : 1778.
Representatives for 1778-9.
[Copied from a Vol. in Secy office, labelled " Members &c. 1775 to '82."
Toions §■ Places.
Portsmouth,
'' Speaker,
Exeter,
Londonderry,
Chester,
Hampton,
Hampton Falls & Seabrook
Northampton,
New Castle,
Newington,
Greenland,
Stratham,
Kensington,
New Market,
Brintwood,
Epping,
Kingston & E. Kingston,
Sandown & Hawke,
Nottingham,
Deerfield & Northwood,
Raymond & Poplin,
Plastow & Atkinson,
S. Hampton & Newton,
Hampstead,
Candia,
Salem,
Wyndham,
Pelham,
Epsom, Chichester, &c.
Canterbury & Loudon,
Esq.
Names.
Woodbury Langdor
John Langdon, Esq
George Gains, Esqr
Nath1 Folsom, Esqr
Sam1 Hobart, Esqr
John McKeen
John Pinkerton, Esqr
Robert Wilson, Esqr
Sam1 Haseltine
Josiah Moulton, Esqr
None.
Dr. Levi Dearborn
Capt. John Blunt
Capt. Joseph Parsons
Mr. Timothy Dame
Mr. Joshua Haines
Simon Wiggin, Esqr
Mr. Ebenr Potter
Capt. Sam1 Gilman
Sam1 Dudley Esqr
Enoch Coffin, Esqr
Richd Boynton, Esqr
Mr. David Tilton
Thomas Bartlett, Esqr
Jeremiah Eastman, Esq
John Dudley, Esqr
Nath1 Peabody, Esqr
Abraham Kimball
Capt. John Calfe
Walter Robie, Esqr
Timy Ladd, Esqr
James Betton, Esqr
James Gibson, Esqr
John McClary, Esq1"
Dr. Asa Foster,
820
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[177S.
Towns §• Paces.
Pembroke,
Concord,
Bow cS: Dunbarton,
Durham,
Dover,
Summersworth
Rochester
Barrington
Lee
Madbury
Gilmanton & Barnstead,
Sanbornton & Meredith
Wakefield, Effingham and Mid- >
dleton ]"
Sandwich &c. &c.
Wolfborough, New Durham, kc.
Conway,
Amherst
Dunstable,
Holies,
Hopkinton,
Weare,
Litchfield & Nottingham W.
Merrimac & Bedford,
Goffstown & Derryfield,
Francestown & New Boston,
Lyndsborough & Wilton &c.
Mason & Raby
New Ipswich
Temple & Peterboro7
Heneker, Hillsboro', &e.
Salisbury & Boscawen,
New Breton, Warner &c.
Rindge, Jaffrey &c.
Dublin & Marlborough,
Packersfield cSc Stoddard, &c.
Swansey & Fitz William
Keen ,
Westmoreland,
Richmond,
Winchester,
Walpole,
Charleston,
Claremont,
Hinsdale & Chesterfield,
Marlow, Surry and Alstead,
Acworth, Lemster Croydon &c. &c,
Cornish, Plainfield ike.
Plimouth, Alexandria &c.
Names.
Richd Bartlett, Escf
Nath1 Rolfe.
Jere : Page, Esqr
Mr. John Smith,
John Wentworth, jun. Esqr
Caleb Hodgdon, Esqr
James Knowles, Esqr
Dr. James Marden
Hercules Mooney, Esqr
James Davis, Junr
Joseph Badger, Esqr
Ebenr Smith, Esqr
Thomas Tash, Esq.
Thos Chadbourn, Esqr
Capt. Josiah Crosbie,
Reuben Mussey,
Noah Lovewell, Esqr
Reuben Dow
Joshua Bailey, Esqr
Sam1 Caldwell
Asa Davis, Esqr
Lt. John Orr
Sam1 Blodgett, Esqr
Win. Sterat
Capt. Nat. Bachelder
Mr. Paul Prichard
Francis Blood, Esqr
Isaac Andrews, Esqr
Capt. Ebenr Webster
Lt. Thos Rowell
Enoch Hale, Esq1
Lt. Benja Tucker
Dr. Nath1 Breed
Elisha Whitcomb
Mr. Josiah Richardson
Capt. Joseph Burt
Mr. David Barney
Nehemiah Houghton
Elisha March, Esqr
Wm. I ley wood, Esqr
Dr. Thomas Stearne
Michael Cresey
Jonathan Royce
Chas. Huntoon
Francis Worcester.
No other Towns represented.
1778.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 821
The President came in and administered to the members
present the proper oaths of offiee :
The House was organized by the choice of
Hon. John Langdon, Esq1' for Speaker,
Noah Emery, Esq. Clerk,
Mr. John Smith, Ass* Clerk.
Rules adopted in addition to former ones.
Rule 10. That no Petition be received by this House but from a
member thereof and motion made for that purpose.
Rule 20. That no person except Members of the General Court be
admitted above the Barr of the House without permission of the
Speaker or special invitation from some member of the House.
Members of the Council, for the year 1778-9.
Hon. Meshech Weare, President.
Josiah Bartlett, Esq1'
Nicholas Oilman , Esqr
George King Esq1'
John Wentworth, Esq1'
Ebenezer Thompson, Esqr
Moses Nichols,(l) Esq1'
Timothy Walker, Esq1'
Jacob Abbott, Esq1'
Charles Johnson, Esq1'
Samuel Ashley, Esq1'
Benjamin Bellows, Esqr.
By joint ballot, Ebenezer Thompson, Esq. was elected
Secretary.
Saturday Decr 26th.
[p. 61.] An Act to make void all attachments on Estates of
absentees from this State who have joined the enemys thereof
& subjects of Great Britain. Enacted.
Vote to liberate Oliver Parker and Samuel Abbot from
Goal on certain conditions.
[p. 62.] Vote appointing Theophilns Dame, Esq1' to com-
mand the Forts at Piscataqna harbour, with the Rank and
pay of a Colonel.
Vote to adjourn the General Assembly till the 2d Wednes-
day of March next.
Attest : E. Thompson, Sec^.
(1) The above members were present at the opening of the Session ; the others came
in afterwards. — Ed.
822 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
The General Assembly of JSJew Hampshire met at Exeter,
according to adjournment, March 10th 1779, being the Second
Session of said Assembly :
[Of the members of the House of Representatives, there were present,
in addition to those at the first Session, the following: viz. from —
Summersworth, Capt. John Wentworth,
Wakefield, &c. &c. Simeon Dearborn, Esqr
Sandwich, &c. &c. &c Daniel Beede, Esqr
Mason & Raby, Mr. Amos Dakin
Rumney, Plolderness &c. Sam1 Livermore, Esq1
Lancaster, Stratford &c. Mr. Joseph Whipple.]
Members of the Council, the Same as at the first Session.
Thursday, March 11th 1779.
[p. 64.] Vote giving; leave to William McClintock of Booth-
Bay in the State of Massachusetts to export 70 Bushels of
Corn for said Booth-Bay.
Friday, March 12th 1779.
[p. 65.] Vote for assessing on the Polls & Estates within
this State five hundred thousand Dollars for the use of the
Continent.
[p. 66.] Saturday March 13th 1779.
Whereas the Committee on Estates of absentees for the
County of Strafford have advertised for the sale by public auc-
tion at Dover on the 18th Instant sundry articles, as part of
the Estate of John Wentworth, Esq. an absentee, among
which articles are named a large and valuable collection of
Books, and two fine Weather Glasses, which Books and
Glasses will be likely to sell at much greater advantage in
the town of Exeter, where there is a constant resort of people
from other Towns, especially at this time, when the General
Court is setting there, than in the town of Dover : There-
fore
Voted, That the Committee aforesaid be & hereby are
directed and empowered to omit selling the Books and Glass-
es aforesaid on said day at Dover, and to adjourn said Ven-
due to Exeter for the sale thereof on Thursday the 25th In-
stant, & in the mean time remove said Books & Glasses to
Exeter.
1779.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 823
Tuesday, March 16th, 1779.
[p. 67.] Vote directing the Board of War to send one of
the State Waggons to Dover to bring from thence to Exeter
the Books to be sold on Thursday next.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to form a Proclamation for a day of Public fasting & prayer
throughout this State. . . . Mr. Walker added by the Board.
[p. 68.] The resignation of Col0 Josiah Bartlctt of his com-
mand as Colonel of the Seventh Regiment of Militia in this
State, having been laid before the Board, Voted that the
same be received & accepted. [Sent down & concurred.]
Wednesday', March 17th, 1779.
[p. 69.] Petition of Mark H. Wentworth praying leave for
his son-in-law John Fisher, Esq. (now in Great Britain) to
return to reside in this State, with a vote thereon for said
Petition to be heard on the first Tuesday of the next session
of the General Assembly.
Vote on petition of John Griffith and others, to sell real
estate, &c. Act passed.
Friday, March 18th, 1779.
[p. 71.] Vote for the receiver General of this State to bor-
row on interest for one year the sum of £20,000.
Saturday, March 19th, 1779.
[p. 72.] Vote to allow the officers and soldiers in Col0
Stephen Peabody's Regiment 8 pence per mile instead of the
penny allowed by Congress for travel home from Rhode
Island.
Vote to present Col0 Joseph Cilley with a pair of pistols
as a token of the esteem the General Court has of his merit
as an officer.
[The form of the vote as passed in the House is as follows :]
Voted Unanimously, That the worthy Col0 Joseph Cilley be Pre-
sented with a Pair of Pistols belonging to tins State, now in the pos-
session of Col0 Samuel Folsom, as a token of this State's good Inten-
tion to reward Merit in a brave officer.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
bring in a Bill to enable the selectmen and assessors of the
several Towns and places in this State, to Tax by doomage
at their discretion all monopolizers & sharpers within their
respective Towns & places. [Mr. Bartlett added.]
An Act to raise by Tax, .£250,000 lawful money, enacted.
824 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
Vote appointing the 29th day of April next to be observed
as a day of public Fasting, humiliation and prayer through-
out this State.
Wednesday, March 24th, 1779.
[p. 73.] Vote granting to Peter Mayhewone hundred acres
of land in the Town of Rumney out of the forfeited Estate
of Capt. Samuel Holland.
[p. 74.] Vote to pay the ballance of the account of Josiah
Bartlett Esqr for his service as a Delegate of this State at
Congress, amounting to <£237 : 12 : 6, & order made out.
Vote appointing Nathaniel Folsom and Samuel Ashley
Esq1'3 Delegates to represent this State in Congress.
Thursday, March 25th, 1779.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to consider of a Letter received by the President from
Thomas Chittenden, Esq1' & to confer with Ira Allen, Esq1'
agent from the people of the place called Vermont. Mr.
Bartlett, Ashley, Bellows and Johnson added. [The House
Comtee were Messrs. Livermore, Langdon, Peabody, Folsom
& Worcester.]
[p. 75.] Vote appointing Thomas Odiorne receiver of the
Taxes of Lands of non residents in this State for the year
1779.
Vote to postpone the sale of the confiscated Books at Exe-
ter this day to a more convenient season.
Vote appointing Col0 Nathaniel Peabody a Delegate to
represent this State in Congress instead of Col0 Ashley who
was chosen & declined accepting.
[p. 76.] An Act for altering An Act entitled an Act for
removing the obstructions to the free passage of alewives &
other fish in a Brook running from Wootunnock pond in
Nottingham West in the County of Hillsborough to Merri-
mack river — Enacted.
Vote directing Col0 Samuel Folsom to pay into the Treasury
the hard money in his hands taken from Stephen Holland,
Esq1' to enable the Treasurer to discharge the Bills drawn by
the officers of this State who were captivated and carried to
Canada, on him.
Munday, March 29th, 1779.
Vote for permitting the Naval officer of the Port of Pis-
cataquay to clear out 55 bushels of corn for the use of the
1779. J PEOCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 825
Inhabitants of Booth hay in the County of Lincoln & State of
the Massachusetts Bay: and for permitting Alexander
Nichols A- Bedfield Hummer to export 60 Bushels of Corn
from this State to Bristol in the County of Lincoln, State of
the Massa Bay.
Wednesday, March 31st, 1779.
[p. 78.] Vote to seize and sell a Quantity of Corn at Dur-
ham monopolized by one Williams & one Long, bro't up &
concurred.
Vote to give 300 Dollars Bounty to all able volunticrs who
shall Enlist to serve in the N. H. Battalions in the Conti-
nental service.
Vote directing the Treasurer to Issue his Notes on Interest
to the officers of the army for the advance promised them by
a Resolve of the General Assembly.
Dr. Robert Taggart allowed the pay of a Surgeon's mate,
in Col. Peabody's reg-t for the time he served.
Thursday, April 1st, 1779.
[p. 79.] Vote for a Committee to bring in a Bill or resolve
to enable the Selectmen of the several Towns to take from
all monopolizers of Corn and grain what they have more
than for their own families use, and dispose of the same to
the needy.
Vote appointing Col0 Joshua Wcntworth a delegate to
represent this State in Congress.
Vote determining that the number of the Committee of
Safety to be next chosen shall consist of nine : and, to con-
sist of the following persons, viz.
Meshech Weare, Esq1' Nathaniel Folsom, Esq1'
Josiah Bartlett, Esq1' George Gains, Esq1'
Ebenezer Thompson, Esq1' Josiah Moulton, Esq1'
John McClary, Esq1 Samuel Hobart, Esqr.
John Dudley, Esq1'
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to prepare and bring in a Resolve to enable the Committee of
Safety in recess of the Court to raise the Militia on any
emergency.
Friday, April 2, 1779.
Vote appointing sundry Civil officers in this State, viz :
[From Journal of the House.]
The Committee to nominate Civil officers reported that they recom-
mend James Knowles Esqr & Mr. John Smith to be appointed Special
826 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Please for the County of
Strafford : That Samuel Livermore, Esqr be a Justice of the Peace &
of the Quorum throughout the State ; That Moses Baker, Esqr of
Campton, be a Justice of the Peace for the county of Strafford: That
Walter Bryent, Jun. Esqr be a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Rockingham ; That Sam1 Gunnison of Saville be a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Cheshire ; That Carr Hughes of New Chester and
Joshua Talford of Alexandria be justices of the Peace for the County
of Grafton ; That Col0 Moses Nichols be a Special Justice of the Infe-
rior Court for the County of Hillsborough.
Voted, That the same be recd & accepted.
[p. 80.] Vote for the Committees on Estates of Absentees
to lease out the same for one year.
An Act to oblige the Comity of Hillsborough to build &
maintain a Bridge over Souhegan River in the Mile Strip, —
enacted.
Saturday, April 3d, 1779.
Vote appointing Woodbury Langdon, Esqr a delegate to
represent this State at Congress.
[p. 81.] An Act for the tryal of Matthew Thornton in the
County of Strafford — enacted.
Vote appointing civil officers for the County of Grafton,
viz.
[From Journal of the House.]
Voted, Col0 David Webster be sheriff : Elisha Pain Esqr Bezaleel
Woodward Esqr, Samuel Emerson Esqr, & Enoch Page Esqr, be Justi-
ces of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas; Mr. Moses Dow, register
of Probate ; Mr. John House & Mr. Alexander Craige be Coroners;
That Samuel Emerson Esq1", be recorder of Deeds untill one is chosen
by the County; That Elisha Pain Esqr Bezaleel Woodward Esqr, Sam-
uel Emerson Esqr, Enoch Page Esqr, Charles Johnston Esq1' be Justices
of the Peace and of the Quorum; That Caleb Clark, Majr Jonathan Child,
Joseph Peverly Esq., Joseph Whipple Esqr, Francis Worcester Esq1",
John Wheatley Esqr, Nathaniel Rogers Esqr, John Patterson Esqr and
John Young Esqr, be Justices of the Peace for and within the County
of Grafton in this State, and that Samuel Livermore, Elisha Pain &
Francis Worcester Esqr, or any two of them, be appointed Commis-
sioners to administer to the said several officers & all other officers in
said County, the proper oaths to be administered.
A resolve for lengthening out the time for taking the oath of Alle-
giance to this State, to the first of June next, was sent from the Coun-
cil, read & concurr'd.
Voted to Adjourn the General Assembly till the third
Wednesday in June next then to meet at Exeter.
Attest, E. Thompson, Secy.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the General Assembly of the State of New
Hampshire, at their third session begun and held at Exe-
ter on the third Wednesday in June, being the 16th day of
said month, in the third year of American Independence.
[Compiled and copied, in abridged form, from Records of the Council.— Ed.]
The members of the House in attendance, were the same as at the
second session, except Capt. Ezekiel Gile from Atkinson & Plastow, in
room of Nath1 Peabody, Esq.
[p. 82.] Wednesday, June 16th, 1779.
Not members enough present to make a Quorum.
Thursday, June 17th, 1779.
Vote That all petitions heretofore appointed to be heard at
this Session be postponed to the same respective days of next
Session as they were to be heard on this.(l) [Concurred.]
Friday, June 18th, 1779.
[p. 83.] Vote to discount with the selectmen of Chester
four thousand Dollars for so much advanced by them as
Bounties to Continental Soldiers.
Vote for the late address from the Congress of the United
States to their constituents to be printed & dispersed
throughout this State.
[From Journal of the House, June 17, 1779.]
Voted That the address from the Continental Congress to the Inhabi-
tants of the United States of America, be forthwith Printed and Dis-
persed throughout this State, and that it be recommended to the min-
isters of the Gospell throughout this State, to read the same to their
respective Congregations on the next Sunday after they shall receive
the same, Imediately after Divine service, in their respective meeting-
houses, and that the Selectmen of each Town & Parish in this State
cause the same to be publicly read in their next Town or Parish meet-
ing after the receipt thereof; and we do most earnestly recommend to
the Inhabitants of this State, that they seriously attend to ye Council
& advise given in this Address, a compliance of which, under the bless-
(1) Readers will please keep in mind that all votes herein entered were concurred by
both houses, unless otherwise noted.— Ed.
828 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
ing of heaven, appears to be the most likely method to remove' many-
difficulties that we now feel and fear.(l)
[p. 84.] Vote to accept the Resignation of Col0 Samuel
Ashley as Col0 of the sixth Regiment of Militia in this State.
Vote for John T. Gilman to receive out of the Treasury
£800 to pay off the half-pay officers and soldiers belonging
to this State.
Vote To discount with the Selectmen of Meredith one
thousand Dollars for so much advanced by them as Bounties
to two Continental soldiers, [and of Merrimack, .£150, for
one Continental Soldier.]
Saturday, June 19th 1779.
Vote to accept of the resignation of Joseph Hammond, Esq1'
as Lieut. Col0 of the 6th Reg* of Militia in this State.
[p. 85.] Vote appointing Abiel Foster of Canterbury, Eben-
ezer Potter of Kensington & Thomas Bartlett of Nottingham,
Justices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham ; Moses
Barnard of Chesterfield, Elijah Bingham of Lempster, Jus-
tices of the Peace for the county of Cheshire ; Ebenezer Ken-
dall of Cockermouth & Daniel Saunders of Grafton to be Jus-
tices of the Peace for the County of Grafton ; Joseph Bart-
lett of Salisbury, Benjamin Mann of Mason and Peter Clark
of Lyndeborough be Justices of the Peace for the County of
Hillsborough ; Matthew Stanley Parker of Wolfeborough, be
a Justice of the Peace for the County of Strafford ; Edward
Bucknam, Jona11 Eastman & John Alexander, Coroners.
Monday June "21st 1779.
Vote for Lieut. Col0 Gregg, of Col0 Thornton's Regiment
& Lieut. Col0 Webster of Col0 Hobart's Regiment respectively
be muster masters for the Troops raised in those Regiments.
[p. 86.] Tuesday, June 22a 1779.
Vote for Mrs. Susanna Emerson, wife of Capt. Amos Em-
erson to have an order on the Treasury for 800 dollars in be-
half of her said husband, to be charged to him & accounted
for in settling of his wages.
Vote to receive the resignation of David Hobart, Esq1* Col0
of the 11th Regiment of Militia of this State, " and [Journal
of the House] that he receive the thanks of the Gen1 Assem-
bly for his good services in that Station."
(1) Address not found.— Ed.
1779.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 829
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
report on all petitions presented in behalf of sick & wounded
soldiers. Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Walker & Mr. Niehols added [to
Col0 Hobart Dr. Bartlett, Dr. Dearborn, Capt. Sam1 Gilman
& Dr. Parsons of the House.]
Vote for David Page Esq1' of Conway, to be a Justice of the
Peace for the County of Strafford.
Wednesday, June 23d 1779.
[p. 88.] Vote for Capt. Ebenezer Webster to repair to Bos-
cawen to summon witnesses to be used in the trial of Matthew
Thornton.
Vote for 300 men to be raised for the defence of the State
of Rhode Island to be formed into six Companies.
[From Journal of the House, June 23d 1779.]
Voted, That Hercules Mooney be appointed Colonel of the Regiment
now to be raised for the expedition to Rhode Island, and that Major
Daniel Runnells be appointed Major of said Regiment; That Capt. Eze-
kiel Worthen of Epping, Capt. Daniel Emerson of Holies, Capt. Ephraim
Stone of Westmoreland, and Capt. Samuel Runnalls of Durham be
Captains of said Regiment: That William Richardson of Hampstead,
Joshua Avery of Stratham, Robert Fletcher of Temple, and Josiah
Brown of Plimouth, be Lieutenants in the said Regiment, and that
Jonathan Leavitt of Hampton-falls be a Captain-Lieutenant to com-
mand the Cols Company and that Wm. Chamberlain of Concord, be a
Lieutenant to command the Majors company in said Regiment, and
that Thomas Bixby of Francestown, Timothy Gleason of Barringtori,
Eleazer Jackson of Cornish, George Leighton of Newington, William
Stuart of Amherst, and Jeremiah Spencer of Claremont be ensigns in
the said Regiment. [Concurred.]
An act to authorize the Court of General Sessions of the
peace for the County of Rockingham to sell that Lot of land
in Portsmouth on which the Goal stands — Enacted.
[p. 89.] Vote for Caleb Stark adjutant of the first Reg* of
this State's Troops in the Continental army to receive out of
the Treasury 800 Dollars towards the depreciation of his
wages.
[p. 90.] Vote proportioning 300 men among the several
Regts of Militia of this State in order for each to raise their
quota, to serve for the defence of the State of Rhode Island.
[From the Journal of the House, June 24, 1779.]
Voted and Resolved, That Major General Folsoin shall forthwith issue
his orders to the several Colonels or commanders of Regiments in this
State for raising the men to fill up the Continental Battalions belonging
to this State, and the Regiment for Rhode Island according to the order
830 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
of the General Court passed the 18th of June current; and the propor-
tion of non-commissioned officers & privates to be raised in each regi-
ment for Rhode Island shall be as follows, viz.
In General Whipple's regiment
26
Col° Evan's regiment
29
Col0 Moultons regiment
13
Col0 Gilman's regiment
20
Col0 Webster's regiment
10
Col0 Nichol's regiment
22
Col0 Moore's regiment,
20
Col0 Thornton's regiment
11
Col0 Gale's regiment —
19
Col0 Badger's regiment
14
Col0 Stickney's regiment
21
Col0 McClary's regiment
9
Col0 Hobart's regiment
6
Col° Ashley's regiment
18
Col° Hale's regiment
16
Col0 Bellows regiment
12
Col0 Moreys regiment
6
Col0 Chase's regiment
8
Conway company of Militia,
none,
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
consult with the Board of War and advise about providing
the necessary stores for carrying on the war. Mr. King &
Mr. Nichols added.
Friday, June 25th 1779.
[p. 91.] Vote empowering the President to give orders for
carrying into execution the several votes of the General As-
sembly for raising soldiers.
560 Dollars advanced for Lt. Josiah Munroe, in the Conti-
nental service, to make up the depreciation of his wages ; 560
Dollars advanced to Lieut Joseph Huntoon in consideration
of his suffering in the service.
Vote to release several Towns in the county of Grafton
from part of the Taxes for the current year.
[p. 92.] Vote to repair the Forts at Piscataqua Harbour :
also for General Folsom to call for returns to be made to him
of the Militia of this State.
Vote allowing Goal keepers 5 dollars pr day for Boarding
State prisoners.
1779.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 831
Saturday, June 26* 1779.
Vote Ascertaining the pay of the members of the General
Assembly this term. (1)
[p. 93.] An Act for raising the sum of four hundred and
fifty thousand pounds Lawful money for the use of the
United States of America in pursuance of a requisition of
Congress.
An Act to repeal An Act of this State Entitled an Act for
the tryal of Matthew Thornton in the County of Strafford,
and to authorize the Supreme Court to try the said Matthew
Thornton in the County of Rockingham.
Vote for Ebenezer Thompson, Esq1' to repair to the Grants
(so called) west of Connecticut River and wait on the Com-
mittee of Congress, &c.
[p. 94.] Vote appointing Jonathan Weare Esq1' a justice of
the peace for the County of Hillsborough, & Joseph Gilman
Esq1' a Justice of the peace for the County of Rockingham.
Vote for the Chief Justice of the Superior Court to receive
out of the Treasury, ,£150.
Each of the Puisne Justices £140.
The Clerk of the Court £80.
And the Attorney General £150.
Vote allowing the soldiers going to Rhode Island 2s per
mile for travel.
Vote for printing a new edition of the Laws of this State.
Adjourned till the 3d Wednesday in October.
Attest, E. Thompson, Sec?.
(1) The records at this period show the depreciation of the currency : e. g.
Members of the Council & of the house pd. §5.00 pr day.
Committee of Safety, in recess of Assembly 6.00 Do.
Secretary for extra services (above his other pay) 5.00 Do.
Clerk of the House, 10.00 Do.
Assistant clerk, (over his pay as a member,) 3.00 Do.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
[p. 95.] Wednesday, October the 20th 1779.
[A quorum of the Council did not meet for business, till]
Tuesday, October 26th, 1779.
[Of members of the House, all were present as at the
Session in June, except Woodbury Langdon, Esq. of Ports-
mouth.]
Petition of George King Esq. bro't up with a vote thereon
giving him leave to bring in a bill to take and use the sur-
name of Atkinson.
[p. 96.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board to prepare a form of a Precept to be sent out for
choosing a new General Assembly. Mr. Walker joined.
Wednesday, October 27th, 1779.
Vote for the Board of War to deliver Mr. Walmsley at
Portsmouth 2 Six pound Cannon out of the Battery to pay
him for two borrowed of him & lost in the ship Hampden.
[p. 97.] Saturday, October 80th 1779.
Vote appointing Committees in the several Counties of
this State to receive and examine votes returned for Coun-
cillors, and to report to the next General Assembly accord-
ing to the Constitution.
An Act to enable George King Esq1' to take and use the
surname of Atkinson, read three times & Voted that the
same be enacted.
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Martha Stevens with
her husband Simon Stevens read three times & Voted that
the same be enacted.
[p. 98.] Wednesday, November 3d, 1779.
Vote to recsive the resignation of the Honble Matthew
Thornton, Esq1 as Col0 of the 8th Reg1 of Militia of this
State.
1779.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 833
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to consider of the Petitions of all sick and wounded officers
& soldiers presented to this Court — Mr. Walker & Mr.
Nichols added [to the House Committee, viz. Dr. Dearborn,
Dr. Parsons, Dr. Sterne, Dr. Foster & Timothy Ladd, Esq.]
Tote for receiving the Report of the Committee of both
houses on sundry matters bro't up and concurred.
From the Journal of the House, Oct. 29, 1779.
The Council and house being resolved into a Committee of the whole
to consider of some method to fill up vacancies in our Continental
battalions ; also for cloathing our troops, agreeable to resolves of Con-
gress; also to consider of passing Acts and appointing Commissioners
(if necessary) to carry into execution the resolve of Congress of the
24th of September last for settling disputes between this and other
States, and a Territory or district called New Hampshire Grants or
Vermont : — Being met in the assembly Chamber for the purposes
aforesaid, The Honble Meshech Weare Esqr in the chair, Proceeded to
consider of the matters to them referred, and after some time spent
thereon, and the matters maturely considered, came to the following
Resolutions and Report : That an agent or agents be appointed by this
State to present, prosecute & pursue at Congress, our claim to the
New Hampshire Grants : Which Report was received & accepted.
[The Committee not having finished, — adjourned to Nov.
2d, then again met and reported]
That the vacancies in our Continental Battalions be filled up : That
a Committee of two be chosen & sent by this State to Head Quarters
to try to re-enlist our soldiers (now in the service whose times are ex-
pired or near expiring) during the War. That the said Committee be
impowered to offer and promise such re-enlisting soldiers, instead of a
bounty, lands not exceeding one hundred acres to each soldier that
shall choose to accept of Lands; and that the said Committee proceed
upon the said business as soon as they can be provided with ten thou-
sand or twenty thousand pounds for that purpose.
[p. 99.] Vote empowering Woodbury Langdon & Nathaniel
Peabody, Esq18 Delegates at Congress from this State to tarry
there and represent the State until further order of the
General Assembly.
Vote appointing Nathaniel Folsom Esq1' and William
Whipple Esq1' Delegates to represent this State in Congress.
[p. 100.] Thursday, November 4th 1779.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
consider of the petition of sundry of the Inhabitants of Goffs-
town, Dunbarton, <fec. praying leave to remove sundry Tory
families from them Towns, concurred — Mr. Walker, Mr.
Wentworth & Mr. Abbot joined [with Capt. Moulton, Mr.
52
834 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
Page, Mr. Boynton, Col. Hale, Mr. McKeen, Col. McClary
and Dr. Breed of the House.]
Vote appointing Col0 Nichols & Col0 Samuel Folsoni a
Committee to repair to the army & to re-inlist Soldiers there.
Vote for the Representatives of coupled Towns to direct
the Secretary to which of said coupled towns respectively,
the precepts for a new choice shall be directed.
Vote appointing Samuel Livermore Esq1' in conjunction
with the Delegates of this State at Congress to support the
claim of this State to the New Hampshire Grants (so called)
west of Connecticut River.
Vote for Gen1 Bayley to pay the money in his hands recd
from the Continent for forage supplied from the farm of Mr.
Fisher of Co-os.
[From Journal of the House.]
Voted, That General Jacob Bayley be directed to pay to Col0 Charles
Johnston two thousand four hundred dollars, which he has in his hands
for forrage supplied on the farm of Mr. Fisher improved by Mr. Kay,
and that he give him a receipt for the same for the use of this State.
[p. 101.] Friday, Nov1 5th 1779.
Vote to Cancel a Bond given by Simon Baxter and Solo-
mon Prentice for the good behaviour of William Baxter.
Saturday, Novr 6th 1779.
Vote for the Secretary to transmit each Judge of Probate
in this State a copy of the Confiscating Act.
[p. 102.] An Act for Abigail Odlin, admins of the estate of Wood-
bridge Odlin, deceased to execute a deed to Philip Connor of certain
lands in Meredith — enacted.
An Act for Jane Hart, the wife of Thomas Hart, mariner to sell
lands &c.
An Act to disannul the marriage between James Cockran the 3d and
Mary his wife.
An Act to Incorporate part of the Society land (so called) in the
County of Hillsborough, by the name of Hancock.
Vote appointing Joshua Hey wood Esq1' 2d Major of the 12
Reg1 of Militia in this State.
[p. 103.] Tuesday, Novr 9th, 1779.
Vote to forbid the Selectmen of Antrim from selling land
of non-residents for Taxes until further order of the General
Assembly.
[p. 101.] Vote for Col0 Moses Nichols and Col0 Samuel
1779.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 835
Polsom to receive out of the Treasury £20,000 to carry with
them to the army to pay Bounties to soldiers.
[From Journal of the House, Nov. 8, 1770.]
The Committee for drawing up Instructions for Col0 Nichols & Col.
Folsom in their Mission to Head Quarters, Reported, That the Comtee
appointed to repair to Head Quarters to re-Mist our soldiers &c. Ime-
diately proceed on the business with such sum as can be had in the
Treasury not exceeding Twenty thousand pounds, and that they rc-
inlist our soldiers upon the best terms they can, giving a bounty to
each soldier from this State, besides the Continental bounty, not ex-
ceeding a hundred acres of land in this State, or such sum of money
as may be given in like cases by the State of Massachusetts & other
States; and also, that our said Committee assure the soldiers that shall
re-inlist for the whole time during the warr that they shall be paid
Depreciation of money as those already enlisted are in titled to be paid
by a former resolve of this Court, and that said Committee make sea-
sonable report to this Court or to the Committee of Safety, in order to
be supplied with more money if needful — which is submitted.
Signed — J. Wentworth for the Comtee.
Which report being read & considered, Voted that the same be re-
ceived and accepted.
Wednesday, Nov1 10th, 1779.
Vote appointing Field officers for the ninth regiment of
Militia of this State.
Viz. That Moses Kelley, Esq. be Colonel.
Samuel Page, Esqr be Lieut. Colonel.
Oliver C apron Esqr be Major, &
Davis Howlett, Esqr Second Major of the same regiment.
That Joshua Heywood Esq. be Second Major of the 12th Regi-
ment, commanded by Col. Israel Morey.
Vote on the petition of Brig. James Reed — concurred :
[viz.]
From Journal of the House, Nov. 9, 1779.
The Committee on the petition of Brigar Gen1 James Reed, Report,
That Gen1 Reed have granted to him the use and improvement of a cer-
tain house and about twenty five acres of land adjoining in Keen, being
the confiscated estate of Dr. Josiah Pomroy an absentee, untill fur-
ther order of this Court, and that he enter into possession thereof as
soon as the present Lease expires — which is submitted.
Signed, Timothy Walker, jun. for the Comtee.
Which report being read & considered, Voted that the same be re-
ceived & accepted.
Thursday, Nov1' 11th 1779.
Vote to pay Capt. Reuben Dow for Mr. Sampson Powers,
£30 for Brass Kettles for the army under General Stark in
1777.
836 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
Vote directing Constables and Collectors not to sell any
lands for Taxes belonging to absentees.
Vote directing the Judge of Probate of the County of
Cheshire, not to sell the confiscated Estate of Doct1' Josiah
Pomroy in Keen.
An Act to enable John Garland & James Mardin to ex-
change certain lands reserved in the charter of Barrington as
a parsonage — enacted.
[p. 105.] Vote to receive the report of the Committee on
disposing of the Stores in Commissary Grouts hand at No. 4.
[Viz.]
That the Board of War take effectual measures imediately to trans-
port the rum & sugar there to Mr. Joseph Leigh at Head Quarters for
the use & benefit of our Troops, and that Mr. Elijah Grout be directed
to sell what Beef he has on hand belonging to this State to the purchas-
ing Commissary for the Continental service provided he has a demand
therefor; but if that should not be the case, then said Grout is hereby
directed to sell said Beef at public Vendue, and render an account of his
proceedings in the Premises, as also an account of what ammunition he
has on hand to the General Assembly or Comtee of Safety for the State
as soon as may be: accepted.
Vote to accept the resignation of Capt. Weeks of the
Greenland Militia.
Vote for Noah Emery Esqr to receive out of the treasury
£1000 for the purpose of paying for paper & printing the
Laws of this State.
Friday Nov1 12Hl 1779.
Vote to pay the Roll of Capt. Hezekiah Lovejoy for his
company lately in service at Portsmouth, amounting to
£2089:19:3.— [Also additional Roll of Capt. Lovejoy
£87:17.]
[p. 106.] Vote for James Bean a prisoner in Exeter Goal
to be bro't before the General Assembly.
Vote to send off to the enemy such families of absentees as
are now with the Enemies of these States, as the Selectmen
of the respective Towns judge meet.
Balance of the Pay roll of Capt. Ebenezer Webster, pd. £88 : 16.
Pay roll of Capt. Benj. Sias, pd. £1992 : 13: 3.
Do. Do. £77 : 15.
Paid to John "Wentworth jun. Esq. for service in Congress £21 : 17 : 1.
Pd. to John Parker, jun. £60 for a plan of Piscataqua harbor pre-
sented to the General Assembly.
1779. J PEOCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 837
Monday Not1 15th 1779.
[p. 107.] Resolve to confirm and make valid certain ad-
journments of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the
County of Rockingham —
An Act to repeal a certain clause in an Act entitled an Act
for incorporating a new Parish in Exeter & for giving liberty
to the Inhabitants of said Exeter to join themselves to which
of the said Parishes they shall chuse — Enacted.
Tuesday, Novr 10th 1778.
[p. 108.] Voted, That the Delegates for the time being in
Congress, appointed by the Legislature of this State or either
of them be and hereby are appointed & impowered to join in
Convention with such Commissioners as may be appointed
by any of the other States to meet at Philadelphia on the first
Wednesday in January next for considering of the Expedien-
cy of limiting the prices of merchandise & produce, and if
the Convention judge such a measure necessary, then to pro-
ceed to limit the prices of articles as they think proper in
their several States in such manner as shall be adapted to
their respective situation and circumstances, and report their
proceedings to the Legislature of this State. [Concurred by
the House.]
[From Journal of the House, Novr 16, 1779.]
Voted, That Capt. John Calfe of Ilampstead and Mr. Abraham
Perkins of Epping be Justices of the Peace for the County of Rock-
ingham; That Mr. Nathaniel Adams of Portsmouth be a Notary Pub-
lic for this State; That Simon Jenness of Rye, Samuel Dearborn of
Epping & Peter Clements of Atkinson be Coroners for the County of
Rockingham; That Samuel Hunt Esq/ & Mr. Thomas Aplin be Justices
of the Peace for the County of Cheshire; That Elijah Grout be a
Coroner for the County of Cheshire; That Nathan Hodges of Lyman
& Joshua Copp of Warren be Justices of the Peace for the County of
Grafton.
P. M.
The Committee to consider of the Number of Blankets, shirts &
Stockins for our Battalions in the Continental Army & of the method of
procuring them, reported their opinion that the following Vote or
recommendation be forthwith printed & dispersed throughout the
several Towns in this State:
Whereas it appears to the General Assembly that the soldiers of this
State (who have nobly stepped forth in the defence of their country
and therein have undergone every hardship with uncommon persever-
ance and alacrity) are at this time in great want of Blauketts shirts
and Stockings, which want is likely to increase in case of a winter
campaign:
Therefore Voted that it be and hereby is earnestly recommended to
838 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
the Selectmen of the several Towns throughout this State without loss
of time to procure and seud into the Board of War as many blanketts,
and as many shirts, as much shirt cloth, and as many pair of Stock-
ings as they can possibly procure, and that the said Selectmen procure
them on the best terms they can, for which they shall have a reason-
able reward, paid by the Board of War for said articles, and for their
services upon the delivery thereof: — Which report being read and con-
sidered, Voted, That the same be received and accepted, and that this
vote with the Preamble thereof be forthwith Printed and dispersed
throughout this State accordingly. [Concurred.]
Voted and Resolved, That no provisions of any kind or live stock be
allowed to be exported out of this State before the first day of January
next, without express Licence of the General Court or Committee of
Safety, unless necessary victualling of ships and other vessels sailing
out of this State. [Concurred.]
An Act passed to incorporate a place called Strafford in the County
of Grafton.
An Act to incorporate Northumberland in the County of Grafton.
[p. 109.] Wednesday, Nov1' 17th, 1779.
Vote for the men belonging to this State in Col0 Jackson's
Regiment & Whitcomb's Rangers to be entitled to an allow-
ance for depreciation as the other soldiers of this State.
[p. 110.] Thursday, Nov1" 18tb, 1779.
Vote giving leave for the Brig Morris to sail with five
Masts on board for Hispaniola on account of the Continent.
Resolve for carrying into execution the Act for confisca-
ting the Estates of certain persons therein named.
Rev. Daniel Rogers pd. £60 for praying with the Gen1 Assm.
Rev. Isaac Mansfield, pd £60 for do.
An Act allowing appeals to Congress in certain cases.
An Act repealing part of the Tender Act, enacted.
£120 allowed for depreciation, to Sarah Burnham, in behalf of her
son George a soldier, decd.
Allowance to the Civil List &c. for the year, viz.
For the President of the State £600
The Treasurer of Do. 1800
The Chief Justice 500
The Puisne Judges of Supr Court, 300
The Clerk of the Sup"" Court, 200
The Secretary, 500
Samuel Livermore, Ait? Gen1 balance — 250
Menus Daniels, door-keeper 97: 4.
Acct. of Elijah Grout, pd. 76: 1.
Acct of John Bell, Esq. 10:9:6.
Acct of Noah Emery, for rent of room 20:
Acct. of Benj. Tucker for Caleb Tucker, for carting
for troops at R. Island — 51.
[p. 111.] Friday, Nov1' 19th, 1779.
Vote to Dissolve the General Assembly — Concurred.
Attest. E. Thompson, Secy.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of the State
of New Hampshire at their first Session begun and holden
at Exeter on the third Wednesday of December being the
fifteenth day of said month, Anno Domini 1770.
List of Members of the House for 1779-80.
[Copied from Vol. in Sec?" <
Towns §■ Places.
Portsmouth,
Exeter,
Londonderry,
Chester,
Hampton,
Hampton-falls &c.
Northampton
Southampton &c.
Newmarket,
Brintwood,
Epping,
Strath am,
Greenland
Kingston &c.
Sandown & Hawke,
Nottingham,
Rye,
Plastow & Atkinson,
Newington,
Hampstead,
Raymond & Poplin,
New Castle,
Deerfield & Northwood,
Epsom, Chichester, &c.
Bee, labeled " Members," &c]
Names.
Hon. William Whipple
John Langdon
George Gains
Jn° Taylor Gilman
Ephraim Robinson
Moses Barnet, Esq.
Sam1 Fisher
Jn° Webster, Esqr
Robert Wilson, Esqr
Josiah Moulton, Esqr
Sam1 Weare, Esqr
Levi Dearborn, Esqr
Dr. Benja Brown
James Hill, Esqr
Sam1 Dudley, Esqr
Enoch Coffin, Esqr
Mark Wiggin, Esqr
William Weeks, Esq1
John Eastman
David Tilton,
Thos Bartlett, Esqr
Joseph Parsons,
Capt. Ezek1 Gile
Eph™ Pickering Esqr
John Calfe, Esqr
Jn° Dudley, Esqr
John Blunt
Jere. Eastman, Esqr
Capt. James Gray,
840
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1779.
Towns Sf Places.
Candia,
Salem,
Wyndham,
Pelhara,
Pembroke,
Concord,
Bow & Dunbarton,
Canterbury & Loudon,
Dover
Durham,
Lee,
Madbury,
Summersworth
Rochester
Barrington
Wakefield, &c. &c.
Gilmantown, &c.
Sanbornton & Meredith,
New Durham, &c. &c.
Sandwich &c. &c.
Conway &c.
Amherst,
Nottingham West,
Goffestown,
Merrimac & Bedford,
Dunstable
Holies
Hopkinton,
Weare,
Wilton & Lyndsboro'
New Boston, &c.
Temple & Peterboro'
Mason & Baby
Salisbury & Boscawen,
New Ipswich
Warner, Andover, &c.
Hillsborough, &c.
Bindge, Jaffrey &c
Dublin, Marlboro' &c.
Stoddard & Packersfield
Swansey & Fitz Wm.
Keene,
Westmoreland,
Bichmond,
Walpole,
Hinsdale & Chesterfield,
Marlow, Alstead &c.
Names.
Walter Robie, Esqr
Timothy Ladd, Esqr
James Betton, Esq1
David Butler,
Rich"1 Bartlett, Esqr
Thos Stickney, Esqr
Jn° Bryent
Abiel Foster, Esqr
Jn° Wentworth, Esqr
Caleb Hodsdon, Esqr
John Smith, Esqr
Hercules Mooney, Esqr
James Davis
Capt. John Wentworth
James Knowles, Esqr
John Garland, Esqr
Simeon Dearborn, Esqr
Jos : Badger, Esqr
Ebenr Smith, Esqr
Matw Sty Parker, Esqr
Jonathan Moulton
Capt. Josiah Crosbie
Col0 Stephen Peabody
Sam1 Chase, Esqr
Bob4 McGregore, Esqr
Wyseman Clagett, Esqr
Noah Lovewell, Esqr
(John Hale, (1) 7 June '80)
Dr Abel Kimball
Sam1 Caldwell
Abiel Abbot, Esqr
Wm. Star re tt
Francis Blood, Esqr
Amos Dakin,
Henry Gerrish, Esqr
(Thorn. Heald, Feb. 9, 1780.) (1)
Isaac Chace
Capt. James McCalley,
Will™ Smiley
Amos Emery
Dr. Nath1 Breed
John Mellen, Esqr
Josiah Bichardson
Capt. Joseph Burt
Noah Curtis
Capt. Josiah Goldsmith
Nathaniel Bingham
Jonathan Smith
(1) Entered in pencil mark— Ei>.
1779.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 841
Towns 8f Places. Names.
Winchester, Nehemiah Houghton
Charlestown A\' 1 n . Haywood, Esq1
Unity, Newport, &c. Charles lluntoon, Esqr
Cbrnish & Plainfield
Croydon, Newport & Saville (Bcnj. Giles, 9 Feb. 1780) (1)
Plimouth, Alexandria, &c. &c. Joseph Senter, Esq.
Sam1 Livermore, Esq
Itumney, Holderness Campton,
Thornton
Lancaster, Strafford, Northum- \ (Jere. Eames (1)
berland, &c ) 9 Feb. '80)
[None from other Towns.]
[Minutes from Journal of the House.]
Wednesday, Decr 15th 1779.
The returned members appearing, the Honbl the President and Sec-
retary being absent the Members present proceeded to make choice of
a Chairman, and John Dudley Esq1" was chosen Chairman. Then they
proceeded to choose a Clerk pro tempore, and Mr. John Taylor Gilman
-was chosen.
Thursday, Decr 16th, 1779, P. M.
The Honbl the President came into the house and administered to
the members present the proper Oaths and Test, which the members
subscribed, and then the President retired & the house proceeded to
chuse a Speaker, and the Ballots being taken it appeared that the
Honble John Langdon, Esqr was chosen Speaker, who took the Chair
accordingly.
Noah Emery Esqr was chosen Clerk of the House.
Note. The proceedings of the General Assembly during this and the following
sessions will be copied from the Records of the Council, as noted by pages in the
margin. — Ed.
[p. 112.] Thursday, December 16th, 1779.
The Honble Meshecli Wcare, Josiah Bartlett, Matthew
Thornton, Nicholas Gilman, George Atkinson, John Went-
worth and Ebenczcr Thompson, Esq1'3 being regularly re-
turned members of the Council for the year ensuing attended
and took the oaths appointed by Law and signed the Dec-
laration.
Then proceeded to choose a president, and unanimously
elected the Honbl Meshech Weare, Esq1' to that office.
3Iembers of the Council — 1779-80.
Honble Meshech Weare Ebenezer Thompson
Josiah Bartlett Francis Worcester
Nicholas Gilman Jacob Abbot
George Atkinson Timothy Farrar
Matthew Thornton Enoch Hale
John Wentworth Samuel Hunt
Joseph Pearson, Dep. Secy.
(1) Entered in pencil mark.— Ed.
842 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
Friday, Decr 17th 1779.
Vote appointing the Honbl Nicholas Gilman Esq1' Treasurer
of this State for the year ensuing & until another shall be
chosen in his Stead. (1)
Vote appointing Ebenezer Thompson, Esq1' Secretary of
this State for the year ensuing, & until another shall be
chosen in his stead.
[p. 113.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee to
consider of all petitions presented in behalf of sick and
wounded officers & soldiers — Mr. Thornton & Mr. Gilman
added to Dr. Dearborn, Doct. Parsons & Mr. Ladd.
Saturday, Decern1' 18th, 1779.
Vote authorizing the President to draw orders on the Treas-
ury in favour of the Selectmen of such Towns as advanced
money for Bounties to soldiers in consequence of Resolves of
the General Court. (2)
Vote for the Treasurer to discount with the Town of Litch-
field =£10 : 10 for the Tax on an Estate of an absentee from
said town.
Tuesday Decern1' 21st 1779.
Vote giving leave to one Joseph Wallace to export 250 bush-
els of Corn to Naraguages, (in Mass ?)
[p. Ill,] Wednesday, Dec1' 22d 1779.
Vote to impower the Treasurer of this State to Borrow
£50,000 for the use of the State.
Thursday, Dec1' 23, 1779.
Vote for the Board of War to receive out of the Treasury
[p. 115.] £50,000 to be accounted for.
Vote directing care to be taken of gun-powder at No. 4.
[p. 116.] Vote ascertaining how the depreciation of wages
shall be made up & paid the army.
[From the Journal of the House, Decr 24th, 1779.]
The Committee to confer with a Committee of officers from the army
respecting the re-inlisting our Continental Troops, & what allowance
shall be made for depreciation to the officers & soldiers who have served
in the Continental Battalions belonging to this State Report as their
(1) All the votes herein entered are in concurrence with the house, unless otherwise
noted.— Ed.
(2) The towns with which the Tresis, discounted will be seen in a table at the close of
this General Assembly.— Ed.
1779.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 843
opinion: That a Bounty of three hundred Dollars in addition to the
encouragements allowed by Congress be paid to each non-commissioned
officer & soldier who shall enlist as one of this State's quota of the
Continental army during the present war;
And that each officer and soldier who shall engage as aforesaid, shall
be entitled to all the emoluments promised by a resolution of this State
passed the 26th day of March last, and their accounts shall be settled
yearly and the respective balances paid or security given therefor, And
the Polls of such officers and soldiers shall be exempted from all kind
of Taxes whatever and their Estates both real & personal shall be ex-
empted (during their continuance in said service) from all Town taxes
levied for the purpose of raising soldiers.
The Committee beg leave further to report That all officers & soldiers
who are considered as part of this State's quota of the Continental
army shall be allowed for the depreciation of money two for one for
the year 1777, & six for one for the year 1778, and twenty for one for
the year 1779; and all arrearages that shall be found due on the adjust-
ment of their accounts to the first day of January 1780, shall be paid
by the first day of March next, or security given therefor.
The Committee beg leave to recommend that some provision be
made for the widows and orphans of such officers and soldiers as have
or shall die in the service of this State — which is submitted by
Josiah Bartlett, for the
Accepted. Committee.
Vote to release the outstanding Taxes for the year 1775 &
1776 of the Town of Gosport.
Vote desiring the President to write to the Sheriff of the
County of Cheshire & demand the reason why Silas Cook his
deputy released one Simon Frasier a deserter from the army
committed to his custody.
[p. 117.] Saturday, Decr 25th 1779.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on determining
what shall be done with Joseph Eaton Kynaston a prisoner :
viz.
That as the said Kynaston — a soldier now in Exeter Goal — does not
incline to inlist into the Continental service during the war, neither
procure sureties for the payment of the charges of his confinement, that
he be still confined till an opportunity present to send him on board a
Continental vessel for the term of one year, unless he procure sureties
for the payment of sd charges within 30 days from the date hereof.
Signed, J. Wentworth, for the Committee.
Vote for the Board of War to send an express to the army
to procure a " List of all the soldiers in the New Hampshire
Brigade who have enlisted, died, deserted, or been discharged
— also an account of the Supplies each soldier has receiv-
ed."
844 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1779.
[p. 118.] Vote directing the several Towns to make returns
of their accounts for all supplies of soldiers families, &c.
Thursday, Dec1" 30th 1779.
[p. 119.] Vote appointing Mr. Joseph Pearson Deputy Sec-
retary of this State & " that he shall have for his services the
same wages as the Assistant Clerk of the house while the
General Court is sitting, & that he be paid for Copies accord-
ing to Law, and an adequate reward for other contingent ser-
vices, on his exhibiting an account, & the same being al-
lowed by the General Assembly." [See Jour. House, Dec.
29.]
Vote to send by Majr Mark "Wiggin to the commanding-
officer of the New Hampshire line, <£ 20,000, for the purpose
of recruiting soldiers.
Vote ascertaining the pay of the General Court : viz.
" That the members of the Council & House of Representatives be
paid 20 Dollars per day for their attendance, and six shillings per mile
for their travel out & home — those that live above ten miles from the
place where the Court sits to be paid for one travel only; those that
live ten miles or under to be paid for one travel every adjournment
from Saturday to Monday; those that are paid for one travel to be
paid wages for Sunday; — The Committee of Safety to be paid 24 Dol-
lars per day & travel as the members of the General Court; the Secre-
tary & Clerk pro tern, to be paid 10 Dollars per day each for their services
over & above their pay as a member; the assistant Clerk five dollars
per day over & above his wages as a member.''
[p. 120.] Vote to accept the resignation of Capt. Joseph
Leigh as Sub Commissary to our troops.
Vote appointing Mr. Joseph Fogg Sub Clothier & Commis-
sary in the room of Capt. Leigh who hath resigned.
Vote directing Col0 Theophilus Dame to enlist 25 men to
serve as Matrosses at the Forts in Piscataqua harbour for the
term of one year.
Vote appointing Samuel Livermore Esq1- a Delegate to
represent this State in Congress — read & non-concurred.
Friday, December 31st, 1779.
Voted, That Samuel Livermore Esq1' who was appointed
by an Act of the Legislature of this State dated the 17Ui of
November last, an agent in behalf of this State to appear be-
fore Congress or Commissioners authorized by Congress, to
ascertain the lines between the States of Massachusetts Bay,
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 845
New York & this State, and also to bear & determine on the
claims of the Inhabitants settled on the New Hampshire
Grants so called ; Be and hereby is authorized & fully im-
powered to appear in Congress as a Delegate of this State &
there act in all and every matter relative to all affairs men-
tioned in said Act, as fully to all intents and purposes as
any or cither of the Delegates of the States of New York <fe
Massachusetts Bay (being agents in said affair) are author-
ized to do — Sent down for concurrence,
[p. 1*21.] Vote directing the Naval officer of this State to
clear out for Salem, Six Barrels of Beef & three hogsheads
of Cider, the property of Nathaniel Sparhawk.
Vote giving leave to Capt. John Roach to sell at publick
Vendue "his personal estate (any Law to the contrary not-
withstanding.)
Vote appointing Samuel Livermore Esq1' a Delegate to
represent this State in Congress until the first day of April
next — read & non-concurred.
Vote appointing Joseph Bass sub clothier for this State.
Saturday, January 1st, 1780.
[p. 122.] Vote appointing Samuel Livermore, Esq. to be a
Delegate to represent this State in Congress until the first of
March next, " with all the Powers and priviledges that other
Delegates from this State have heretofore had, held & en-
joyed, Provided, that neither of the Delegates from this
State now at Congress be superseded by this appointment :"
brot up read & concurred.
Vote laying an Embargo on all Provisions in the State —
" none to be allowed to be exported out of this State before
the first day of May next without express licence of the
General Court or Committee of Safety, unless necessary
victualling of Ships & other vessels sailing out of this State."
Vote appointing a Committee of Safety — viz. The Honbl
Meshech Weare, Esq. Ebenezer Thompson, Esq. Josiah
Moulton, Esq1'. John Dudley Esq. & George Gains Esq1', until
another Committee of Safety shall be appointed in their
stead. & that they have the powers assigned them in the
votes of this day.
[From Journ. of the House, Jan. 1, 1780.]
Voted & Resolved, That the Committee of Safety of this State, in
the recess of the General Court be, and hereby are impowered to ap-
846 STATE OF NEW-HAMrSHIRE. [1780.
point a sub or State Clothier & Commissary for this State in case Mr.
Bass who has been appointed shall decline accepting the appointment,
& that they be further impowered to apprehend and commit to close
confinement any person or persons whom they may deem dangerous or
enemical to this or any other of the United States of America.
Voted, to adjourn the General Assembly until the second
Wednesday of February next.
Attest, E. Thompson, Sec?.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The proceedings of the Honbl General Assembly of the State
of New Hampshire, at their session begun & holden at Exe-
ter on the second Wednesday of February being the 0th day
of said month, Anno Domini 1780, by adjournment — being
their second session.
[Members of the House present the same as at the first Session, except
Charles Huntoon, from Unity, Newport, &c]
From Records of Council.
[p. 123.] Wednesday, Feb^ 9th 1780.
Not a sufficient number to make a quorum.
Friday, Feb? 11th 1780, a quorum being met proceded to
business.
Vote for Lieut. Thomas Liford of Whitcomb's Rangers to
receive out of the Treasury 560 dollars in part of Depreciation
of his wages.
Vote to pay the Selectmen of Holies £57 : 4, for Taxes on
land of absentees in said town.
Saturday Feb? 12th 1780.
[p. 124.] Vote directing the Committee on Claims to receive
all accounts from Selectmen & others of all Bounties & sup-
plies to soldiers & their families.
[p. 125.] Vote to accept the report of the Committee about
certain implements used for counterfeiting money seized by
Noah Worcester Esq. viz.
That having conferred with Noah Worcester Esq. they find he has
in his Possession the following articles which were found in the custody
of one Farnsworth, a person lately deceased, viz. One mold to cast
plains for counterfeiting Dollars, one mill & a pair of stamps, one large
iron block weighing 67 lbs., steel wedges weighing two pounds, one
818 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
large Sledge, one pair forceps, sundry crucibles, one copper box, sundry
Druggs as borax, aqua fortis &c. one pair of Smith's bellows ; The
Comtee beg leave to report their opinion that the mold Mill and Stamps
be delivered into the custody of the Treasurer of this State as soon as
conveniently may be, and that Mr. Worcester sell all the other articles
for the most they will fetch at Vendue and render an account thereof
as soon as may be with his bill of expences, to the General Court.
Monday, Feb? 14th, 1780.
[p. 120.] Vote to advance money to soldiers at home on
furlow, viz.
[From Journal of the House.]
That each Continental soldier & non commissioned officer now at
home on furlough receive out of the Treasury of this State in part of
Depreciation as follows : viz. Each private soldier four hundred Dol-
lars, and each non-commissioned officer five hundred dollars, and that
on their producing a Certificate from some Continental officer, of
their belonging to one of the Battalions of this State, the President give
order of payment accordingly which is submitted by Francis Worcester
for the Committee.
Tuesday, Feb? 15th 1780.
[p. 127.] Vote to advance 50,000 Dollars to Lieut. Col0
Dearborn to recruit soldiers for the Continental Army.
Voted to accept the report of the Committee on pro-
portioning- & raising 300 men to guard the Cohoss coun-
try.— [This vote afterwards repealed, and 100 men only to
be raised in lieu thereof.]
[p. 128.] Vote to advance certain sums of money therein
named to the officers of the New Hampshire line now in this
State, viz.
From Journal of the House, Feb. 16, 1780.
Voted, That there be advanced by order of the President towards
depreciation, to each Colonel belonging to the New Hampshire Brigade
that are now in this State, 4000 Dollars
To each Lieut Col0 3000 Do
To each Major
To each Captain
To each Lieut. . . .
To each Ensign
To each Surgeon
To each Surgeon's mate,
to enable them to repair to the army: That Provisions be purchased
& stored in this town for. supplying Soldiers from time to time that
may be going to join the army.
Thursday, Feb? 17th, 1780.
Joseph Eaton Kynaston a prisoner in Exeter Goal to be
discharged on his giving his own security to the Speaker of
2600
Do
2000
Do
1400
Do
1100
Do
3200
Do
2000
Do
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 849
the house of Representatives for the charges of his com-
mitment.
[p. 129.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board to consider of the petition of Charlestown, Walpole
& other Towns for leave to set up a Lottery for erecting a
Bridge over Connecticut River. Mr. Gilman, Mr. Hale &
Mr. Worcester joined.
Saturday, Feb* 19th 1780.
Vote for fixing a Rule of estimation for the several Arti-
cles of real Estate &c. inventoried & returned to make a
proportion of the State taxes, viz.
''All male polls eighteen years old & upwards, shall be estimated at
ten shillings each; male negro & mulatto Slaves from 16 to 45 years of
age, at ten shillings each; female Slaves from 16 to 45 years of age at
five Shillings each; orchard land at one shilling & six pence per acre;
arable or tillage land at one shilling per acre ; mowing land at one
shilling per acre; pasture land at 5 pence per acre; horses & mares at
three shillings each; oxen at three shillings each; cows at two shillings
each; horses and cattle three years old one shilling & six pence each;
horses & cattle two years old at one shilling each; horses and cattle
one year old at six pence each: All mills, wharves & ferrys at one
twelfth part of their neat yearly income. The sum total of the value
of all buildings & real estate unimproved whether owned by residents
or non-residents at the rate of half of one per cent; Stock in trade at
the rate of six pence on every hundred pounds; Money in the public
funds not to be rated; monies in hand or at interest (not in the public
funds) at the rate of three pence on every hundred pounds."
Tote directing that an address be presented General Sulli-
van in the name of the Council & Assembly.
[From Jour, of the House, Feb*' 18th.]
Voted, That the Honbl President of the Council & the Speaker pro
Teme of the House of Representatives, be desired to wait on the Honble
Majr Gen1 Sullivan (now in town) and in the name & behalf of the
Gen1 Court of this State congratulate him on his safe return and the
recovery of his health, and also give him thanks for his good services.
[p. 130.] Vote for the Board of War to provide forage for
the horses of the officers at home on furlough.
[p. 131.] Tuesday, Feb* 22d, 1780.
Vote for the Board of War to receive out of the Treasury
two hundred thousand pounds to be accounted for.
Wednesday, Feb>' 23d, 1T80.
Vote to accept the resignation of Col° Theophilus Dame of
the command of the Forts at Piscataqua harbour.
53
850 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [17S0.
[p. 132.] Yote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board to consider of a Letter from President Huntington &
several Kesolves accompanying it.(l)
Thursday, Feby 24, 1780.
Vote for Col0 Supply Clapp to receive out of the Treasury
£ 15,000 to be accounted for by him as agent victualler,
[p. 133.] Vote making an allowance to be paid to sundry
members of the General Court for expences in going home
from the last sessions of the General Court being detained
by deep snows that then fell and obstructed the passing.
Vote appointing Capt. Ebenezer Duning to command the
Forts at Piscataqua harbour.
Vote to pay the balance of Capt. Thomas Bickford's acct.
as Commissary of Issues at Portsmouth amounting to
£216: 11: 3.
Friday, Feby 25th 1T80.
Vote to pay John Hale £93 for a suit of Cloaths he deliv-
ered his son Aaron Hale a Continental Soldier, and that the
Treasurer pay him £4 : 10 for so much he paid for Doctor-
ing his said son.
[p. 134.] An Act for appointing a Committee to set off in
severalty to Oliver Whipple Esq1* one seventh part of a cer-
tain messuage &c. situate in Portsmouth late belonging to
William Johnson Ryam of Portsmouth an absentee — enacted.
[p. 135.] Friday March 3d, 1780.
Vote for paying the recruiting officers of the Continental
Battalions raised in this State £30 for each recruit they
enlist.
Vote to let John Magec & William Magee soldiers who
have served 3 years in one of the N. H. Battalions have 400
Hollars each to be by them accounted for.
Saturday, March 4th 1780.
Vote for James Rider to have out of the Treasury 2000
Dollars towards depreciation of his wages as a soldier, for
which he is to account.
An Act to record Charters — enacted.
£1000 advanced to Noah Emery, Esq. for printing Laws.
[p. 136.] Vote desiring the President to write to Congress
(1) The said letter and resolves not found.— Ed.
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 851
& give the reasons why this State cannot pay the Drafts
made on them.
Vote for determining the sum that shall be raised for the
Continental State Tax for the ensuing year : viz.
That the requisition of Congress for raising our Quota of Fifteen
millions of Dollars be comply'd with; That in assessing the Taxes for
the current year the Selectmen be governed by the Inventorys taken
in December last with respect to all unimprov'd lands & buildings, &
lands of non-residents; That the Continental taxes be paid in at three
different equal payments, viz. on the first of June, on the first of
August, and the first of October; That the Tax for supply of the
Treasury of this State for the current year be equal to the Conti-
nental tax, and that the same be paid in three different equal pay-
ments, viz. on the first of June, on the first of October, and on the
fifteenth of December next.
Wednesday March 8th 1780.
Resolve to enable the Court of Common Pleas in the Coun-
ty of Hillsborough to take up & finish sundry matters pend-
ing at said Court at their next term, the last term being lost
by reason of the stormy weather.
[p. 137.] Thursday, 9th of March, 1780.
Vote to pay the account of Jonathan Robbins for his time
& expences in apprehending Enoch Dockum a deserter from
the Continental army.
[p. 138.] Vote for Major General Sullivan to make the draft
of a Bill to regulate the Militia.
Vote to receive the report of the Committee of both houses
on the method of taxing lands of non-residents, viz.
That the unimproved lands of non-residents within this State shall
be subject to be taxed to the State Taxes, Continental taxes, War taxes,
County Taxes, & not otherwise, and that the same be assessed and col-
lected as by Law is prescribed; That the taxing the located lands &
the manner & method of assessing & collecting the same be referred to
a Committee of both houses.
[p. 139.] Friday 10th of March, 1780.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
confer with Peter Robinson, post rider to the Western parts
of this State & agree with him how much money he shall re-
ceive from the State for his services.
Vote to receive the report of the Committee on deprecia-
tion of Wages due to soldiers.
[From the Journal of the House, March 10, 17S0.]
The Committee on the depreciation due to officers & soldiers reported
852 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [17S0.
their opinion, That the money that has or shall be paid the officers &
soldiers in the Continental army in part of Depreciation from the first
day of January last to the 15th day of April next, be estimated at the
rate of forty to one; they also beg leave to report the draught of a
bill to secure the payment of their respective ballances; — which is
submitted by Josiah Bartlett for the Committee. Voted that the same
be received & accepted.
[p. 140.] Vote for Peter Robinson, post rider to have out
of the Treasury £150 to be accounted for.
Vote for the non-commission officers who have served three
years and are legally discharged, to have out of the Treasury
five hundred Dollars each, and the privates 400 dollars each
to be accounted for as part of their depreciation money.
Saturday, 11th of March 1780.
Vote upon the Petition of Col0 Scammel & Lieut Col0
Dearborn empowering the President to make out a warrant
appointing Dr. Jacob Hall surgeon to the 3d Regiment, bro't
up & concurred.
[p. 141.] Monday 13th of March, 1780.
Vote to receive the report of the Committee relative to
paying depreciation to officers of the army who left the ser-
vice before the 26th of March 1779, viz.
That all officers of the three Battalions of this State in the Conti-
nental army who left the service before the 26t!l of March 1779, and
have not since returned to their duty, shall not be entitled to receive
any sum for depreciation — which is submitted by T. Farrar for the
Committee.
Vote to pay John Marsh & John Bonnet ,£115 : 16 for
their time & expences in apprehending one Philip Judkins a
deserter from the army.
Tuesday, March 14th, 1780.
Vote for the Committee to settle the account of Folsom &
Smith relative to the personal estate of Stephen Holland —
also settle their accounts relative to the real Estate of said
Holland.
Vote to pay the account of Jacob Abbot, Esqr for appre-
hending one Ebcnezcr Carlton & committing him to Amherst
Goal, amounting to £42. Warrant granted.
[p. 142.] Vote to pay the expences of three Indians at
Major Coffins at Exeter, <fe to advance £60 to pay their ex-
pences to Boston.
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 853
Wednesday, March 15th, 1780.
An Act for raising by a Tax on the polls & Estates within
this State the Sum of two million one hundred & sixty
thousand pounds. — Enacted.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
consider of the expediency of selling the Estate of the late
Governor Wcntworth at Wolfeborough — Concurred — & Mr.
Bartlett & Mr. Farrar added to Gen. Whipple, Mr. Parker &
Capt. Moulton of the house.
[From Journal of the House, March 15, 1780.]
.Voted That a Committee of this house be chosen to join such as the
Hon1'1 Board shall appoint to consider of the expediency of selling the
farm and furniture of the house in Wolfeborough lately belonging to
John Wentworth Esq. an absentee from this State, & the stock on the
farm, and to report to this house what is best to be done concerning the
same, &c.
[p. 143.] Thursday, March 16th 1780.
An Act to authorize the appraisment and sale of certain
lands in Wilton & Temple lately belonging to the estate of
Stephen Holland Esq. an absentee from this State — enacted.
Resolve giving leave for all public officers to take thirty
for one from the table of Fees used in 1774.
Vote for the Board of War to examine & pay all accounts
well vouch'd to them for apprehending Deserters from the
army.
Vote to pay the selectmen of Francestown £83 : 12 : 4, for
taxes on lands of absentees.
Vote appointing a Committee to join a Committee of the
board, to bring in a Bill to entitle the subjects of his most
Christian Majesty to the same privileges as the subjects of
this State are entitled to in France.
[p. 144-5.] Acts passed. Act to pay depreciation to the army.
Act for establishing a method of assessing taxes.
Act to enable George Kezer to revive an action.
Act in addition to two Acts for confiscating estates of certain per-
sons.
An Act for disposing of prisoners.
Act for forming & regulating the Militia.
Saturday, March 18th 1780.
[p. 146-7.] Vote for the Chief Justice of the Superior Court
to have out of the Treasury £400, & each of the Puisne Jus-
tices & the Clerk of said Court £300 each.
854 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
Vote requiring" all selectmen to bring in their accounts of
supplies for soldiers families <fc Bounties pd soldiers up to the
1st of Jan? 1780, by the first of May next.
Vote for Mess18 Joseph Gil man, Josiah Gilman & John
Smith to be a Committee to draw up the Continental Ac-
counts.
Vote for the Committee of Safety to consist of seven per-
sons, any four of whom to be a quorum, and giving Instruc-
tions to them, viz.
That they be impowered to call the General Assembly together be-
fore the time they are or may be adjourned to, if they shall judge it
necessary, and to raise men by draught or otherwise if they shall judge
it necessary for the defence of this or any of the United States, promis-
ing them such encouragement as they shall judge proper; To receive &
answer all Public letters; To take up & secure all persons that they
shall judge dangerous to the public; To settle all pay rolls & accounts
against the State that may appear to them fair and just, and to draw
on the Treasury for the balances, and also to execute any & every pow-
er implied and express'd in any Act, Vote or Resolve of the General
Assembly to be given them, and that said Committee stand until an-
other Committee is chosen in their room.
Vote for the Honbl Meshech Weare, Josiah Bartlett, Eben-
ezer Thompson, John Dudley, Josiah Moulton, George Gains
and John Calfe Esq18 to be a Committee of Safety.
Vote impowering the President to draw on the Treasury
for money to supply recruiting officers.
Vote impowering the Committee of Safety to appoint offi-
cers to fill up Vacancies in the Continental Battalions raised
by this State.
Vote to adjourn the General assembly to the first Wednes-
day in June next.
Attest, E. Thompson, Sec?.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of the State
of New Hampshire, at a special Session holden at Exeter
on Wednesday the nineteenth day of April, Anno Domini
1780, being summoned by the Honourable the Committee
of Safety of said State.
[From the Journal of the House.]
Wednesday April 19th 1780.
[No quorum present — adjourned to]
Thursday April 20th 1780.
The members met and read Sundry public Letters & Resolves of Con-
gress, &c.
Voted, That some persons be imediately sent off to carry the Proc-
lamation for a General Fast throughout this State.
Note by the Editor.
The members in attendance on subsequent days of the special session were the same
as at the session in February and March, with the addition of John Hale, Esq., of
Holies. It is matter of regret that the letters, &c, referred to in the proceedings, are
not found in the secretary's office; but their general character maybe inferred from
the proceedings which follow. — Ed.
P. M.
Voted and Resolved, That this House resolve themselves into a
Committee of the whole house in conjunction with the Honbl Board, if
they see fit, to meet in the Assembly Chamber as soon as may be, to
consider of the requisitions of Congress concerning furnishing supplies
for our Battalions in the Continental Army, and to report thereon.
The Honble members of the Council and House being met in the
Assembly Chamber agreeable to the above resolve, in Committee of
the whole, to consider of the requisitions of Congress concerning fur-
nishing supplies for the Continental Army, the Honbl Meshech Weare
Esqr in the chair. Proceeded to consider of the said matters to them
referred, and after some time spent thereon came to the following
Resolutions and Report: viz.
That this State will comply with the requisition of Congress with
respect to the furnishing supplies for the Continental army; That the
Pasture at Wolfeborough lately Gov. Wentworth's be improved the
current year for pasturing & fattening beef cattle for the supply of the
856 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780-
Continental Army; That the Cattle on the said farm at Wolfeborongh
that are or may be soon fatted for beef, be reserved and fatted for the
said purpose ; That Capt. Sam1 Gilmanthe Trustee of said Govr Went-
worth's Estate, be directed to exchange any horses or horse kind, or
any other cattle unfit for beef, on said farm for beef Cattle for the
same purpose, and that all pasture Grounds belonging heretofore to
absentees from the United States, lying within this State, not hereto-
fore let out, be reserved and kept for Pasturing & fatting beef cattle
for the purpose aforesaid; That a number of Pastures be hired in con-
venient places in this State for the purpose of pasturing & fatting beef
cattle for the purpose aforesaid : That a prohibition be laid upon all
persons (under a severe penalty) from selling or driving any Cattle out
of this State to any other State, without leave of the Gen1 Court or
Committee of Safety; That the mode of purchasing the Beef cattle &c.
for the purposes aforesaid be referred to a Committee of both houses
to report thereon; That the Pork, Beef, Corn, Hoggs & other provi-
sions on said Farm at "Wolfeborongh, be reserved & kept for the uses &
purposes aforesaid; That a Committee of both houses be appointed to
consider of the rum & spirits to be purchased by this State for the
Continental Army & to report thereon. The Committee then dissolved,
and the Speaker resumed the Chair & the said Report being read &
considered, was received & accepted.
From Records of the Council.
[p. 148.] Friday, April 21st, 1780.
Vote to receive the report of the Committee of both
Houses on the method of procuring & furnishing supplies for
the Continental army.
Vote That the House would resolve themselves into a Com-
mittee with the Board, to consider of the Resolutions of
Congress concerning the Currency.
[From Journal of the House, April 21, 1780.]
Agreeable to the order of the day the Honbl Council & House being
met in the Assembly Chamber to consider of the Resolutions of Con-
gress of the 18th, 20th, & 21st of March last, concerning the present
currency and to report thereon, The Hon1'1 Meshech Weare Esqr in the
chair, proceeded to consider of the matters to them referred, and after
some time spent thereon came to the following Resolutions & Report,
viz.
That this State will comply with the Resolutions of Congress for
sinking the present Currency of paper bills emitted by Congress, and,
That an Act be passed in some measure similar to the Act of the State
of Connecticut for repealing & altering the Acts relating to making
Tender of bills for Debts &c. The Comtcc then dissolved^&c.
[p. 149.] Saturday, 22(1 April 1780.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 857
to make a Draft of a depreciation Table to be a guide to the
Committee in making out the accounts of the soldiers &c.
Vote granting a permit to Capt. Samuel Robinson to carry
about 200 bushels of Corn to Cape Ann.
[p. 150.] Vote for raising GO men to guard the Western
Frontiers.
Tuesday, 25th of April, 1780.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to draw an Answer to a Letter received from the Stale of
Massachusetts Bay(l) requesting aid in an Expedition
against Penobscot. Mr. Atkinson & Mr. Thompson joined,
[p. 151.] Vote desiring the President to issue a proclama-
tion requiring all officers civil & military to apprehend de-
serters.
Vote to receive the Report of the Committee consisting of
both houses on several matters therein contained : viz.
That a Committee of both houses be appointed to draw up an an-
swer to the requisition of the State of Mass8 Bay, and also an applica-
tion to Congress for assistance in the defence of our frontiers: That
those soldiers that will enlist into Major Whitcombs Corps of Rangers
during the war, shall be entitled to and receive the same pay, cloathing,
depreciation and other emoluments as other soldiers in the Continental
Army: That a Proclamation be issued requiring all officers Civil & mil-
itary to apprehend all Deserters from the army that they may be re-
turned to their respective corps.
[p. 152.] Thursday, 27th April, 1780.
Vote directing Capt. Samuel Oilman, trustee of the Estate
of the late Gov1' Wentworth an absentee, to deliver to Mark
Hunking Wentworth, Esq. all the furniture now in his hands
at Portsmouth, also the family pictures at Wolfeborough.
Vote to pay the account of the Selectmen of Keen for State
Bounties paid by them to Lemuel Tucker, John Green and
John Hill Continental soldiers for one year.
Vote to pay the Selectmen of Swanzy for State Bounties
advanced to Solomon Hazelton, Noah Parklmrst k Andrew
Nichols.
[p. 153.] Vote to pay the account of the Selectmen of
Wolfeborough for Taxes on the estate of the late Governor
Wentworth & George Meserve amounting to £339 : 8 : 9f.
Vote appointing Mr. Thomas Odiorne of Exeter Receiver
General of the Taxes of non-residents for the Current year
& until another shall be appointed in his stead.
(1) The letter from Massachusetts not found.— Ed.
858
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1730.
Friday, 28th April, 1780.
Vote ascertaining a Table of Depreciation to settle accounts
with soldiers : viz.
[From the Journal of the House, Apr. 27, 1780.]
The Committee appointed to make the Draft of a Depreciation Ta-
ble to be a Guide to the Committee for making out the accounts of the
officers & soldiers of this State, Report the following Table, calculated
for what one hundred pounds was worth equal to good money in each
month from Jan>' 1777, to Jan? 1780, and that the Same be considered
as a rule for any sum or sums of money paid to officers & soldiers tow-
ards depreciation or by way of bounties and supplies, excepting those
Articles, the prices of which were stipulated in the year 1777, which are
to be charged at the stipulated prices, and the wages received from the
Continent, for which they are to be charged for the one-half part for the
year 1777, one sixth part for the year 1778, and one twentieth part for
the year 1779, equal to good money.
Table.
Year 17
77.
Year 1778.
Year 1779.
January
£100, is £100
£31: 0:0
£9:13:0
February
91
28: 0:0
8:15:0
March
82 : 10 : 0
25:10:0
8: 0:0
April
74:15:0
23: 5:0
7: 5:0
May
G8:
21:
6:11:0
June
61:10:0
19: 0:0
5:19:0
July
55:15:0
17: 5:0
5: S:0
August
50:10:0
15:15:0
4:19:0
September
45:15:0
14: 5:0
4:10:0
October
41:15:0
13: 0:0
4: 1:0
November
38:
11:15:0
3:13:0
December
34:10:0
10:15:0
3: 6:0
£744: 0:0
£230:10:0
£72: 0:0
The Committee beg leave further to recommend that where the bal-
lance due to any officer or soldier shall not exceed three pounds the Treas-
urer be impowered to pay said ballance in the present currency at the rate
of forty for one if desired ; and if above three pounds and less than five
pounds, that he give one note for the same payable in December next;
That the Committee on said accounts apply to the Committee of Safety
in the recess of the General Court Cor any orders or directions which
they may stand in need of respecting the Disposal of rum, sugar &e. &c.
to the officers & soldiers; or any other difficulty that may occur; Aud
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 859
the Committee of Safety are hereby directed to give such orders respect-
ing the same as they shall think proper; — which is submitted by Josiah
Bartlett for the Committee.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee relative to the
sale of lands of absentees in Francestown, viz.
That as they think the sale of the lands in Francestown was
fraudulent & illegal, that the Judge of Probate for the County of Hills-
borough proceed to dispose of said lands for the use of this State for
the most they will fetch, the said sale Notwithstanding.
Signed, George Atkinson, Chairman.
Vote for the Board of War to deliver the Continental
soldiers rations of provisions so long as they are detained
from the army.
Vote giving leave to Joseph Wallace to export in the
schooner Hannah for Naraguagus a quantity of corn in lieu
of some useful commodities imported by him.
[p. 154.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board to report how & Avhat allowance shall lie made for
depreciation by the Courts of Law in making up judgments.
Mr. Bartlett & Mr. Atkinson joined to Mr. Clagget, Liver-
more & Whipple, of the House.
Saturday, April 29th, 1780.
Vote requesting the several Towns & places in this State
to pay what money they possibly can into the Treasury
speedily.
Acts passed: — An Act to carry into effect certain Resolutions of
Congress.
An Act to prevent the transportation of certain articles.
Vote to adjourn the General Court until the first Wednes-
day in June next.
Attest— E. Thompson, Sec?.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of New
Hampshire, at their third Session begun and holden at
Exeter by adjournment on the first Wednesday in June,
(being the seventh day of said month) Anno Domini,
1780.
[Members in attendance this session, were the same as in April, with
the addition of Thomas Merrell, Esq. from Conway, and Charles Hun-
toon Esq. from Unity, Acworth and Lempster. — Ed.]
[From Journal of the House.]
Thursday, June 8th, 1780.
Voted That this House Resolve themselves into a Comtce of the
whole in conjunction with the IIonble board, if they see fit to meet in
the Assembly Chamber in the afternoon to take into consideration the
matters contained in Sundry resolves of Congress and requisitions of
Gen1 Washington & to report thereon. (1)
P. M.
Agreeable to the order of the day the HonbI Council & House being
met in Committee of the whole in the Assembly Chamber to consider
of the matters contained in sundry Resolves of Congress and requisi-
tions of General Washington &c. &c. the Honbl Meshech Weare Esq1 in
the Chair, proceeded to consider of the matters to them referr'd, and
after consideration thereof came to the following resolutions and
Report :
That the sale of the late Govr Wentworth's Estate proceed according
to advertisement; That the agent or Trustee of said Estate, sell the
Stock of Cattle & Horses at the same Vendue; That a Committee of
both houses be appointed to consider of & report to the house the con-
ditions of Sale of the said Estate & stock, and what they judge best to
be done therein. The Committee further report, That on considering
the Letter & Resolves of Congress aforesaid, that the several Towns
and places be earnestly called upon to pay into the Treasury all the
monies they can possibly collect as soon as may be, for the purpose of
supplying the Continental army, & that the Treasurer be impowered to
borrow what money he can upon Loan ; That our quota of soldiers for
(1) The papers here referred to have not been found.— Ed.
17S0.J PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 861
the Continental Army, now deficient, be forthwith raised by Draught
out of the Militia of this State or otherwise, to serve until the last day of
December next unless sooner discharged; That each soldier so drafted
or enlisted shall receive the same wages with the Depreciation as the
BOldiers now in the Continental Army have or shall receive; That a
Committee of both houses be appointed to report what number of men
shall be raised, and out of what regiments, and how and in what man-
ner they shall be furnished and equipped; — The Committee not having
finished pray'd leave to sit again; and accordingly adjourned.
From Records of the Council.
Members of Council, June Session, 1780.
Honble Meshech Weare Ebenezer Thompson
Josiah Bartlett Jacob Abbot
Matthew Thornton Timothy Farrar
Nichs Gilman Enoch Hale
George Atkinson Samuel Hunt
John Wentworth Francis Worcester
Joseph Pearson, Dep. Sec^.
[p. 156.] Friday, June 9th, 1780.
Yote for a Committee of the Board to bring in a Bill to
empower Samuel Gilman trustee to the estate of the late
Governor Wentworth, to sell the Stock of Cattle &c. on said
Estate, bro't up, read & concurred — & Mr. Thornton joined.
Vote for the Trustee of the Estate of the late Governor
Wentworth to employ some persons to hid off all the provi-
sions offered to sale at auction, belonging to said Estate, pro-
vided they do not exceed the customary prices.
[p. 159.] Vote to accept the report of the Committee for
drawing instructions & articles of sale for the vendue of
Governor Wentworth's Estate : viz.
That ten per cent upon each purchase be paid down when the same
is struck off, which is to be forfeited in case the other payments are not
made as follows: That the remainder for the personal Estate be paid
when the same is delivered; That one third part of the remainder due
for the real Estate be paid in fifteen days, one third in six weeks and
the remaining third in ten weeks after the sale; That the Trustee give
a Deed when the second payment is made upon good security being
given for the remainder.
According to the order of the day the Council met in the
Assembly Chamber & with the house attended the hearing of
the petition of Nero & other Negro Slaves praying to be
emancipated & then returned to the Board.
[From Journal of the House, June 9, 1780.]
According to order of the day, the Petition of Nero Brewster and
862 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
others Negro Slaves praying to be set free from Slavery, being read,
considered and argued by Counsel on behalf of the Petitioners before
this House, It appears to this house, That at this time the House is
not ripe for a Determination in this matter : Therefore ordered that
the further consideration & determination of the matter be postponed
till a more convenient opportunity. (1)
Saturday, June 10th, 1780.
Vote ordering the Treasurer to pay Coll. Henry Dearborn
312,400 Dollars to be conveyed to the Continental Treasury
on account of this State, " and that the Board of War of
this State be directed to furnish said Dearborn with one of
the State horses properly dressed, for the purpose of con-
veying the same. "(2)
[p. 138.] Monday June 12th, 1780.
Vote to receive the report of the Committee allowing de-
preciation to officers advanced, viz : " That the several offi-
cers who have been promoted to fill up the vacancies in the
New Hampshire Brigades, that such as were in actual service '
be allowed Depreciation from the time they took their rank ;
and to such as were appointed in the State or promoted from
Sargeants to fill vacancies be allowed their depreciation from
the date of their commission."
[p. 159.] Tuesday, June 13th, 1780.
Vote to receive the report of the Committee on the Draft
of Congress in favour of Jeremiah Wadsworth Esq. —
[amounting to 500,000 dollars.]
Vote allowing the prison keepers for boarding* State pris-
oners 10 dollars pr day from the first day of December 1779
to the 20th of March 1780, and from that time until the 13th
day of June, 14 dollars pr'day.
Wednesday, June 14th 1780.
Vote directing orders to issue to the several Cols of the
Militia to raise 600 men to recruit the Continental army.
[From the Journal of the House June 13, 17S0.]
The Committee appointed to consider of & report what number of
men shall be raised for making up our deficiencies in the Continental
Battalions of this State, &c. Report — That they have proportioned six
(1) The editor has searched in vain for the above said petition & for the arguments
used by Counsel on the occasion. This Nero Brewster was a slave of Col. William
•Brewster of Portsmouth. Among his associates he bore the title of " King," and ex-
ercised his authorityin several cases, as related in pleasant anecdotes in •' Rambles
about Portsmouth," Vol. I. pp. 210, 211, by the late C. W. Brewster— Ed.
(2) This last clause is contained in the vote as passed by the House. And so, in
other similar cas;-s, the marks of quotation indicate that the words are copied from the
Journal of the House.— Ed.
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 8G3
hundred men among the several regimts of militia in this State, a list of
which proportion they herewith exhibit, in making which proportion
they took for a rule the number of Polls returned by the several Towns
for the last proportion of taxes, making such allowances as they tho't
reasonable; That the several Colonels of the Militia be called on forth-
with to draft or otherwise raise their respective proportion; the said
men to serve untill the last day of December next; That said recruits
be paid or made up when their times are out Forty shillings per month,
said money to be equal to Indian Corn at four shillings per bushel, sole
leather at one shilling & six pence per pound, and grassed Beef at three
pence per pound; and that also when their said times are out, have, in
like money five pounds for finding themselves cloaths, blanket t & knap-
saok, and that all those who will engage untill the last day of Decr
1781, in addition to the foregoing reward shall receive a suit of cloaths,
as those wdio have enlisted for the War ; and those who enlist untill the
last day of December 17S2, shall receive a suit of cloaths annually;
That proper places be fixed for the rendezvous of the Troops to meet
and draw Provisions to enable them to march forward; That Stores be
provided, persons to deal them out, and a Continental officer at each
place of rendezvous to send forward the Troops by Detachments, & give
proper Certificates by which they may draw provisions at the Continen-
tal stores on the road; — which is submitted by Josiah Bartlett for Com-
mittee— which report being read & considered, Voted that the same be
recd & accepted.
The Lid exhibited with the foregoing report, is as follows, viz.
Col. Joshua Wentworth,
41
Moses Kelley
Stephen Evans
54
Col0 Stiekney
Jona Moulton
25
John McClary
Nichs Gilmau
36
David Webster
Jacob Gale
3(3
Benja Bellows
Joseph Badger
36
Enoch Hale
John Webster
22
Timothy Ellis
William Gregg
21
Jonathan Chase.
Moses Nichols
47
Israel Morev
Total 600 men.
[p. 160.] Vote directing the Board of War to adjust and
pay all accts presented them for taking up & receiving desert-
ers from the army.
Vote for the President to direct the Naval officer to permit
Thomas Harrington to export some small articles to Nova
Scotia.
Friday, June 16th, 1780.
[p. 161-2.] Vote to pay Capt. Amos Morrill, £900, to be endorsed on ,
Notes.
Vote to pay ace1 of James McCalley £119: 8.
Vote to pay ace' of Benj" Giles, £49.
Vote to pay Maj. Sam1 Sherburne, £890 for Doctor's bill.
864 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
The Board attended with the House in the Assembly
Chamber & after some time spent in Committee of both
houses, they returned to their room.
[From Journal of the House, June 16, 1780.]
[The Committee of the whole, came to the following]
Report : viz.
That the several Towns in this State be called upon to furnish
their respective proportions of the Quantity of Beef required by Con-
gress for the supply of the army ; That the Committee of Safety be
directed to purchase such quantities of Rum as they shall see necessary
from time to time, for the supply of the army; That each Town &
place within this State be called upon to supply to the Board of War
their several quotas of cloathing (especially shirts, stocks & stockings)
for the supply of the army, not to be paid for out of the Treasury, but
in such manner as shall be adjudged by a Committee of both Houses."
The Committee to consider what is best to be done respecting the
personal estate of Zaceus Cutler, Esq. an absentee, reported that
James Underwood, Moses Nichols & Noah Lovewell, Esq., the Com-
mittee appointed by the Act of 1778, to make sale of the personal es-
tate of Zacheus Cutler Esq. do proceed & coinpleat the sale thereof, af-
ter which they are to render an account of all such Sales and their
whole proceedings therein, and pay all monies arising thereby to Na-
hum Baldwin Esqr a trustee thereto lawfully appointed, who is hereby
authorized to audit and finally settle the same.
Saturday, June 17th 1780.
Yote giving leave for a Bill to be bro't in to erect a certain
part of Canterbury into a Parish.
[p. 10 o.J Vote to pay the account of Col0 Joseph Senter
amounting to X36, for holding meetings in un-incorporatcd
Towns.
Vote to remit to one Elnathan Jennings of Marlow a fine
awarded aginst him for killing a Deer contrary to Law.
[p. 104.] Vote to accept the resignation of Capt. Samuel
Hall, of his command of one of the Companies of Militia at
Portsmouth.
Monday, June 10th, 1780.
An Act to vest the exclusive privilege of Keeping a Ferry
over a certain part of Merrimack river, in Nathaniel Clement
of Canterbury, his heirs & assigns — Enacted.
[p. 165-6.] Thursday, June 22a 1780.
Vote appointing Col° Samuel Hunt to purchase Wheat on
Connecticut river for the use of the army.
Vote for the Committee of Safety to draw on the Treasurer
in favour of Col0 John Lansrdon for such sums as he shall
1780.]
PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
865
need & the Treasury can spare for carrying on the 74 gun
ship.
[p. 167.] Vote for Widows or next of kin to any officers or
soldiers, who hath been killed or died intestate in the army,
to receive all money due to said intestate.
Friday, June 23d 1780.
Vote to receive the report of the Committee for propor-
tioning the Militia to be raised to assist the Continental Army,
& those to guard the western Frontiers. — viz.
[From Journal of the House, June 22d 1780.]
Proportion of Sixty men to be stationed at or near Portsmouth :
From what Regiments. No. of men.
Col0 Wentworth's 14 "
Col" Evans' 17
Col0 Moulton's 8
Col0 Gilman's . 10
Col° Gale's 11
To be officered
^ with one Captain
one Lieutenant &
one Ensign.
60 J
Proportion of one hundred and twenty men to be sent to the Western Fron-
tiers of this State.
From what Regiments.
Col0 John Webster's
Col0 Gregg's
Col0 Nichols'
Col0 Kelley's
Col0 Badger's
Col0 Stickney's
Col0 McClary's
Col0 David Webster's
Col° Ellis'
Col0 Hale's
Col0 Bellow's
Col0 Morey's
Col0 Chase's
54
No. of men.
120.
To be officered
with two Captains
Two Lieutenants
Two Ensigns.
866 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
Proportion to raise 9^5 men $ officers for the Continental army.
From what Regiments.
Capts.
Lieuts.
Ensigns.
Privates.
Col. Wentworth's
1
1
1
70
Col. Evan's
1
o
1
86
Col. Monitors
1
0
1
40
Col. Gilman's
1
1
1
55
Col. John Webster's
1
0
1
35
Col. Gregg's
1
0
1
33
Col. Gale's
1
1
1
55
Col. Nichols'
1
o
1
74
Col. Kelley's
1
1
1
e>5
Col. Badger's
1
1
1
55
Col. Stickney's
1
2
1
82
Col. McClary's
1
0
1
36
Col. David Webster's
0
1
0
19
Col. Ellis'
1
1
1
68
Col. Hale's
1
1
1
63
Col. Bellows'
1
1
0
45
Col. Morey's
0
1
1
26
Col. Chase's
1
0
1
36
From Conway
2
16
16
16
945.
[p. 168.] Vote for the President to send an officer to appre-
hend Capt. Seth Fogg of Epping & bring him before the
General Assembly to be examined concerning some illiberal
reflections cast by him on the General Court now sitting.
Vote for committing to prison Capt. Seth Fogg of Epping
for refusing to answer certain questions put to him by the
General Assembly.
[From Journal of the House, June 23d, 1780.]
The Committee of both Houses, taking under their view the case of
Capt. Seth Fogg of Epping who has been sent for to answer to some
illiberal reflections cast by him on the General Court now sitting, and
taking into consideration the said matter, and considering all the mat-
ters lying before them, came to the following resolutions, viz: That it
appearing to this Committee upon the evidence produced against him,
and he, being interrogated & refusing to answer such interrogations
concerning the matter he is accused of, that the said Seth Fogg is con-
tumacious; therefore they Report: That it is best he be committed to
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 867
Prison, by order of botli houses, if they see fit, untill further order of
the General Court or Committee of Safety in their recess.
Saturday, 24th June, 1780.
[p. 169.] Vote appointing Capt. Eliphalet Giddinge of
Exeter, Collector General of Beef Cattle for the army from
this State.
Vote appointing officers for to command the three ? Com-
panies of soldiers to be stationed on the Frontiers, viz :
That Capt. Ephraim Stone be Captain of one of the Companies of
60 men, on the Western Frontiers, Lieut. Jonathan Robbins be Lieu-
tenant & Ebenezer Odell be Ensign. That Samuel Reynolds be Capt.
of the other Company of 60 men, Lieut Jacob Elliot be Lieutenant &
Nathan Barlow be Ensign; & That Capt. Ezekiel Gile be Captain of
the Company of 60 men to be stationed at & near Portsmouth, Samuel
Piper be Lieutenant & John Starbird be Ensign of said Company.
Vote appointing Majr Jonathan Child to purchase Wheat
for the State at &, near Connecticut river,
[p. 170.] Vote dividing the militia of this State into 4
Brigades & appointing Brigadier Generals in the following
manner, viz :
Col. Joshua Wentworths, Col. Stephen Evens', Col. Joshua Moul-
ton's. Col. Nicholas Oilman's & Col. Gale's Regiments and the Inde-
pendent Companys within the same District compose the first Brigade;
That Col. Gregg's, Col. John Webster's, Col. Kelley's & Col. Nichols',
Regiments compose the Second Brigade; That Col. Hale's, Col. Ellis',
Col. Bellows' & Col. Chase's and Col. Morey's Regiments compose the
third Brigade; That Col. Stickney's, Col. McClary's, Col. Badger's &
Col. David Webster's regiments together with Conway, Shelburne &
the Locations adjoining compose the fourth Brigade; And whereas
Gen1 Whipple now commands the first Brigade, we recommend the
following gentlemen as suitable persons, one of which to be appointed
to the command of each of the three Brigades : viz.
Col. Moses Nicholls, ~)
Col. John Webster, > for the second Brigade.
Col. Josiah Bartlett, )
Col. Benja Bellows, ^
Col. Enoch Hale > for the third Brigade.
Col. Jonathan Chase )
Col. Joseph Badger ~)
Col. Thomas Stickney }■ for the fourth Brigade.
Col. John McClary )
Which is submitted by M. Thornton for the Committee: Voted that
the same be received & accepted. (1)
(1) There does not appear to be a record of the appointment of a Brigadier General
for either of the three last named Brigades.— Ed.
868 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
Wednesday, June 28th, 1780.
[p. 171.] Vote to pay the account of General Sullivan for
drawing bills for the General Assembly, amounting to £210.
Yote to cite Robert Smith of Londonderry to appear be-
fore the General Assembly on the 2d Friday of next Session
to answer to a complaint of James Betton, Esq1'., " for some
reflections on said Betton, and to a libellous paper said to be
handed about by him."
[p. 172.] Yote investing the Committee of Safety (in re-
cess of the Gen1 Court) with a full power to call forth the
resources of the State on any emergency.
Vote impowering the Treasurer of the State to put
£300,000, on interest for a certain time.
Vote impowering the Trustee of the Estate of the late
Governor Wentworth to sell the lease of the farm at Wolfe-
borough on the best terms he can.
Vote for the Committee of Safety to call on all the half-pay
officers of this State to go into Garrisons & upon their refus-
ing that they be struck off the list.
Vote appointing Maj. General Sullivan & George Atkinson
Esqr members to represent this State in Congress.
Ace* of Jeremiah Eames for holding town meetings in Gunthwaite &
Apthorp — pd £24.
Ace1 of Samuel Brooks for use of his rooms, p. £84.
The Justices of the Supr Court, allowed £300 each, to be accounted
for.
Attorney General, £300.
Clerk of the Supr Court, £200.
Vote for the General Court to adjourn till Wednesday the
Eleventh day of October next then to meet at the State house
in Portsmouth.
Attest, E. Thompson, Secy.
CORRESPONDENCE.
[Correspondence subsequent to the adjournment in June, and before the meeting of
lie Assembly in October.— Ed.]
Letter from Col. Moses Nichols, relating to the State of our
Troops on their march to the Highlands, §c.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 14.]
Augs4 18, 1780.
Sir — I set out from Amherst on the 13th of July, arrived at Spring-
field, on ye 18, where I was ordered by Gen1 Stark to halt for further
orders; there I remained till ye 27th, taking care of part of both Regmts
as there was no field officer on the ground but myself, no forrage for
my horses, Except one Night: I was oblidge some Nights to pay twenty
Dollars apiece for my horses — the Dearest hole that ever I was in. Gen1
Stark to my great joy arrived on the 26; the next day set out for
Great Barrington where but few of our Troops could be served with
bread; — (happy for us Gen1 Stark took a Drove of Cattle round with
us) here Col0 Bartlett overtakes us; Col0 Bartlett and I were oblidged
to contract with private Gentlemen for flower to make bread for the
Rear of N. Hampr men, our expenses had been so great on the road
that it was Imposible we could pay for the bread, therefore we con-
vers'd with some soldiers present for them to pay for the bread they
draw'd ; altho' they were scarce of money they comply'd Rather than
go without ; we promised the men that the Gen1 Court of New Hampr
would Refund the money each man paid for bread. I left a serg4 there
to see the men were all serv'd & take an ace1 who they were that Paid
for bread & the No. of pounds; part of four companys of my Reg4 con-
taining 207 men got into Claverick the 17th of July. I did not over-
take them till I got to Fishkilln, — for one Day previous to our arrival
at Claverick they had orders to march — the 3d Aug'. I went from
Fishkiln with Gen1 Stark to Peekskilu to see his Excelency Gen1 Wash-
ington where he was then posted, for his orders where to go, he ordered
me back to W. Point, the 4 I arrived there. Quick after about half
my Reg4 arrived, the next day the Rear of mine & Col. Bartlett & His
Reg1 arrived; this day Gen1 Arnold took the command of this Depart-
ment & makes Robinson's house head Quarters. It is E. of the River
about two miles Down ; the Gen1 ordered me to march my Reg4 over to
him which I did on the 10th where I now remain — The proditious long
870 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
march & such hot weather causes many of our men to be unfit for duty.
I have a dozen in the Hospital & I believe upwards of 30 in a low state,
among them two Capts.; my fatigue until now has been very great;
no field officer has yet arrived in my Reg1. I could wait no longer —
therefore I called my Capts. together for them to rank; that I might
have a Major from the line — Gen1 Arnold recommended the measure.
Extract from Gen1 orders: Head Quarters, Robinson's House, Aug'
14, 1780 — That Capt. Christopher Webber of Col0 Nichols Reg' is ap-
pointed to do duty as Major of the same & is to be obeyed & respected
as such.
My Reg' consists of 420 men, officers included. Whether we shall
tarry here all summer or go to the grand army is Rather uncertain.
Copy of Yesterday's Orders: Head Quarters, Robinson's house,
Augst 17, 1780: The officers commanding Militia Regts are immediately
& from time to time to make returns to the Executive powers of the
States they respectively belong to, of the names of such of the non-
commissioned officers & privates of their Regts who have deserted or
shall hereafter Desert, that proper measures may be taken against
them ; — the officers commanding these Regts are to make immediate
return to Head Quarters of the times their Regts are respectively en-
gaged for & of the time when such engagements will expire. I suppose
that our three months began the 17 of July when at Claverick & of
course expire ye 17 of October, David Shapley of Plainfield in Capt.
Abel Steven's Company deserted from his Company at Redhook, Aug'
ye 2, 1780 — not been heard of since.
I this moment Avaited on the Gen1 to know if there was any material
News from his Excelency Gen1 Washington ; he tells me there is no
other News than the Gen1 is erecting a Battery near Dobb's Ferry, in
order that he might have a communication a cross sd ferry — The Gen1
tells me it is very uncertain whether officers or privates will draw any
money for Rations &c. to carry us home; if we Don't I know not how
we shall get home when our times are out; those that are at home
Can't possible conceive the expense we are at — beg that some money
may be sent forward if possible before our times are out to bring us
home.
Sr I take Liberty with pleasure to subscribe myself
yr very Humb Serv'. Moses Nichols.
Hilands, E. of N. River
Aue6' 18, 1780.
To the Honble M. Weare, Esq.
Letter from General Washington, relating to the distressed
condition of the army.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 22.]
Head Quarters, near the Liberty Pole in
Rergen County 27th Augst 1770.
(Circular.)
Sir — The Hon1'1 the Committee of Co-operation having returned to
Congress, I am under the disagreeable necessity of informing you that
the army is again reduced to au extremity of distress for want of provi-
1780.] CORRESPENDENCE. 871
sion: The greater part of it had been without meat from the 21st to 26th.
To endeavour to obtain some relief I moved down to this place, with a
view of stripping the lower parts of the Country of the remainder of its
cattle, which after a most vigorous exertion is found to afford between
two and three days supply only, and those consisting of milch cows and
Calves of one or two years old. When this scanty pittance is consumed,
I know not what will be our next resource, as the Commissary can give
me no certain information of more than 120 head of Cattle expected
from Pennsylvania, and about 150 from Massachusetts: I mean in time
to supply our immediate wants.
Military coercion is no longer of any avail, as nothing further can
possibly be collected from the Country in which we are obliged to take
a position, without depriving the inhabitants of the last morsel. This
mode of subsisting, supposing the desired end could be answered by it,
besides being in the highest degree distressing to individuals, is attend-
ed with ruin to the morals and" discipline of the army — during the few
days which we have been obliged to send out small parties to procure
provisions for themselves, the most enormous excesses have been com-
mitted.
It has been no inconsiderable support of our cause to have had it in
our power to contrast the conduct of our army with that of the enemy,
and to convince the inhabitants that while their rights were wantonly
violated by the British troops by ours they were respected. This dis-
tinction must unhappily now cease, and we must assume the odious
character of the plunderers, instead of the protectors of the people — the
direct consequence of which must be to alienate their minds from the
army and insensibly from the cause.
We have not yet been absolutely without flour, but we have this
day but one days supply in Camp, and I am not certain that there is a
single barrel between this place and Trenton. I shall be obliged to
draw down one or two hundred barrels from a small magazine which I
had endeavored to establish at West Point for the security of the Gar-
rison in case of a sudden investiture.
From the above state of facts it may be foreseen that this army can-
not possibly remain much longer together, unless very vigorous and
immediate measures are taken by the States to comply with the requi-
sitions made upon them. The Commissary General has neither the
means nor the power of procuring supplies; he is only to receive them
from the several agents. Without a speedy change of circumstances,
this dilemma will be involved: — either the army must disband, or what
is, if possible, worse, subsist upon the plunder of the people. I would
fain flatter myself that a knowledge of our situation will produce the
desired relief — not a relief of a few days as has generally heretofore been
the case, but a supply equal to the establishment of magazines for the
winter. If these are not formed before the roads are broken up by the
weather, we shall certainly experience the same difficulties and distress-
es the ensuing winter which we did the last: Altho' the troops have upon
every occasion hitherto borne their wants with unparalleled patience, it
will be dangerous to trust too often to a repetition of the causes of dis-
content.
I have the honor to be, with great respect,
Sir, yr most ob' Serv'
G° Washington.
State of New Hampshire.
872 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
Letter relating to the wants of the troops in the Coos country.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 28.]
Haverhill 28th August, 1780.
Dear Sir — I am unhappy that necessity obliges me to renew my
repeated requests, to know how, and in what manner the Troops under
my command are to be supplied with Provisions and equippage. It is
needless for me to repeat the particulars, but must refer you to my former
letters on the subject — and the bearer hereof, Capt. Rennolds, who,
from the knowledge he has acquired of the situation and circumstances
of the Troops in this Department, will be able to relate the matter in
a true point of light. While the Troops are necessarily detained as a
Guard on this frontier, they cannot be sure to suffer in a country like
this abounding in provision — when there'is no other resource, I must
take by force what supplies of provisions are wanted, in case the inhab-
itants refuse delivering their cattle, & when on proper security, which
I have in vain profered. To remove this seeming obstacle of uneasi-
ness, do earnestly request some speedy and effective measures may be
adopted by the State to procure the necessary supplies of provisions in
a regular manner — I must also request a sum of money be forwarded
to discharge Mr. Holbrook's and my own contracts for provision we
have already been necessitated to purchase for the maintenance of the
Guard at the Upper Coos and this place. Mr. Holbrook informed pr
Express yesterday that unless he was put in a capacity to obtain pro-
vision, the Guard must unavoidably quit their Post, for want of provi-
sion only. I can give him no relief till the return of this express.
We have but a small supply of ammunition on hand — an order
issued to have forwarded part of that store from No. 4, will be the
readiest way to obtain a supply that I can conceive of. We have been
destitute of Salt this two months past, exceyjt a bushel or two borrowed
from the inhabitants. I wish a supply of that article, also six or eight
small tin Camp-Kettles for scouting parties might be forwarded soon
as possible; also a small quantity of Borax for the armorers use if
possible to be procured.
I am, Sir, with esteem
Yr very Humb Serv'. Benj* Whitcomb,
Majr Commdr.
Meshech Weare, Esqr.
Appointment of Col. Jabez Hatch, Deputy Quar. Master.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 34.]
Camp at Tappan, Oct. 2d, 1780.
Sir — I have the honour to inform you that I have appointed Col0
Jabez Hatch of Boston, deputy quarter master for the States of New
Hampshire, Massachusetts & Rhode Island. The throwing these three
States into one district has been approved of by the Board of War.
So far as the appointment of Col0 Hatch respects your State, I have to
request your approbation of it, & that you would be pleased to signify
the same to me as soon as it shall be convenient.
I have the honor to be, with great respect,
Your Excellency's most obed4 serv*.
Tim0 Pickering,
His Excellency Qu. Mr.
President Weare.
1780.] CORRESPONDENCE. 873
Letter from the President of Congress, relative to the arrange-
ments for the army.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 36.]
(Circular) Philadelphia, October G, 1780.
Sik — You will receive herewith enclosed, an Act of Congress of the
21st Ult° containing a new arrangement of the Army: special reasons
have delayed the sending of it forward to the several States until this
time.
By this arrangement the number of Battalions is greatly reduced &
of consequence many of the officers now retained in the service must re-
tire for the present; but after just & equitable compensation is made to
them, the saving of expense will be very great.
Congress are extremely anxious, not only to avoid the dangers & em-
barrassments heretofore experienced by Delays in recruiting the Army
until the opening of the Campain, but also to establish a permanent
Army, of Troops engaged for the war, to consist of such numbers as
may be adequate to the service, & at the same time not exceed the abil-
ity of the States to raise & support, and constantly recruit so as to keep
up the numbers.
It is recommended to the States in the most pressing manner to have
their Regiments completed & in the Field by the first day of January
next at farthest. The Commander in chief will cause immediate returns
to be made of the Deficiencies of each State according to this arrange-
ment.
You will observe, Sir, that the respective States are to select from
the line of the Army the number of officers to command the several reg-
iments to them respectively assigned, taking notice that no new appoint-
ment is to be made of higher rank than Lt. Col. Commandant; for sub-
stantial reasons supposed to be known to all the States.
But the first and immediate object is to complete the regiments to
their full number of non-commissioned Officers & Privates, which is
recommended in the most pressing manner as of the greatest impor-
tance.
I have the honor to be with every sentiment
of esteem & respect, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Sam. Huntington, President.
The Honblc the President of Council
of New Hampshire.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of New
Hampshire, at their Session begun and holden at Ports-
mouth, by adjournment on the Second Wednesday of Octo-
ber, being the eleventh day of said month Anno Domini,
1780.
[Members of the House, the same as in the former ses-
sion but no Quorum was in attendance, untill]
[p. 174.] Wednesday October 18th 1780.
Note. The proceedings which follow are copied from the Records of the Council, as
concurred with votes of the House. — Ed.
Vote That the Town of New Castle, instead of the Beef
they were directed to furnish for the Continent have liberty
to pay merchantable West India Rum at the price stipulated
by Congress.
Thursday, October 19th 1780.
[p. 175.] Vote for the Treasurer to discount with Timothy
Dale constable of Wilton, 3763 Dollars out of the Tax of said
Town, it being for so much advanced by said Dale to Jona-
than Martin, by order of the Committee of Safety.
[p. 176.] Friday, October 2Cth 1780.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on preparing
the form of a Precept to issue for calling a New Assembly,
viz.
[From Journal of the House, Oct. 20, 1780.(1)]
That the form of the writs to be sent out to the several Towns &
Places in this State for that Purpose, be as follows:
(1) The journal from which these proceedings are copied is found in a MS. volume in
the Secretary's oflicc, labelled " Journal of the House of Representatives, 1777-81." —
Ed.
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 875
State of New Hampshire.
The Government and People of said State —
To the Selectmen of in the County of in said State,
Greeting.
You are hereby required to notify the legal Inhabitants paying Taxes
in the (giving them fifteen days notice) to meet at some con-
venient place in your Town to elect person having a Ileal Es-
tate of the value of two hundred pounds lawful money in this State, to
represent them in the General Assembly to be holden at Exeter in said
State on the third Wednesday in December next at three o'clock in the
afternoon, and to empower such Representative for the term of one
year from their first meeting, to transact such business and pursue such
measures as they may judge necessary for the public good; and partic-
ularly to impower such Representative to vote in the choice of Delegates
for the Continental Congress.
It is also recommended to impower such Representative to join in
calling a Convention to settle a Plan of Government for this
State; and the person who shall be elected, you are to notify to attend
at time & place above-mentioned. And at said meeting each voter as
aforesaid, on one paper, is to bring in votes for persons, being
reputable freeholders and inhabitants in your County having a real es-
tate of two hundred pounds, to serve as members of the Council for
the year ensuing, and the Clerk of your Town is hereby directed to
seal up all such votes under cover, and send them to
in your County, by the second Wednesday in December next, directed
to a Committee appointed to receive them.
And it is Resolved, That no person be allowed a seat in Council or
Assembly who shall by himself or any person for him, before said
choice, treat with liquor &c. any elector, with an apparent view of
gaining their votes, or afterwards on that account: And make return
of this writ with your doings thereon into the Secretary's office at
Exeter, by the third Wednesday in December next.
Portsmouth, Oct' 20th, 1780. President.
By order of the Council and
Assembly Speaker.
Secretary.
Saturday, October 21st, 1780.
[p. 177.] Vote for suspending the Sale of all regranted
lands belonging to the Estate of the late Governor John
Wentworth, an absentee & that the agent for said Estate
govern himself accordingly.
Vote for Robert Smith [of Londonderry] to be cited to
appear before the General Court on Friday next to answer
for some reflections in a libellous paper said to be handed
about by him against James Betton, Esq1" a member of the
House.
[From Journal of the House, Oct. 20, 1780.]
Agreeable to the order of the day, Robert Smith of Londonderry
876 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
appeared pursuant to a citation when that part of the matter for which
he was called to answer respecting Mr. Betton, being passed over, The
Libel mentioned in the order of Court was read and considered :
Whereupon Voted that the said Libel is false and scandalous, and that
the said Robert Smith is largely censurable for publishing the same.(l)
[p. 178.] Yote that Freeman Gardner have leave to export
for Barrington in Nova Scotia, 90 bushels of Indian corn, 80
gallons of molasses, 150 gallons of Rum, 600 lbs. brown
sugar, 900 lbs. of tobacco, 6 bbls of cider, 10 bushels of ap-
ples, 1 bbl. of pork, and a small quantity of earthen ware.
Wednesday, October 25th, 1780.
Yote appointing Joshua Wentworth, Esq. a Commissioner
in behalf of this State to meet Commissioners from the New
England States, (at Hartford in Connecticut,) to consult on
public affairs.
[p. 179. J Vote ascertaining in what manner the officers ot
the Militia shall make up their Rolls for payment of the
soldiers who served under them the Summer past in the
army. [Viz.]
That the officers should make up their rolls, calculating at the rate of
sixty-seven for one from the original wages given the continental troops.
That they make up a days travel to each person for every twenty
mile3 travelled from the place they were dismist at to the place of their
respective homes; also one dollar per mile for subsistance reckoning
the distance as aforesaid; That the officers & soldiers be made up ten
dollars per month for detained parts of rations; That they make up
two hundred dollars per month to the officers for each detained ration;
That those soldiers who advanced money for bread at Great Barring-
ton on their march, be allowed therefor.
Thursday, October 26th, 1780.
Vote directing Noah Emery Esq1- Clerk of the Assembly
how to distribute the Law-books in his hands lately printed :
viz.
To furnish all those persons who are members of the Gen1 Court this
present year (that were not members of the late Court) with Law-
Books — Provided that there be a sufficient number already printed for
that purpose, after he has fully complied with the aforementioned vote.
Vote to receive & accept the Report of both houses rela-
tive to issuing out of the Treasury the new paper bills ; tak-
ing off Embargoes &c. viz.
That the Treasurer be directed to issue only the new Emission for
the future, and that all Drafts on the Treasury be discharged in that
(1) This vote was reconsidered next day, and Robert Smith cited to appear again
on Friday, 27th ; but there is no record of further proceedings.— Ed.
1780. J PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 877
way; That bills of the new emission shall be issued from and received
into the Treasury for the present without computing interest on the
same, and that bills of the said emission issued by any of the United
States be for the present received in payments into the Treasury of this
State : That all Acts or Resolves laying Embargoes in this State be
repealed.
Saturday, October 28th, 1780.
[p. 181.] Vote appointing Mr. John T. Gilman a Commis-
sioner from this State to join Commissioners of the other
N. E. States to meet at Hartford in Connecticutt to consult
on public affairs.
[p. 182.] Monday, October 30th, 1780.
Act for suspending the sale & also payment of Taxes on
the un-improved lands belonging to the Estate of the late
Thomas Packer, Esqr deceased — Enacted.
[p. 183.] Tuesday, October 31st, 1780.
Vote for Mr. John T. Gilman to have out of the Treasury
one hundred pounds new Emission for which sum he is to be
accountable.
[p. 184.] Vote to accept the report of the Committee on
Maj1' Bass's letter,(l) and that the Board of War be directed
to take immediate measures to procure necessary cloathing
for our officers & soldiers in the army, and that they have a
draft on the Treasury for the sum of seven thousand pounds,
N. Emission, for that purpose.
Wednesday, November 1st, 1780.
[p. 185.] Vote desiring the President to write to our Dele-
gates at Congress and request the opinion of Congress rela-
tive to the dispute about Taxes between the Selectmen of
Portsmouth & Monsieur De la Tour.
[p. 186.] Vote for Col° Clapp (agent victualler) to receive
out of the Treasury £1500 for purpose of purchasing Beef
& other necessaries for the State.
[p. 187.] Thursday, Novr 2d, 1780.
Vote giving leave to the Towns of Stratham and New
Market to raise money by a Lottery to repair the Bridge be-
tween said Towns and giving them leave to bring in a Bill
accordingly.
Vote for a Committee to make a division of the tenth
Regiment of Militia in this State & to nominate officers for
the new regiment.
(1) Thia letter not found.— Ed.
878 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1780.
Vote to apprehend & commit to Goal all persons drafted
from the militia either for six months or three months ser-
vice and do not march, unless they pay their fine according
to Law.
Friday, Novr 3a, 1780.
[p. 189.] Tote for the Chief Justice of the Superior Court
to have £120 & each of the puisne Justices of said Court
£90, deducting £10 from Judge Hubbard, who did not attend
Keen Court, & deducting what they have respectively re-
ceived in advance, in full for their service the year past.
Warrants granted to Col0 Weare for £103:10, to Mr.
Hubbard for £65, and to Mr. Thornton & Wenthworth each
for £75.
Vote appointing Field officers for the sixteenth Regiment
of Militia, and Vote dividing the tenth Regiment of Militia
into two Regiments, [viz.]
[From Journal of the House, Nov1 3d 1780.]
The Committee appointed to make a division of the tenth regiment of
Militia in this State &c. Report as their opinion: That the tenth regi-
ment be divided in the following manner, viz. The tenth regiment to
consist of the towns of Gilmantown, Sanbornton, Meredith, New Hamp-
ton, Barnstead, New Durham, & New Durham Gore (so called) and
that the following Towns constitute a new regiment, viz. Wakefield,
Middleton, Wolfeborongh, Effingham Moulton, Tuftonborough, Sand-
wich, Tarn worth, Ossipee Gore, Eaton & Conway, & have made a nomi-
nation for field officers for each regiment, which is herewith submitted.
Enoch Hale, for the Comtee
Whereupon the house proceeded to ballot and made choice of the
following persons, viz. Lt. Col. Ebenezer Smith for the first Colonel of
the tenth Regiment, and Major Bradbury Richardson for the first Colo-
nel of the new Regiment, now the nineteenth; & Capt. Joseph Badger
for the Lieut. Col. of the tenth Regiment, Capt. Chace Taylor for the
first Major, & Capt. Richard Sinclair for the second Major of said Regi-
ment; Also Capt. David Copp for the Lt. Col. of the nineteenth regi-
ment, Capt. David Page for the first Major and Mr. David Folsom for
the second Major of said Regiment.
[p. 190.] Tuesday, Novr 7th 1780.
Vote appointing George Atkinson, Esq. a delegate to rep-
resent this State in Congress.
[p. 192.] Thursday, Novr 19th 1780.
Vote appointing sundry Civil officers : viz
That Joseph Whidden of Portsmouth and Capt. Benjamin Norris
of Pembroke be Coroners for the County of Rockingham; That Thomas
Gilman of Northfield & David Tilton of Hawke be Justices of the Peace
for sd County of Rockingham; That Matthew Harvey of Perrystown be
1780.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 879
a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hillsborough, & Deacon Abel
Kimball of Hopkinton be a Coroner for said county of Hillsborough;
That Capt. Abel Stevens of Grantham be a Justice of the Peace for the
County of Cheshire, & Capt. Joseph Barritt of Westmoreland lie a Cor-
oner for the aforesaid county of Cheshire; And Jonathan Palmer of
Wakefield a Coroner for the County of Strafford.
[p. 108.] Friday, Nov1' 10th 1780.
Voir directing that Simon Dearborn be Struck off from
the pay roll of Capt. Daniel Gordon's Company for deser-
tion.
Vote authorizing the Committee of Safety to appoint a day
of Public Thanksgiving, provided a General one should not
be appointed by Congress.
Yote appointing Woodbury Langdon Esq1- a delegate to
represent this State in Congress.
Saturday, Nov1' 11th 1780.
Yote to exempt the lands appropriated to the use of Dart-
mouth College from paying Taxes.
Vote appointing the 7th of December next to be observed
as a day of public Thanksgiving throughout this State. (1)
Vote to pay Rev. Daniel Rogers 20 Dollars, the Rev. Isaac
Mansfield 20 dollars, the Rev. Dr. Haven 10 Dollars, the
Rev. Mr. Buckingham 10 Dollars (N. E.) for their attend-
ance & praying with the Gen1 Court.
Vote for directing Capt. Ebenezer Dearing to fire thirteen
Cannon at the Batteries this day at one o'clock P. M. on ac-
count of the good news received from Carolina. (2)
Vote dissolving the General Court, brought up & con-
curred.
Attest, E. Thompson, Secy.
(1) The same day had probably been appointed by Congress for a general Thanksgiv-
ing.— Ed.
(2) This probably has reference t<> the battle at King's mountain in North Carolina, on
the 7th of October, when the American troops, commanded by Colonel Williams, gained
a decisive victory over the British under Major Ferguson. One hundred and fifty of
Ferguson's party were killed on the spot, and about the same number wounded. Eight
hundred and ten were made prisoners. Fifteen hundred stand of excellent arms were
taken. — Ed.
880
STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1780.
A List of the Towns tcith which the Treasurer of the State discounted, on
account of money advanced for bounties to soldiers, agreeably to votes
passed by the General Assembly. (1)
Towns.
Amount discounted.
Time when.
Hopkinton
£636:0:0
Dec. 22-1 1779.
Boscawen
298
" 23d 1779
Westmoreland
528
" 24th 1779.
Deering
60
" Do. Do
Francestown
42
" Do. Do.
Barnstead
42
" 28th Do
Packersfield
120 & 42 for travel.
June 27, 1780.
Jaffrey
Ofnewemission,£3:15:0
Octr 31, Do.
Westmoreland
Old Con1 bills £108:
Novr 2, Do.
Walpole
New Em* £5:9:4
Nov. 8, Do
Haverhill
£11.989:4
Jan? 3, 1781.
(1) See ante, p. 842.— Ed.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of New
Hampshire, at their first session begun and holden at
Exeter on the third Wednesday of December, being the
twentieth day of said month, in the 5th year of the Inde-
pendence of the United States of America, Anno Domini
1780.
[For names of members of the House of Representatives for 1780-81, see June ses-
sion, 1781, on a subsequent page.— Ed.
From Records of Council.
[p. 195.] Wednesday, December 20th 1780, being the day
appointed by the Constitution for the annual meeting of the
new General Court, several of the elected members attended
but not enough to make a quorum.
Thursday, Decr 21st, 1780.
A Quorum being met they proceeded to business, and
made choice of the Honbl Meshech Weare, Esqr for their
President. (1)
Friday, Dec1- 22d, 1780.
Vote appointing Ebenezer Thompson Esq. Secretary for
the year ensuing & until another shall be chosen in his stead,
bro't up, read & concurred, and he was sworn by the Presi-
dent faithfully to discharge said trust.
Vote appointing Joseph Pearson Deputy Secretary for the
year ensuing, bro't up, read & concurred & was sworn to the
faithful discharge of sd trust by the President.
Wednesday, Decr 27th, 1780.
[p. 197.] Vote allowing Lieut. Jonathan Emerson to re-
ceive for his half-pay heretofore voted him, the nominal sum
in bills of the new emission instead of the old emission.
(1) The names of members of the Council are not found on record.— Ed.
55
882 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
Saturday, Decr 30th 1780.
[p. 199.] Vote desiring the President to write to the com-
manding officer of the New Hampshire Brigade requesting
an accurate return of the names of all the officers & soldiers
belonging to this State. (1)
Tote to pay the account of Jonathan Martin for buying
horses for the State amounting to £848 : 5 old emission.
Monday, January 1st, 1781.
[p. 200.] Vote for a precept to be sent to the Town of
Stoddard &c. to elect a Representative to sit in the assembly
of this State.
Tuesday, Jany 2d, 1781.
[p. 201.] Vote to accept the resignation of Samuel Hunt
Esq1' as Col0 of the 16th regiment of Militia.
Vote for the three months men to be allowed wages & de-
preciation on the Continental army.
Thursday, Jan? 4th, 1781.
[p. 203.] Vote for the Bevd Israel Evans, Chaplain of the
New Hampshire Brigade, to receive out of the Treasury
£100, (N. E.) for which he is to be accountable. (2)
Vote for Capt. Giddinge to order all Beef Cattle collected
for the State, to be drove to Exeter, there to be disposed of
as the General Court shall order — Concurred with this
amendment, That Capt. Giddinge kill & salt such Cattle as
soon as they come to his care. [Concurred.]
Friday, Jan? 5th, 1781.
[p. 204.] Vote for the Honbl Nicholas Gilman, Esq1- to be
Treasurer of the State until another be appointed in his
room.
Vote determining how the men who have lately served six
months in the Continental army shall be paid, viz.
That the six months men be allowed the same wages with the last
Militia who served for three months ; That their pay commence one
week previous to their departure from home, to be mustered in order
to prepare themselves, and that they also be allowed one day's pay for
every twenty miles travel, to the respective muster-master; That they
(1) The names of the officers and soldiers belonging to New Hampshire that were in
service in the Revolution may now be found in the state archives, m the office of the
Adjutaut General.— Ed.
(2) After the Revolution the Rev. Israel Evans was installed pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church in Concord, July, 1789. He continued in office eight years, then
rWg'»'d his charge. He died in Concord, .March 9, 1807, in the 60th year of his age.
See Bouton's Hist, of Concord, pp. 507-509.— Ed.
1781. J PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 883
be made up to the times they were respectively discharged at with a
further allowance of one day's pay for every twenty miles travel home,
& five pounds to each man agreeable to the Act for raising them; That
the Committee on claims prepare the Pay rolls agreeable to these
directions & present them to the House for acceptance.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to consider of a Letter from General John Stark — Mr. Frost
& Mr. Johnson joined [to Col. Bartlett, Mr. Lack! & Mr.
Robinson.]
Letter from General John Stark.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 42.]
Westpoint. 4th Nov1. 1780.
Sir — Since the death of the late worthy General Poor, I am led to
suppose that you have not had a regular correspondent from the Army;
a circumstance that I think myself in part blameable for, though not
altogether irremissible on account of the fluctuated state of the army
since that time. But now, since all hopes of operations are laid aside
for the present Campaign, I may with more leisure & propriety write
than I could before.
Representations with regard to this important Fortress I am sure
must have been made previous to my letter; but still it can be no
injury to further represent the absolute necessity of its being well sup-
plied the ensuing Winter; and likewise to still further urge the impor-
tance of the place. It is beyond a doubt the Key of America & the
enemy possessing it infallibly cuts off all public communication between
the northern & the southern States; — a circumstance that the very
thought of must create horror in & feeling breast. You may be assured
that every possible means of supply within the power of the Army is
attended to with the greatest Alacrity; but their endeavours without
your assistance must be altogether useless, while on the other hand
their Industry with your care effectually secures the Garrison, and
places matters in a fair light for the opening of another campaign.
To recite the difficulties of the last Winter at Morristown, together
with the unequaled sufferings of the Troops at that place, would shock
not only the ears, but wound the feelings of every one who had the
misfortune to hear them. However, that time being over (but by no
means forgot) I shall not enlarge upon the circumstances, but leave you
to judge what must be their calamities, when six or seven days without
flour & very little meat, & frequently for several days without either.
It was then supposed to be owing to the indigence of the States at
large; but upon the present system adopted for the supply of the
army, it would be an imposition on judgment to suppose that they could
not be procured, when every one acknowledges that there is more pro-
visions by far in proportion to the country than when the war com-
menced. Then every body knows how liberally a large army was
supplied.
The next thing that occurs to my mind, is, with respect to the next
campeign. We ought by all means to exert every nerve in procuring
soldiers for to fill our Battalions, agreeable to the establishment lately
made by Congress; which probably you will soon receive.
884 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
I have been told that a number of soldiers & some officers, belonging
to the sixteen additional Battalions, have made application to the sev-
eral States they belong to for their depreciation money: Allowing that
to be the case, I cannot see the propriety of their being paid ; for they
■were not considered as belonging to any particular States, neither was
their vacancies filled in the same manner as the State Troops; — and as
for their service, I don't think there was ten soldiers enlisted the more
for their being appointed; upon the whole it was only making a multi-
plicity of officers which it seems the public would now be willing to get
rid of. But as that matter more particularly concerns you than me,
let the further progress rest in your heart.
I have consulted with the New Hampshire Officers concerning money,
who all agree, that if some was sent from the State to the Troops it
would be of eminent service & give general satisfaction. Rhode Island
has already advanced their officers considerable sums on account.
I with pleasure congratulate you upon the important advantages
gained over the Enemy in North Carolina; altho' late in the season
here, yet I am convinced important advantages will arise from it. It
will undoubtedly rouse the militia from their former lethargy, & possi-
bly with such spirit as to clear the Carolinas.
There is little or no public Cloathing to expect this year, therefore
the Troops will, of course, look up to the State for supplies of that
kind, and the cold season advancing apace, calls for our exertions.
I am with much respect & esteem
Your most obed' serv'.
John Stark.
Honbl Meshech Weare.
N. B. The Troops have not recd any money for seven months back,
and are of course destitute. J. S.
Saturday, January 6th, 1781.
[p. 205.] Vote for all the Beef Cattle due to the State on
East side of Merrimack river, to be drove to Portsmouth &,
delivered to Col° Supply Clap, and those on the West side of
said River to be drove to Charlestown & delivered to Col.
Hunt.
Tuesday, Jan? 9th, 1781.
Vote appointing Jedediah Jewet to be Sub-Clothier &
Commissary in the room of Major Bass who has resigned.
Friday, Jan^ 12th, 1781.
[p. 207.] An act for raising and compleating this State's
Quota of the Continental Army — Enacted.
Saturday, Jan^ 13th, 1781.
Vote appointing General Benjamin Bellows a delegate to
represent this State in Congress.
Resolve giving Instructions to our Delegates at Congress
relative to Vermont : viz.
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 885
That the Delegates of this State at the Continental Congress be
instructed to move in Congress that there be a speedy decision respect-
ing the claim of this State to the New Hampshire Grants, so called, to
the West of Connecticut river, and that it is the opinion of the Com-
mittee that when the sd matter shall be taken into consideration by-
Congress, the said Delegates shall urge that the previous question shall
be, Whether the Grants shall be allowed to be a separate State or
not.(l)
Report of a joint Committee relating to calling a Convention.
Journ. of the House, Jan. 10th, 1781.
The Committee Report, That a Convention of Delegates from the
several Towns & places in this State be called in order to settle a Plan
of Government for sd State, & that the sd Convention be held on the
first Tuesday of June next at Concord in the aforesd State.
[The Committee further Report, Jany 11th,] That Precepts issue to
all the Towns, Parishes & Districts in this State, having Fifty families
or under, directing them (if they see fit) either by themselves or by
classing with some other Towns or places, to send one member to the
Convention to be held at Concord for the purpose of forming a Plan of
Government, & that such Towns & places as contain more than Fifty
families, be directed (if they see fit) to send one member for every
fifty families, provided that each Town, Parish or place so sending,
shall pay their own members for their time & expense.
The Committee further Report — That after a Plan of Government
shall be formed by the Convention, Copies of the same shall be sent out to
the several Towns, Parishes & places in this State for the inspection &
approbation of the People — which Plan if approved of by the major
part of the People in sd State shall be adopted & confirmed as the Plan
of Government for said State, & not otherwise; and that the Inhabi-
tants of the several Towns & places in the New Hampshire Grants so
called, on the west side of Connecticut river be requested to send
members and join in forming a Plan of Government; & that Precepts
issue to sd Towns & places in the same manner as to the Towns &
places on the East side of said River, & that the Precepts be sent to
Gen1 Bellows, & he be desired to direct the same and forward them to
the several Towns and places in said Grants.
Voted, That Mr. Foster, Mr. Folsom, Col. Baldwin, Capt. Hough-
ton, & Mr. Dow with such of the Honbl Board as they shall join, be a
Committee to make the draft of a Precept to be sent to the several
Towns & places in this State, including the Grants west of Connecti-
cut river, requesting them, if they see fit, to send Delegates to the
Convention to be held at Concord, on the first Tuesday in June next,
for the purpose of forming a Plan of Government for said State,
agreeable to a report of the Committee of the whole, & to lay the same
before this house. — Concurred — Mr. Wentworth joined.
Tuesday, Jan^ 16th, 1781.
[p. 208.] Vote appointing Samuel Livermore, Esqr a dele-
gate to represent this State in Congress.
(1) See "Vermont Controversy," in Secretary's office, and Vermont State Papers,
before referred to.— En.
886 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1731.
Wednesday, Jan? 17th, 1781.
[p. 209.] In consequence of an Express from General
Washington, both Houses met in Committee & spent the re-
mainder of the day.
From Journal of the House, Jan? 17th 17S1.
The Committee of the whole being again met proceeded to consider
of the matters to them referred, & after reading & considering a Letter
from Gen1 Washington bro't by Gen1 Knox, and consulting Gen1 Knox
upon the subject matter of the sd Letter, the cause of the late revolt of
the Pennsylvania line, and the situation of our troops at Head Quarters,
agree to report; — That within the course of next week, three months
pay in money of the new Emission shall be forwarded to the officers &
soldiers of this State; That Expresses be forthwith sent to the several
delinquent Towns, that can be sent to, to require them to pay into the
Treasury without fail by Tuesday next, the money due for the State
and Continental Tax, or as much as they have collected or can collect
by that time; That a gratuity be given to the soldiers of this State;
That a sum of hard money be raised by Tax for that purpose :
Jan. 18th The Committee further agree to report — That the soldiers
of this State engaged for the war and now in the Field be assured that
measures are now taking to raise by tax as speedily as possible, a sum
of money, which when collected will be sent to them; & that the State
will take every necessary measure for making as ample provision for
their troops in every respect as any State in the Union: That fifteen
thousand milled Dollars or other specie equivalent be raised by Tax on
the several Towns & places in this State, to be paid into the Treasury
by the last Wednesday in March next, & that a Bill be prepared for
that purpose.
[Which report was accepted but afterwards it was agreed] That
twenty-four dollars in specie be sent by this State to each non-commis-
sion officer & private engaged for the time of the War in the Battalion,
of sd State, as a gratuity for their good services, as soon as the money
can be obtained.
Thursday, Jan? 18th 1781.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee, with respect to
the Beef & Rum to be supplied by this State : viz.
That the Beef be apportioned in the several towns & places in this
State, agreeable to the rule observed in collecting the Beef last year, &
that the quantity of sd beef which is to be salted be procured by the first
of March next & salted at the places recommended by General Wash-
ington ; That the times Specified in Col0 Blaine's requisition cannot be
complied with for sending in the live cattle, therefore would recommend
to the Hon1'1 Court that one fourth part of the live cattle be collected >Sc
sent forward by the fifteenth of July next, and one fourth part by the
first of September next, and the residue to compleat the requisition by
the first day of December next; &that some suitable person or persons
be appointed to purchase the Rum agreeable to the requisition of Con-
gress as soon as may be.
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 887
Friday, Jan? 19th 1781.
[p. 211.] Vote impowering Moses Dow Esq1 to sell all the
hides & tallow belonging to this State at Haverhill & other
places in the County of Grafton & return the money into the
Treasury.
Vote for the President to write to Gen1 Washington to de-
sire the New Hampshire men in the other corps of the Army
to be removed to the New Hampshire line.
Whereas by a vote of the Council and Assembly of this
State of the 27th of June last, the Honble Gen1 John Sullivan
& George Atkinson, Esq1' were chosen Delegates to represent
this State in the Continental Congress for the term of one
year from & after the first day of November then next, since
which time the said George Atkinson, Esqr hath declined to
accept of said trust, and it appearing necessary that there
should be two Delegates from this State at Congress as much
of the time as possible ; Therefore, Vote, That Samuel Liver-
more and Benjamin Bellows Esqr8 be, and they hereby are
chosen Delegates to represent this State in Congress for the
term of one year from the date hereof, unless sooner recalled &
relieved by order of this state, with all the powers and privi-
leges heretofore given to any Delegates of this State at Con-
gress ; — one of them, as they shall agree, to repair to Con-
gress as soon as may be ; And whenever Gen1 Sullivan now
at Congress, shall signify his desire of returning home, or
shall be recalled or relieved by order of the State, that then
the other of said Delegates immediately go forward & supply
his place ; and the said John Sullivan, Samuel Livermore &
Benjamin Bellows or either of them in the absence of the
other or others, are hereby fully authorized and impowered to
appear as agent or agents for this State before Congress or
any Court or Commissioners by Congress to hear & deter-
mine any or all the disputes between New Hampshire, New
York, Massachusetts, and the inhabitants of a certain District
known by the name of New Hampshire Grants — Sent down
for concurrence by Mr. Johnson, & bro't up concurred by the
House.
Vote, That any person or persons possessed of Continen-
tal Bills of Credit of the old emission be permitted to ex-
change the same at the State Treasury at the rate of Forty
Dollars of the old emission for one of the new, and the Treas-
urer is hereby authorized to exchange the same. Sent down
by Mr. Atkinson. — Non-concurred.
888 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
Vote to receive the report of the Committee on the Peti-
tion of Col0 Jona. Chase : viz.
That Col° Chase & Col0 Morey be authorized to raise forthwith a
number of men not exceeding sixty, to be under the command of a
Captain & two subalterns, & to be employed in Scouting parties till the
first day of April next, to defend the western frontiers, & that they
receive adequate pay for their services & provisions, so soon as the
Towns in the Counties of Cheshire & Grafton pay into the State Treas-
ury their Taxes; after which, the State will do every thing in their
power for their further protection & Defence.
Saturday, Jan? 20th, 1781.
[p. 212.] Vote directing the President to issue writs to
choose members of Council when any refuse, after being
chosen & notified.
[p. 213.] Wednesday, Jan* 24th, 1781.
Staff Roll of Col° Thomas Bartlett, pd. £506 : 5. (N. E.)
Roll of Capt. Ebenr Webster, in Col. Nichols Reg' £939:16 : 3£.
Vote to raise matrosses to be stationed at Piscataqua harbour.
Thursday, Jan^ 25th, 1781.
[p. 215.] Vote ascertaining what pay the members of the
General Court shall receive for their time & travel this Ses-
sion : viz. " lis. & 3cZ pr day of the new emission, and Id.
half-penny pr. mile travel, <fec. Each member of the Com-
mittee of Safety, 13s. 6d. pr day — & travel 7|e?."
Friday, Jan* 24th, 1781.
[p. 216.] Vote ascertaining the power of the Committee of
Safety & determining that the Committee consist of seven
persons.
Roll of Capt. Timothy Emerson, pd. £S43:14:6£.
Roll of Capt. John Eastman, pd. £916: 3: 10 (N. E.)
Vote that the Honble Meshech Weare, Esqr. Josiah Bartlett Esqr
George Atkinson, Esqr John Dudley, Esqr John Calfe, Esqr John
Smith, Esq1" & Mr. John Taylor Gilman, be and hereby are chosen &
appointed a Committee of Safety for this State to continue until
another Committee of Safety be appointed in their stead, and that they
have all the powers & authorities given them by the vote of this house
yesterday. [Journ. of House.]
[p. 217.] Saturday, Jan? 27th, 1781.
Vote for the President to write to the paymaster of the
Continental Army, desiring him to pay the wages of the six
months men to Jedediah Jewett.
Resolve directing the Selectmen of the several Towns &
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 889
places in this State to bring into the Committee on Claims,
all accounts for supplying soldiers Families, &c.
Vote directing the Collectors of Beef for the State to pro-
vide Cask & Salt, and to salt Beef they collect.
An Act for raising one million four hundred thousand
pounds weight of Beef towards the support of the Conti-
nental army having been read three times, Voted that the
same be enacted.
Vote giving leave to the Treasurer to exchange the new
emitted bills for the old.
[p. 218.] The President (by order of Court) made out an
order for Mr. Jedediah Jewett to draw out of the Treasury
27,000 Dollars of the new emission to carry to the army.
Vote to adjourn the General Assembly until the Second
Wednesday in March next.
Attest — E. Thompson, Sec*".
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of New
Hampshire, at their Second Session begun and holden at
Exeter on the Second Wednesday of March, being the four-
teenth day of said month, in the fifth year of the Indepen-
dence of the United States of America, Anno Domini, 1781.
[For names of members of the House, see the session in June next, on a subsequent
page.— Ed.]
Names of members of the Honourable Council.
Honbl Meshech Weare, "1
Josiah Bartlett
Nichs Gilman }■ Rockingham County.
John McClary
Woodbury Langdon J
jZgw!rorthls-ffordCo.
Wyseman Clagett I Hnlsb h Co.
John Hale ) °
Enoch Hale Cheshire Co.
Charles Johnston, Esqr Grafton Co.
Ebenr Thompson, Secr^
Joseph Pearson, D. Sec-V
From Records of Council.
[p. 210.] Wednesday, March 14th 1781.
Five members attended according to adjournment.
Thursday, March 15th 1781.
Five members attended in the forenoon & seven in the af-
ternoon, when they proceeded on Business.
Vote for the Treasurer to discount with the Selectmen of
Portsmouth, live hundred twenty four pounds eight shillings
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 891
new currency for Rum supplied the State for the use of the
army.
Friday, March 16th 1781.
[p. 220.] Vote directing that the Rum & Sugar delivered the
six months men shall not be charged to them.
Yote to accept the report of the Committee on wages of
the Delegates of this State at Congress & for advancing Mr.
Livermore £400 new Emission ; & u That the President be
desired to write Gen1 Sullivan, informing him he hath lib-
erty to draw bills on him payable at four days sight, for any
sum he may have occasion for, not exceeding four hundred
pounds."
Saturday, March 17th 1781.
[p. 221.] Vote for the President to Pay only £200 of Gen-
eral Sullivan's drafts, instead of £400, heretofore Voted.
Wednesday, March 21st 1781.
[p. 222.] Vote appointing Capt. Moses Bradford Commis-
sary of prisoners in the room of Col0 Supply Clap who hath
resigned.
[p. 223.] Vote to pay the Roll of Capt. James Aiken amount-
ing to £892 : 14 : 2-J new emission.
Vote directing the Board of War to procure cloathing for
the army.
[p. 224.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board to consider of a Letter from B. G1 Stark & report there-
on.(1) Mr. Clagett & Mr. Johnson joined [to Mr. Gilman,
Mr. Blood, Col^Mooney, Maj. Webster & Mr. Adams of the
house.]
Thursday March 22a 1781.
Vote to allow Anne Thomas, widow of Lt. Joseph Thom-
as, who was killed at Bemus' Heights, half the wages that
would have been due to her husband for a certain time,
[p. 225.] Vote for John T. Gilman to receive out of the
Treasury £100 of the new emission for the purpose of pay-
ing 25 Dollars each to the Soldiers at home on furlow.
Friday, March 23d 1781.
Vote to accept the Report of the Committee on the letter
from Gen1 Stark, viz :
(1) This letter has not been found.— Ed.
892 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
That no officer be detained for the purpose of conducting the recruits,
but that they take with them all such as may be ready at the time of
their departure; That with respect to the accounts mentioned in said
letter for the support of the Generals horses & for provisions, the Com-
mittee conceive that this State cannot properly take cognizance there-
of, but that it is in the Department of the Forage & Quarter master
General.
Voted to accept the Report of the Committee on soldiers
belonging to this State engaging in the Massachusetts ser-
vice : viz :
That the Honble the President be desired to write to his Excellency
the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts representing the
difficulties this State are reduced to in obtaining its quota of Troops,
by reason of persons coming into the same from that Commonwealth &
hiring out persons as soldiers; & desiring measures maybe taken by
the authority of that Commonwealth for turning all such persons so
enlisted as part of this States quota, & to prevent such proceedings
in future.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on settling
depreciation of wages with the army, — to wit :
That as soon as the accounts of what hath been or may be paid to
the officers & soldiers by Congress or otherways for wages for the year
1780, & the accounts from the several Towns for supplies to soldiers
Families &c. are obtained, a settlement shall be made for the deprecia-
tion of wages for the said year and one Note given to each officer &
soldier for the ballance that may be found due to him : The Notes to
bear date January 1st, 1781, payable by the first day of July 178*2, & to
carry compound Interest from the date untill paid; the value of said
Notes at the time of payment to be estimated by the same articles that
the Notes given the year past were estimated.
Vote establishing to Solomon Copp & his assigns the ex-
clusive right of keeping a ferry at a place called Mohawk-
point on Winnipisiokee River, with leave for him to bring in
a Bill for that purpose.
Saturday, March 24th, 1781.
[p. 227.] Vote to accept the Report of the Committee on
Br. Gen. James Reed's petition : to wit,
That a settlement be made (as soon as may be) with General Reed
for the depreciation of his wages from January lki 1777 to January 1st,
1780, in the same manner as settlements have been made with Conti-
nental Brigadier Generals, in other States, he allowing for all such
sums as he may have received within that time from the United States
& this State for wages &c. and that a settlement be made with him for
the year 1780 in the same manner. The Comtee further Report, That
if General Reed shall see cause to purchase any Lands or other Estates
which have been forfeited & confiscated to the use of this State in such
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 893
case the Notes which may be given him for Depreciation as aforesaid
may be received in payment for Lands &c. as are sold at publick Ven-
due, & that the consideration of half pay mentioned in the resolution
of Congress be postponed for the present.
Vote for B. G1 Stark to receive out of the Treasury £70
new emission, to be accounted for.
[p. 227-8.] Ace' of Col. Nahum Baldwin, pd. 12s.
Col0 John Hale to receive three quarters of his note, for depreciation.
"Widow of Capt. Elijah Clayes, to receive three quarters of her note
for depreciation, &c.
Capt. Jere. Eames, pd. on account of John Holbrook, £48: 12: 7<|.
Wednesday, March 28th, 1781.
An Act to authorize certain persons to settle the Boundary
lines between the Towns of Enfield (alias Relhan) Canaan
& Grafton — Enacted.
[p. 230.] Voted, That Col0 Samuel Folsom deliver to
Robert Smith, Trustee of the Estate of Stephen Holland, a
Gold watch, which belonged to said Estate & that said
Smith's receipt therefor shall be a full discharge to said
Folsom.
Vote for receivers of Beef Cattle for the State to sell
hides & tallow, &c.
Vote for paying the ballance of the account of General
Nath1 Folsom, amounting to £78 : 6 : 9.
Thursday, March 29th, 1781.
[p. 231.] Vote to accept the Report of the Committee on
the Letter from Gen1 Washington. (1) viz.
That the President be desired to write to the officers appointed to
receive the new recruits at the several places of Rendezvous in this
State, to forward them to the army as fast as possible, agreeable to
General Washington's request, & that said recruits be informed that
this State are taking measures for speedily procuring & sending forward
to the army their necessary cloathing; That the Board of War be
directed to procure all necessary cloathing for the soldiers as well as
the officers in the army, & send it forward as soon as possible; & that
the Board of War may be speedily supplied with money for that pur-
pose, the Committee recommend that the several Agents appointed to
make sale of the Estates of Absentees, be called upon immediately to
pay into the Treasury the several sums of money arising from such
sales; & that the Treasurer be directed to appropriate the said monies
to the purpose of paying such orders as have been or may be given the
Board of War for procuring cloathing for the army.
Vote to grant the prayer of the Petition of the Inhabitants
of Goffstown — concurred : to wit,
(1) The letter of Gen. Washington has not been found.— Ed.
894 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
[From Journal of the House, Mar. 28, 1781.]
Upon reading and considering the petition of a number of the In-
habitants of Goffstown, praying that the Presbyterian & Congrega-
tionalist parties in sd town, may be severally vested with Parish privi-
ledges, Voted, that the prayer of sd Petition be granted & that the
Petitioners have leave to bring in a bill accordingly.
Voted, That a Precept be issued to the Selectmen of Hollis direct-
ing them to call a meeting for the purpose of electing a proper person
to represent the sd Town in the General Assembly for the current year,
in the room of the Honbl John Hale Esqr lately appointed a member of
the Hon1'1 Council.
Voted, That a Convention of Delegates from the several Towns &
places in this State be called in order to settle a Plan of Government
for sd State, & that said Convention be held at Concord in the State
aforesaid on the first Tuesday of June next, at three o'clock in the
afternoon.
Voted, That Mr. Batcheldor, Mr. Foster & Col0 Mooney, with such
of the Honbl Board as they shall join, be a Committee to draught the
form of Precept to be sent to the several Towns & places in this State
for calling a Convention to settle a plan of Government for sd State, &
lay the same before this house— Concurred, and Mr. Clagett & Mr.
Gilman joined.
Friday, March 30th, 1781.
Vote for giving leave to one Robert White to pay to
Nahum Baldwin a trustee of the Estate of Zacheus Cut-
ler, Esq1' a sum of money due to said Estate in paper bills at
the Exchange of 75 for 1.
Vote that the towns & places which have or shall pay their
six months & three months men, shall have the same de-
ducted out of the Taxes for the current year.
Vote That no reduction be made from the wages or bounty
of the six months men on account of their cloathing them-
selves.
[p. 232.] Vote appointing John T. Gilman a Delegate to
represent this State in Congress.
Vote appointing John Wentworth, Esq1' a Delegate to
represent this State in Congress.
Vote for a Committee to consider of Taxes laid on lands
belonging to Dartmouth College.
Vote appointing sundry field officers in the military of this
State : to wit :
That Noah Lovewell Esq. of Dunstable be appointed first Colonel of
the Regiment of Militia in this State lately commanded by Brigr Gen1
Nichols; that Samuel Chase Esqr of Litchfield be Lieut. Colonel; Abiel
Abbot Esq. of Wilton first Major & Capt. James Ford of Nottingham
West, second Major of sd Regiment;' that Capt. Daniel Rand of Rmdge
be second Major of Col" Enoch Hale's Regiment; that John Bell, Esqr
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 895
of Londonderry be first Colonel of the Regiment lately commanded by
Col0 William Giegg; that Daniel Reynolds Esq1- of sd Londonderry be
Lieut. Colonel, Daniel Colburn Esqr of Pelham first Major & Capt.
James Gilmorc of Wyndham second Major of sd Regiment.
Vote to accept the Report of the Committee on filling up
vacancies of officers in the army : viz.
That they find there are two Lieutenants and eleven Ensigns now
wanting to compleat the New Hampshire Line, and recommend that
six Ensigns only be for the present appointed, & that General Stark re-
ceive six blank certificates, three of which to be filled up by him Avith
the names of such Persons as he, together with the Field officers now
at home on Furlough shall think proper, and the other three with the
names of such persons as shall be agreed on by the major part of the
Field officers of the New Hampshire line at Camp.
Yote to accept the Report of the Committee on Soldiers be-
ing liable to be confined for Debt, viz.
That no Continental soldier belonging to the New Hampshire Battal-
ions shall be stopped or be liable to be stopped from joining the army,
when called for by his officers, nor liable to be imprisoned while on
Furlough, for any Debt he hath contracted or may contract while a
Continental soldier, but that their property be liable to be attached for
the security & payment of Debts, equal with other persons, excepting
their necessary cloathing.
[p. 233.] Saturday, March 31st 1781.
Vote appointing 2 Field officers in Col0 Richardson's Regi-
ment of Militia: viz. [That David Page Esq1- of Conway be
appointed Lieut. Colonel of the 19th Regiment & Mr. Jona-
than Palmer of "Wakefield, first Major of said Regiment.]
Vote receiving the report of the Committee on settling
bounties to soldiers for 3 years k during the war, & supplies
to soldiers Families among the several Towns in the State
to wit :
That the Committee on claims make out the accounts from the sever-
al Towns for Bounties & Supplies for the soldier's families which have
engaged for three years or during the war, that have been paid or sup-
plied before the first day of January 1781, in the recess of the Court,
by the same Rule that they have or shall settle the Depreciation with
said soldiers, & that a Tax be laid on the several Towns & places in this
State for to pay or discount what shall be due to them for bounties paid
or families supplyed, as soon as said accounts are made out as above.
Tuesday, April 3d 1781.
[p. 234.] Act to Incorporate an Academy in the Town of
Exeter by the name of the Phillips Exeter Academy — having
been read three times, & voted that the same be Enacted.
896 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
Vote That the President be desired to call on Judges of
Probate, requiring them to order the several Trustees of con-
fiscated Estates to pay into the Treasury what sums of mon-
ey they have on hand & that they be directed to make returns
of their proceedings agreeably to an Act of this State, on the
first week of their next Session.
Wednesday, April 4th 1781.
[p. 286.] An Act to enable Robert Smith, Trustee of the
confiscated estate of Stephen Holland, late of Londonderry,
an absentee from this State, to commence & prosecute an
action in his own name in his said capacity, against William
Stinson & John Clark, on a certain Bond — Enacted.
An Act to incorporate a tract of land heretofore known by
the name of Saville, in the County of Cheshire, [by the
name of Wendall.]
Thursday, April 5th, 1781.
[p. 237.] Vote for confiscating the Estates of absentees &
Inhabitants of Great Britain lying within this State.
[From Journal of the House, April 4th, 1781.]
The Committee to consider of what is necessary to be done concern-
ing such Estates of absentees lying within this State as have not been
confiscated, also what is necessary to be done concerning any of the
Estates of the subjects of Great Britain within this State, reported as
their opinion, That all the Estates laying within this State, belonging
to absentees from this State or any of the United States, & also such
Estates as belong to any of the subjects of Great Britain, be immedi-
ately confiscated & sold for the use & benefit of this State.
Signd, J. Bartlett, for Comtee.
Which report being read and considered Voted That it be received &
accepted.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on Taxes laid
on land belonging to Dartmouth College : viz.
That the Resolve of the 10th of November last [exempting the lands
belonging to the college from taxation] should be repealed; and as the
Lands therein mentioned were ordered not to be inveutorried in the
present proportion of Taxes, that the same should not be taxed during
the said proportion.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on making
defence on the Western frontiers, viz :
That two companies be raised to consist of Sixty-five men each
including officers; to be officered with one Captain & two Lieutenants
to each Company, and that they be appointed and raised out of Colo-
nel Ellis's, the ltegiment of the late Colonel Bellows, Colonel Chase's,
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 897
Colonel Morey's and Colonel David Webster's Regiments, and be mus-
tered by the commanding officer of each respective Regiment; that the
said Companies rendezvous at Haverhill by the iirst day of June next
& be under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Johnston, to
serve six months, unless sooner discharged; — said officers & men to re-
ceive the same wages that was allowed the officers and soldiers that
served on that station last year, & customary rations; That the wages
be paid by the respective Towns to which the officers & soldiers belong
& the sum so paid be allowed to each town out of their Taxes for the
present year.
Friday, April 6th, 1781.
Resolve for calling- a Convention to meet at Concord on
the iirst Tuesday of June next to form a system or Plan of
Government.
[From Journal of the House, April 5th, 1781.]
Whereas the present situation of affairs in this State make it neces-
sary that a full & free Representation of the Inhabitants thereof should
meet in Convention for the sole purpose of forming & laying a perma-
nent Plan or system of Government for the future happiness and well
being of the good people of this State, and this house having received
Instructions from a considerable part of their constituents for that
purpose; Therefore
Voted & Resolved, That the honourable the President of the Coun-
cil issue to every Town, Parish & District within that part of this State
East of Connecticut River, a Precept recommending to them to elect
and choose one or more persons as they shall judge it expedient, to
convene at Concord in said State on the first Tuesday of June next for
the purpose aforesaid — saving to the small Towns liberty to join two
or more together if they see fit, to elect & send one person to represent
them in said Convention.
And such system or form of Government as may be agreed upon by
such Convention, being printed and sent to each and 'every town,
Parish and District in this State for the approbation of the People: —
which System or Form of Government being approved of by such
number of the Inhabitants of this State in their respective town meet-
ings legally called for that purpose, as shall be ordered by said Conven-
tion, and a return of such approbation being made to said Convention,
and confirmed by them, shall remain as a permanent system or form of
Government of this State, and not otherwise: And if the first proposed
System or form of Government should be rejected by the People, that
the Same Convention shall be empowered to proceed and make such
amendments and alterations from time to time as may be necessary, —
Provided always that after such alterations, the same be sent out for
the approbation of the People in manner as aforesaid, & that the charge
& expense of Such Convention be defrayed by their respective electors.
The Precept to be sent out for calling a Convention for forming a
plan of Government, which passed the House this day was sent down
from the Board with a proposal for the foregoing amendment, viz.
" That the Precepts be sent to the Towns East of Connecticut river,"
56
898
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1781.
when a, vote on the Question was called for, which passed in the nega-
tive.
[From Journ. of the House, April 5th, 1781.]
On passing the above bill, the yeas and nays were required, which
stand as follow:
Yeas. Yeas.
Jn° Taylor Gihnan Simeon Dearborn
William Burns
Will"1 Hunt
Ebenezer Webster
Ithamar Eaton
William Abbot
James Caldwell
Toppan Evans
Joseph Barrett
Richard Atwell
Levi Spaulding
Daniel Rand
Joseph Rounceval
Enoch Noyes
Moses Baker
Daniel Reynolds
Robert Wilson
Samuel Dudley
Mark Wiggin
Enoch Coffin
Robert Stuart
Nath1 Batchelder
Jn° Calfe
Jn° Dudley
Walter Robie
David Butler
John Whittier
Joshua Wingate
John Kielle
Jabez Dame
Vote to advance General J. Stark one thousand Dollars
new Emission to be accounted for.
An Act to authorize the Congress of the United States of
America to levy a Duty not exceeding 5 per cent upon goods
imported into and prizes condemned within this State, having
been read three times ; — and voted the same be enacted.
Vote for each officer at home on furlough to receive 25
Dollars new currency to be indorsed on the back of their
first Depreciation note — concurred :
Nays.
William Whipple
George Gains
Ephraim Robinson
Ebenezer Porter
Ephraim Pickering
Richard Brown
John Webster
Abiel Foster
Jn° Smith
Hercules Mooney
Robert McGregore
Ephraim Adams
Josiah Richardson
Jeremiah Eames
Moses Dow.
Order to Lieut Frost, for 50 Doll3
Do. to Capt. Cherry for 50 Doll3
R G Stark 80 Doll5
Lieut Arch-1 Stark, 25 Doll8
Capt. Caleb Robinson, 25 Dolls
May Jason Wait— 25 Dolls
Capt. Adna Pennyman 25 Do.
Lieut. Nathan Hoit for 25 Do.
Ens" John Harvey for 25 Do
Ensign Moses Page, for 25 Do
Capt. Enoch Chase £7: 10*.
Lieut. Joshua Merrow £7: 10s.
Saturday, April 7th, 1781.
Vote for the Board of War to be directed to furnish a
waggon to carry to Concord in the State of Massachusetts,
the provision for the Recruits now about marching,
[p. 238.] Vote for the Board of war to deliver Col0 Dear-
born 10 fire arms.
Vote for the Committee of Safety to rent out farms of
absentees, &c.
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 899
Vote for the Committee of Safety to apportion the officers
<fc men to be raised to defend the Western Frontiers.
Vote ascertaining the pay of the members of the Court,
their officers &c. and Committee of Safety, [the same as the
last session.]
Adjourned till the 2d Wednesday in June next.
Attest — E. Thompson, Sec>'.
Letter from Robert Smith, respecting the sale of Col. Stephen
Holland's land.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 46.]
Londonderry, 10th April, 1781.
Sr — By this I inform you that at a Vendue of wild lands late the
property of Stephen Holland, Coll. George Reed, the bearour, was a
purchaser to the amo' of -16,500 Dollars. By Notes in his custody it
apears that the State owes him the whole consideration money. I wish
Not to be concerned in the settlement of such Notes But shall willingly
comply with such orders as your Honr may Devise for my own safety,
the Benefitt of Col. Reed & the Common welth. Whilst I am wh sub-
mission
Your very Hum1 Serv1
Rob1 Smith;
IIonw M. Weare, Esqr.
[Note. The following appraisal of Col. Holland's landed estate is found in State
Pap. Vol. IX. p. 269.— Ed.]
State of New Hampshire 7 We the subscribers being requested to
Rockingham, ss. ) make a just and equitable appraisment of all
the real Estate of Coll. Stephen Holland, late of Londonderry in said
State & County, Esqr an absentee: Said Estate laying and being in this
State & also in the Common-wealth of Massachusetts Bay; — the same
having been confiscated by an Act of this State passed Novr 26, 1778,
on account of said Holland's going over to & joining with the British
Troops:
Having before us the several Deeds of Conveyance from sundry per-
sons to the said Coll. Stephen Holland, An Inventory of the same is as
follows :
Imprimis — Four Farms & Buildings there-
on in Londonderry aforesaid, containing
about 4 hundred Acres, including 2 pieces } £3010
of meadow — also one pew in the Meeting-
house J
Item — Fifty Acres of land in Dunbarton
together with the undivided land 60
Item — Two Rights in New Chester contain-
ing four hundred acres each 480
900 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
Item — Three Rights in Thornton, exclu-")
sive of one hundred acre lot & one meadow >• £600
lot )
Item — Three thousand acres adjoining the
east line of said Thornton 1800
Item — One thousand acres in Tamworth
Pik'd land 600
Item — One Right in the town of Dart-
mouth 120
Item — One eighth part & one third of an )
eighth part of Odihorne's Right in Mason's >■ 3600
Patent, containing about 6000 acres )
Item — Two Rights in No. 3 on Penobscot
River 480
Sum total in Law1 money at 6s pr Dollar £10,780
The sum in Sterling £8085
James Betton
James Uxderwood.
Dated, Novr 15"1 1783.
Sworn before Wyseman Clagett, Justice of the Peace, Nov. 15, 1783
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of New-
Hampshire at their third session begun & holden at Exeter,
on the second Wednesday of June, being the thirteenth
day of said month, in the fifth year of the Independence
of the United States of America, Anno Domini, 1781.
List of Members op the House of Representatives for
1780-1781, Copied from a MS. list in the Secretary's office, labeled
"Members &c."
[|3r* See First Session, Dec 20«i 1780, p. 881.— Ed.]
Towns fy Places.
Names.
Days
attendance.
Portsmonth,
John Langdon, Esq. Speaker, 16
"
William Whipple, Esq,
16
"
George Gains, Esq.
17
Exeter
Mr John Taylor Gilman
10
"
Mr. Ephraim Robinson
18
Londonderry
John Bell, Esqr
12
"
Daniel Reynolds, Esqr
14
Chester
Robert Wilson, Esqr
11
"
Jacob Chase, Esqr
14
Hampton Falls &c.
Brintwood
Samuel Dudley Esq.
18
Strath am
Mark Wiggin Esq.
13
Northampton
Capt. Moses Leavitt,
17
Kensington
Ebenezer Potter Esqr
18
New Market
Epping
Enoch Coffin, Esq.
18
Hampton
Josiah Moulton Esqr
17
Southampton
&c.
Capt. Robert Stewart
17
Kingston & E.
, Kingston,
Nath1 Batchelor Esqr
18
Greenland
A Villi am Weeks Esq1
17
Nottingham
Thomas Bartlett Esqr
20
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lltUVHC tX Oc.Hl*
Newington
Ephrm Pickering Esq.
21
902
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1781.
Towns §• Places.
Rye
Atkinson & Plastow
Hanqistead
Raymond & Poplin
New Castle
Deerfield & Northwood,
Salem
Candia
Epsom, Chichester &c.
Pelham
Wyndham
Pembroke
Concord
Canterbury & Loudon
Bow & Dunbarton
Durham
Lee
Madbury
Dover
Summersworth
Rochester
Barrington
Wakefield &c. &c.
Gilmanton
Meredith & Sanborn town
Wolfeborough, &c. &c.
Sandwich &c. &c.
Conway &c. &c.
Goffstown
Merrimac
Nottingham West, &c.
Dunstable
Hollis
Amherst
u
Hopkinton
Salisbury & Boscawen
Weare
Wilton &c.
New Boston
Andover, Warner &c
Mason & Raby
New Ipswich
Temple & Peterboro'
Dublin, Marlboro' &c.
Lyndeborough
Litchfield &c
Hillsborough
Rindge, Jaffrey &c
Keen
Names.
Days
attendance.
Mr. Richard Brown
20
John Webster Esqr
21
John Calfe Esqr
19
John Dudley Esq.
22
Capt. John Blunt
—
Simon Marston Esq.
18
Timothy Ladd, Esq.
21
Walter Robie Esq.
—
Mr. David Butler
16
James Bellows, Esqr
14
John Whittier Esq.
22
Jona Hale Esqr
Abiel Foster Esq
Jeremiah Page Esqr
21
11
John Smith Esq1
23
Hercules Mooney Esq.
17
Mr. James Davis
9
Joshua Wingate Esqr
21
Mr. John Kielle
21
John Wentworth Esqr
7
Mr. Jabez Dame
15
Mr. George Seward
20
Simeon Dearborn Esq.
9
Capt. John Drew
—
Ebenezer Smith Esqr
16
David Folsom, Esqr
13
David Page Esqr
17
Robert McGregore Esq.
6
Capt. Samuel Patten
—
Mr. William Burns
17
Mr. Willian Hnnt
13
Nahum Baldwin Esqr
22
Mr. Samuel Wilkins
18
Mr. Moses Hills ,
12
Capt. Ebenr Webster
15
Mr. Thomas Eaton
16
Mr. William Abbot, jun.
21
Mr. James Caldwell
8
Mr. Toppan Evans
13
Capt. Joseph Barrett
20
Mr. Ephraim Adams
22
Francis Blood, Esqr
9
Mr. Richard At well
Capt. Levi Spaulding
17
Samuel Chase, Esq
7
Capt. Robert Allcock
15
Capt. Daniel Rand
5
Capt. Josiah Richardson
21
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 903
Towns §■ Places.
Names.
Days
attendance.
Packersfield
Joseph Rounseval Esq.
15
Swanzey & Fitz William
Mr. Thorn" Hammond
20
Hinsdale &c
Westmoreland
Capt. Epr"1 Stone
15
Winchester
Capt. Nehemiah Houghton
12
Plymouth
Mr. Enoch Noyes
16
N. Holderness, &c. &c.
Moses Baker Esqr
16
Lancaster, &c. &c.
Capt. Jere. Eames
21
Haverhill
Moses Dow Esqr
—
[No
other towns represented.— Ed.]
Copied from Records of Council.
[p. 239.] Wednesday, June 13, 1781.
Six members only attended — [no quorum, till]
Monday, June 18th 1781.
Vote for both houses to join in Committee.
Tuesday, June 19th 1781.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
nominate three persons, one of whom to be appointed a dele-
gate to attend a Convention of Delegates from the New Eng-
land States at Providence — Concurred & Mr. McClary joined
[with Mr. Foster, Col. Baldwin & Mr. Gains of the house.]
[p. 240.] Vote appointing General Folsom a Delegate to
meet Delegates from the other New England States at Provi-
dence^— " to agree upon some regular method of sending on
supplies of Beef &c. to the army."
Vote appointing Ensign Caleb Blodgett & Neil McGaffee,
Lieuts. in the 3d New Hampshire Regts.
[p. 241.] Vote appointing Asa Senter a Capt. in the first
New Hampshire Regiment.
Vote for John T. Gilman to have out of the Treasury
£300 of the New Emission, to pay wounded officers & sol-
diers.
Vote appointing Col0 Joseph Cilley a Commissioner to
join Delegates from the New England States at Providence
in the room of Gen1 Folsom who declines the service.
Wednesday, June 20th, 1781.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee consisting of
both houses relative to sundry matters : viz.
904 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
That a Committee be appointed from the separate Branches to con-
sider of and draw up the true State known by the name of the New
Hampshire Grants, in order that the same may be laid before Congress
as speedily as may be : Also that the People on the said Grants who
adhere to this State be assured that they may depend on being firmly
supported and protected :(1) Also, That a Commissioner be appointed
for this State, to repair to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, on
the 25th of June instant to meet such Commissioners as may be ap-
pointed by the other New England States to agree upon some regular
method of sending on supplies of Beef &c. to the army, during the
present year.
Thursday, June 21st, 1781.
[p. 242.] Vote appointing Jn° T. Gilman a Delegate to
meet Delegates from the other New England States at Provi-
dence &c. in the room of Col. Joseph Cilley who declines,
[p. 243.] Vote appointing Col0 Samuel Hunt to receive &
send forward the Beef collected by Francis Blood, Esqr for
the army : [£300 advanced to him.]
Friday, June 22d, 1781.
[p. 245.] Vote making an addition of 250 Militia [to 400]
to be raised to join Gen1 Washington.
Saturday, June 23d, 1781.
Vote fixing the 18tb of July next for the time the Consta-
bles shall stop taking the old currency.
[p. 24(3.] Monday, June 25th, 1781.
Vote appointing David Gilman, Esqr a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Strafford.
[p. 248.] Tuesday, June 26th, 1781.
Vote for accepting the report of the Committee for appor-
tioning the 650 men to be raised to join the army, among
the several Pcgts of militia, &c. — [to wit.]
Col. Wentworths Reg1
GO
Col. Kelly's
55
Col. Evans
74
Col. Smith's
29
Col. Moulton's
35
Col. Richardson's
21
Col. Gilman's
4S
Col. Stickney's
70
Col. .John Webster's
30
Col. McClary's
31
Col. Bell's
28
Col. Hale's
54
Col. Gale's
48
Col. Ellis's
4
Col. Nichols's
63
264
386
386
Total=
650
(1 ) See Papers on the " Vermont Controversy," in Secretary's onice.— Ed.
1761.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 905
That the foregoing men be formed into one Regiment, to be officered
with one Lieutenant Colonel Commandant & two .Majors; that the said
Regiment consist of eight companies, each Company to be officered
with one Captain and two Lieutenants.
Signed, Nicholas Oilman, for the Comtco.
Wednesday, June 27th, 1781.
[p. 240.] Vote for appointing a Post to ride to the Western
parts of the State : "from Portsmouth to Haverhill by the
way of Concord and Plymouth, thence down the River to
Charlestown, Keen & to Portsmouth again."
Vote for those Towns who have paid or shall pay their six
& three months men who served last Campaign, upon their
producing receipts therefor, to have the same discounted out
of the Taxes.
Thursday, June 28, 1781.
[p. 251.] Vote appointing the field officers to command the
Militia who are to be raised to join the Continental army :
[to wit.]
That Lifiut. Colonel Daniel Reynolds be and he hereby is appointed
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Regiment of Militia now to be
raised in this State ; that Major Benjamin Barker be first Major and
Major James Ford be second Major of said Regiment; that the other
officers be apportioned to the several Regiments, as follows, viz. in
Col. Evans Regiment one Captain & two Lieutenants; in Col. Stick-
ney's, one Captain & two Lieutenants; in Col. Love well's one Captain
& one Lieutenant; in Col. Wentworth's one Captain and one Lieuten-
ant; in Col. Kelly's one Captain, in Col. Hale's one Captain; in Col.
Gale's one Captain, in Col. Oilman's one Captain, in Col. John Webs-
ter's two Lieutenants, in Col. McClary's two Lieutenants, in Col.
Bell's one Lieutenant, in Col. Richardson's one Lieutenant & in Col.
Moulton's two Lieutenants.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee of both houses
relative to making up judgments on Contracts for specie,
&c. [to wit :]
That the Law of this State, making the Old Continental currency a
tender in payment of Debts, be repealed; That all securities given
since the commencement of the present war, or that shall hereafter be
given expressly for specie, shall be paid according to engagement, and
that judgment be made up in the several Courts and Executions issue
for specie accordingly.
Friday, June 29th, 1781.
Vote desiring the President to order the Flag to depart as
soon as may he ; also that Capt. Bearing be directed to con-
fine Capt. Nainby in irons till said vessel is ready to sail.
Vote to accept the report of a Committee on one Josiah
906 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
Durgin's being forcibly taken out of the hands of a Conti-
nental officer : That the Comtee of Safety issue process for
apprehending said Durgin & all the males concerned in res-
cuing said Durgin <fc convene them before said Comtee to be
dealt with as they shall think best for the public good.
[p. 253.] Resolve empowering Moses Baker Esq1' to hold a
Town meeting in Thornton to choose necessary Town officers.
[p. 254.] Vote appointing several Civil officers in the State :
[to wit.]
That Mr. Timothy Medar of Tamworth & Mr. Ebenezer Burbank of
Conway be and hereby are appointed Coroners for the County of
Strafford: That Mr. Thomas Baker of Keen be a justice of the Peace
for the County of Cheshire ; that Messrs. Samuel Marsh of Nottingham
West, Daniel Campbell of Amherst, & Isaac Appleton of New Ipswich,
be Coroners for the County of Hillsborough, & that Lieutenant Joseph
Gregg of Londonderry be a Coroner for the County of Rockingham.
Vote appointing Majr Simon Marston to be Major of the
Reg* of Militia to be raised, <fec.
Saturday, June 30th, 1781.
An Act to ascertain the time for the Old Continental Bills
now current in this State to be received into the Treasury
for Taxes, having been read three times, Voted that the same
be enacted. (1)
[p. 255.] Vote for the President to give orders to the
several Cols of Militia who were to raise men for the defence
of the Western Frontiers to send forward the same without
delay.
Tuesday, July 3d, 1781.
[p. 256.] Vote, That this State will comply on their part
with the Resolves of the Commissioners from the several
New England States at Providence. (2)
[p. 257.] Vote ascertaining the pay of the members of the
General Court & for adjourning to meet at Concord on the
2d Wednesday in September next. Bro't up, read & con-
curred, with this alteration, That the Court meet at Exeter
instead of Concord — which was concurred.
The members of the Council & House of Representatives to be paid
for their attendance during this Session, eighteen shillings in the new
emission per day & one shilling like money per mile for travel from &
(1) See said Act on record in Secretary's office. — Ed.
(2) The said Resolves are not fonnd on file or record, in New Hampshire archives.
-Ed.
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 907
to their homos in the following manner, viz. Those that live nine miles
& upwards from Court to be paid for Sundays & for but one travel ; &
those that live under nine miles from Court to be paid for travel from
every adjournment from Saturday to Monday; that the Secretary have
twenty-seven shillings per day and allowance per day as a member;
that the Deputy Secretary have twenty-two shillings & six pence per
day; that the Clerk of the House have nine shillings per day and the
assistant clerk four shillings & six pence per day over and above their
wages as members; that each member of the Committee of Safety
have twenty one shillings like money per day for their attendance in
the recess of the General Assembly, and travel as aforesaid, and that
the Secretary and Clerk make up the respective Rolls accordingly and
certify the same to the Treasurer, and that the Clerk of the House be
made up one day extraordinary for making out the Roll.
[From the Journal of the House, July 3d, 1781.]
The Committee to form a Scale or Table of depreciation for this
State reported as their opinion that all contracts previous to the last
day of January, 1777, shall be considered as silver & gold, & all con-
tracts for paper money from the last day of January 1777 to the last
day of June 1781, to be computed in the following manner:
Continental
Paper.
February, 1777,
£104
equal to
£100 Silver.
March ' '
106
do
do
April "
110
do
do
May "
114
do
do
June "
120
do
do
July "
125
do
do
August "
150
do
do
September "
175
do
do
October u
275
do
do
November "
300
do
do
December ' '
310
do
do
1778.
•
January
325
do
do
February
350
do
do
March
375
do
do
April
May
400
do
do
400
do
do
June
400
do
do
July
425
do
do
August
450
do
do
September
475
do
do
October
500
do
do
November
545
do
do
December
634
do
do
1779.
January "
742
do
do
February "
868
do
do
March "
1000
do
do
April "
1104
do
do
• May "
1215
do
do
908 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
June 1879.
£1342
equal to
£100 Silver.
July ' '
1477
do
do
August "
1630
do
do
September "
1800
do
do
October "
2030
do
do
November "
2308
do
do
December "
2393
do
do
1780.
January "
2934
do
do
February "
3322
do
do
March "
3736
do
do
April "
4000
do
do
May
48U0
do
do
June "
5700
do
do
July
6000
do
do
August "
6300
do
do
September "
6500
do
do
October "
6700
do
do
November "
7000
do
do
December "
7300
do
do
1781
January "
7500
do
do
February "
7500
do
do
March ' '
7500
do
do
April ' '
7500
do
do
May "
7500
do
do
June lt
7500
do
do.
Which Report being read & considered, Voted That the same be re-
ceived and accepted.
Wednesday, July 4th 1781.
[p. 258.] Yote to accept the report of the Comtee in making
provision for the support of our delegates at Congress — : [to
wit.]
That the President should accept the Draught of the Honbl Samuel
Livermore Esqr to the amount of £100 in silver lawful money including
the sum he lias already drawn for, and that the Treasurer procure the
same either by purchasing with paper Bills of the new emission or by
borrowing, and that the President be desired not to acccept any more
draughts from either of our delegates at Congress for the future, with-
out two months notice being first given, and to inform them thereof,
and desire them to be very frugal in their expeuses as it is next to an
impossibility to raise silver money, and that they do not go to the ex-
pense of any more than one servant each, as the expense for their own
persons, one servant each & their horses, will be the whole that will be
allowed them, except their wages, which will be settled hereafter by
the General Court.
An Act repealing the Laws making paper money a tender
read three times & voted that the same be enacted,
[p. 260.] Vote to accept the Report of a Comtee that the.
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 909
Comtce of Safety procure Rum & that they be allowed to re-
ceive from any Towns in this State, Rum, in lieu of the Beef
apportioned to them.
Vote to adjourn & meet again on the Second Wednesday
of September next at three oclock, P. M.
Attest — E. Thompson, Sec?.
Letter from Lt. Bezaleel Hoive.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 48.]
Honour'd Sir—
I am happy to informe you that the Late Resolution of the
Honorable Cort semes to give New Sperits to the People in this Quar-
ter— that they seme Determined to fill up the Continental Army for
which Men are dayly Mustering But Chiefly for six months as Gen1
Nichols is uncertain whether the six months Men will Draw Rations
here would Beg to be assured of the Matter But if no order arive I
shall isue Rations to them the 15th Instant & on to cary them to
Springfield.
I almost Blush to informe you of the little worth of paper Money
here — the new Emission Passes curent with them that have got it, But
that's Not me and a Man that is mutch Deprescated must Beg of your
Honours Influence in the Committy of Safety to send me one hundred
Dollars for which I will account for when ever could upon ashureing
your Honour that I make use of all the econemy that I am Master of
to live to prevent Making expence to the State.
.Except My wishes for your health.
And Belive Me to Be with evry sentiment
of Esteem your Honours Most
obedient & Humbl servant
Bez1 Howe.
Amherst, 10th of July
1781.
The Honorable Meshech Weare Pres' State N. H.
Letter from Capt. Ebenezer Webster relative to procuring re-
cruits for the army.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 50.]
Boscawen, July 19th, 1781.
Sn — Whereas I was appointed by a late Act of the General Court to
call on the Towns in Col. Stickney's Regiment, to get their proportions
of men for three years or six months, and have proceded and started
off about twenty; but can proceed no further till I can be inform 'd by
the Committee on Claims of the Number of men that were in the ser-
vice previous to raising the aforesaid men in the following Towns, viz.
Pembrook, Bow, Concord, Hopkinton, Henica, Hillsborough, Warner,
Boscawen, Salisbury, Andover, Canterbury, Louden, Northfield: The
foregoing Towns say they have procur'd their men; but I find there
910 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, [1781,
le Returns, and therefore conclude there is some Deficiency;
and as the Comm. on Claims are appointed by the Gen- Court to adjust
different Claims concerning particular men. I desire to be serv'd with
a copy of the old Troops belonging to the aforesaid Towns, so that I
may compare that with the new Levies, as I would not have a Man
wanting in this Regiment.
From your humble Servant.
Ebex1 Wki>stek.
To the Hon-' President of the Comm. of Safety.
F. S. Please to favour me with a Return by Lt. Jackman the
bearer.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of the
State of New Hampshire, at their fourth Session (being
a Special Session) begun it holden at Exeter on Wednes-
day the 22d day of August, in the sixth year of the Inde-
pendence of the United States of America, Anno Domini
1781.
[Members of the House present the same as at the session
in June, except Jona. Hale from Concord, who was absent.]
[Copied from Records of Council. ,]
[p. 260.] Wednesday, August 22d, 1781.
Agreeable to Powers lodged with the Committee of Safety
to call the General Court together, in consequence of their
summons, six members attended.
Thursday, Aug* 23d, 1781,— a Quorum met.
Vote for both houses to join in Committee — " to consider
how the supplies shall be forwarded to the army, and of any
other matters that it may be thought necessary to take under
consideration.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to consider of the propriety of sending a Flagg to Halifax,
and another to Newfoundland for the exchange of Prisoners
— concurred Mr. Gilman & Mr. McClary joined [with Capt.
Blunt, Mr. Gilman & Col. Bartlett of the House.]
[p. 261.] Friday, August 24th, 1781.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on the pro-
priety of sending a Flagg to Newfoundland &c. — viz.
That Mr. Woodward Commissary of prisoners have liberty to fix one
small vessel for Halifax and one for Newfoundland, and that said ves-
sels be commissioned as Flags of truce and take on board all the pris-
oners now in this State, and that they bring all the prisoners they can
procure at each place belonging to this or any other of the United
States.
912 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
[p. 262.] Vote to grant the prayer of the petition of Mark
H. Wentworth, Esq. for his grandson (John Wentworth) to
go off in a Flag, " for Newfoundland in order that he may
go to his parents in England."
Saturday, August 25th.
Vote to accept the report of the Comtee on filling up our
Quota of the Continental army, — to wit :
That the officers appointed to raise said men be directed immediately
to proceed and hire the men wanting in their respective Regiments
agreeable to an Act for that purpose passed the 26th of June, 1781,
and that they be hereby authorized to engage said men specie or the
produce of the country; and where there any double returns unsettled
between any two or more Towns & such Town or Towns do not imme-
diately endeavor to have the disputes relative to such double returns
adjusted, the said officers be impowered to liire one man for each of
said Towns, unless any of said Towns shall appear to have their full
compliment exclusive of said disputed men; and if any town or towns
have made no return of the men they have engaged or do not immedi-
ately make such return & produce to the officer appointed in the re-
spective Regiments a Certificate from the Committee on claims ascer-
taining the number of men belonging to said Town or Towns, that
then the said officers be directed to proceed to hire the full complement
apportioned to such delinquent Town or Towns in the last apportion-
ment for filling up the Continental Battalions, & the Towns so delin-
quent shall be liable to the Cost & Fines mentioned in the acts above
referred to.
Vote to raise men for the defence of the Northern fron-
tiers; & to desire the Town of Conway to furnish supplies
for the men raised for the defence of the Northern frontiers.
Vote authorizing the Deputy Quarter Master to sell Cattle
to defray the expense of driving Cattle to the army.
Wednesday, August 29th, 1781.
[p. 264.] Vote appointing Timothy Walker, Esq. a Special
Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature.
Vote appointing George Atkinson Esq1' a Special Justice
of the Superior Court of Judicature.
Thursday, August 30th 1781.
Vote for Precepts to issue for a new Council & Assembly,
[in the usual form.]
[p. 265.] Vote appointing a Committee in the several Towns
to receive votes for Councillors, [to wit.]
Col. Joshua Wentworth ~)
Joseph Gilman Esq. [- for the County of Rockingham
Abiel Foster Esq. )
1781. J PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 913
Col. Joshua Wingate )
James Knowles, Esqr & - for the County of Strafford.
Brig. Gen1 Joseph Badger)
Col. Nahum Baldwin }
Capt. Ebenezer Webster & > for the County of Hillsborough.
Francis Blood, Esq. )
Col. Enoch Hale )
Thomas Sparhawk, Esq. & >- for the County of Cheshire.
Col. Samuel Ashley )
Mr. Enoch Noyes ~)
Moses Dow, Esq. & >• for the County of Grafton.
Enoch Page, Esq. )
Friday, August 31st 1781.
An Act for raising a Tax " of one hundred thousand Dol-
lars in bills of the new emission," read three times & Voted
That the same be enacted.
An act for supplying the Continental army with 10,000
Gallons of Rum — enacted.
Saturday, September 1st 1781.
Vote desiring the President to write to Congress setting
forth our distress for want of money & solicit some from
thence.
[p. 266.] An Act for making Gold & Silver a Tender for
all Debts and for settling depreciation of the paper Currency
& for the future regulation of the Courts of Justice — en-
acted.
[On this Bill the yeas and nays were called.]
Yeas. Nays.
John Langdon Esq. Jno. Taylor Oilman
Wm. Whipple Sam'l Dudley
George Gains Moses Leavitt
Erihr. Rohinson Enoch Coffin
Kob't Wilson Nath'l Batchelder
Jacob Chase Tho's Bartlett
Eb'r Potter Richard Brown
Josiah Moulton John Webster
Robert Stuart Jno. Dudley
Wm. Weeks David Butler
Eph'ni Pickering Hercules Mooney
Jno. Calfe George Seaward
Jno. Whittier William Burns
Abiel Foster William Hunt
Jno. Smith Nahum Baldwin
Joshua Wingate Eben'r Webster
Jno. Kielle William Abbot, jun
Simeon Dearborn Joseph Barrett
Rob't McGregore Eph'm Adams
Sam'l Wilkins Francis Blood
Thomas Eaton Joseph Rminceval.
Sam'l Chase. 21.
22.
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914 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
Vote for the Trustees to the Confiscated Estates not to re-
ceive paper money for Debts due to them on sale of such
Estates.
Vote for the Comtee of Safety to march the three months
men if called for in recess of Court.
[p. 267.] Vote adjourning the Court to the first Wednesday
of November next.
Attest, E. Thompson, Sec?.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of the
State of New Hampshire, at their fifth Session, begun and
holden at Exeter on Wednesday the 7th day of November
in the sixth year of the Independence of the United States
of America, Anno Domini, 1781.
[Members of the House the same as before.]
[Copied from Records of Council.']
[p. 267.] Wednesday, November 7th 1781.
Two of the Board only attended, [adjourned from time to
time, till]
Wednesday, November 14th.
A Quorum being met : Vote for a Committee to join a
Committee of the Board to consider of the propriety of Capt.
Sam1 Gilman proceeding to sell the residue of the late Gov-
ernor's Estate &c. Concurred.
Vote to take no notice of sundry papers recd this day from
Vermont.
[p. 269.] Vote to receive the report of the Comtee on Col.
Gilman's selling the Lands of the late Governor Wentworth :
" That the said Capt. Gilman sell no more of said Estate un-
til the further order of the General Court."
Friday, November 16th 1781.
[p. 271.] Vote for Francis Blood Esq1* Collector of Beef to
have liberty to sell Beef Cattle to the amount of .£40 in spe-
cie.
[p. 272.] Vote for printing the Proclamation for a Thanks-
giving on the 13th of Decern1' next received from Congress,
&c.
Vote for both Houses to meet in Committee as soon as pos-
sible.
916 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
Saturday, Nov1 17th 1781.
[p. 273.] Vote to accept the report of the Committee on the
state of Batteries at Piscataqua harbour ; [to wit.]
That the Matross Company now stationed there be reduced to the
number of twenty five men, including officers, and that orders be given
to Capt Ebenezer Dealing accordingly.
Vote appointing a number of Civil Officers in the State :
[to wit.]
That Moses Dow Esq. of Haverhill be & hereby is appointed a Jus-
tice of the Peace for the County of Grafton; that Michael Cressey-&
William Lee of Chesterfield be Justices of the Peace for the County of
Cheshire, Simeon Cummings of Merrimack a justice of the Peace for
the County of Hillsborough; That Josiah Flagg of Chester be a Coro-
ner for the County of Rockingham; That James Bracket of Lee be a
Coroner for the County of Strafford, & Robert Darrah of Litchfield a
Coroner for the County of Hillsborough.
[p. 274.] Wednesday, November 21st, 1781.
Vote appointing Wyseman Clagett, Esq. Solicitor General,
[p. 275.] Vote for citing Col0 David Webster to appear be-
fore the General Court on the 2d Thursday of next Session
to answer the Remonstrance of the Committee of Plymouth
against him.
Resolve requiring the TWns to bring into the Committee
on claims, accounts of all supplies to soldiers families.
[p. 277.] Vote appointing a number of Civil officers : [to
wit.]
That Capt. Jeremiah Eames of Northumberland be & hereby is ap-
pointed a Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton; That Charles
Johnston, Moses Dow & Samuel Emerson be Commissioners to swear
Civil officers in said County; That James Elate of said Northumber-
land be a Coroner for said County; That Capt. Nathaniel Ambrose
of Moultonborough be a Justice of the Peace for the County of Straf-
ford, & Capt. John Blunt of New Castle, a Justice of the Peace for the
County of Rockingham, &
Voted, That the Hon1'1 Col. Charles Johnston, Esq. of Haverhill be
& hereby is appointed Judge of the Probate of Wills for the County of
Grafton in the room & stead of Israel Morey, Esq.
[p. 278.] Friday, November 23d, 1781.
Vote to pay Capt. Ebenezer Webster his Roll amounting
to ,£1530 : 7 : 9 new Emission, he giving usual security.
[p. 279.] Vote appointing Capt. Jonathan Cram of Hamp-
ton-falls, Major of the 3d Regiment of Militia.
Vote appointing Moses Leavitt of North Hampton Lieut.
Col. of the 3d Regiment of Militia, & Joseph Clifford of
Kensington 2d Major of the 3d Reg* of Militia.
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 917
Saturday, Nov1 24th, 1781.
[p. 281.] Resolve directing the sheriff of the County of
Cheshire to release from confinement Nathaniel Bingham &
John Grandy, jun.
Vote giving leave to Capt. Eliphalet Gidding to sell Beef
Cattle he collects to the amount of £60 in specie, for which
he is to account.
[p. 282.] Vote apportioning the. cloathing wanting for our
Battalions among the several Towns in this State, to he pro-
vided by sd Towns.
Vote for a Precept to be issued to the Towns of Went-
worth, Warren & Coventry for them to send a member to
the General Court.
An Act to prevent inhabitants of Great Britain & others
inimical to the United States of North America, from pur-
chasing territory within this State, having been read three
times, Voted that the same be enacted.
Vote for paying the President of this State £100 ; The
Secretary of said State £60, order made out. The Treas-
urer of this State £100. The Chief Justice of the Superior
Court of Judicature £75, order made out to Col. Weare.
Each of the puisne Judges of the Court aforesd £60 : The
Clerk of said Court 20 £ in specie for their several services
in their offices respectively for the current year, deducting
therefrom according to the Scale of depreciation what paper
money either of them may have received towards their said
services, and that the same be paid when the State of the
Treasury will admit of it.
Order granted for £20 to the Clerk, S. Hubbard, Esqr.
[p. 283.] Vote desiring the President to write to Mr. Liv-
ermore as soon as may be on the Vermont affairs.
An Act for impowering the Sheriff of the County of
Cheshire to release from Prison sundry of the good subjects
of this State imprisoned by certain evil minded persons
acting under the pretended authority of Vermont (so called),
having been read three times & voted that the same be
Enacted.
[p. 284.] An Act for preventing the subjects of his Bri-
tannic Majesty and all other persons inimical to the United
States of North America from prosecuting actions, serving
as Jurors or acting as Town officers within this State —
having been read three times, Voted that the same be
Enacted.
918 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
Vote to pay Gen1 Sullivan (agreeably to a resolve of Con-
gress) twenty Dollars & f -§■ of a Dollar : warn1 granted.
Vote appointing Joshua Wentworth, Esq. Colonel of the
first Regiment of Militia in this State.
Vote appointing Mark Wiggin, Esqr Lieutenant Col0 of
the first Regiment of Militia in this State.
Vote to request Capt. Samuel Gilman to give the Board of
War an order on Messrs. Cabots for all the money due from
them to the State.
Vote determining what pay the members of Council, their
officers &c. shall receive for their wages & travel this ses-
sion, viz. " six shillings in specie per day and three pence
like money per mile travel to & from their homes," &c.
Vote for two precepts for Representatives to issue to the
district of Stoddard, Washington, Packersfield & Gilsum,
which heretofore have sent but one.
Vote to pay the Rev. Mr. Rogers & Mansfield each £3: 12
for their attending & praying with the General Court for the
year past.
Vote desiring the President to write to Congress respect-
ing the case of Capt. Ebenezer Green who was left a hostage
in Canada by Gen1 Arnold.
[p. 286.] Vote to adjourn the General Court without day.
Attest, . . E. Thompson, Sec?.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honble General Assembly of the State of
New Hampshire, at their first Session begun and holden at
Exeter on the third Wednesday of December, being the
nineteenth day of said month, in the Sixth year of the In-
dependence of the United States of America, Anno Domini,
1781.
[For the names of members of the House, see the roll, at the second session, in
March, 1782, on a subsequent page.— Ed.]
[From the Journal of the House.]
December 19th 1781. _ Twenty-five of the re-
turned members appearing in the House, appointed John Dudley, Esq.
Chairman, and adjourned to ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
December 20th 1781.
A number more of the members being met, the Honble President came
into the House and administered the proper oaths to the members
present.
3 o'clock, P. M.
[By ballot Chose Honble John Langdon, Speaker; who being absent,
chose John Dudley Esqr Speaker pro tempore; Chose John Smith, Esq.
Clerk and John Calfe Esq. Assistant Clerk of the House] Hon. Nicholas
Gilman, Treasurer of the State.
Voted, That Col. Peabody, Col. Walker, Mr. Gilman, Capt. Gilman
& Major Gaines be a Committee to prepare and lay before this House
the necessary Rules to be observed for regulating and governing the
same.
Rules of the House.
Voted to accept the following for the government of this State.
1. That the Speaker & thirty members constitute An House, and
that no business be transacted by a less number except to adjourn.
2. That if the Speaker be absent the House may choose a Speaker
pro tempore.
3. That the freedom of deliberation and speech, and debate in the
House, be allowed to each member thereof; Yet if any member by mis-
behaviour in Speech or action in the House shall give just cause of of-
fence to another, he shall for the first offence be fined at the discretion
of the house, and for the second be admonished.
920 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
4. Every member when he would make a motion, speak to a matter
in debate, or for any other purpose whatsoever, shall rise from his seat
and address himself to the Chair; but on being called to order by the
Speaker or any other member, he shall be silent: Though if such si-
lenced member shall think himself injured thereby, the Speaker shall
take a vote of the house thereon, — to whose decision such member shall
submit on pain of displeasure.
5. That the dignity of the chair maybe preserved inviolate the Speak-
er shall leave it when speaking as a member, to make a motion, give
his opinion on a matter in debate before the House, or for any other
purpose.
6. That no member speak more than twice to a subject in debate,
till each member if he pleases shall offer his opinion.
7. No motion shall be debated until the same is seconded.
8. When a motion is made and seconded, if desired by the Speaker,
it shall be reduced to writing before any debate shall be allowed
thereon.
9. While a question is before the House no motion shall be received,
unless to amend or commit the same, or to postpone the consideration
of the main question, or for having the yeas and nays entered on the
Journal.
10. If a question in debate contains several parts, any member may
have the same divided.
11. That on the request of any seven members the yeas & nays on
any vote passed, shall be taken and entered on the Journal of the
House, provided such request be made before any new business be en-
tered upon, and any member may have his reasons of dissent from any
vote entered on the Journal, provided his request therefor be signified
before the next adjournment, after the passing any respective vote.
12. That no vote be valid unless passed by a majority of the mem-
bers present.
13. That no vote passed in the House shall be reconsidered by a
number inferior to that present when it was passed.
14. That if any member having entered the House on the business
of the day, absent himself for more than half an hour at one time
without leave, he shall be struck off the pay Roll for that day.
15. That if the major part of the House shall adjudge that any per-
son returned as a member is not duly qualified, agreeable to the con-
stitution, to take his seat therein, it shall be in the power of the House
to dismiss such person, giving notice to the Town or District to which
such person belongs to choose another in his stead.
16. That every member having been present at a debate, and the
vote thereon being challenged, or the Yeas & Nays being called for,
shall be obliged when called upon by the Speaker, to vote on one side
or other of a question, unless special reasons be assigned to the con-
trary, the validity of which reasons shall be determined by the House.
17. That no member speaking by leave shall be interrupted by
another, but by rising to call to order or to correct a mistake.
18. That every bill offered to the House be read three times, and
that there be two adjournments before it pass to be enacted.
19. That no bill be sent to the Council Board without notice thereof
being first given to the House by the Speaker, and the title thereof
being read.
1781.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 921
20. That no member nominate more than one person for one Com-
mittee, provided the person by him nominated shall be chosen.
21. That no member be on more than two Committees at the same
time, nor chairman of more than one, and no member chosen on any
Committee shall have liberty to nominate another person for the same
Committee.
22. That no petition be received by the House but from a member
thereof, and on motion made for that purpose.
23. Every morning the minutes of the preceding day shall be read
in the House previous to their entering upon any new business.
24. That at the end of each session the Journal of the proceedings
of the House, excepting only such parts thereof as immediately relate
to the war & a Correspondence with Nations, and which in their na-
ture ought to be kept secret, be printed for the use of the members &
to be dispersed among the several Towns, parishes & Districts in this
State.
25. That no persons except members of the General Court be permit-
ted above the Bar of the House without permission of the Speaker or
special invitation from some member of the House.
20. That no member shall be allowed wages for a days attendance
previous to the day he shall be present in Court when they are sitting,
without special order for that purpose.
Copied from Records of the Council.
Members of the Council.
Honbl Meshech "Weare, Pres* Jacob Abbott
Josiah Bartlett Timothy Farrar
Nichs Oilman Benjamin Bellows
John McClary Thomas Sparhawk
Woodbury Langdon Francis Worcester
George Frost E. Thompson, Sec^.
John Wentworth Joseph Pierson, D. Sec.
[p. 287.] Friday, December 21st 1781.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
consider of what is necessary to be done respecting the liber-
ating Col0 Enoch Hale & others from Charlestown Goal, &
report thereon.
[p. 289.] Saturday, December 22d 1781.
Resolve directing Maj1' General Folsom to put into immedi-
ate execution the late order of the Committee of Safety for
liberating Col. Enoch Hale & others out of Charlestown
Goal.(l)
(1) See important papers relating to this matter in "Vermont Controversy," in Secre-
tary's office.— Ed.
922 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1781.
Note by the Editor.
The following is a copy of the Records of the Committee of Safety, of
Dec. 4, 1781: " The Committee having met (being summoned by his
Honour the President) took into consideration a Letter from Honbl
Benjamin Bellows, Esqr relative to the imprisonment of the sheriff of
the County of Cheshire, by the pretended authority of Vermont. Adjd till
9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
" Decr 5th 1781. The Committee having resumed the further consid-
eration of the above mentioned letter gave directions to the sheriff of
the County of Cheshire, inclosing two Warrants. Gave orders to Brigr
Gen. Moses Nichols, also to Brigr Gen. Benja Bellows, and gave direc-
tions to Francis Blood Esq. to supply the troops who are ordered to
liberate Col. Enoch Hale, with provisions."
Yote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
draught a Proclamation to be sent to the Inhabitants of the
Counties of Cheshire and Grafton, and Report thereon —
Concurred, — Messrs. McClary, Farrar, Gilman & Abbot
joined [with Col. Walker, Mr. Dudley, Maj. Gains, Mr. White
& Mr. Foster of the house.]
Tuesday, Decr 25, 1781.
[p. 290.] Yote to grant the prayer of the petition of Simon
Baxter, & giving him leave to remove his family to St. John's
in Nova Scotia.
Thursday, December 27th 1781.
[p. 291.] Yote to postpone the sending the orders to Col.
Moses Keille for raising the Militia to liberate Col0 Hale.
Yote to receive the report of the Committee respecting
William Page & ordering him to be committed : [to wit.]
The Committee to consider what is to be done respecting Mr. Wil-
liam Page, reported, that they have examined the said William Page
and the evidence respecting his conduct, and it plainly appearing
that he has accepted the office of Sheriff under the usurped authority of
Vermont, & exercised the same for a considerable time within the Coun-
ty of Cheshire, and are of opinion that the said William Page should be
committed to Goal at P^xeter, on a mittimus from some Magistrate
within the County of Rockingham, to take his tryal at the next Superior
Court to be holden within said County of Rockingham.
[p. 292.] Yote to accept the report of the Committee on
the motion for admitting Dr. Page to Bail.
Friday, December 28th, 1781.
Yote to accept the report of the Committee on the manner
of the officers making up the pay rolls of three months men
who served the present year ; viz.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 923
That the Rolls of the three months men be made up in specie; That
the Field officers pay commence twenty days previous to their inarch-
ing, the other Commissioned officers fifteen days, and the non-commis-
sioned officers and privates ten days before they marched ; That the
rations due to the officers be reckoned at eight pence per ration, and
the detained parts of rations be made up to the privates as usual.
Saturday, December 29th, 1781.
[p. 294.] Yote to abate one-third of the Tax of the town
of New Castle for the years 1780 & 1781.
[p. 29o.] Vote appointing the Honbl Samuel Livermore
Esq1- a Delegate to represent this State in the Continental
Congress untill the first day of Nov1" next, unless sooner re-
lieved or recalled, with all powers &c. heretofore had and
enjoyed.
Vote appointing the Honbl Woodbury Langdon Esqr a del-
egate to represent this State in the Continental Congress,
untill the first day of November next, unless sooner relieved
or recalled with all powers &c. heretofore had and enjoyed.
Vote impowering the President of the Council for the
time being, with one other member of Council, to administer
the necessary oaths to the several Civil officers in this State,
who apply for the same, to qualify them for their respective
office.
Tuesday January 1st 1782.
[p. 296.] Vote for a Comtee to join a Committee of the
Board to draught all such bills as are necessary to be passed
this Session & lay the same before this house : — Concurred —
Mr. Wentworth joined [with Col. Peabody, Mr. Dow & Mr.
Foster of the House.]
[From the Journal of the House, Jan? 1st, 1782.]
Whereas it has been suggested to this House that a number of the
Precepts or recommendations issued by order of the late General
Assembly to call a Convention for the purpose of forming a Plan of
Government for the consideration of the good people of this State, by
some means or other were not duly received by the districts to which
they were addressed, by reason whereof a small part of the State only
were represented in the Convention held in pursuance of the recom-
mendation: Therefore,
Voted, That Capt. Gilman, Mr. White and Capt. Goldsmith, with
such of the Honbi Board as they shall join, be a Committee to consider
the foregoing suggestion and report thereon. Concurred — Mr. Lang-
don & Mr. Bartlett joined.
Thursday, Jan? 3d, 1782.
[p. 300.] Vote That the pay Roll of a Scouting party em-
924 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
ployed by the Town of Conway, amounting to twenty pounds,
fourteen shillings & eight pence in specie, and the account
of the Selectmen of Conway for supplying said party,
amounting to <£17 : 12 : 10, like money, be allowed <fe paid
out of the Treasury by order of the President, to Col0 David
Page, when the State of the Treasury will admit thereof.
Friday, 4th January 1782.
Yote to accept the Report of the Comtee on the petition of
the Inhabitants of Protectworth ;(1) also of the petition of
Wadleigh Smith, that the Inhabitants of Protectworth have
leave to bring in a Bill to oblige the proprietors of New
London to repair the road thro' sd Town to Protectworth, &
that the prayer of sd Inhabitants for a grant of land for
Building a Grist-mill be not granted ; also Report on the
petition of "Wadleigh Smith, that the State by an Act of the
General Court granted seventeen lots of Land to sundry per-
sons on certain conditions of settlement & that the said
persons should be called on to see if they have complyed
with the said conditions, & if they have forfeited sd grant,
that Wadleigh Smith should receive one of them as a settler.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
consider of the Letters & Resolves of Congress received this
day ; also of a Letter from Captain Joseph Burt and Report
thereon(2) — Concurred & Mr. Bartlett & Mr. Frost joined
[with Col. Walker, Mr. Blood, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Gibson &
Mr. Kingsbury of the house.]
[p. 301.] Vote to accept the Report of the Comtee to con-
sider of the propriety of the Justices of Superior Court or
Chief Justice admitting Wm. Page to bail :
That they cannot consider of the matters referred to them, -without
having the s'1 Page before them, with all papers relative to his commit-
ment, together with an examination into various circumstances which
they conceive to be without the line of their department; They further
Report, That the said Page apply to the Superior Court for his libera-
tion from Prison, before whom only the Committee conceive such mat-
ters to be cognizable.
[p. 303.] Vote to Accept the Report of a Committee to
consider what is necessary to be done with two deserters now
in Goal at Exeter :
That the Board of War be directed to furnish said soldiers with
(1) Now called Springfield.— Ed.
(2) The letters &c. here referred to have not been found.— Ed.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 025
necessary cloathing, & as they are unwell, that they be delivered to
some Doctor for the recovery of their health, and that as soon as they
shall be able they be sent forward to join their respective corps.
Saturday 5th January, 1782.
An Act to authorize & impower John Parker of Ports-
mouth Esqr to sell & convey certain lands in Wolf borough,
late the Estate of George Meserve Esq1' an absentee, lor the
purposes therein mentioned, having been read three times
Voted that the same be enacted.
Tuesday, January 8th, 1782.
[p. 805.] Vote to accept the Report of the Committee of
both houses for sending an armed force to support the Civil
Officers in the County of Cheshire : [to wit.]
That an armed force be immediately raised and sent into the western
part of this State for the defence and protection of the Inhabitants
there, and to enable the civil officers to exercise their authority in that
Quarter: That the said armed force consist of one thousand men
including officers: That a proclamation be issued & forwarded to the
several Towns & places in the western parts of this State setting forth
the reasons for raising said armed force; and that Woodbury Langdon
Esq. or some other Delegate be immediately sent on to Congress to
make a true representation of our present proceedings.
[p. 306.] Wednesday, January 9th, 1782.
Vote to accept the Report of the Committee on allowing
rations to officers & soldiers at home on furlow : [to wit.]
That they receive no rations, there being an express Resolution of
Congress to the contrary; — but considering the necessities of the offi-
cers and soldiers, and the inability of the State to furnish them at
present with money, the Committee are of opinion that each officer &
soldier receive one month's pay in beef & rum in the following manner,
viz. four-fifths part thereof in salted beef at three pence half-penny pr.
pound, or fresh beef at three pence pr. pound, if the State shall have
any on hand, & the other fifth part in West India rum at five shillings
pr. gallon, or New England rum at three shillings & four pence pr.
Gallon. The said salt beef and ruin to be furnished from that collected
the last year.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board,
to consider of Liquedating public Securities, paying the
Interest thereof & sundry other matters — Concurred, & Mr.
Bartlett & Mr. Langdon joined [with Col0 Walker, Majr
Gains, Mr. Gilman, Capt. Harriman & Col0 Peabody of the
House.]
[p. 307.] Thursday, January 10th, 1782.
Vote to accept the Report of the Committee in part on the
926 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
propriety of Liquidating the public securities of this State :
[to wit.]
That an Act be passed allowing each and every person who may-
have such securities to bring the same into the Treasury; that the
Treasurer liquidate the same agreeably to the Scale of Depreciation;
That notes which were given to officers & soldiers for Depreciation of
wages be reckoned equal to hard money; That certificates be given for
all the Interest which may be due, which Certificates shall be received
by the Collectors and by the Treasurer in discharge of any State Taxes
for the current year — Provided such certificate is given by the last day
of July next, and that the Treasurer give new Notes for the Principal
so liquidated to any person who may incline to receive the same —
which Notes shall be for hard money and payable on demand ; That
when new Notes are given, Interest be computed to the last day of
July next, at which time said new Notes shall bear date; That in case
any person shall not choose to take out new Notes, the yearly Interest
which shall hereafter arise on all Public Securities of this State, shall
be discharged as soon as due if requested, and in case the state of the
Treasury will not admit of the same being paid in specie, that Certifi-
cates be given therefor, which Certificates shall be received in Public
Taxes, and the Interest so paid indorsed on said securities; That the
Form of the new Notes & Certificates to be given be expressed in the
act. Signed, J. Bartlett, for the Comtee.
Vote recommending it to the Convention for framing a
Constitution of Government to postpone the final determina-
tion thereof to some future period, & in the mean time to
issue precepts to the Towns & places not represented in said
Convention to send Delegates thereto.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on propor-
tioning the men to be sent to the western part of the State :
[to wit.]
That the men already voted for that service, shall be raised by
draught or otherwise out of the following Regiments, (viz.) Col0
Wentworth's, Col0 Evans', Col0 Moulton's, Col° Oilman's, Col0 Gale's,
Col0 McClary's, Col0 Stickney's, Col0 John Webster's, Col0 Bell's, Col0
Lovewell's, Col0 Kelley's & Col0 Enoch Hale's — to be apportioned by
the Maj. Gen1 of the Militia according to the numbers in each Regi-
ment, including the alarm list; That they be formed into two Regi-
ments, each Regiment to be commanded by two Field officers (viz.)
one Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel, and one Major; that each Regiment
consist of six companies, to be commanded by one captain, one Lieu-
tenant, & one Ensign, & a suitable proportion of non-commissioned
officers; That the whole be commanded by a General officer; That a
suitable person be appointed to purchase or collect provisions for the
supply of the Troops, cS; that those Towns in the westerly part of the
[State] that shall supply any provisions, shall be allowed for the same
out of their outstanding Taxes, or the Tax for the current vear; That
the pay and rations be the same as are allowed the officers" & soldiers
in the service of the United States. Signd— John McClary.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 927
B
P. 308.] Vote for raising men to guard the Western and
'orthern frontiers — Concurred — [to wit.]
That Col" Charles Johnston be impowered to raise twelve men as a
scouting party; That the place of Randezvous be at Haverhill, and
that he be desired to call on the Town of Haverhill for supplies for the
men, & that Col0 David Page to raise twelve men as a Bcouting party
for Shelburne and the Upper Coos, & that he be desired to call on the
Town of Conway or any other Towns in that quarter for supplies for
the men; That each of said scouts be officered with one Sarjeant; That
the officers and men have the same pay and rations as in the Continen-
tal army — their pay to commence from the time they enter on actual
service, and to be discharged the tenth day of April next; the said men
at Haverhill to be under the direction of Col° Charles Johnston: Those
men for Shelburne & Co'os to be under the direction of Col° David Page.
Signed — John McClary, for Com,eo.
Friday, Jan^ 11th 1782.
[p. 309.] Vote to accept the report of the Committee on the
State of Col0 Morey's Regiment — viz. " That on account of
Col° Morey's neglecting to comply with the orders and requi-
sitions of the General Court etc. Lieut. Col0 Charles John-
ston be directed to take the command of said Regiment until
further order."
Vote granting a Tax on the Polls and Estates of the In-
habitants of this State of £110,000, to be paid in several ar-
ticles specified therein : [to wit.]
In Certificates for Interest due on public Securities in silver or gold,
and in the following specific articles, viz.
Good New England Rum,
West India rum,
Beef cattle, first payment by the last of June,
" second payment, Sept.
" third payment, Xovr
Mens neat leather shoes, good,
Mens yarn hose, of best quality,
Others in proportion
Cotton or cotton & linen cloth f wide,
Good tow & linen cloth 1 yard wide,
Good felt hats,
Good white woolen cloth, f wide well \
milled & sheared once £
Of poorer quality in proportion,
Good 8 quarter blankets, for soldiers,
Linen cloth, % wide, for shirting,
Linen cloth of inferior quality, in proportion,
Good wheat flour
One third of the whole of said tax to be paid by the last day of June;
one third by the last day of September; and the remaining third by the
at 2s.6d.
per Gallon
4s
Do
Hd
pr lb
M
Do
2hd.
Do.
6s
per pair
5s
Do
Do
2s
pr yard
Is & Qd
Do
5s.
7s
Do.
Do
21s
5s (for
officers) Do.
Do.
42s
pr Cwt.
928 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
last day of November next : the Rum to be deposited at the public
stores in Portsmouth, Exeter or Plastow, the Beef to be delivered to
the order of the Committee of Safety, at the expense of the respective
towns, provided no town shall be at the expense of driving cattle more
than fifteen miles: All the specific articles except the Beef and Rum to
be delivered to the Board of war at Portsmouth or Exeter clear of
charges, Provided also, that if the Beef, Rum & other articles are not
paid at the respective periods mentioned, such deficiency to be paid in
Silver and Gold.
Vote appointing General Sullivan to command the forces to
be sent to the western parts of this State.
Vote appointing Thomas Bartlett to command one of the
Begts going to the westward.
[p. 310. ] Vote appointing Col0 David Reynolds (1) to
command one of the Regts going to the western part of the
State.
Vote appointing Samuel McConnel to be Major of the Reg*
in the western expedition.
Vote appointing George Gains Major of one of the Regts
on the western expedition.
Vote for Capt. Samuel Gilman to proceed in selling the
Estate of the late Governor Wentworth.
Saturday, Jan? 12th 1782.
[p. 311.] Voted That Charles Johnson (2) Esqr be appoint-
ed Col0 of the Regiment of Militia lately commanded by Is-
rael Morey Esq1' who by renouncing his allegiance to this
State, hath forfeited said office, and that said Johnson be
commissioned accordingly. [Concurred by the House.]
Form of Proclamation to be printed & dispersed in the
Counties of Grafton & Cheshire. (3)
Tuesday Jan* 15th 1782.
[p. 312.] Vote to accept the Report of the Committee on
the account of Fowle <fc Gerrish, for paper & printing seven
hundred Books of the Constitution : That said Fowle & Ger-
rish have and receive seventy pounds in full for their account,
out of the Treasury, by order of the President.
[p. 313.] Vote to accept the report of the Comtce That Capt.
Eliphalet Giddinge & Francis Blood, Esq1' Collectors of Beef
(1) This name is spelled Runnels in the Journal of the Hou9e.— Ed.
(2) It will he noted thai this name is sometimes spelled Johnston, and sometimes
Johnson.— Ed.
(3) The editor has searched in vain for a copy of this proclamation.— Ed.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 029
in this State, be directed to examine the salted Beef belong
to the Public in their respective Districts & if they shall find
any of said Beef damaged, that they condemn the same and
expose it for sale at public Auction.
Vote That Mr. Thomas Odiorne be & hereby is appointed
an agent with full power to receive the debts due from indi-
viduals to this State.
Vote to accept the Report of the Com'"'' That Col0 Samuel
Hunt of Charlestown be directed to call upon those persons
that have received lire-arms belonging to (his Stale, to return
the same without delay into the State Store under the care of
sd Col0 Hunt, and that he be further directed to make a Re-
turn into the Secretary's office of this State, of the Names of
person or persons that shall neglect to return the same; And
that Samuel Caldwell be directed to return the Gun belong-
ing to this State now in his possession, to the Board of War,
or to Col0 Samuel Hunt, the first convenient opportunity,
taking their receipt therefor.
[p. 314.] Vote That the Delegates pay from this State to the
Continental Congress be in future thirty six shillings in spe-
cie per day each, which is to be in full for their services in-
cluding other expence from the time they set out, till they
return home.
Vote That Mr. John Taylor Gilman be & he hereby is ap-
pointed a Delegate to represent this State in the Continental
Congress, until the first day of November next, unless sooner
relieved or recalled by the General Court of this State with
all the powers & privileges which other delegates from this
State have heretofore had & enjoyed, agreeably to the Con-
federation of the United States.
Vote, That Timothy Walker, Esq1- be and hereby is ap-
pointed a Delegate to represent this State in the Continental
Congress, until the first day of November next, unless sooner
relieved or recalled by the General Assembly of this State,
with all the powers & priviledges which other Delegates from
this State have heretofore had & enjoyed, agreeable to the
Confederation of the United States. (1)
[p. 315.] Wednesday, January 16th, 1782.
Vote to accept the Report of Comtee on the State of the
Batteries at Piscataqua Harbour, that the wages of the offi-
cers and soldiers who were employed the year past in defence
(1) It does not appear that Col. Walker attended the Congress.— Ed.
58
930 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
of said Batteries & whose enlistments are now expired,
should be made up in the following manner, viz. the Capt
8£ pr. month, Lieut & Ensign 6X pr. m0., each Serf <£2 : 8s.
pr. mo. each, & the Rank & file <£2, each, & that the several
ballances now due to them be paid in the same manner as
the six and three months men are paid ; Also, that there
should be appointed as soon as may be, one Capt. & one
Lieut., two Serp & eighteen Rank & file raised for the De-
fence of said Batteries untill further Orders & to be paid the
same wages as mentioned above.
An Act for raising £110,000, lawful money, &c.
An Act for liquidating public securities, &c.
Enacted.
[p. 317.] Vote for a Comtee to join a Committee of the
Board to consider of the resolves of Congress respecting the
Depreciation pay, & subsistence to be allowed Br. Gen.
Stark, and report thereon — Concurred — Mr. Langdon & Mr.
Gilman joined [with Col0 Walker, Col0 Bartlett & Mr.
Robinson of the house.]
Vote to accept the Report of a Comtee that the President
be desired to prepare & forward a Suitable Letter as soon as
he can conveniently, representing the several matters above
mentioned, in the fullest manner ; especially, respecting the
undue proportion assigned this State, of the said eight mill-
ions Dollars & to forward such other papers as he may
think necessary.
[This letter not found.— Ed.]
Vote, That when the business of this session is finished,
the General Court be adjourned to meet at Concord, at a time
which shall be agreed upon by the said General Court. Bro't
up, read & non-concurred.
[p. 318.] Thursday 17th Jan*', 1782.
Vote That Lieut. Meshech Bell be and hereby is appointed
Lieutenant of the company now to be raised for the defence
of Piscataqua Harbour.
[p. 319.] Vote to accept the report of the Committee ap-
pointed to consider & report what is further necessary to be
done concerning the raising the militia to be sent to the
western part of this State: That the whole matter be re-
ferred to the Committee of Safety, and that they be impow-
ered to raise and march them at such time, as they shall
think proper.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 931
Vote to pay the balance of the account of John Sullivan,
Esq., amounting to £87: 19: 7, in Specie in full for the
balance of his account as a delegate to Congress.
Vote to pay General Sullivan £1 in full of his account for
drawing Bills for the General Court.
[p. 320.] Vote appointing Col0 John Wentworth Collector
of Rum that is to be paid by the several Towns in this State
for the current year.
Vote desiring the several Judges of Probate in this State
to call on the Trustees of Confiscated Estates by them
respectively appointed, to settle their accounts as Trustees as
soon as may be.
Friday, January 18th, 1782.
[p. 321.] Vote that B G. Stark shall have out of the
Treasury a sum to the amount of six months pay & subsist-
ancc as B G, when the State of the Treasury will admit of
it, agreeably to a resolve .of Congress of the 28th of Septem-
ber last.
Vote appointing Joseph Gilman Esqr., Capt. Josiah Gil-
man & Mr. Ephraim Robinson a Committee to adjust and
settle the depreciation of wages of the officers & soldiers be-
longing to the New Hampshire line of the army for the
years 1780 and 1781.
[p. 322.] Resolve empowering the Treasurer to hire
£20,000 in specie, and to give Notes on Interest for any
sums demanded of him by virtue of an order from the
President.
Vote to pay the members of the Council & house of Rep-
resentatives six shillings pr day for their attendance this
session & ±d per mile for travel ; The Secretary 9s per day
& travel as a member ; The Depy Sec^ 7s. 6d per day over
and above his pay as a member, & the assistant Clerk Is Qd
per day over & above his pay as a member.
Vote for supplying the families of officers & soldiers of
the N. Hampshire line in actual service with a months pay.
Vote for holding the next Session of the General Court at
Concord.
[From Journal of the House, Jan? 18th, 17S2.]
The vote of the 12th Inst, for adjourning the Court to Concord was
returned from the Honbl Board non-concurred. — Whereupon, Voted,
That the House adhere to their former vote: When the Yeas & Nays
were called for on the question: Which are as follows:
932
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1782.
Yeas
Robert Wilson
John Underhill
Phillips White
Nath1 Peabody
John Calfe
John Dudley
James Gibson
Sam1 McConnell
Tim0 Walker
Abiel Foster
John Bryent
Enoch Sawyer
Jacob McGaw
Wm. Burns
Benja French
Moses Nichols
Stephen Herriman
William Abbott
Nath1 Bean
(Yeas)
Benja Mann
Joseph Symonds
Wm. Smiley
Jonas Butterfield
Joseph Senter
Edward Everett
Jere. Eames
Enoch Page.
Yeas 27.
Nays
Wm. Whipple
Geo. Gains
Jn° T. Gilman
Ephm Robertson
Sam1 Weare
Mark Wiggin
Moses Leavitt
Ebenr Potter
Sam1 Gilman
Enoch Coffin
John Fogg
Wm. Weeks
Tho3 Bartlett
Ephm Pickering
Sam1 Jenness
Jn° Smith
James Davis
John Garland
David Copp,
Ephm Adams.
Nays 20.
Vote to adjourn the General Court till the Second Wednes-
day in March next at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, then to
meet at the meeting house in Concord.
Attest —
E. Thompson, Secy.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of the State
of New Hampshire at their second session begun & holden at
Concord in said State on the second Wednesday of March,
being the 13th day of said month, in the sixth year of the
Independence of the United States of America, Anno
Domini, 1782.
A list and Call Roll of the Honble House of Representatives of the State
of New Hampshire at their Second Session begun and holden at Con-
cord, on Wednesday, the 13th day of March, A. D. 1782.(1)
Towns Sf Places.
Names of Representatives.
Miles.
o
Portsmouth,
John Langdon Esqr
53
10
k
William Whipple, Esqr
53
14
"
George Gains, Esq.
Mr. John Taylor Gilman(2)
—
—
Exeter
40
15
"
Mr. Ephraim Robinson
40
15
Londonderry
Daniel Reynolds Esqr
29
9
"
Mr. Archibald McMurphy
25
13
Chester
Robert Wilson, Esqr
28
11
t<
Capt. John Underbill
24
11
Hampton Falls &c.
Samuel AVeare, Esqr
45
14
Brintwood
Stratham
Mark Wiggin, Esqr
44
4
North Ampton
Moses Leavitt, Esq1"
47
5
Kensington
Ebenezer Potter, Esqr
—
—
New Market
Capt. Samuel Gilman
3S
11
(1) This List is the only one that has been found of members of the House for 1781-
1782.— Ed.
(2) In the margin, " 1 Sept. Jedediah Jewett."
934
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1782.
Towns §• Places.
Names of Representatives.
Miles.
Epping
Enoch Coffin, Esqr
33
15
Hampton
Mr. John Fogg
43
14
Southampton &c.
Phillips White, Esqr
41
11
Kingston & E. Kingston
Capt. John Eastman
33
15
Greenland
William Weeks, Esqr
46
12
Nottingham
Thomas Bartlett, Esqr
28
5
Hawke & Sandown
David Tilton, Esqr
30
13
Newiugton
Capt. Ephm Pickering
50
11
Eye
Samuel Jenness Esqr
52
8
Atkinson & Plastow
Nath1 Peabody Esqr
35
14
Hampstead
John Calfe, Esqr
30
15
Raymond & Poplin
John Dudley, Esqr
22
11
New Castle
Deerfielcl & Northwood
Jeremiah Eastman, Esqr
18
12
Salem
Mr. Caleb Dustin
30
7
Candia
Capt. John Sargent
20
10
Epsom, Chichester &c.
Pelham
James Gibson, Esqr
40
14
Wyndham
James Betton, Esqr
35
10
Pembroke
Samuel McConnell, Esqr
5
13
Concord
Timothy Walker, Esqr
0
' 13
Canterbury & Loudon
Abiel Foster, Esqr
8
13
Bow & Dunbarton
John Bryant, Esqr
3
13
Dover
Caleb Hodgdon, Esqr
—
—
"
John Waldron, Esqr
46
13
Durham
John Smith, Esqr
38
16«
Lee
Hercules Mooney, Esqr
—
—
Madbury
Mr. James Davis
—
—
Summersworth
Rochester
Mr. Jabez Dame
50
14
Barrington
John Garland, Esqr
—
—
Wakefield &c.
Capt. David Copp
60
9
Gilmanton &c.
Joseph Badger, Esqr
20
10
Meredith & Sanbornton
Ebenezer Smith, Esqr
29
10
Wolfeborough, &c.
—
Sandwich, &c. &c.
Daniel Beede, Esqr
48
7
Conway, &c. &c.
David Page, Esq1*
78
5
Goffstown
Mr. Enoch Sawyer
20
13
Merrimac, &c.
Mr. Jacob McGaw
25
11
Nottingham W.
Mr. William Burns
40
o
Dunstable
Benjamin French, Esqr
40
11
Mollis
Capt. Daniel Emerson
40
13
Amherst
Moses Nichols, Esqr
30
8
Hopkinton
Capt. Stephen Harriman
11
15
Salisbury & Boscawen
—
(1) " Including one day for making up the Roll."— Ed.
1782.]
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
935
Towns $■ Places.
We are
Wilton &c.
New Boston
Andover, Warner, &c.
Mason & Raby
New Ipswich
Temple & Peterboro'
Dublin, Marlboro' &c.
Lyndeborough
Hillsborough &c
Litchfield &c
Rindge, Jaffrey &c
Keen
Packersfield, &c.
Swanzey & Fitz William
Hinsdale &c
Westmoreland
Walpole
Richmond
Surry, Alstead, &c
Newport, &c. &c.
Unity, Acworth, &c.
Winchester
Charlestown
Claremont
Cornish, Plainfield &c
Plymouth &c. &c.
New holderness, &c. &c.
Lancaster, &c. &e. &c.
Haverhill
Wentworth, Warner, &c.
Stoddard, &c.
Names of Representatives.
Mr. Samuel Caldwell
Mr. William Abbot, jun
Mr. James Caldwell
Mr. Nathaniel Bean
Capt. Benjamin Mann
Mr. Ephraim Adams
Francis Blood, Escp"
Capt. Levi Spaulding
Capt. Joseph Symonds
Mr. William Smiley
Mr. Daniel Kingsbury
Mr. Jonathan Adams
Mr. Abner Stone
Mr. Jonas Butterfield
Capt. Josiah Goldsmith
Mr. Absalom Kingsbury
(Oliver Booth 10th Sept. 1782)
Capt. Nehemiah Houghton
(John Hubbard,10thSept.l782)
(Sam1 Chase 10th Sept. 1782.)
Col. Joseph Senter
jCapt. Edward Everett
[Jeremiah Eames, Esqr
Moses Dow, Esqr
Enoch Page, Esqr
JMr. Jacob Copland
Milt's.
53
91
43
50
140
85
03
40
^5
16
12
42
13
18
U
48
8
50
14
40
15
28
14
26
15
60
15
72
13
57
13
L5
14
Members of the Council.
Honblc Meshech Weare,
Josiah Bartlett
Nichs Oilman
John McClary
Woodbury Langdon
George Frost
Jn° Wentworth
Timothy Farrar
Jacob Abbot
Benjamin Bellows
Thomas Sparhawk
Francis Worcester
Ebenezer Thompson, Sec^.
Joseph Pierson, Dep. Sec-V.
936 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
[Copied from Records of Council.']
[p. 323.] Wednesday, March 13th 1782.
Six members of the Council attended. Adjd.
[From Journal of the House, March 13, 1782.]
Sundry members of the House met according to adjournment at the
Meeting-IIouse in Concord, and as it was inconvenient to hold the
Court there, owing to the inclemency of the season agreed to adjourn
& meet again forthwith in a building in said Concord prepared for their
reception. (1)
Thursday, March 14th 1782.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
consider what business is most necessary to be first entered
on this Session & report thereof : Concurred — Mr. Bartlett,
Mr. Bellows & Mr. Gilman joined [with Gen1 Whipple, Capt.
Gilman, Mr. White, Mr. Absalom Kingsbury & Mr. Blood of
the house.]
[p. 324.] Vote to grant the prayer of the petition of the
Selectmen of Winchester, praying for leave to make return
of two Continental Soldiers in actual service, omitted by them
in a former return .
Friday, March 15th, 1782.
[p. 325.] Yote for Capt. Stephen Harriman to receive
State Securities in Lieu of Bills of the new Emission, at the
rate of three for one, for Estates of absentees sold by him.
Saturday, March 16th, 1782.
[p. 326.] Vote for the Receiver General of the non-residents
Taxes, not to receive any Taxes on the Lists that may be
lodged in his hands, after he has certified the deficiencies of
said lists thereon to the Collectors, agreeably to a vote of
j^esterday.
[p. 327.] Vote appointing Abel Walker Esq1' Lieut. Col. of
the Regiment lately commanded by B G Bellows : & Amos
Shepard Esq1' Major of the Regiment, lately commanded by
B G Bellows.
Tuesday, March 19th, 1782.
Vote to accept the report of Committee on making provi-
sion for the officers and soldiers at home on furlow, viz. for
advancing them a months pay in Beef & Rum.
(1) According to tradition this building was the north room in a store built and owned
by Judge Timothy Walker, located a. few rods south of his dwelling-house. The Coun-
cil, it is said, held their sessions in the south room of Judge Walker's house, now owned
a, id o, tii,, md by lus grandson, Joseph 15. Walker. Ksq. |;,,th buildings are still stand-
mg. though the store has been removed to the west side of Main street, near the corner
01 Penacook street, and changed into a dwelling-house. See Hist, of Concord, p. 28(3.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 937
[p. 828.] Vote appointing John Clark, Esqr of Landaff a
Justice of the peace for the County of Grafton.
Vote appointing Reuben Clough, Esq1' a justice of the
peace for the County of Rockingham, & William Aycr Esq1
a Justice of the peace for the County of Grafton.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on the pro-
priety of opening the Courts in the County of Grafton,
[to wit.]
That the Courts in said Comity should be immediately opened — and
that the Superior Court of Judicature be held at Haverhill in said
County on the third Tuesday of October next, & recommend to the
consideration of the Legislature the propriety of appointing two Su-
perior Courts, four Inferior Courts, & four Courts of General Sessions
of the Peace, to be held annually in said County & passing an Act for
that purpose.
Wednesday, March 20th, 1782.
Vote for a tract of land adjoining easterly on Haverhill
and northerly on Warren to be taxed for the future by the
name of Coventry.
[p. 329.] Vote to receive the report of the Committee on
the propriety of the agent on the estate of Governor Went-
worth : [to wit.]
That the said Lands are so peculiarly circumstanced as to render the
sale difficult at present — and that the Trustee be directed not to make
sale of any of the same until further order of the General Court.
Vote to strike off from the list of Pensioners for half-pay
officers & soldiers, sundry persons, viz. " Lt. Jonathan Hol-
ton, Lt. James Crombie, Lt. Joseph Hilton, Archibald
McMillan, Weymouth Wallace, Reuben Trussell & Joshua
Gilman."
Thursday, March 21st, 1782.
[p. 330.] Vote to accept the Report of the Committee ap-
pointed to confer with the Committee of the New Hampshire
line of the army : [to wit.]
They recommend that the Act passed the third day of July 1781,
for settling the depreciation with the officers &c be repealed & that an
Act be passed for settling with them for the years 1780 & 1781; and
that they receive Notes for their ballances of the same date & form as
those mentioned in An Act for liquidating the public securities passed
the 16th day of January 178'2, & that the Treasurer be authorized to
give certificates for the Interest of the money due for the year 1780
from the first day of January 1781 to the date of said Notes, & for the
Interest of the money due for the year 1781, from the first day of
January 1782, to the date of the Notes aforesaid, & that the Commit-
tee appointed to settle with the said officers &c. be directed to compute
all money or supplies which they have received according to the scale
of depreciation. Signed by J. Bartlett.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1782.
An Act for raising & equipping this State's quota of the
Continental Army. — Enacted.
[p. 331.] Friday, March 22a, 1782.
Vote to Strike off Benjamin Giles, Esqr from the List of
Civil officers for this State.
Vote to strike off Nathaniel Sartel Prentice from the list
of civil officers of this State.
Vote for dividing the Town of Chichester & erecting part
of it into a Town by the name of Pittsfield.
Monday, March 25th, 1782.
Vote that when the business of this Session is finished,
the General Court shall be adjourned to meet at Concord, at
a time which shall be fixed upon by the said General Court.
[In the House, March 23d, 1782, upon the preceding vote, the yeas
and nays were called for, which are as follows, viz.]
Yeas.
Daniel Runnels
Archill McMurphy
Rob4 Wilson
Jn° Underbill
Phillips White
David Tilton
Nath1 Peabody
John Calfe
Caleb Dustin
Yeas.
Wm. Abbot
Nath1 Bean
Benja Mann
Ephrm Adams
Francis Blood
Levi Spaulding
Joseph Symonds
Wm. Smiley
Dan1 Kingsbury
Jona Adams
Absalom Kingsbury
Nehemiah Houghton
Joseph Senter
Edward Everett
Jere Earaea
Moses Dow
Enoch Page
Jacob Copland
45 Yeas.
Teas.
John Sargeant
Jas Gibson
Jas Betton
Sam1 McConnell
Tim0 Walker
Abiel Foster
Ju° Bryant
Joseph Badger
Ebenr Smith
Yeas.
Dan1 Beede
David Page
Enoch Sawyer
Jacob McGaw
Benja French
Dan1 Emerson
Moses Nichols
Stephn Harriman
Sam1 Caldwell
Nays.
Wm. Whipple
Jn° T. Oilman
Ephm Robinson
Sam1 Weare
Mark Wiggin
Moses Leavitt
Sam1 Gilman
Enoch Coffin
Jn° Fogg
Jn° Eastman
Wm. Weeks
Thos Bartlett
Ephm Pickering
Sam1 Jenness
Jn° Dudley
Jerc Eastman
Jn° Waldron
Jn° Smith
Jabez Dame
David Copp.
20 Nays.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 939
[p. 336.] An Act for confiscating the estates of sundry subjects of
this State and of other United States of America who have since the
commencement of hostilities between Great Britain & the United
States gone over to the enemy: Also the Estates of the subjects of
Great Britain lying within this State.
Tuesday, March 26th,1782.
Vote empowering the President to make out Brevets for
promoting sundry officers in the New Hampshire line of the
army.
Wednesday, March 27th, 1782.
[p. 838.] Yote appointing Samuel Emerson Esq1' a Justice
of the Quorum & a Justice of the Inferior Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Grafton.
Vote appointing Enoch Page Esqr a Justice of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton.
Vote appointing Simeon Goodwin a Coroner for the County
of Grafton.
[p. 339.] Vote appointing James Woodward, Esq1' a Justice
of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of
Grafton.
Vote appointing Jonathan Jenncss Esq1' a Justice of the
Peace for the County of Rockingham.
Vote appointing Joseph Thorndike a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Cheshire.
Vote appointing Absalom Kingsbury a Justice of the
Peace for the County of Cheshire.
Vote appointing Jonathan Merrill a Coroner for the Coun-
ty of Grafton.
Vote appointing Ezekiel Ladd Esq1' a Justice of the Infe-
rior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton.
Vote appointing John Bryent Esqr a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Rockingham.
Vote to send Precepts to sundry Towns in the Counties of
Cheshire & Grafton to choose Representatives to represent
them in the General Court.
[p. 340.] Resolve for raising men to defend the Western
& Northern frontiers, [to wit]
David Page Esq. to enlist eight men; Jere. Eames, twelve men;
Capt. Samuel Runnels, & Lt. James Ladd 50 men to serve till the last
of November next, &c.
Vote to adjourn the General Court to the second Tuesday
in June next, then to meet " at the House in Concord pro-
vided for their reception, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. "(1)
Attest, E. Thompson, Secy.
(1) See Journal of the House, March 27th, 1782.— Ed.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the Honourable General Assembly of New
Hampshire, at their third Session, begun and holden at
Concord on the Second Tuesday of June, being the
eleventh day of said month, in the sixth year of the Inde-
pendence of America, Anno Domini, 1782.
From Records of the Council.
[No quorum for business, until]
Thursday, June 13th, 1782.
[p. 341.] Yote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board to nominate such Civil officers as may appear to them
necessary — Concurred Mr. McClary & Mr. Abbot joined [to
Col. Peabody, Capt. Harriman, Mr. Garland, & Capt. Gold-
smith of the House.]
[p. 343.] Vote that the time of recording Grant's Loca-
tions & Charters be further prolonged for the term of six
months, and that a Bill be prepared for that purpose.
Resolve for the Committee of Safety to receive & cancel
all orders given officers & soldiers unpaid ; in lieu thereof to
issue orders for specie at the rate of one specie for three
new emission dollars.
Vote to hear the Petition of Sundry persons praying to
have a Ferry established at or near the Isle of Hookset-falls
on Merrimack River, on Wednesday next.
[From Journal of the House, June 13th.]
Upon reading and considering the Petition of Timothy Walker Esqr
and others praying that Joshua Abbott may have the grant of a Ferry
to be established near Isle a Iluckset-falls on Merrimack River, Voted
that the petitioners be heard thereon before the General Assembly on
17S2.J PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 941
Wednesday next, & that In the mean time the Petitioners cause John
Dustin & Benjamin Noyes each to be served with a copy of the Petition
and order of Court thereon, that they or either of them may then ap-
pear & shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof should
not be granted.
Friday, June 14th, 1782.
[p. 346.] Vote to accept the Report of the Committee on
the Letters of Paul Jones & Eleazer Russell, Esq1'9 [to wit.](l)
That the Naval officer should be allowed to take fees for entering &
clearing vessels agreeably to the table herewith exhibited; That the
Company for the defence of Piscataqua Harbour should be encreased
to sixty men including officers; That a guard of twelve men out of the
said Company shall be kept at Fort Point, and such fortifications made
there, and such guns placed therein as may be thought best by the
Committee of Safety, or such person or persons as they may appoint
for that purpose; That the Captain of the Fort be directed to furnish
a Guard of twelve men for the Protection of the ship America, and
that the Committee of Safety be directed to sell as much of the Salted
Beef belonging to the Continent in the public stores in this State at
auction or otherwise, as will be sufficient to pay the said Company &
for any other expense that may attend the said Fortifications 6c apply
it to that purpose; — The Committee further recommend that an addi-
tional Act be passed relative to the Custom-house.
Saturday, June 15th, 1782.
Vote appointing Michael McOlary, Esq1* of Epsom a Jus-
tice of the Peace for the County of Rockingham.
[p. 347.] Vote for Jeremiah Towie to be enrolled as an
invalid pensioner & receive h the pay of a corporal to com-
mence the first day of January 1782.
Monday, June 17th, 1782.
Vote for Col. Henry Dearborn to be desired to furlough for
a certain time one Joseph Chase a Continental soldier on
account of the peculiar difficulties of his family.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to consider what is necessary to be done respecting such
Civil & military officers in the Counties of Cheshire and
Grafton as have heretofore acted under the authority of Ver-
mont, cfc report thereon. Concurred— Mr. Abbott, Mr.
Langdon & Mr. Frost joined [to Mr. Hubbard, Col. Peabody,
Col. Runnels, Capt. Gilman & Capt. Goldsmith of the House.]
[p. 348.] Tuesday, June 18th 1782.
Vote requesting the President to draw an order on the
Treas1' in favor of Isaac Anderson and Richard Wallace or
(1) The letters here referred to have not been found.— Ed.
942 STATE OP nkw-iiami'SIIIUK. [1782;
their order, (two prisoners taken by the enemy in Pennsyl-
vania a carried to Canada, from whence they made their es-
cape,) the sum of ten dollars each, and to give them a per-
mit to pass. — Warranl granted.
Vote directing the Committee of Safety to dispose of the
Beef Cattle that may be received for Taxes for the present
jrear, for the mosl they can in dish or Robert Morris's Hills,
and |i;i\ the same into the Treasury,
[p. 849.] Resolved, That the Receiver General of Rum be
directed to pay into the Treasury of tliis State what money
he may receive for the deficiency of Rum; Ami thai the
Committee of Safety be directed to cause the Rum uow on
hand belonging to this State to be delivered to the Continen-
tal officer appointed for that purpose, or dispose thereof for
Cash as soon as maj be and paj the same into the Treasury
of this State. [Concurred by the House]
Vote, Thai the President be desired to give directions for
celebrating the Birth of the Dauphin of France, an evenl
which gives the most sensible pleasure to the General Court.
[ From the Journal of the II June 18th, 11
The C< ittee to whom was referred the Letter from the rainii ter of
Foreign Affair of the 1 1'1 of M ij la t, mentioning the birth of a Dau-
phin of France, Reported, as their opinion, '* That the President be de-
sired to give Buch directions for the celebration of the birth of the Dau-
phin of France (an evenl which gives the mo I Ben ible pleasure to thia
General Court) as he may think may bei I di play the joy of the good
people of this State on the happy occasion.— Which reporl being read
\ con idered, Voted Thai the Bame be received & acoepted.
Vote appointing Mr. Ephraim Robinson to enroll & pay off
the [nvalid Pensioners of this State
Wednesday, June 19th 1782.
[p. 35(h] Votetoaccepl the resignation ofthe EonWe Me-
Bhecli Weare Esq* as Chid' .Ins! ice of the Superior Couri of .'n-
dicature, lor the reasons therein assigned.
[From the Journal ofthe House, June 19th, 1782.]
Whereas the Honw Meshech Weare, Esq'Chief Justice of the Superior
Court of Judicature of this State hath signified to this House that by
reason of his advanced age & bodily infirmities he is unable any longer
to perforin the duties of that office, & hath accordingly presented his
resignation thereof to this House— Ii is therefore Resolved, That the
Speaker, in the name of the House of Representatives make known to
the snid MeBhech Weare Esq'that it is with regret they find them
obliged to accept of his resignation on account of his want of health &c.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 948
still in perform the great and important duties of the office of Chief Jus*
tice of the Supreme Court of Judicature Eor said state, & at the same
time desire t<> have expressed the high sense which they entertain of
the uprightness & integrity of his conduct and of his due administration
of Justice in his Baid office during his long con tin uanoe therein; Ami
Re! urn linn their most sincere & united thanks lor his past, services.
| p. 851 . ] Vote appointing a Committee to join a < ^«>iiii\iit (^"i*-
of the Board to consider of two several petitions for liberty
to keep Perries on Merrimac River, and to report whether
one or both are necessary.
Pay roll of Capt. John Mills' company in Col. Daniel Reynolds
Reg' allowed & paid, £265: 7: 8.
Vote appointing r> G1 Benjamin Bellows a delegate to
represent this State in ( longress.
Thursday, June 20th, L782.
[p. 852.] Vote to pay Majr James McClure fifteen pounds
twelve shillings in full Eor signing one hundred & lour Quire
of the new Emission Money.
Vote for a Bill to be broM in to compel a course to be
cleared Eor fish to pass thro' the Mill Dams on A.shuelot
River.
[p, 858.] Friday, June 21rt, L782.
Vote for Capt. George Janverin to have the use and
improvemenl ot the [sland on which Fori Washington is
erected, Eor o pasture, excepting the land on which said
Fort, the Batteries & Barracks stand; & privilege of passing
to a Prom them iis usual, until the further order of the Gen-
eral Court, in full consideration for the highway through the
said Janverin's [sland to the Fori aforesaid.
I From the Journal of the House, dune 21, 1782. |
Upon readings representation from the Towns of Newbury, More-
town. Norwich and Hartford lying on the West side of Connecticut
Rivera expressing their desire to be under the Jurisdiction oi New
Hampshire, in case they could be received upon suoh terms as were
honourable & mutuall) ad\ mtageous, and also intimating thai M would
proi.al.lv be agreeable to the Inhabitants of that part of the terr y
of Vermont thai is situated to the Eastward of the heighth oi Land, to
join New I [ampshire on the same terms :
' Resolved, Thai although this State suppose they have a just title to
the Territory .'ailed Vermont which has been long controverted be
tween this State and the State of New York, Nevertheless, for the sake
0£ peace and a good harmony with said Stale of New York , and tO
accommodate the said Inhabitants easl of the said heighth ol Land,
this State is willing to extend their Jurisdiction over that part oi the
Territory called Vermont, that lays Eaatol the said neigntn 01 Land,
944 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
provided the generality of the Inhabitants thereof shall desire it: Pro-
vided also, that New York will settle a Boundary line upon the said
heighth of Land; and also, that in such case this State will do what-
ever may be found needful & reasonable to be done towards establish-
ing the proceedings of said District under the authority of Vermont,
and also will afford them such protection against the common enemy,
as the nature of the case will admit; and that the President be desired
to inform the State of New York of our proceedings herein and desire
their sentiments respecting the same. [Concurred by the Council.]
According to the order of this day the Council & House being met
in the Meeting-house in Concord to consider of two Memorials of the
Free-holders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Portsmouth pray-
ing for the repeal of an Act passed the 25th of March last, and of any
other matters that it may be thought necessary to take under consid-
eration : The Honble Meshech Weare Esqr in the Chair, — The Com-
mittee proceeded to consider of the matters to them referred & agree
to report, That the Act for confiscating the Estate of sundry subjects
of this State and of the other United States of America, who have
since the commencement of hostilities between Great Britain & the
United States gone over to the enemy, also the Estates of the subjects
of Great Britain lying within this State, be not repealed nor any part
thereof: The Committee then adjourned with leave to meet again —
when the Speaker resumed the Chair.
Upon reading and considering two memorials from the Town of
Portsmouth praying for a repeal of the Confiscation Act passed the 25th
of March last — Voted That the said memorials be dismissed.
[p. 354.] Vote appointing the Honble Samuel Livermore Esq1'
to be & he hereby is appointed Chief Justice of the Superior
Court of this State.
[p. 855.] An Act in addition to an Act passed November
the 28tb 1781, Entitled "An Act for preventing the subjects
of his Britannic Majesty and all other persons inimical to the
United States of North America from prosecuting actions,
serving as Jurors, or acting as Town Officers within this
State, — having been read three times, Voted that the same be
enacted.
Saturday, June 22d 1782.
[p. 356.] Vote appointing the Honblc Woodbury Langdon
Esq1' a Puisne Justice of the Superior Court for this State.
Vote, That John Balsh or some other person be employed
to ride Post — " on the same Tour said Balch rode the last
year, & that the person so employed be allowed one hundred
pounds for a year's service including horse-hire & expences,
to be paid out of the Treasury quarterly by an order from the
President." (1)
(1) Sir Journal of the House, June 22d.— Ed.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 945
[p. 357.] Vote for the Petition of Maf Caleb Stark to be re-
ferred to the Committee of Safety for their consideration.
Monday, June 24th 1782.
Yote appointing- the Hon1'1 Matthew Thornton & Leverit
Hubbard Esq" Puisne Justices of the Superior Court of Judi-
cature.
Vote appointing the IIonbl John Sullivan Esq1' Attorney
General for this State.
Tuesday, June 25th 1782.
Vote to pay the Staff Roll of Col0 Daniel Reynold's Regi-
ment of Militia amounting to .£238 : 18 : 1.
[p. 858.] Vote for paying into the Continental Treasury
Forty thousand pounds out of the State Tax for the present
year.
[From Journal of the House, June 25th 1782.]
The Council & House being again met in Committee of the whole
proceeded to consider further of the matters referred, when two Gentle-
men from the Honble Continental Congress made a representation to
the Committee of the situation of public affairs of the United States
both at home and in Europe: The Committee after much time spent in
consulting & deliberating on the business before them, agreed to Report,
That Col0 Bartlett, Mr. Speaker Langdon, Gen1 Whipple, Woodbury
Langdon Esqr Mr. Frost and Col0 Peabody be a sub-Committee to wait
upon the Delegates from Congress & confer with them upon any subject
that may be thought best for public Utility. The Committee then ad-
journed with leave to meet again, when it shall be deemed expedient.
Resolve that the Bank Bills of the United States & the
Notes of Robert Morris Esq1' the Financier shall be received
in lieu of Specie in the Treasury for all Taxes.
Wednesday, June 26th, 1782.
Resolve That the Committee of Safety for this State be
impowered in the recess of the General Assembly to draw
forth & supply the Militia in such manner as they may think
proper, whenever the Commander in Chief may call for them.
Vote for paying the members of the General Court, secre-
taries & clerks for their service this session, & the Com-
mittee of Safety in recess of the Court.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on making
further provision for the defence of the frontiers of this
State : [to wit.]
That two companies of good able bodied effective men be imme-
diately raised instead of the fifty men Voted to be raised by the Gen-
59
946 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
eral Court at their last session; That each company consist of fifty
men exclusive of Commissioned officers; That the same be apportioned
to the several Regiments commanded by Col0 Mc Clary, Col0 Stickney,
Col0 Kelley, Col0 Lovewell, Col0 Hale, Col0 Ellis, Col0 Webber, Col0
Chase, Col0 Smith, & Col0 David Webster; That the said Commanders
of Regiments be called upon to raise by draught or enlistment their
respective quota and send them forward to Haverhill, the place of
Rendezvous, without loss of time; That said Companies be officered
by militia officers, (viz.) One Captain & one Lieutenant, four Sar-
geants and four Corporals to each Company; That both Companies be
under the direction of Col0 Charles Johnston ; That said Johnston be
requested and impowered to call upon any Towns in the State for sup-
plies for said men, or for money to purchase supplies, & to issue the
same to said men & to provide ammunition for them ; That each officer
and soldier be allowed half a pint of Rum pr. day when scouting in
the woods; That said officers be allowed the same pay and rations as
officers of equal rank, and soldiers in the Continental Army, and that
they serve until the last day of November next unless sooner dis-
charged; That such Towns as may advance supplies for said men or
money for that purpose, shall be credited for the same towards their
Tax for the current year; That James Ladd be a Lieutenant of one of
said Companies, and the men he has already enlisted in consequence of
a vote or Resolve of the General Court at their last session, & now in
actual service be added to the same Company ; That Col0 Richardson
be directed to raise eight men out of his Regiment by draught or en-
listment and send them forward to Col0 David Page in the room &
stead of & for the purposes mentioned in a Resolve of the General
Court at their last session.
Signed Francis Worcester, for the Committee.
[p. 359.] Vote directing the Board of War to lay their
Accte before the General Assembly the first day of next
session.
Vote for the Treasurer of this State to pay according' to
the Scale of depreciation in silver money, what may appear
due in the old currency, to any member of the General
Court for his attendance & travel.
[p. 360.] Vote appointing Ephraim Eobinson one of the
Committee of Safety.
Vote empowering the Court of General Sessions of the
Peace for the County of Grafton to appoint at their next
Session, a Treasurer for said County.
Vote directing in what manner the invalid pensioners of
this State shall be paid in future : [viz.] " That they receive
Notes on Interest payable in one year from the date thereof,
for such sums as shall appear due on the half-pay roll."(l)
Vote proportioning the Hundred men that arc to be raised
(1) Sec Journal of the House— Ed.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 947
for defence of the Western Frontiers to several regiments of
militia ; [to wit.]
One Captain from Col0 Stickney's Reg'.
One Lieut, from Col0 Kelly's Do.
One Capt. from Col0 Ellis's Do.
Lieut. Ladd, from Col" Johnston's Do.
Seven men be raised from Col" McClary's Reg'
Sixteen from Col° Stickney's,
Thirteen from Col" Kelley's,
Eleven from Col0 Lovewell's,
Thirteen from Col0 I i ale's,
Fourteen from Col° Ellis's,
Nine from Col" Webber's,
Seven from Col" Chase's,
Six from Col° Smith's,
Four from Col" David Webster's.
Thursday, June 27th 1782.
An Act to encourage the taking up & securing all such
British prisoners of War taken from the enemy, who have
escaped or shall hereafter escape from the places of their
confinement, & for punishing those persons who are aiding
or assisting them therein, having been read three times, Vo-
ted, That the same be enacted.
[p. 361.] An Act for the encouraging of the taking up & se-
curing Deserters from the New Hampshire line of the Conti-
nental Army, and for punishing those persons who harbour
or secrete them, knowing them to be such, having been read
three times, Voted That the same be enacted.
Vote for the Towns who raise men for the defence of the
frontiers, to raise respectively to their men one penny half-
penny pr. mile for travelling to & from Cohoss.
Vote appointing B G1 Badger an Assistant Justice of the
Superior Court of Judicature.
Vote appointing John Bellows, Esq1' an Assistant Justice
of the Superior Court of Judicature.
Vote adjourning the General Court to the Second Tuesday
in September next then to meet at Concord.
Attest . . . E. Thompson, Sec^.
948 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
Letter from Capt. Isaac Frye.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 64.]
Amherst, July 9th 1782.
gIR — One Joseph Clark a soldier inlisted for the Town of Antrim for
three years mustered by myself, has since mustering been arrested in
three actions and confined in Amherst gole, by reason of which it is out
of my power to send him to Camp. Beg the Direction and order of the
Honourable Committee on the affair,
With due respect Remain
Your obedient Humbl Serv*
Isaac Frye.
Honorable M. Weare.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the General Assembly of New Hampshire, at
their Session, in Concord, begun as by adjournment, Sep-
tember 10th, 1782.
[Members of the House as before.]
[Copied from Records of the Council.']
[p. 862.] Thursday, September 12th— a quorum met & pro-
ceeded to business.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to consider of a Letter from General Sullivan requesting
leave for Mrs. Holland, wife of Col0 Stephen Holland, to
come from New York to Londonderry to see her children(l)
— Concurred — Mr. Langdon & Mr. McClary joined [with
Col0 Walker, Capt. Herriman & Mr. Foster of the House.]
[p. 363.] Vote to pay the Roll of Col0 David Page amount-
ing to .£36 : 18 for a scouting party at Conway.
Vote to pay the ace* of Col0 David Page, amounting to
.£36 : 16 : 1 for supplies for a Scout at Conway.
Friday, September 13th, 1782.
[p. 364.] Vote giving leave to Asahel Smith to keep a ferry
over Merrimack river.
[p. 365.] Vote to receive the report of the Committee on
altering the Districts that send Representatives to the Gen-
eral Court, [to wit,]
That the Towns of Henniker & Hillsborough be coupled together,
and that the precept for a member of the next Court be directed to
the Selectmen of Henniker; and that Antrim, Dearing, Hancock &
Society Land be formed into one District, and the Precept be directed
to the Selectmen of Antrim; That Romney & Plymouth be coupled
together and that the Precept be directed to the Selectmen of Ply-
mouth; That Cockermouth, New Chester, Andover, Alexandria & New
London be formed into a District and that the Precept be directed to the
Selectmen of New Chester; That the Towns of Holderness, Campton
(1) This letter has not been fouud.— Ed.
950 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
& Thornton be a District and that the Precept be directed to the
Selectmen of Campton; And that the Towns of Salisbury and Bos-
cawen be each allowed to send a Representative.
Signed, T. Farrar for Comtee.
Vote directing the Committee of Safety to dispose of the
Beef Cattle collected for Taxes by Mr. John Jennison, as
soon as may be, and that they give such orders from time to
time relative to the Collecting or disposing of all cattle col-
lected for Taxes as they judge proper.
Vote appointing the Honble Phillips White Esq1- one of the
Delegates to represent this State in Congress.
[p. 366.] Saturday, September 14th, 1782.
Vote appointing John T. Oilman one of the Delegates to
represent this State in Congress.
Vote for Mrs. Martha Poor to receive a Gratuity agreeable
to resolve of Congress for her husband's services to the
States.
An Act to annex the Towns of Holderness & Campton to
the County of Grafton, having been read three times, Voted
that the same be enacted.
Vote appointing Joseph Gilman Esq1' Judge of the Probate
of Wills &c. for the County of Rockingham for & during
the time that the Honble Phillips White, Esq1' is absent at
Congress.
[p. 367.] Vote appointing Moses Baker Esq1' a Justice of
the Peace for the County of Grafton.
Vote appointing John Dow Jim1' of Atkinson a Coroner
for the County of Rockingham.
Vote for paying the members of the General Court, their
officers and servants the same as last session.
Vote giving directions to the Trustees of the Estate of the
late Governor Wentworth relative to paying Taxes on lands
of said Estate : [to wit.]
That the Trustees on Governor TVentworth's Estate be directed to
pay all such Proprietary Taxes on the rights of the said Governor in
the Township of Lyme, as appears to have been legally assessed, pre-
vious to his making sale thereof, and that the matter of Proprietary
Taxes in Protectworth be referred to the Committee of Safety, to
give such order respecting them as they may think proper.
Vote appointing George Gains Esq1' one of the Committee
of Safety in the room of Phillips White Esq1' going to Con-
gress.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 951
Vote That the Honbl the President with advice of the Com-
mittee of Safety take such notice of the Admiral & other
officers of his most Christian Majesty now at Portsmouth, by
public entertainment or otherwise, as they may think con-
venient.
Vote for Lieut. Andrew McGaffey to he allowed one-third
part of his monthly pay to commence at the time hsi pay as
an officer in actual service ceased, & to continue during- the
pleasure of the General Court.
[p. 368.] Vote appointing the Honbl Jacob Abbott, Esq1', a
special Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature for this
State.
Vote That the General Court be now adjourned to meet
again at Exeter on the second Wednesday of November next,
at 3 o'clock P. M.
Attest — E. Thompson, Secy.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the General Assembly of New Hampshire, at
their Session, holden by adjournment, at Exeter, Novem-
ber 12th, 1782.
Copied from Records of the Council.
[p. 369.] Wednesday, November 13th, 1782.
A Quorum being met, proceeded on business.
Thursday, Nov. 14th, 1782.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board
to nominate such persons for Civil officers as may be want-
ing in the State. — Mr. Frost, Mr. Worcester & Mr. Bartlett
joined [with Col0 Peabody, Mr. Abbott, Col0 Waldron, Mr.
Chase, & Capt. Everett of the House.]
[p. 370, 371.] Vote appointing Abiel Foster Esqr a Special
Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature for the next
term to be held in the County of Strafford.
Vote appointing Caleb Hodgdon Esq1' a Special Justice of
the Superior Court of Judicature for the next term to be
held in the County of Strafford.
Vote appointing Josiah Bartlett, Esq1* one of the Justices
of the Superior Court of Judicature for this State, in the
room of Matthew Thornton, E qr who has declined to accept
said Trust.
[p. 372.] Friday, Nov1 15th, 1782.
Vote to hear Maj1' General Sullivan before both houses this
afternoon on the propriety of admitting Mrs. Holland, wife
of Col0 Stephen Holland, to come from New York to visit
her children at Londonderry.
Vote to grant the prayer of the petition of the Selectmen
of Londonderry for settling their line with Windham.
Saturday, Nover 16th, 1782.
Vote giving leave for Mrs. Holland, wife of Col0 Stephen
Holland to come from New York to visit her children at
Londonderry.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 953
[From the Journal of the House, Nov. 15, 1782.]
Upon considering the requisition of Maj. Gen. Sullivan for obtaining
liberty for Mrs. Holland to return to this State to visit her children,
Voted that the request be granted and that she have liberty to return
to this State with two of her daughters now with her, and continue in
said State until the last day of March next and no longer, unless
otherways ordered by the General Assembly or Committee of Safety
for this State.
[p. 373.] Yote to accept the report of the Committee on
the Memorial of James Blanchard in behalf of the officers &
soldiers of the New Hampshire line — viz.
That the matter respecting the retained rations or subsistance money
be postponed, and that the President be desired to write to our dele-
gates at Congress and inform them of the said memorial and desire
them immediately to obtain the sense of Congress respecting the settle-
ments of the said retained Rations for the year 1780 and 1781, and
transmit the Resolution of Congress respecting the matter to the
President of this State as soon as may be. Signed Nicholas Gilman
for the Committee.
Wednesday, November 20th, 1782.
Vote giving leave for one D usten and one Marten to keep
a Perry over Merrimac River under such restrictions as
should be ordered by the General Court.
[From the Journal of the House, Nov. 19, 1782.]
The Committee appointed at last June Session to view a certain
place at the foot of Isle a Hooksett Falls petitioned for by sundry per-
sons to be established as a Ferry over the River Merrimac, together
with a place which has long been improved as a ferry by Mr. Martin &
Mr. Dustin, who also Petitioned that the place by them improved
should be established to them their Heirs & assigns, — Reported as their
opinion, " That it appears to them that the place petitioned for at said
falls is atteuded with so many difficulties, that it is not probable that it
would be of any advantage to the public for many years; That the
place Petitioned for by the said Martin & Dustin is much more advan-
tageous for the public, as there is but very little difference in the length
of the way and some very considerable hills shunned by passing at
Martin's and Dustin's, which cannot by passing at the Falls before
mentioned. It is therefore the opinion of the Committee that the place
petitioned for by the said Martin & Dustin be established as a ferry
under such restrictions as the Legislature may think proper."
Signed John Calfe, Archibald McMurphy, Committee.
3, P. M. in the House.
Upon motion whether the real Estate in new proportion in order for
Taxes shall conform as to method to the last proportion made in this
State, — the Yeas & Nays were called for, which are as follows:
954
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[1782
Yeas.
Jedediah Jewett
Ephr Robinson
Rob* Wilson
John Underbill
Sam1 Weare
Mark Wiggin
Moses Leavitt
Ebenr Potter
Sam1 Gilman
Jn" Fogg
Jn° Eastman
Wm. Weeks
Thos Bartlett
Epbm Pickering
Sam1 Jenness
Enoch Coffin
Jerc' Eastman
James Betton
Yeas
Sam1 McConnell
Tim0 Walker
John Waldron
Jn° Smith
Jabez Dame
John Garland
Ebenr Smith
Steph" Herriman
John Hubbard
27 Yeas.
Nays
Geo. Gains
David Tilton
John Calfe
John Dudley
Caleb Dustin
James Gibson
Nays.
John Bryent
Here5 Mooney
David Page
Jacob McGaw
Wm. Burns
Benja French
Dan1 Emerson
Sam1 Caldwell
Wm. Abbot
Nath1 Bean
Ephm Adams
Joseph Symonds
Levi Spaulding
Wm. Smiley
Abner Stone
Elisha Whitcomb
Absm Kingsbury
Nays
Oliver Booth
Nehh Houghton
Sam1 Chase
Joseph Senter
Edwd Everett
Jere Eames
Jacob Copland
30 JSTays.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on issuing
Notes for depreciation of soldiers wages for the years 1780
and 1781 — viz, " That for the year 1781, Notes should not
be issued till further orders, nor for the year 1780 until the
officer or soldiers shall personally appear to take the same,
or the person who shall produce an order will give Bond
with good sufficient sureties within this State to make good
the Damage if it shall hereafter appear that the order was
forged or unfairly obtained."
[p. 375.] Vote regulating the manner of making up the
Rolls of the Companies of Soldiers who served on the fron-
tiers last summer: viz. "'That they be allowed five days to
prepare themselves prior to their marching from home, and
that they be allowed equal to one days pay for every twenty
miles travel from their respective homes to the place of ren-
dezvous, and that the Rolls be made up accordingly. "(1)
Vote granting full wages to Peter Barter an invalid sol-
dier at Fort Washington.
Vote requiring the several Towns in this State to bring in
their accounts to the Committee on Claims for supplying
soldiers families.
Vote to disannex Samuel Chamberlin, Abiel Chamberlin,
Samuel Chamberlin, jun & Benjamin Thompson from the
Parish of Loudon, and to annex them to the Town of Con-
cord.
(1) See Journal of tlie House.— Ed-.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 955
Yote appointing Epliraim Pickering Esqr of Ncwington a
Justice of the Peace for the County of Rockingham,
[p. 376.] Vote appointing Oliver Capron Esq1' of Richmond,
a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cheshire.
Vote appointing Peter Clement Esqr of Atkinson a Justice
of the Peace for the County of Rockingham.
Vote appointing Samuel Daniel Esqr of Pembrook a Jus-
tice of the Peace for the County of Rockingham.
Vote appointing Edward Bucknam of Lancaster, a Justice
of the Peace for the County of Grafton.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on the method
to be taken with the towns who are delinquent in getting
their soldiers, [to wit.]
That a resolve be passed to lengthen the time for the delinquent
Towns to procure their men & have them mustered until the first day
of January next, & that proper officers be appointed to muster, & give
receipts for said men as heretofore until that time, & that the several
Sherriffs be ordered to make returns of the Extents now in their hands
into the Treasury office by the first day of February next. Signed
Nichs Gilman for the Committee.
Friday, November 22d, 1782.
Vote desiring the President to make out Brevets for Capt.
Caleb Robinson and Lieut. Joseph Potter to take rank in the
army agreeably to a Letter from Col0 Reid.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on the state of
the Matross Company at Portsmouth, viz. "That Capt.'
Salter retain the Lieutenant and Eighteen men of the Ma-
tross Company under his command in the service of the
State, and that he be ordered to discharge all above that
number from said service."
Vote to pay Samuel Dearborn £-4, Jonathan Robbins £3: 15, Samuel
Emerson, Esqr £1: 1, Capt. Joshua Copp Esqr 12s, James Brown £2,
in full for their services; and to pay the ace' of Timothy Walker, Esqr
amounting to £17 : 9 : 6.
[p. 377.] Resolve for the Treasurer to issue Extents against
all those Towns delinquent in paying their Taxes for any
year prior to the year 1782.
Saturday, Novr 23d, 1782.
An Act to incorporate a place called Alexandria in the
County of Grafton, & to enable said town to assess and col-
lect money on Residents & on lands of non-Residents, to
make a Road through said town, read three times & voted
that the same be enacted.
956 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
[p. 378.] Resolve relative to raising this State's Quota of
Continental Troops.
[From the Journal of the House, November 22d, 1782.]
Whereas it is most earnestly requested by his Excellency Gen1 Wash-
ington, for this State immediately to compleat their Battalions in the
Continental line: —
Therefore Resolved, That the time for the several delinquent Towns
and places within this State for raising their several quotas of men
agreeable to an act for that purpose passed March 21st, 1782, be and
hereby is lengthened to the first day of January 1783, and the said de-
linquent Towns are hereby earnestly requested to compleat their
respective quotas and cause them immediately to be mustered by the
Muster-masters to be appointed for that purpose or to satisfy the Exe-
cutions against them respectively for that purpose by paying the money
on or before the first day of January next, that thereby the State may
be enabled otherways to raise said men: And it is further Resolved
that the several Sherriffs in this State be hereby ordered & directed to
make return of the several Executions now in their hands against the
delinquent Towns in this State for their non-compliance with the
aforesaid Act on or before the first day of February 1783.
Vote to pay the Roll of Capt. Ebenezer Webster amount-
ing to £792: 6: 4.
Vote to pay the ace* of Jacob Abbott, Esq. amounting to
£5 : 16, in full for his service as a special Justice of the
Superior Court, also for allowing other persons serving in
said office 12s pr. day & four pence pr. mile travel.
Resolve directing how the Courts of Justice shall proceed
with actions bro't against Estates of absentees. (1)
An Act to authorize & impower John Stearns of Water-
town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to sell & con-
vey certain lands situate in the parishes of Deerfield and
Northwood in the township of Nottingham, belonging to his
children, having been read three times, Voted that the same
be enacted.
Payments voted to Civil officers and others.
To Honbl Sam1 Livermore, Chief Justice, £60
Honble Woodbury Langclon, Puisne Justice, 45
John Sullivan, Esq. Att. Gen1 30
Nath1 Adams, clerk of Sup. Court, 10
Honbl Meshech Weare, Pres4 of the Council 120
Nicholas Gilman, Esqr Treasr 200
Ebenr Thompson, Esq. Sec^ 45
Meshech Weare, as Chief Justice, 55
Matthew Thornton, Esq., puisne Justice, 37: 10
Leverett Hubbard, Esq. Do. 75
(1) Sec Journal of the House, Nov. 22, 17S2.— Ed.
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 957
Revd Isaac Mansfield, praying with the Assembly 3
Rev. Daniel Rogers, Do 3
Col. Timothy Walker, "for his father's praying with the
General Assembly," 3
The Pay Roll of Capt. Jona. Smith, 194: 11: 2
The Roll & ace' of Scrj. James Ladd, 59: 7: 4
Acct. of Minus Daniels, 2 : 15.
Acct. of Samuel Brooks, 2: 2.
Vote for the Committee of Safety to settle with Lieut. Joseph Hun-
toon respecting a Barrell of Beef which he received of the State & says
was damaged.
Vote to adjourn the General Court without day.
Attest, E. Thompson, Secy.
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Proceedings of the General Assembly of the State of New
Hampshire at their first session, begun and holden at the
State House in Portsmouth on the third Wednesday of
December 1782, being the 18th day of said month.
[Note. No list of the members of the House of Representatives, 1782-3 has been
found; but the names of most, if not all, are ascertained by the call for the yeas and
nays at several times during the sessions of the year, to which readers are referred.
—Ed.]
Members of the Council.
The Honble Meshech Weare Timothy Farrar
The HonbI Josiah Bartlett Jacob Abbot
Nich8 Gilman, Benja Bellows
John McClary Tho3 Sparhawk
Woodbury Langdon Francis Worcester
George Frost Ebenr Thompson, Sec^.
John Wentworth Joseph Pearson.
I Copied from Records of the Council. ]
[p. 881.] Wednesday 18th, 1782, being the day appointed
by the Constitution for the first meeting of the General
Court annually, Five of the returned members of Council
attended at Portsmouth, the place appointed by the Precepts.
Thursday, Dec1" 19th, 1782.
The elected members of Council attended, viz. The Honble
Meshech Weare, Josiah Bartlett Nicholas Gilman, John Mc-
Clary, Woodbury Langdon, George Frost, John Wentworth,
Esq13 who after taking the usual oaths appointed by Law,
proceeded to the choice of a President & unanimously made
choice of the Honble Meshech Weare, Esqr for that office.
Mr. Langdon was sent by the Board to inform the House
that the Council had formed a Board & was ready to proceed
to the choice of a Secretary.
[From the Journal of the House, Dec' 18th & 19th, 1782.]
The House met and the Honble President came in with a member of
the IIonble Council & administered the proper Oaths to the members
present.
17S2.J
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
959
December 19th, 1782.
Voted to choose a Speaker of the House, and the ballots being taken,
it appears that the Hon''10 John Dudley Esq1' is chosen Speaker of the
House.
John Smith Escf was chosen Clerk, and John Calfe Esq* assistant,
clerk of the House.
Voted, That the Honble Ebenezer Thompson Esqr be and lie hereby
is appointed Secretary of this State to continue until another shall be
appointed. — [Concurred.]
Voted Mr. Joseph Pearson be and he is hereby appointed a Deputy
Secretary for this State, to contiuue until another shall.be appointed
in his stead. [Concurred. I
Voted, That the Honblc Nicholas Gilman Esqr be and lie hereby is
appointed Treasurer of this State to continue until another shall be
appointed in his stead. [Concurred.]
December 20th, 1782.
P. M.
Voted That the Election of Col. James Hill as a member for New
Market be considered as irregular & insufficient to entitle him to a seat
in the House. Upon which the Yeas & Nays were demanded, and
stand as follows.
Yeas.
Nath1 Folsome
Joseph Cram
Jacob Chase
Sam1 We are
Sam1 Dudley
Mark Wiggin
Moses Leavitt
Moses Shaw
Joseph Dow
Jn° Eastman
Tlios Bartlett
Reuben Clough
Nathan Goss
Nath1 Peabody
John Calfe
Jn° Dudley
Jn° Allen
Yens.
Abiel Foster
Jn° Smith
Dan1 Meserve
Jn° Waldron
Jn° Garland
Joseph Badger
Ebenr Smith
Jn° Orr
Sam1 Marsh
Moses Nichols
Jon" Chase
Jona Cram
Sam1 Philbrick
Philip Putnam
Carr Huse
Waldron Stone
John Preston
Yeas.
Francis Blood
Levi Spaulding
Francis Toune
Win. Barker
Abel Stevens
Joseph Whipple
Moses Dow
Jn° Duncan
Thos Baldwin.
43 Yeas.
Nays.
Geo. Atkinson
Jn° Pickering
Rob1 Steward
Geo. Gains
James Betton
Nays.
Caleb Hodgdon
Moses Carr
Jn° McDuffee
David Copp
Eleaz1 Davis
Jona Blanchard
RichdC. Shannon
Elisha Whitcomb
John Hubbard
Dudley Chase
Ebenr Green
Henry Gerrish
17 Nays.
Monday, December 23d, 1782.
[p. 383.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of
the Board, to draught an Address to be presented to the
commander-in-chief of his most Christian Majesty's Forces
in the Port of Piscataqua, — Mr. Langdon & Mr. Wentworth
joined [with Col0 Peabody, Mr. Whipple, & Mr. Foster of
the house.]
Tuesday, Decr 24th, 1782.
[p. 381.] Vote that the town of Cornish in future shall be
allowed to send a representative to the General Assembly,
960 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1782.
and that the towns of Plainfield and Grantham be coupled
& entitled to the same privileges.
Wednesday, Decr 25th, 1782.
[p. 385.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board to consider of the petitions respecting the admission
of Mrs. Jane Holland into this State — Mr. Langdon & Mr.
McClary joined [with Col0 Smith, Col0 Runnels, & Mr.
"Whipple of the house.]
[p. 387.] -Vote That Capt. Reuben Dow of Hollis be desired
to appear before the General Court on the 2d Thursday of
next Session to shew cause (if any he hath) why he should
not be struck off the list of pensioners of this State.
Thursday, December 26th, 1782.
Vote appointing Capt. Josiah Gilman of Exeter to keep
the accounts of the State with Individuals, together with
sundry directions : [to wit.]
That he keep the State accounts and enter in a proper manner in a
Book or Books to be provided for that purpose, all orders drawn by
the President or chairman of the Committee of Safety, from and after
the first day of January next (excepting orders drawn for the balances
of soldiers wages on Rolls made up and allowed) and certify on the
orders their being so entered, and that the said Gilman should as soon
as may be post up and bring forward all accounts between the State &
Individuals to the first day of said January next, & that he be fully
irapowered to recover for the use of the State, all Debts due to the
State either on accounts, Bonds, or any other way.
Vote to forbid Mrs. Jane Holland, wife of Col0 Stephen
Holland & her children from coming into this State.
Vote to accept of the Committee on promotions in the
army; viz. " That the President be desired to furnish brevetts
to each officer agreeably to the list of Promotions exhibited
to the General Court and Signed by George Reid, Lieut. Col0
Commandant, & Henry Dearborn, Lieut. Col0 commanding
the 1st New Hampshire Regiment.
[p. 388.] Vote appointing Joseph Skinner Esqr a Justice of
the peace for the County of Grafton.
Vote appointing Abiel Foster, Esqr a Special Justice of the
Superior Court of Judicature.
Address to the Commander of the French Forces, £c.
[From the Journal of the House, Decr 26, 1782.]
To his Excellency the Count de Vaudrevil, Commander of the Forces
of his most Christian Majesty, in the State of New Hampshire:
Sir—
The Council and House of Representatives for the State of New
1782.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 061
Hampshire in General Court assembled, deeply impressed with the most
grateful sense of the high obligations which this and other United States
are under to your Excellency and the brave forces under your command,
for the gallant and glorious exertions in support of American Independ-
ency, and the rights of mankind, eagerly embrace the present moment
to express it, and to assure your Excellency that it will be no small ad-
dition to our future happiness to reflect that we were, next to Heaven,
indebted for it to a Nation and a Monarch the most disinterested &
magnanimous on earth. Amidst the glow of gratitude for general obli-
gations, permit us to return our warmest thanks to your Excellency for
your peculiar attention to the peace and interest of this State; for the
singular order and discipline preserved among those under your com-
mand; for the great and signal improvements planned & executed under
your direction for fortifying and defending this harbour, and for that
unsolicited readiness discovered on all occasions in the protection of
our sea-coasts & Navigation — these considerations alone convince us
how essential your longer stay is to our interest and security; but when
we reflect on that peculiar friendship, politeness & urbanity so conspic-
uous in your Excellency, and all the worthy officers whom you have the
happiness to command, which has highly endeared you to the citizens
of this State, we cannot but sincerely regret your intended speedy de-
parture. Whatever may be your destination, may you be favoured
with the auspices of Heaven; may all your generous exertions be
crowned with success; may you still continue the scourge of Tyrants
and the shield of the oppressed, till Freedom and Independency be se-
cured to these States, and peace & happiness to all mankind.
State of New Hampshire —
In the House of Representatives, Decr 27th 1782.
Voted unanimously, That the Honbl Woodbury Langdon, Nathaniel
Peabody & Joseph Whipple Esqrs be & hereby are appointed to wait on
his Excellency, the Count de Vaudreuil, and in the name of the Gener-
al Assembly present the foregoing address. Sent up for concurrence —
John Dudley, Speaker.
In Council read & Concurred.
M. Weare, President.
Friday, December 27th 1782.
[p. 889.] Vote for the Committee of Safety to furnish the
recruits that are or may be raised, with provisions necessary
to enable them to march to join the army,
[p. 890.] Vote that when the Business of this Session is
over the General Court shall adjourn to Exeter.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
nominate ten persons, five of whom to be appointed a Com-
mittee of Safety. Mr. Worcester, & Mr. Frost joined [with
Mr. Foster, Doct. Carr, Gen1 Nichols, Majr Whitcomb & Mr.
Dow of the House.]
60
962 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
Saturday Decr 28th 1782.
An Act to enable the North and South Parishes in Ports-
mouth to assess their parochial charges on the Pews in the
meeting-houses belonging to said Parishes, & to direct in what
mode the same shall be collected, was read a third time &
Voted that the same be enacted.
[p. 391.] Vote to pay Ensign Lemuel Mason one months
wages (he having received nothing of the Board of War.)
Vote to pay the account of Richard Wood for waiting on
the General Court this Session.
[p. 392.] Vote appointing five persons to be a Committee
of Safety for this State : viz. The Honble Meshech Weare, Jo-
siah Bartlett, John Dudley, John Calfe & Nathaniel Folsom,
Esqrs.
Vote for the members of the General Court, Secretaries
and Clerks, for this session, and the Committee of Safety in
recess of the General Court to receive the same pay as was
voted last session.
Vote impowering the Committee of Safety to make a set-
tlement with the officers & soldiers of the New Hampshire
line, for their wages and subsistance money for the years 1781,
& 1782.
Vote to adjourn the General Court to the Second Wednes-
day in February next, then to meet at Exeter.
Attest — E. Thompson, Sec^.
Letter from Hon. John T. Gilman, in Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 92.]
Philadelphia, Jan* 9th, 1783.
Sir—
You will receive herewith (by favor of Gen1 Whipple) the printed
Resolutions of Congress from May to November 1782. You have like-
wise a Package containing the Blank Commissions which you wrote
to the Secretary for. You will see by the Papers that Charlestown is
evacuated — this will give great relief to the Southern States; we have
not any accounts from General Greene — no particulars except what
was taken from a New York paper.
The Subject of Continental Currency has been repeatedly debated,
committed, reported upon, &c. On the 7th Inst, it was taken up : I inclose
you a copy of the proceedings, by which you will see that the proposi-
tion for receiving of it at the rate of forty for one, as also that of
seventy-five for one, is rejected. I believe there is no State in the
Union which have collected the quota assigned them, excepting New
lkunpshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island: it appears that about
1733.] PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 963
one-half part of the whole money emitted by Congress have been paid
into the Treasurys or is now in the hands of individuals in tho
States. The State of Massachusetts have made repeated representa-
tions to Congress on tins Subject; what measures they will take next I
cannot say. I think there is not a prospect of any thing being done in
Congress at present that will give satisfaction to those States who hold
more than their proportion of the money.
There is a Committee of officers from the Army now here; they want
some money to relieve their present Necessities to be paid immediately;
a settlement and security for the arrears of Pay, Rations &c, and Se-
curity for the half-pay promised them by the Resolutions of Congress;
— this business is now under consideration;— what can or will be done
I cannot say.
Am daily expecting some further accounts from our Commissioners
in Europe, by which we may be able to determine the Intentions of the
enemy respecting Peace.
I have the honor to be
Your most obed1 serv1.
John Taylor Gilman.
HonbI Meshech Weare.
PEACE.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 102.]
L' Orient, 27 January 1783.
Sir- y
I have the honor to acquaint your Excellency that the Preliminary
Articles of Peace(l) between France, Spain and Great Britain were
signed the 20th at Versailles, and that a cessation of Hostilities is to
take place between all the Powers at War, as soon as they are ratified.
All captures made after the following Periods are to be restored: The
time to commence from the ratification.
In the Channel and North Seas, after 12 days.
From the Channel and North Seas, to the Canary ) 1 ,
Islands either in the Ocean or Mediterranean, }
Thence to the Equinoctial Line or Equator, 2 month .
In every other part of the Globe, 5 months.
I sincerely congratulate you on this happy Event, and remain with
great respect, Sir, Your Excellency's
Most Obed1 Humb1 Serv1.
Tnos. Barclay.
His Excellency the Governor of the
State of New Hampshire.
(1) For the full official documents that contain and relate to the articles of peace,
reference must be had to the journals and proceedings of Congress at that period.— Ed.
964 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
Letter from Hon. John T. G-ihnan, in Congress.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 104.]
(Extract.) Philad", Jan'y 29th, 1783.
Sir — "I inclose you Copy of the Resolutions which have been
passed on the subject of a Memorial from the officers of the army.(l)
I fully expected the States would have been called upon to compleat
the settlements to the last Day of December (at least) but this was
over-ruled. What measures the Superintendant of Finance will take
for effecting the settlements after August 1780, 1 cannot say ; no doubt
they will be such as shall appear to him most likely to produce the best
general effect. As to a settlement being made by the several States
for retained Rations &c. this was one of the articles contained in the
Memorial; the Report on which was committed & is now under con-
sideration."
I have the honor to be,
Your most obed1 serv4
John Taylor Oilman.
Proceedings of the General Assembly of New Hampshire at
their second session, held at Exeter, by adjournment,
February 12th 1783.
from Records of the Council.
[p. 393.] Thursday, February 13th 1783.
Vote for both Houses to meet in Committee to morrow to
take under consideration sundry matters before them.
[From the Journal of the House, Feb? 13.]
Upon motion made whether the return on the precept from the town
of Epping should entitle the person chosen to a seat in this House, it
passed in the negative. Whereupon Voted, That a precept issue to the
town of Epping, for the choice of a Representative to represent said
Town until the third Wednesday in December next.
Saturday, Feb? 15th 1783.
[After the joint meeting of both Houses.] Vote for the
several sheriffs in this State to make return of the Extents
in their hands against Towns delinquent in their quotas of
soldiers, and for the Treasurer to issue alias's.
[p. 395.] Monday, February 17th 1783.
Vote to add John Pickering Esqr to the Committee for
drafting Bills.
(1) For the memorial of the officers of the army, the resolutions of Congress relative
thereto, and all public acts pertaining to the close of the war, disbanding of the army,
&c, reference must be had to our general histories and to Congressional documents.
—Ed.
1783.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 965
Yote for Joel Proctor & Benjamin Berry two soldiers, to
receive each two months pay.
Letter from Hon. John Sullivan.
Durham, Feb? 17"' 1783.
Sir — On the 30th of December last, I received a Resolve of Assembly
inclosed in a letter from President Weare,with directions to take meas-
ures for preventing the return of Mrs. Holland into this State. 1 there-
fore take the liberty of informing the Assembly of the steps I pursued
in consequence. The inclosed Copies will show the measures I adopted,
which I hope will meet the approbation of your HonWe body. I am ex-
ceedingly mortified to find that my efforts to discharge myself from a
debt of gratitude I owed Col0 Holland, have plunged me into fresh ob-
ligations : when I inclosed him a copy of the permit for his wife's return,
I solicited the enlargement of an officer confined at New York, & pray'd
his influence in his behalf: The officer was released & has returned
home, & Mrs. Holland who, I am informed had begun her journey, has
been directed to return.
I am convinced that every political consideration urged the Assembly
to adopt the line of conduct which they have pursued; but I am far from
supposing that the safety of the State was the only motive which influ-
enced the Petitioners. Tenderness for those of our own party which
may unfortunately fall into the hands of the enemy as well as the com-
mon feelings of humanity, should have taught them, that among civi-
lized Nations it is held necessary to grant to an Enemy every indulgence
•which may not operate against the public Iuterest, as an inducement to
prevent the opposite party from running into measures which none but
savages ought to adopt & from which no solid advantages can be de-
rived.
I am, very respectfully, Sir, your
most obedient Servant
Jn° Sullivan.
Honble John Dudley Esqr
Speaker of the House of Assembly.
[p. 396.] Wednesday, February 19th 1783.
Vote appointing Nathaniel Folsom Esq1' one of the Dele-
gates to represent this State in Congress.
Vote appointing Abiel Foster Esq1' one of the Delegates to
represent this State in Congress.
Thursday, February 20th 1783.
[p. 397.] Vote to raise a Tax of £55,000 to supply the
Treasury for the current year.
Vote giving leave to Simeon Smith to sell a lott of land in
Northfield the property of his Son, a minor,
[p. 398.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board to consider of a Letter from Mr. Morris the financier,
966 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783
respecting the appointment of a Commissioner to settle ac-
counts between this State & the United States. (1) Mr. Lang-
don & Mr. Bartlett joined [with Gen1 Badger, Doct. Preston,
Gen1 Folsome, Mr. McGregore & Col0 Bartlett of the House.]
An Act to enable the guardians of Mehitable Treadwell to
convey certain lands of their said Ward situate in the towns
of Temple & Wilton, in the County of Hillsborough, to Jacob
Abbott & Francis Blood, Esq"5 having been read three times,
Voted that the same be enacted.
Vote to put off the determination of whether Capt. Reuben
Dow be struck off the list of Pensioners of this State or not,
until the Second Wednesday of next session.
[p. 399.] Friday, February 21st 1783.
Vote to accept the report of the Committee on the petition
of Daniel Brown & other Inhabitants of Poplin, praying to be
annexed to the Parish of Hawke & to grant the prayer of said
petition.
Vote to grant the prayer of the petition of the Proprietors
of Sandwich, relative to taxing lands given for the use of
Philips Exeter Academy, viz. " That all lands given for the
benefit of the Academy in Exeter, be subject to all proprieta-
ry Taxes so long as they shall be held in trust for that pur-
pose, and after the property thereof shall be transferred, that
said lands shall be subject to the same Taxes as other private
Lands within this State, and that the petitioners have leave
to bring in a Bill accordingly."
Vote for an Inventory of all ratable estate to be taken &
returned to the Secretary s Office by the 10th of June next in
order to make a proportion of the State Tax.
That said Inventory be made and returned in Columns
agreeable to the following form. (2)
[The said form contains the following particulars.— Ed.]
No. of Polls from 18 to 75 years of age.
No. of male negroes & mulatto servants from 16 to 45 years of age.
No. of female negro & mulatto Servants from 16 to 45 years of age.
No. of Acres of Orchard Land.
No. of Acres of Tillage land.
No. of Acres of Mowing land.
No. of Acres of Pasture land.
(1) Said Letter is found on file in Vol. IX, MS. State Tap., Revn., p. 130.— Ed.
(2) See Journal of the House, Feb. 20, 1783.— Ed.
1783. J PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 967
No. of Horses & in ares.
No. of Oxen.
No. of Cows.
No. of horses & cattle three years old.
No. of horses & cattle two years old.
No. of horses and cattle one year old.
Yearly rent of mills, wharfs & ferries — repairs being deducted.
Sum total of the value of all buildings & real estate unimproved — )
owned by the Inhabitants. £
Sum total of the value of all real estate, not owned by the Inhabi-
tants.
Sum total of the value of Stock in trade.
Sum total of money iu hand or at interest, not in public funds.
Vote to pay the account of Thomas W. Waldron, George
Frost & Moses Can*, Esq*8 for receiving & counting Votes
for Councillors for the County of Strafford for several years,
amounting to £4 : 13 : 4.
Vote for the estate of John Fenton, Esqr an absentee not
to be considered as taken in by the Act of sequestration.
Saturday, February 22d, 1783.
[p. 401.] Vote to desire the Honbl Woodbury Langdon,
Esqr to continue as a Justice of the Superior Court, his
resignation notwithstanding.
Monday, FebJ' 24th, 1783.
Vote to accept of the resignation of Timothy Ellis Esqr
as Col0 of one of the Regiments of Militia in. this State.
Wednesday, February 26th, 1783.
[p. 402.] Vote to pay William Morrill a soldier in Capt.
Stillson's Company, Col0 Wyman's Regiment in 1776, two
months wages now due to him.
[p. 403.] Whereas by An Act passed the 8th day of November Anno
Domini, 1781, Jonathan Warner, Esqr was enabled to sell so much of
the real Estate of John Tufton Mason Esqr as should be sufficient to
pay said Warner's demand against said Mason limited by said Act to
the sum of seventy-five pounds in Bills of the new Emission, And also,
so much more of said Estate as would be sufficient to pay the Taxes
that had been or should be assessed on said Estate; And whereas by
an Act passed the 25th day of March A. D. 1782, for confiscating the
estates of sundry subjects of this State & of the other United States of
America, who have since the commencement of Hostilities between
Great Britain & the United States, gone over to the enemy; Also the
estates of the subjects of Great Britain lying within this State : — The
said Warner's intermeddling any further with the estate of said Mason
is unnecessary & improper: —
968 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
Therefore Eesolved, That the said Warner be forbidden and pro-
hibited to sell any more of said Estate & that any further sale he shall
make of said lands be void & of none effect : —
And it is further resolved, That the President be desired in the name
of the General Court to require the said Warner to lay before said
Court at their next Session, his .account with the said Mason, and of
all the lands he has sold in pursuance of the first mentioned Act, &
how the money arising from the sales has been disposed of. Sent down
for Concurrence— [Concurred.]
[p. 404.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
Board, to draft a resolve recommending to the several Towns
& places in this State, the continuance of the present plan
of Government, till the 10th of June, A. D. 1784, unless a
permanent plan of Government shall take place sooner. —
Concurred — Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Langdon, Mr. Wentworth &
Mr. Farrar joined [with John Pickering Esq1- Gen1 Folsome,
Col0 Peabody, Col0 Walker, Gen1 Badger, Gen1 Nichols & Mr.
Poster, of the House.]
Vote appointing the Honble Josiah Bartlett Escf one of the
Delegates to represent this State in Congress.
Vote appointing the Hon. John Calfe Esq1' one of the
Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the
County of Bockingham.
Thursday, February 27th, 1783.
[p. 405.] Vote directing how the soldiers who served six
months in the year 1781 shall be paid, viz. " That the Com-
mittee on Claims make out pay rolls for the said men on
receiving their several discharges, and make out Certificates
of the sums due to them respectively ; and that the Honble
the President, on receiving such Certificates be desired to
draw orders, on the Treasurer for the payment of the same
out of the Taxes." (1)
Vote ascertaining the pay of the members of the General
Court this Session.
[From the Journal of the House, Feb? 27th, 17S3.]
Voted, That the members of the Council & House of Representa-
tives be paid for their attendance during this Session seven shillings &
six pence per day.
Upon the foregoing vote the Yeas & Nays being called for stand as
follows : (viz.)
(1) Sec House Journal.— Ed.
1783.]
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
969
Yeas.
Wm. Weeka
Tho8 Bartlett
Sum1 Weare
Nathan Goss
James Betton
Nays
Jn° Dudley
Geo. Gains
Nath1 Folsome
Jos Cram
Arc'1 McMurphy
Wm. White
Sam1 Dudley
Mark Wiggin
James Hill
Jn° Eastman
Ephm Pickering
Jn° Calfe
Jere Eastman
Nath1 Emerson
Jacob Butler
Tim0 Walker
Yeas Yens.
Rich'1 Bartlett Richard Shannon
Jn° Hogg Henry Gerrish
Caleb Ilodgdon Moses Nichols
Jn° Garland Philip Putnam
Jn° Orr Carr Huso
Nays
Abiel Foster
Jn° Smith
Jn° Waldron
Jn° McDuffec
David Copp
Jos. Badger
Ebenr Smith
Eleazr Davis
Jona Chase
Sam1 Filbrick
David Lewis
Jn° Pickering
28 Nays.
Yeas.
Dan1 Runnels
Moses Leavitt
Moses Shaw
Joseph Dow
Robert Stewart
Yeas.
Ju° Preston
Francis Blood
Dan1 Kingsbury
Wm. Barker
Levi Spaulding
Francis Towne
Elisha Whitcomb
Lemuel Holmes
Jn° Duncan
Jn° Hubbard
Jacob Copeland
Edwa Everett
Moses Baker
Obadiah Clement
Eben1' Green
Jn° Duncan ?(1)
36 yeas.
Vote for paying the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Clerks
of the House & Committees of Safety.
Vote That when the Business of this Session is over the
General Court will adjourn to meet again at Concord.
An Act to prohibit the sale of lands of absentees and sub-
jects of Great Britain for Taxes, read three times & Voted
that the same be enacted.
Vote appointing Ebenezer Thompson Esqr one of the Dele-
gates to represent this State in Congress.
[From the Journal of the House, Feb? 27th, 1783.]
Whereas by the various accounts from Europe it is highly probable
\hat a general peace among the Belligerant powers will very soon take
Jlace, which desirable event, should it happen before a permanent Gov-
ernment be adopted by the inhabitants of this State, must render the
further continuance of the present government absolutely necessary for
the security of the lives, liberties, & properties of the Citizens thereof; —
Tkerefore to guard against the dreadful evils naturally flowing from
amrchy, and to secure the blessings resulting from the present, till a
mere eligible permanent plan of Government can be established:
Resolved as the unanimous sense of the Council and House of Rep-
resentatives for this State, That the present Government be continued
in its full force till the tenth day of June 1784, notwithstanding a gener-
al pacification should take place in the mean time, provided a perma-
(1) This name is found twice.— Ed.
970 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
nent plan of Government for this State should not be established ante-
cedent to that period: — And it is hereby earnestly recommended to
the Inhabitants of this State to give their serious & immediate atten-
tion to this momentous & important object; and the Selectmen of
the several Towns and places within this State are hereby requested to
lay this Resolve before the inhabitants of the same at their next annual
meetings, if received before such meetings be finished; if not so received,
then at meetings to be called for that purpose as soon as may be, and
to request Such inhabitants to signify by vote their approbation or dis-
approbation of continuing the present Government according to the
aforementioned resolve ; and the clerks of the several Towns & places
aforesaid are hereby directed to certify the same to the Committee of
Safety for this State at Exeter on or before the fifteenth day of April
next, in order that the Legislature maybe ascertained of the sentiments
of their constituents, touching the matter so intimately connected with
the being of Government & the happiness of the subjects: The Legisla-
ture while fully convinced of the Utility & necessity of continuing the
present Government for the term and reasons aforesaid, are deeply im-
pressed with a sense of the necessity and importance of having a free &
permanent government established in this State, and cannot omit this
opportunity to recommend to their constituents a more particular & se-
rious attention to an object so essential to the Security and happiness of
themselves and posterity, That the citizens of this State would in fu-
ture be more general and explicit in their returns concerning a matter
of such magnitude.
Friday, February 28th 1783.
[p. 406.] Resolve that the present form of Government be
continued in its full force until the tenth day of June 1784,
notwithstanding a general pacification should take place in
the mean time.
An Act to make the estate of John Fenton Esq1' an ab-
sentee from this State liable to the payment of his Debts &
subject to the attachments for that purpose — read three times
& voted that the same be enacted.
Vote appointing Thomas Bartlett, Esq1' a special Justice
of the Superior Court of Judicature for this State.
Vote appointing John McDuffee Esqr a Special Justice d
the Superior Court for this State.
[p. 407.] Vote appointing Col° Samuel Hunt Sheriff of the
County of Cheshire in the room of Col° Enoch Hale, who is
dismissed.
Vote to pay William Parker, Esq1' six pounds in full of
his account for drawing Bills for the General Court.
Vote to pay the Roll of Col0 Stephen Evans, amounting to
£28 : 4.
Resolve for the Loan officer in this State to pay off the
1783.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 971
interest due on monies loaned in his office & in case lie shall
not have money, to liquidate those securities and issue Cer-
tificates for the interest.
[p. 408.] Vote appointing the IIonbl Jonathan Blanchard a
Delegate to the Continental Congress.
Vote for the Treasurer to discount out of the Taxes of
Sandwich for the year 1781 & 1782, £18 : 3 : 9 in specie,
being the amount of Taxes on land in said town belonging
to Exeter Academy.
An act to repeal a clause in an Act passed the 27th day of June
1782, entitled An Act for the encouraging of the taking up 8c securing
deserters from the New Hampshire line of the Continental Army & for
punishing those persons who harbour or secrete them, knowing them to
be such — read three times & Voted that the same be enacted.
Saturday March 1st, 1783.
An Act to enable the Judges of Probate in the several
Counties to settle the estates of absentees.
[p. 409.] Vote to enroll sundry officers & soldiers of this
State, who have been wounded, & for them respectively to
receive pay as therein set forth (1) & to pay the account of
Daniel Dearborn amounting to =£24: 4: 3, ["for medicines
to Eliphalet Veasey," &c]
Vote to pay the balance of the account of Col0 Nathaniel
Peabody amounting to £213: 12: 8, for his service as a
member of Congress.
Vote appointing Benjamin Bellows and Thomas Spar-
hawk, Esq1-S Commissioners to administer to Col° Samuel
Hunt the necessary Oaths to qualify him to act as Sheriff of
the County of Cheshire, also to receive Bonds from said
Sheriff.
Vote for the Honbl Abiel Foster to have out of the Treas-
ury one hundred <fe twenty pounds to be accounted for by
him [" as a delegate for this State."]
Vote to accept the Report of the Committee on the pro-
priety of sending Delegates to meet in Convention at Hart-
ford, Delegates from the other New England States & the
State of New York ; [to wit.]
That they have taken into their consideration the Resolve of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the thirteenth of February last,
and it is their opinion that the method of laying impost duties proposed
(1) See table of names of sick and wounded officers and soldiers, on a subsequent
page of this volume.— Ed.
972 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
in said Resolve will be unequal & hurtful to this State; and as this
State impovvered Congress to lay such Duties, which they still think
preferable to the method proposed by said Resolve, that it is not best
to appoint Delegates as therein proposed. Signed Josiah Bartlett, for
the Committee.
Ace1 of Minos Daniels for waiting on the House, pd £4: 16.
Balance of Ace1 of Moses Nichols, Esqr Commissary at Amherst,
pd. £3.
Paid Honble Samuel Livermore, £45: for service as Chief Justice.
Balance of Acct. of Joseph Whipple, pd. £39: 12 : 8.
[From the Journal of the House, March 1st, 1783.]
Voted, That Capt. Ebenezer Green be and he hereby is appointed
Lieut. Col. of the twelfth regiment of Militia in this State.
Voted, That Joshua Howard Esqr be & he hereby is appointed first
Major of the twelfth regiment of Militia in this State.
Voted, That Capt. Edwards Bucknam be and he hereby is appointed
a second Major of the twelfth Regiment of Militia in this State.
Voted, That David Webster Esqr of Plymouth be and he hereby is
appointed Colonel of t~ e eleventh Regiment of Militia in this State.
Voted, That Moses Baker, Esqr of Campton be and he is hereby ap-
pointed a Lieut. Colonel of the Eleventh Regiment of Militia in this
State.
Vo ted, That Alexander Craige, Esqr of Rumney be and he hereby
is appointed first Major of the Eleventh Regiment of Militia in this
State.
Voted, That Mr. Benjamin Emmons of New Chester be and he is
hereby appointed Second Major of the Eleventh Regiment of Militia in
this State. (1)
Vote for Capt. Josiah Gilman to attend the General Court
at Concord next Session, as Committee on Claims.
Vote to adjourn the General Assembly to the Second
Tuesday in June next, then to meet at Concord.
Attest, E. ThOxMPSOn, Secy.
(1) It does not appear from the Records of the Council that the several foregoing
appointments were concurred.— Ed.
1783.]
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£60: 0 in full.
£11: 0:6, & half pay .(1)
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£27 : 14: 6, & half pay, two years.
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£16: 4, in full.
Half pay one year & quarter pay
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Half pay three years.
Half pay from Jan. 1, 1777.
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wounded at Bennington,
wounded at Bennington,
who died in service-
wounded at Bennington,
blinded with the small pox in the army,
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wounded at Bunker hill-
wounded at Bennington
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For his brother Samuel Winch, sick & nursed all'd
A soldier in Col. Stalk's reg't 1776
A soldier in Col. Nichols regt. (R. I.)
For Cyrus Hardie, who died of small pox (for nursing, &c.)
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Joseph Merrill inn.
Reuben Tnissell
Lt. Joseph Hilton
Daniel Russell
Hibbard Morrill
Stephen Harris
Ele.izer Martin
William Sims
Joseph Patterson
Reuben Tarbel
Thomas Green
Abraham Kimball
Anna I'lummer
Caleb Winch,
Waymouth Wallis
.buues Harvey
Moses Hardie
Capt. Reuben Dow
John Simpson
Daniel Bussel
John Whitehorn
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976 STATE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
Enlistments suspended.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 148.]
By the United States in Congress assembled,
April 4, 1783.
Resolved, That the several States be required to suspend all Enlist-
ments for any Regiment or Corps in the army of the United States
until the farther order of Congress.
Chas Thomson, Secy.
Report of a Committee of Congress, April 7th, 1783.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 150.]
The Committee appointed to consider & report the proportions
which the several States (for the present) bear towards each other in
the requisitions of Congress, Have attended the service assigned to
them, and submit the following proportions grounded upon the number
of Inhabitants in the several States.
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maryland produced
authenticate Documents of their numbers.
In affixing the numbers of the other States, the Committee were
obliged to govrern themselves by such information as they could obtain.
The Numbers Proportion to
1000 Dollars.
New Hampshire, 82,200 35.1
Massachusetts 350,000 149.6
Rhode Island 50,400 21.5
Connecticut*, 206,000 88.2
New York 200,000 85.2
New Jersey 130,000 55.5
Pennsylvania 320,000 136.8
Delaware 35,000 15.0
Maryland 220,700 94.3
Virginia 400,000 171.0
North Carolina 170,000 72.6
South Carolina 150,000 64.1
Georgia, 25,000 10.7
2,339,300 1000 Dolls.
Two million, three hundred thirty nine thousand, three hundred,
Inhabitants.
Copy from
the book. Attest — Jona Blanchard.
1783.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 977
Proceedings of the General Assembly of New Hampshire at
their third session, begun & holden at Concord on the
Second Tuesday of June, 1783, being the 10th of said
month,
[Copied from Records of the Council.']
[p. 411.] Wednesday, June 11th, 1783.
Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the Board to
nominate a Treasurer, a Delegate to represent this State in
Congress, and such Civil officers as may be wanting in the
State. Concurred. Mr. Langdon, Mr. McClary, Mr. Bel-
lows, Mr. Frost & Mr. Farrar joined [with Gen1 Folsome,
Mr. Blanchard, Gen1 Badger, Capt. Holmes & Maj1' Baker.]
Vote for the President to make out a Brevet for Moses
Page as a Lieutenant in Col0 George Reids Regiment.
Thursday, June 12th, 1783.
[p. 413.] Vote appointing the Honble John T. Gilman Esq1'
Treasurer of this State, to continue until another shall be
appointed in his stead.
Friday, June 13th, 1783.
Vote to accept of the resignation of Col0 Enoch Hale, as
Col0 of a Regiment of Militia in this State, and to thank
him for his faithful services in that office.
Vote appointing the Honbl John Langdon Esq1' one of the
Delegates to represent this State in Congress.
[p. 414.] Vote granting the prayer of the petition of the
Selectmen of Conway for one Stephen Coffin to keep a Ferry
over Saco River.
Saturday, June 14th, 1783.
Vote to pay the Balance of the account of Samuel Liver-
more, Esq1' amounting to Fifty three pounds, eighteen shil-
lings.
[p. 415.] An Act explanatory of a clause in an Act, enti-
tled an Act to incorporate an Academy in the town of Exeter,
by the name of Phillips Exeter Academy, read three times
& voted That the same be enacted.
Vote appointing Ebenezer Thompson, Esq1' a Justice of the
Superior Court of Judicature for this State in the room of
the Honbl "Woodbury Langdon Esq1' who has resigned.
Vote for both houses to meet in Committee on Tuesday
next to take under consideration the Resolves of Congress
978 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
received since the last Session of the General Assembly &
any other matter which may then be tho't proper.
Monday, June 16th, 1783.
[p. 417.] Vote appointing John Hubbard, Esqr of Charles-
town a Justice of the peace for the County of Cheshire.
Vote appointing Sanford Kingsbury Esq1' of Claremont a
Justice of the peace for the County of Cheshire.
Vote appointing David Lyon of Hinsdale a justice of the
peace for the County of Cheshire.
Vote appointing Joseph Whitney of Dunstable a Coroner
for the County of Hillsborough.
Tuesday, June 17th, 1783.
Vote directing Simeon Ladd keeper of the Goal in the
County of Rockingham, to repair to the Town of Dunbarton,
& there receive ["at the County line"] one John Stinson, a
State prisoner & confine him in Exeter Goal, [" there to re-
main until the Board of War for this State, may have an
opportunity of transporting him out of the United States,
and that the President be desired to give order to the said
Ladd, and notice to the Board of War accordingly."] (1)
Wednesday, June 18th, 1783.
Vote containing sundry regulations relative to the Naval
officer at Portsmouth : [to wit.]
That all fishing vessels give bond to the Custom House in a sufficient
sum, to observe the Regulations of trade which have taken or may
take place from time to time: That an Act pass for this purpose, and
to permit all vessels from Great Britain to enter, and all vessels bound
there to be cleared, as also to repeal the Act in addition to an Act for
establishing a Naval office passed July 4th, 1781: That a suitable person
be appointed to remove the Barracks from Jerry's Point, as also thir-
teen of the Smaller Cannon from the Forts "Washington & Sullivan to
Fort point: That a Guard to consist of one Lieutenant & five Privates
be appointed and stationed at said Fort Point for the protection of the
Harbour, and who are also to take charge of the Light House when-
ever the Legislature shall order the same to be repaired & lighted:
That the issuing Commissary of provisions be discharged after he has
adjusted his accounts with the Committee of Safety: That the ground
on which the Forts Washington, Sullivan & that on Jerry's point stand,
be delivered up to the owners: That the platforms and Barracks be-
longing to the Forts Washington & Sullivan be sold for the most they
will fetch & the remainder of the Guns together with the warlike stores
be carefully secured.
[p. 419.] Vote for a Committee to join a Committee of the
(1) See Journal of tho House, June 17, 1783.— Ed.
1788.]
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
979
Board, " to draft An Address to the inhabitants of this State
respecting an alteration in several Articles of the Confedera-
tion of the United States as recommended by Congress, and
such other matters as they judge necessary." Concurred —
Mr. Sparhawk, Mr. Farrar & Mr. Wentworth joined [with
Mr. Whipple, Col0 Walker, Gen1 Badger, Mr. Foster and
Capt. Everett of the House.]
Upon a motion whether the vote of yesterday respecting the sending
out an Address to the people concerning a five per cent Duty recom-
mended by Congress shall be reconsidered, the yeas & nays were called
for, which stand as follows:
Yeas.
Jn° Dudley
Natli1 Fulsome
Joseph Cram
Dan1 Runnels
Archd McMurphy
Jacob Chase
Wm. White
Sam1 Weare
Moses Leavitt
Joseph Dow
Rob' Steward
Jn° Eastman
Wm. Weeks
Reuben Clough
John Calfe
Nath1 Emerson
Jacob Butler
Richard Bartlett
Tim0 Walker
Abiel Foster
Jn° Waldron
Jn° Garland
Joseph Badger
Yeas.
Ebenr Smith
David Page
Nathan Hoyt
Sam1 Marsh
Moses Nichols
Jona Chase
Phillips Putnam
David Lewis
Levi Spaulding
WysemanClagett
Dan1 Kingsbury
Wm. Barker
Benja Giles
Jn° Duncan, junr
Jacob Copeland
Edward Everett
Moses Baker
Joseph Whipple
Obadiah Clement
42 yeas.
Nays.
Geo. Atkinson
Jn° Pickering
Geo. Gains
Mark Wiggin
Moses Shaw
James Hill
Enoch Coffin
Jere Eastman
Jn° Allen
Jn° Hogg
Jas Betton
Jn° McDuffee
David Copp
Eleaz1" Davis
Jn° Orr
Jona Blanch ard
Richd Cutt Shannon
Jona Cram
Sam1 Philbrick
Waldron Stone
Jn° Preston
Nays.
Francis Blood
Francis Towne
Elisha Whitcomb
Sam1 King
Lemuel Holmes
Jn° Hubbard
Ebenr Green
Jn° Duncan
31 Nays.
Thursday, June 19th, 1783.
Acts passed: viz. An Act to enable Henry Butler to convey certain
lands in Meredith to one Benjamin Swain: An Act impowering Simeon
Smith to sell & convey a lot of land in Northfield in behalf of his Son
John Smith, a minor: An Act to grant & confirm to Daniel Warner,
his heirs and assigns a thousand Acres of land : An Act to dissolve the
marriage between Winthrop Runnels & Eunice his wife.
[p. 420.] Vote desiring the President to inform Congress of
the decease of the late Loan officer of this State & recom-
mend Jn° T. Gilman Esq1' to that office,
[p. 421.] Vote to receive the Report of the Committee on
paying the soldiers for the year 1781 ; viz.
980 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
" That the Treasurer of the State be directed to issue State Notes in
the usual manner for discharging the wages of soldiers belonging to this
State for the year 1781,— Any former prohibition to the contrary not-
withstanding."
Vote for the Committee of Safety to provide an office at
Exeter for Mr. Gorham,the Commissioner appointed by Con-
gress to settle accounts with this State.
Friday, June 20th 1783.
[p. 422.] Vote to pay Joseph Pearson <£148 : 4 : 0, for his
extra service as Deputy Secretary to this time.
Vote appointing the Honbl William Whipple, Esqr one of
the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature of this State.
[p. 423.] Vote empowering John T. Oilman, Treasurer of
this State to execute & finish sundry things in his office, left
unfinished by the late Treasurer.
Vote to pay Ichabocl Rollins, Esqr <£26 : 4 : 6 to discharge
a Debt recovered against him by one William Gotten for shoes
for the use of the State.
Vote directing the Treasurer to supply Abiel Foster, Esqr
with the first money that comes into the Treasury to enable
him to proceed to Congress.
Vote for an Inventory to be taken throughout the State, of
the number of persons, and also of the Acres of Land, agree-
ably to a resolve of Congress.
An Act to vest the right of keeping a Ferry over Saco riv-
er in this State, in Stephen Coffin his heirs <fe assigns — En-
acted.
[p. 424.] Vote on an Address to the people of this State on
sundry matters recommended by Congress.
[From the Journal of the House, June 20th 1783.]
Voted, That the following Address be sent to the several Towns and
Places in this State.
An Address to the People of the State of Neiv Hampshire.
Whereas the United States in Congress assembled have taken into
consideration so much of the eighth Article of the Confederation And
perpetual union between the thirteen States of America, as is contained
in the following words, Namely: "All charges of War and all other ex-
penditures that shall be incurred for the common defence or general
"welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled,
"shall be defrayed out of a common Treasury, which shall be supplied
" by the several States in proportion to the value of all Land within
"each State, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and
" buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to
17S3.J PROCEEDINGS OP GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 981
"such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall from time
" to time direct and appoint," and have agreed to revoke and make
void the same, and to substitute in lieu thereof the following, namely:
" That all charges of the war and all expences [that] have been or shall
"be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed
"by the United States in Congress assembled, except so far as shall be
" otherwise provided for, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury,
" which shall be supplied by the several States in proportion to the whole
"number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age,
"sex and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of
"years, and three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in fore-
" going description, except Indians not paying taxes, in eacli State,
" which number shall be triennially taken and transmitted to the Unit*
"ed States in Congress assembled, in such mode as they shall direct
"and appoint; "
The foregoing alteration the United States in Congress Assembled
have agreed to make in case the respective States shall authorize their
delegates to subscribe and ratify the same as part of the said In-
strument. The reasons for this alteration are comprised in the follow-
ing words of An Address of the United States in Congress Assembled,
to the respective States, (viz.)
" The expediency and even necessity of such a change has been
sufficiently enforced by the local injustice and discontents which have
proceeded from valuations of the soil in every State where the experi-
ment has been made; but how infinitely must these evils be increased
on a comparison of such valuations among the States themselves; on
whatever side indeed this rule be surveyed, the execution of it must be
attended with the most serious difficulties. If the valuations be re-
ferred to the Authorities of the several States, a general satisfaction is
not to be hoped for; if they be executed by officers of the United States
traversing the country for that purpose, besides the inequalities against
which this mode would be no security, the expense would be both
enormous and obnoxious; if the mode taken in the Act of the seven-
teenth day of February last, which was deemed on the whole least ob-
jectionable be adhered to, still the insufficiency of the data to the pur-
pose to which they are to be applied, must greatly impair if not utterly
destroy all confidence in the accuracy of the result ; not to mention
that as far as the result can be at all a just one, it will be indebted for
the advantage to the principle on which the rule proposed to be substi-
tuted is founded. This rule tho' not free from objections is liable to
fewer than any other that could be devised, the only material difficulty
which attended it in the deliberations of Congress, was to fix the
proper difference between the labor and industry of free inhabitants,
and of all other inhabitants. The ratio ultimately agreed on was the
effect of mutual concessions; and if it should be supposed not to cor-
respond precisely with the fact, no doubt ought to be entertained that
an equal spirit of accommodation among the several Legislatures will
prevail against little inequalities which may be calculated on one side
or the other."
The General Assembly having maturely considered the alteration
proposed & recommended to be made, are fully convinced of the expe-
diency and utility of the measure; but at the same time wish to be
982 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
instructed and impowered particularly by their constituents in a matter
of such importance as the alteration of an Article of the Confedera-
tion: And, therefore recommend to the Selectmen of the several
Towns and places in this State as soon as may be, to call meetings for
the purpose of instructing and impoweriug their representatives, with
respect to the proposed alteration.
The Committee on the recommendations of Congress Report as their
opinion, that the following Resolution of Congress and consequent
requisition of the General Court be printed in hand-bills and directed
to the Select men of the several Towns, Parishes and places within
this State, (viz.)
By the United States in Congress Assembled, February 17th, 1783.
Whereas by the eighth article of Confederation and perpetual union,
it is agreed and declared, that all charges of war, and all other expences
for the common defence and general Avelfare allowed by the United
States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common Treas-
ury which shall be supplied by the several States in proportion to the
value of all lands within each State, granted to or surveyed for any per-
son, as such land and the Buildings and the improvements thereon shall
be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress
assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint:
Resolved, That the Legislatures of each State be and they hereby
are required to take such measures as shall appear to them most ef-
fectual for obtaining a just and accurate account of the quantity of
Land in such State granted to or surveyed for any person, the number
of buildings thereon, distinguishing houses from the other buildings,
and the number of its inhabitants, distinguishing white from black; that
the Legislatures of each State be and they hereby are required, to cause
the said account to be transmitted and delivered to Congress on or
before the first day of March 1784, and that Congress will on the
second day of March 1784 or at their next sitting thereafter, appoint a
grand Committee consisting of a number present from each State, to
take into their consideration the said return, any nine of whom con-
curring shall make a just and true estimate of the value of all the lands
in each of the United States, granted to or surveyed for any person, and
of the buildings & improvements thereon, and shall report such Esti-
mate to Congress to be subject only to their approbation or rejection;
That the said estimate when approved by Congress shall be a rule for
adjusting all accounts between the United State and the individual
States; that is, Each State shall be debited for its just quota or pro-
portion on the principle aforesaid, of the money theretofore advanced or
paid, and of the amount in value of the supplies furnished by all the
States for the service of the United States, and credited for the money
advanced and of the amount in value of the supplies furnished by such
State for the service of the United States; And the said estimate shall
operate for a term not exceeding five years as a rule for apportioning
on the several States the sums which Congress shall from time to time
deem necessary and require to be raised for supporting the public credit,
and contingent expences; and that the money which shall be paid from
time to time by any State into the Continental treasury on account of
1783.]
PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
983
such quota or appointment, shall be duly passed to the credit of such
State on the said account.
Agreeable to the foregoing resolution the Selectmen of the several
Towns, Parishes and places within this State or the major part of them
or others by them appointed at the charge of the Town, parish or place
they belong to, are hereby called upon and required to make out a just
and accurate account of all the Inhabitants within their respective towns,
of every age, sex and condition, and of the quantity of land without
distinguishing good from bad, and of the number of framed buildings,
in five columns as-eeable to the following form, viz:
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That the person or persons making out the aforesaid account shall
make Oath to their Fidelity therein before some Justice of the peace
within the Same County, a certificate of which oath from the Justice
who administered it, together with the said account, signed by the per-
sons who made out the same shall be returned into the Secretary's of-
fice on or before the first day of October; and where it so happens in
any town, parish or place that no selectmen are chosen, the Selectmen
of the next oldest town shall by themselves or others by them appoint-
ed for that purpose, make out said account, and cause the same to be
returned as aforesaid; for which they shall be paid out of the Treasury
an adequate reward, on their account being exhibited and allowed by
the General Assembly.
Vote for the President to recommend Mr. Nathaniel Gil-
man, jun. to Congress as a proper person to be appointed
Loan officer in this State.
Vote appointing Lieut. Meshech Bell to the command of
the old Fort at New Castle, called Fort William & Mary.
Vote for the Court to meet at Concord next session.
Vote appointing John Hale Esq1' of Hollis a Justice of the
peace & of the Quorum for the County of Hillsborough.
Vote appointing George Atkinson Esqr a Justice of the
peace & of the Quorum for the County of Rockingham.
[p. 425.] Vote appointing Davenport Phelps Esqr of Orford
a Justice of the peace for the County of Grafton.
984 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. [1783.
Vote appointing Joshua Merrill of Warren a Coroner for
the County of Grafton.
Vote appointing Enoch Hale Esq1 of Rinclge a Justice of
the peace & of the Quorum for the County of Cheshire.
Vote to accept the Report of the Committee respecting the
Barracks, platforms &c. at Piscataquay — [to wit.]
That Major Gains & Nath1 Folsome, junr be a Committee to dispose
of the Barracks & Platforms at Forts Washington, Sullivan & Jerry's
Point at Piscataqua Harbour; that they dispose of the same at Public
Vendue; that Capt Titus Salter deliver up to the aforesaid Committee
all the military ordnance & other public stores under his care, and that
the thanks of the General Assembly be returned Capt. Salter for all
his good services for this State.
Vote ascertaining the pay of the members of the General
Court ; — viz. " That they be paid six shillings per day for
their attendance during this session & four pence per mile
for their travel to & from their homes, <fec."
Vote to desire Capt. Josiah Gilman (as Committee on
Claims) to attend the General Court at Concord next
session.
Vote directing all selectmen to stop supplying soldiers
families at the expence of the State.
Vote to adjourn the General Assembly till the last Tues-
day of October next, then to meet at Concord.
Attest, E. Thompson, Secy.
THANKSGIVING FOR PEACE.
[State Pap. Vol. IX. p. 254.]
By the United States in Congress assembled.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas it hath pleased the Supreme Ruler of all human events to
dispose the hearts of the late belligerent Powers to put a period to the
effusion of human blood by proclaiming a cessation of all hostilities by
sea and land, and these United States are not only rescued from the
dangers and calamities to which they have been so long exposed, but
their freedom, sovereignty and Independence ultimately acknowledged:
And whereas in the progress of a contest on which the most essential
rights of human nature depended, the interposition of Divine Provi-
dence in our favor hath been most abundantly & most graciously mani-
fested, and the citizens of these United States have every reason for
praise & gratitude to the God of their salvation: — Impressed therefore
with an exalted sense of the blessings by which we are surrounded &
of our entire dependence on that Almighty Being from whose goodness
1783.] PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 985
& bounty they are derived; — The United States in Congress Assembled,
do recommend it to the several States to set apart the Second Thurs-
day in December next as a day of public Thanksgiving, that all the
People may then Assemble to celebrate with grateful hearts & united
voices, the praises of their Supreme & all bountiful Benefactor, for his
numberless favours and mercies; — that he hath been pleased to conduct
us in safety through all the perils and vicissitudes of the war; that he
hath given us unanimity and resolution to adhere to our just rights;
that he hath raised up a powerful ally to assist us in supporting them
& hath so far crowned our united efforts with success; that in the
course of the present year hostilities have ceased & we are left in the
undisputed possession of our liberties & Independence, and of the fruits
of our lands, & in the free participation of the treasures of the sea;
that he hath prospered the labour of our Husbandmen with plentiful
Harvests; and above all that he hath been pleased to continue to us
the light of the blessed Gospel & secured to us in the fullest extent, the
rights of conscience in faith and worship: And while our hearts over-
flow with gratitude & our lips set forth the praises of our Great Crea-
tor, that we also offer up our fervent supplications, that it may please
him to pardon all our offences, to give wisdom and unanimity to our
public councils, to cement all our citizens in the bonds of affection &
to inspire them with an earnest regard for the national honor and
interest; to enable them to improve the days of prosperity by every
good work, and to be lovers of peace & tranquillity; that he may be
pleased to bless us in our husbandry, our commerce and Navigation; to
smile upon our seminaries & means of education; to cause pure religion
and virtue to flourish; to give peace to all Nations & to fill the world
with his glory.
Done by the United States in Congress Assembled. Witness his
Excellency Elias Boudinot our President, this eighteenth day of
October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred &
eighty three, & of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United
States of America the eighth.
Elias Boudinot.
Chas Thomson, SeC.
INDEX.
The Index which follows is designed to contain the name of every person mentioned
in this volume. The officers of Government, as Governor, Councilors, Chief Justice,
&c, are put in small capitals, but not repeated on every occurrence, but only as
performing some special or assigned service. The word passim indicates that a name
is found verv often in the volume, and need not lie repeatedly noted. Thus, the names
of some Councilors and Representatives, on Committees, are repeated on almost every
page. The editor has aimed to be accurate, but in such a multipli
that errors may be discovered.
It will be kept in mind that the names of persons in the " Associated Test," as
signers, are not included in this Index. Their names must be looked for under the
head of the towns where they belonged.— Er>.
Abbot, Abiel, 410, 414, 465, 545; rep.,
739, 763, 788, 894.
David 264
Jacob, 50 ; rep., 57, 79, 106, 133, 139,
149, 174, 183, 1%, 320, passim, 338,
399, 841. 852, 951, 956, 966.
Jeremiah 607
Joshua, Capt 393, 783, 940
Samuel 803, 821
William, Jim 902; rep., 935, 940
Acts, passed 143, 198, 810-814
Acworth— signers 209
Adams, Benjamin 701
Caleb Greenleaf 48, 587
Ephraim 902; rep., 935
Isaiah 718
Jacob 294
John 203
Jonas 668, 735
Jonathan 794; rep., 935
Josiah 578
Levi 668
Nathaniel 837
Samuel 203
Samuel , Ens 531
Windborn, Maj 391 , 529
Dr 335
Aiken, Andrew 715
James 94, 137, 783, 891
John 676, 732, 794
Albree, Joseph 532
Allcock, Robert, Capt., rep 902
Alexander, John 828
Reuben, rep., 430 ; 433, 573, 739, 784,
788, 797, 805.
Alexandria 182, 185
Allen, Abner 795
Ira 300, 631, 633, 824
John, Capt 93
William 189
Allenstown, 10; signers 208
Allison, Richard 580
Sam'l 52,140,175
Alstead— signers 208
Ames, Micaiah 173
Stephen, rep., 70, 320,30'.); 401,429,
545, 738, 788, 807.
Ambros, Nathaniel 305, 916
Amherst— signers, 206 ; 339, 499
Amory, T. C 705
Ammariscoggin river 373
Anderson, Isaac 941
James 404
Andrews, Isaac, 19, 63 ; rep S20
Andros, Abraham 93
Antrim (Society Land) signers 284
Appleton, Isaac 906
Applin, Dea 761
Thomas 808, 837
Apthorpe 772
Archibald, Robert 418
Arnold, James, Capt 533
Col 36,313
Jonathan 407, 513, C66
Gen 697, ©IS
Ashley, Oliver 297
Samuel, 6, 11; justice. 63,80, 141,
168, 176, ISo, isc, 193,347,5117, 530,
532, (137, (!38, 723, 730, 761, 799, 808,
824, 828, 913.
Atherton, Joshua 187, 036, 703
Atkinson— signers 210
Mr 307
Capt. Samuel 334, 369, 418, 563
George 841, 868, 878, 887, 912, 983
Atwell, Richard, rep 902
Atwood, John 239
Anbury, Doct 88
Austin, Benjamin 500
Samuel 86
Avery, John 322, 406
Joshua 829
Ayres, Mr 0
Aver, John 404
Joseph 438,530
William 937
INDEX.
Babcock, Amos 180
Badger, Joseph, 2!", 02, 78, rep., SO, pas-
sim, 84, ST, 141. 145, 186, 320, 333,
353,398,402,415,428,433,556,034,
714, 719, 770, 784, 799,878,913,947.
Bahama Islands 34G
Bailey, Daniel 615
Joshua 139,174,402; rep., 799,820
Jacob, 171 ; Col., 297, 302, 308, 315,
317, 331, 360, 369, 405, 418, 643, 678,
697, 720, 834.
James, 172, 326, 331, 336, 367,426,
609, 726.
Ward 173
Baker, Col., rep., 9 ; Otis, 15, 28, 57, 58,
j,assim, 62. 78, 96. 148, 155, 162,
195, 320, 344, 398, 454,465, 524, 693,
713.
Moses, 78; rep., 196, 319, 398, 738,
826, 903, 906, 950, 972.
Samuel 259
Thomas 91 '6
Baldwin, Ephraim... .139, 174, 222, 619, 777
Mr., rep 10
Nahum.ll, 16, 51,63, 79; rep., 82,
94, 96. 109, 134, 150, passim, 154,
155, 187, 320, 324, 33S. 330. 347, 399,
532, 578, 010, 799, 893, 894, 913.
Stephen 594
Balch, Nath'l 33
or
Balsh, Mr., 33; rep.. 79, 162, 163, 164,
1*7. l'.is, ;■;■_>! i. ::;.s, 738, 788.
John 944
Ballard. Nathan, Capt 762
Bannard, Moses 93
Barber, Zebulon 694
Barclay, Thos 963
Barker, Benia., rep.. 15, 33, 53, 58. pas-
sim, 78, lo7. 143. 148. 170, 194, 195,
319, 39S, 429, 458, 905.
Dr 88
Barnard, Moses 828
Barlow, Joseph 173, 379
Nathan 379,867
Barnes, Joseph, Doct 441, 724
Barnett, Moses, Capt.,34: rep., 52, 78,
109, 174, 319, 428, 436.
Robert, Lt 532
Barney, Lt 560
David, rep 820
Barnstead— signers 211
Barrere, John 722
Harrington— signers 211
Barret, Lt. Col 543
Joseph, (apt 879
Barron, William 306, 596
Baiter, Peter !)54
Bartlett, Enoch 498
Jeremiah 795
John, II 303
Lt. Col 605
Joseph, 4, 33, 110, 505, 533, 537, 539,
JOSIAH. 6, 48, 51, 61,75, passim, 80,
125, 120, 147, 152, 180,20:!, 402,536,
651, 584, 636, 715, 717, 746, 756,780,
7*2. S23, 052, 008.
Richard, 24, 62; Dr., 565, 759; rep.,
820. ' ' "* *
Stephen, 5, 93, 429; rep 441
Bartlett, Thomas, 78; rep., 142, 163;
Maj., 193, 261, 319, 338, 398, 404,
415, 528, 738, 828, SS8, 928.
Bass, Joseph, Maj 194, 845
Batchelder, Abraham 62
Breed 515, 517, 500
Josiah 245, 606
Nathan 24,62,253
Nathaniel, 24, 62 ; rep 820
Bath 172,180
Batson, Stephen 806
liiutra, Col 664
Baxter, Simon 594, 597, 627, 922
William 804
Beal, Mr 6
Zachariah, Lt 467, 470
Bean, Benj 605
Elisha 181
Enoch 113
James 836
Joseph 21,63
Nathaniel, rep 935
Bedel, Timothy, Col., 42, 45, 46. 57, 69,
72, 87, 89, 90, 95, 104, 152, 153, 315,
510.
Beede, Daniel, 15; rep., 29, 62, 79, 320,
398, 822, 934.
Bedford— signers 213, 353
Belknap, Ezekiel 93
Bell, John, Capt., 22; rep , 52. 78, 95,
139, 145, 164, 174, 103, 319. 355, 397,
428, 433, 514, 565, 684, 770, 838, 894.
Matthew 806
Mesheeh 94, 369, 760, 806, 930, 9S3
Fred.M 391
' Shadrach S06
Thomas 806
Bellows, Benj,, Jim., 11 ; justice, 18,
58, 63, 173, 180, 185, 1S6, 366, 532,
638, 739, 761, 808, 884, 922, 943.
Mai., lo : John, 16; rep., 21, passim,
46, 47, 69, 79, 162, 168. 311, 3.20, 347,
399, 415, 418, 517, 530, 625, 631, 770,
947,971.
Peter 594
Bennett, John 852
Moses 139
Benson, Egbert 389, 509
Bergh, Adam & Christian 519
Bermudas 346
Berry, Benja 965
Berwick 308
Betton, Mr 441
James, 24; rep., 33, 58, passim, 62,
78, 90, 05, 00, 140, 155, 161,188,319,
339, 398, 405, 408. 418, 430, 413, 479,
486, 503. 523, 532. 738, 868, 875,900.
Bickford, Daniel 785
Thomas, Capt 850
Bevorral, Moils 75
Bingham, Elijah 140, 175, 193, 209, 82S
Nathaniel, 840 ; rep 917
Bixby, Thomas 829
Bl.vn.iiahd, Jona., 6, 18, 63, 80, 102,
141, 163, 338, 355, passim, 386, 390,
393, 415, 519, 739, 757, 7S0, 071.
Augustus 142, 154
George 305
James 531,0.53
Jotham, 668 ; rep 739
Blake, James 173, 916
INDEX.
989
Blake, Joseph, 244 ; Lt 392
Timothy 761
116
Bliss, Azariah.
763
Blodmct, Archippns...
Caleb
Eben'r
Josiah
Samuel, 301; rep..
Blood, Ebenezer
rep.
605, 607 600, 710, 913, 015, 022, 966.
Bloyt,(?) Archippus 173
Blunt, John, Cant., 738, 785; rep. . .819, 916
Bois, .las 734
Booth, Daniel 369
Oliver, rep 935
Bordman, Benj., rep 715
Boseawen, 134 ; signers. . . .214 ; 563, 607, 772
Boudinot, Elias 985
Bow — signers 215
Bowdoix, Gov 407, 411, 473
or
Boden, Lawrence 477
Bowen, Jeremiah 590
Bowker, Jos — 616
Bowler, Tho's 369
Bowman, Jonas 240
John 313
Boynton, Joseph 467
Richard, rep 819, 834
Bradford, William, Hon 407
Moses, Capt 891
Bradstreet, Lionel 335
Bragdon, Warren 792, 798, 801
Brainaid. Daniel, 19,58; rep., 64, 79, 95,
149, 160, 18(1, 321, 300,415, 430,460,
505, 730, 788.
Brackett, James 916
Braunan,B 487
Braxton, Carter 2"3
Breed, Nath'l, Dr., 820 ; rep 834
Brediug, Samuel 466, 489
Brett, Lt 508
Brewer, Col 534
Brewster, Capt., 6; John 22, 145, 454
Nero 86 1
C.W 862
Brian, Jeremiah, O' 489
Briggs, Eliphalet 244
™ • jha
Brigham, Asa 71
Brinley, Mr 62
Brintwood, 24, 33, 80 ; signers 216, 34
Britain, Mary 79
Brittum, Ebenezer, 292, 430 ; rep., 673,
Brockway, Woolston 424
Jonathan 705
Brooks, Samuel, 6, 24, 33, 62, 65, 143;
Jim., 414, 415, 470, 542, 724, 868,
957.
Simon 208
Brown, Abel 561
Abra'm 208
Asa 440
Bryant 7S3
Clark 271
Daniel 966
Eben'r 722
Elijah 15
Enoch 130, 174
Hannah (widow) 114
Jacob 29, 62
James 173, 379, 055
Josiah 820
Moses 15
Nathan 04, 107, 348, 454
Richard 277, 532
Samuel 763
Brnndage, James 548
Brush, Crane 340
Nath'l 623
Bryant, James 448, 51:)
Jere 114
John, 429 ; rep 443, 934, 930
Walter 24, 61,826
! Buckman, Edward, Capt., 21, 64, 173,
331,378,828,955, 972.
Buel, Aaron 283
Bullard, Simon 228
Burbank, Ebenezer 300
Burgoine, Gen., 646, 658; John, 660,
664, 679, 698, 707, 709.
Burke, Capt 444
Burnam, Jona., Col 56, 68, 334
Burnham, Sarah and George S3S
Burns, William, 263 ; rep 934
1 Burnside, Thomas 173
Burt, Joseph, Capt., rep 820, S40, 924
Butler, Benja 24, 62
David, rep 002
Henry 777, 979
Josiah 596
Butriek, John 594
Butterlield, Isaac, Maj 45, 152, 311
Jonas, rep 935
Caldwell, James, 902 ; rep 935
John 263
Samuel, 738; rep 820,929,935
Call, Jonathan 466
Joseph 173
Calt'e, Capt. John, 51 ; rep., 52, 78,94,
137, 145, 197, 320, 348, 369, 198, 454,
738, 779, 780,837, 854, 919,959, 968.
Jun 613
Cambden 106, 107, 404, 418
Campbell, David 906
William 784
Campton, 180, 184, 950
Canaan— signers 229
Canterbury — signers 217
Capron, Oliver, rep., 320, 347, 399, 430,
573, 683, 794, 835, 955.
Cardigan 340
Carlton, Gen 38, 311, 816, 461, 480, 553
Ebenezer 852
Kimball, Capt 724
Carnes, James 355, 418
Carr, James, Capt 391
Moses 28, 62, 799, 9G7
Carrigain, Philip, Dr 585
Carroll, Mr 152
Charles, of Carrollton 203
Carter, Ezekiel 336, 705
Henry 114
Cary . William 209
Casey, John 638
Caswell, Nathan 379
Gate, John 29, 62
William, Jun 213
Chadbourne, Benjamin 13
Thomas, rep 820
990
Chadwick, Edmund) Dr. ..... . 573
Chamberlain, Abiel 330, 954
Samuel, 253 ; rep 738, 787, 789, 954
Thomas 331
William 718,829
Chanipnev, Richard, 47, 48, 177-179,
184, 198, 718.
Chandler, Abel 140, 175
Jonathan, Capt 197, 266
J, »seph, Capt 193
Nathan 607,610
Samuel 595
Zacheus 142
Charleston 158
Charlestown, No. 4, 310, 340, 438, 4C6,
467, 530, 655, 699.
Chase, Benjamin 447
Enoch 470, 587, 590, 598, 898
Isaac, rep » 849
Jacob, rep 901
Jonathan, Col 193, 415, 763, 795, 8S8
Joseph 941
Moses, 21, 63 ; rep 79, 320, 366, 399
Samuel. 10; justice, 11, 63,152. 203,
414, 800, 808, 894; rep., 902, 935.
Seth 459
Solomon 795
Cherry, Capt 898
Chesley, Alpheus, Lt. Col 93, 693
Chester, Col 445
Chesterfield, 15! ; signers, 222; 741, 777.
< 'hester— signers 220
Chichester 515, 938
Child, Jonathan, 143, 175; Maj., 197,
304, 423. 469, 522, 552, 624, 644, 820.
Chittenden, Thomas 824
Cilley, Cutting, Capt 605
Maj.. 117 ; Joseph. 391; Lt. Col., 525;
Col., 5-7, 52S, 53!, 537, 540, 625,
641. 780, S23, 9!i3, 904.
Clagett, Wysema*, 6, 50, 80, 94, 95,
112, 139, 163, 1S4, 194. 195,334, 344,
503, 514, 523, 541;
"-V;.
572, 591,
passim, 712, 724. 759, 792, 795, 916.
Clap, Daniel 347
Supply, 579, 763, 801, 850, 877, 884,
Claremont— signers, 219; 330, 532, 804.
Clark, Abraham 203
Caleb 826
Col v 434, 704,718
Daniel 286, 561
John 426, 4:>6, 582, 585, 896, 937
Josiah 140, 175
Joseph 331,948
Moses 286
Nin...» 255
Peter , 607, 828
Stephen 114, 665
Cleaveland, Elisha 426
Clements, John 242
Nathaniel 864
Peter 837, 955
Timothy, 94; Capt 187, 197, 347, 454
Clifford. Joseph 916
Zacheus 140, 312, 323
Clinton, Cen 654
Closson, Timothy 484
Clough, .Jeremiah, 62; Capt., 134, 580,
636, 676.
Thomas, rep. ..78, 162, 319, 398, 418, 429
Reuben 281, 937
Cloyce, Elijah 391, 530, 893
CJymer. Geo 203
Cobb, Seth 142
Cobleigh. Oliver 785
Cohurn, Lt. Col 392
Amos 392
Andrew 443
Rawlens 668
Cochran, John, Jun 610
Will'm, 264; Capt 659
Ccckrain, James 93
Mary 834
Cockburn 772
Coffin, Amos 24, 62
Maj 55, 443
Enoch. 139, 174, 232 ; rep 819, 934
Peter, Maj 93, 404, 415, 417
Stephen 977, 980
Cogan, Mr 521, 641, 651
Cohos or Coos, 87, 158,171, 172, 096, 311,
314, 316, 329, 366, 377, 405, 456, 468,
510, 872, 927.
Colburn (town) 772
Colburn, Andrew 371, 413
Daniel 160, 895
Colby, John 163, 523
Moses, 239 ; rep 319, 39S
Colcord, Eben'r 217
John, Lt 555
Cole, Dea 596
John, Capt 763
Collins, widow 113
Ebenezer 163
Concord— signers, 223 ; 447. 894
Connecticut, 406 ; river 532, 684, 643
Connor, Benj 150
Col 176, 193, 196
Philip 834
Samuel 44
Conway (town), signers, 225; 299, 347,
353, 772, 912, 924.
Conway, Capt 75
Cooke, Gov 411, 431, 494, .355, 601, 645
John, Dr 454, 498
Matthias 498
Silas 843
Cooledge, Silas 530
Cooper, John 2S3
Nathaniel 143, 175, 401, 524
William 94,369
Copland, Jacob, rep 935
Copp, David, Maj., 56, 140, 155, 469, 878;
rep., 934.
Joshua 313, 837, 955
Solomon , 892
Copper coin 94, 176
Cornish 443, 959
Cossit, Ranua, Rev 330
Cotton, Samuel, Rev 537
William 980
Coventry 937
Cragin, John, 289; Jun 454
Craige, Alex'r 197, 624, 790, 826, 972
Cram, James 259
Jonathan yl6
Crane, Doct. 88; John, 174, 605, 613;
Col.. 643.
Cressey, Michael, 222, 424; rep., 430,
573, 739, 741, 788, 820, 916.
Samuel 197
Crocker, Andrew S 21, 64
Crombie, James 937
Crosby, Josiah, 605 ; rep 738, 788, 820
Cross, Benj 694
Ralph 524
Crown Point 358, 371
INDEX.
991
Croydon— signers
Cumniings, Jotham. . .
Samuel
Thomas
Simeon
Cunningham, Sam'l. . .
Curtis, James
Noah, rep
Cushing, Thomas
Hon. Mr
283
18,03
.82, 106,150
.82,100, 156
016
265
173
840
....123, 488
643
Cushman, Solomon ■• ...118
Cutler, Zacheus <$9- 8M- b; *
Cutten, Joseph • • • • • • • • -™
Cutter, Amufl II .15,500,6(9
Cutts, Samuel, 6, 7: rep.. 9, 18, 22,oo«-
>un, iuslire, 23. 57, iVZ, 78, 111,
114, 133, 137, 13s, 154. 311), 344, 39,,
469, 623, 737, 7S0, 787.
Dale, Timothy 874
Dame, Jabez, 1S9 ; rep 902, l'3-t
Dame, Theophilus, 137. 138,440; Col.,
527,548.713.821,844,849.
Timothy, 257 ; rep 819
Daken, Amos, 79; rep., 81, 90, 320, 347,
399, 429, 430, 030, 739, 785, 822.
Dalton, Moses Too
Tristram 406
Dan bury 548, 549, 556
Danbv, John • ■ ,2'2
Daniels. Cant., 5; Eliphalet. 45, 81, 92,
101, 114, 102, 338, 369, 438, 440, 532,
697, 758, 797.
Minos 838, 95., 9,2
Sam'l 204,955
Darrar, Robert 910
Dartmouth College 89, 879, 894, 8%
Darte , Thomas 287
Dauphin of France 9,2
Davenport, Joseph 609
Davis, Asa, 79, 140, 174, 193; rep., S20,
347, 399, 329, 510, 820, 934.
Eleazer 607
Francis, rep *3J
James, 902, rep 934
Simon 616
Day, John 783
Dean, John |J»
Joseph 4"
Dearborn, Benjamin 544
Daniel 9,1
Henrv, Capt., 313, 404, 513, 785, 848,
852,862,898,941, 960.
Joua 162
Joseph •• • -145, 154
Josiah 237,607,612
Levi, Doct., 8; rep., 15, 33, passim,
52, 61, 78, 1)0, 100, 111,114,108,170,
191, 319, 398, 429, 136, 459, 561, 636,
Bamuel/lM ; Capt 499, 761, 837, 955
Simeon, 29,62, 198, 429; rep., 456,
541, 591, 605, 719, 822.
Simon °'9
Dearing, Capt. 6, 123; Ebenezer, 137,
309, 444, 480, 879, 905, 916.
Deering— signers 227
Deerins?, John, Jim 010
Deertield , 395 ; signers 22,
Delong, Ora 459
Demeritt, John, rep 4.9
Deming, John , Jim 010
Dennie, Wm • r«>
Derryikld, 80 ; signers -_8, ;.00
Devoe, Levi 400
Dewev, Eben'r «°
Elijah 023
Dickey, Adam 565
Doekum, Benjamin) sen. and jun 169
Enoch Sol
Dodge, Elijah 597
Doene, John
Door, Jonathan. . .
Dorchester
Dorchester Height
Doty, Elias.
Doughty, Daniel. .
George
Timothy
Douglass, Joseph.
Dover — petition. .
Dow, Amos
Ela.
.434
395
395,498
784
.10, 603, 608
279
281
Jeremiah 738, 703
John 950
Joseph 174,227,607
Moses, 181, S20, 887, 903 : rep., 913,910,935
Oliver "84
Reuben, 820 ; rep 835, 900, 906
Downer, Silas .538
Downing, Maj..rep., 7; Richard, Id. 24,
passim,' W, 01. 78.94, 1M, 163,257,
319, 333, 344, 398, 428, 455, 738.
Drake, Abraham 260, 094
Lt.Col '01
Drew, John, Capt., 93, 154, 391 ; rep. . . .902
Silas 213
Drury, Gershom, Capt <_83
Duane, James '33
Dublin— signers 22b
Duer, William 4„4
Dudley John, 7 ; rep., 9 ; just., 23, 33,
passim, 52, 01, 02, 78, 90, 111, 133,
138, 155, 194, 195, 319, 311, 398,429,
433, 458, 503, 530, 584,737,787,841,
019, 959.
Samuel, 24; rep., 44, 62, 78, 95, 107,
143, 155, 319, 843, 398, 429, 713, 738.
Dunbarton— signers 229, 355, 554, 0,8
Dunstable 106, 156
Dnrgin, Josiah • • • -906
Durham 106,114,825
Durkee, Thomas 422
Duncan, John ' 19
Duning, Eben'r, Capt
Dustin, Caleb, 78 ; ~"
John
Moody, Lt 392
Moses, Lt |92
Paul 7:2,3;::,
Peter f6Q
Dutton, John, 347
Dutch, Samuel • ■ • -638
Duxbury farm 176, 183
Dy wer, Samuel 185, °"
Mich'l.
rep 319,398,503,572
.911
.197,640
992
INDEX.
Eager, Dr 116
Eames, Ebenezer -30
Jeremiah, 173, 804; Capt., 315,
317, 378, 454, 456, 468; rep., 841,
868,9i!3,910,935,939.
Eastman, Amos 56
Eben 247,606
Jeremiah, 24; rep., 62, 78, 139, 174,
319, 398, 738, 934.
John, Capt., 8ss ; rep 934
Jona...... 24,62,828
Mary 114
East Kingston— signers 233
Eaton, Jonathan 24, 62
John 418,518
Thomas 902
Edgerly, Zebulon .93
Edwards, Euo 743
Effingham 248, 794
Ellery, William 203
Ellis, Benjamin 466
Timothv, rep.. 79; 145, 320, 399,
404, 41"), 430,430, ioo, passim, bW,
640, 739, 799, 967.
Wm., 550 ; Capt 560
Elliot, Jacob 723, S67
John 215
William, Lt 532, 775, 781
Ettinge, Roelof Josias 481, 519
Emerson, Amos 391, 470, 828
Daniel, 18, 63: Jim., 401, 829; rep., 934
Jonathan, Capt 533, 881
500,606
Emerson, Samuel, rep., justice. 13, 16,
19, 24,57, passim, 58. 62, 63, 79,
130, 145, 176. ISO, 320, 399, 465,469,
719, 799, 826, 910, 939, 955.
Solomon 62
Timothy, Capt 888
Emerv, Amos, rep 840
Jacob, rep 429, 456, 526
John, Capt., rep 19, 140
Noah, 2, 5 7, ; clerk, 9, 15, passim,
24, 43, 58, 62, 78, 114, 143, 162, 170,
194, 319, 325, 347/. 397, 430, 438;
Jim., 406, 470, 507, 514, 527, 566,
038, 705, 737, 780. 792.
Emms, Richard, 56, 137, Capt 360
Emmons, Benjamin 972
Knfield— signers, 229 ; 893
Epes, Fran., rep., 429 ; 610, 682
Epping— signers, 230 ; 532, 866
Epsom — signers 232
Estabrook, Neh 248, 297, 298
Evens, Israel, Rev 882
Joseph 693
Col., 9; rep., Stephen, 15, 16, 20,
passim, 28, 59, 78. 82, 84, 85, 111,
175, 180, 1S8, 320,338, 354,355,386,
393, 398, 415, 423, 43S, 409, 555, 603,
679, 093, 709, 750, 759, 762, 970.
Toppan, rep 902
Everett, Edward, rep 935
Exeter, Convention at— 1, 14,171 ; sign-
ers, 248; 344, 582, 769, 773, 895,
966; Phillips Acad., 977.
Fabvan, John 401
Samuel 257
Fairbank, Sam'l 741
Falmouth 71
Fanner, John 205
Farnsworth, Capt 310, 314
Daniel 546
Joseph 623
Moses 668
847
Farkar, Timothy, Justice, 11, 18, 03,
409, 799, 841, 950.
Farwell, Isaac, Capt 391, 470, 458, 521
Fast-day 331, 334, 450, 520, 524, 636, 638
Favour, Timothy 5
Fay, Jonas 668
Fellows, Abner 197
Isaac 245
Fenton, John 967. 970
Ferguson, Mai 879
Ferrin, Mary, Mrs 53
Field, Michael 628
Firmoy, Roche de 649
Fifteld, Jonathan 280
Nathaniel 94
Fisher, Ichabod, 03, 715; Mr., 834; Mr.
& Mrs.. 027, 059, 077; John, 828.
Fisk, Capt 562
Fitch, Paul 616
Qr. Mast 616
jTlagCi John, Capt 557, 564
Josiah 916
Fletcher, Ebenezer 466
Elijah, Rev 347
Robert 829
Flood, Benjamin 795
Daniel. Capt 788
Jonathan 14
Floyd, William 203
Fogg, John, rep 934
Joseph 844
Seth 232,866
Folsom, Nathaniel, 6, 61, 80, 82,
passim, 109, 111, 113, 118, 126, 168,
170, 182, 180, 195. 311. 344,401, 412,
416; Gen., 434, 408. 511, 512, 522,
528, 555, 559, 580, 047, 664, 074, 706,
755, 781, 824, 829, 893, 903, 965.
Benja., Capt 93
David, 878 ; rep 902
Jeremiah, Lt. Col 87, 96, 101, 137
Jere, Lt. Col 334, 343
John 81, 112,561
Nathaniel, merch't 500
Samuel. 24, 62, 171, 582, 650, 770,
771, 823, 824, 834, 893.
Thomas, Capt., 532; rep 715
Footman, Thomas 404
Ford. James 894,905
Thomas, Capt 784
Foss, Joshua, 429, 455; rep 714
Nathaniel 607
Foster, Abiel, 828, 912; rep., 913, 934,
952, COO, 965, 971, 980.
[NDEX.
'."..:;
Foster, Asa. Dr.. rep.
Ephrahn
Henry
Isaac.
312
John 137
Samuel 668
Fowler, Hezekier 173
Ichabod 422
Jacob 326, 532, 005, COG
Moses 519
Philip 532, 005, 000
Samuel, Lt 443
Fovvle, Daniel 24, 114, 150, 34, , 544
Robert L 545, 554, 55S, 008, 672, 02b
Franklin, Dr., 152; Benjamin 203
Frazier, John 13'
Simon »43
Freeman, Jona "4.3
French, Abel 2^'J
French, Benj., 343 ; rep 934
Frem li, John 173,879
Joseph 701
Olive 784
I'r,,-!, (,,nr-r, jii~t.,2S,0'J, 112.5:
001,074, 7>l. 7.'0, soo, 007,
Joseph, 806; Lt
Frink, Calvin ..610
Frye, Eben'r 391, 665
' [saac.Capl 502,51- -
Fuller, Andrew 189
Col 359
Fulton, Robert 030,734
Funda, Capt 394
Fnrber, Jethro 2oi
Nath'l :;t'
William <Jj-i
Furnald, .John B06
Samuel soc
Furnass, Robert 500
Gage, Amos, Capt '63
James, Capt ...MB
John 29,62
Jonathan -93
Joseph v-4?4
Josiah 24,62
Gains, George, 24, 02, 07, 110, 135, 13i,
182, 270, 345, 416; rep., 428, 455,
470, ?„/.■«;,», 45'.', 5' hi, 0O3,5(UI, 530,
540,584,718,737,780,803,845,928,
932, 050.
Gale. Eliphalet ■ • ■ ■19'
Jacob 338,550
Gardner, Freeman °'«
Henry 4S8
Garland, Dodivah •■*>
John, 130, 174, 830; iep 934
Jonathan • ■ • •••„''
Gates, Horatio, Maj. Gen., 12o, oli,
35S, 302,303,57(i, 050,057, 072, 6i3,
Ger:
11,18,45, 54; Col.
05, 104, 114, 134,
9. 415. 840.
Gilman, Edward
Eliphalet
Jeremiah, 302, 513; Maj 52S,
John, 52, 114; Lt 314,
John Taylor, 140, 434, 513, 523. 5'Jl.
532, 53r;, 558, 541, 701, 795, 816, 828,
841,877, 801, 003,004,020,050, :»0j,
077, 970.
Joseph, 01, 100. 335, 343., 401, 433,
TOO. Mi;. S31, 012, 051,950.
Joshua ••<
Josiah, Dr., 109, 137, 165, 196, 347,
153. 816, 051,000,072,984.
Nathaniel, Jim
Nicholas, Col., 10; tivas., 16.44,00.
135, 140, 174, 100, 107, 401, 414, 458,
474, 405. 500, 524.(1) 530, 555, 584,
608^739, 756, 816,842, 882. olo. o-;..
Siimul ^i, mn .r-p .458,425 4.-:i
523, 541, 717, 738, 850, 801, 015, 918,
Kl
Gei.j ,
Gibson, Mr., 33; rep., 78; James,
310, 332, 553, 80S, 403, 418,420,
passim, I'M, 500,010, 738,771.
Giddings, Eliphalet, 405, 510, 530,
867, 882, 017.
Capt., rep.. 7; John
Nathaniel
Gidnev, Joshua
Gile, Ezekiel, 406, 700, 827; rep. . .
John ;•••,•;; •
Giles, Ek.xj.vmix, 6, 03, SO, 154,
101,108, 1SS, 300, 310, 314, 33S,
386,303, 430; rep., 450, 503,
523, 53s, 584, 502, passim, 005.
694, 717, 710, 730, 798, 808, 938.
Gill, Samuel
Gilman "David Ccl . 3. r 1 1 -1
passim, 50, 50, 02, 78, bo, 04,
121, 123, 13,7, 177, 182,186,100,
334, S47, 555, 555. 505,386,393,
404, 479, 904.
540.
475,
839,
155,'
855.
511,
606,
Theo'philus coTa™
The, ... •■:•■' ;.
'.' 693,710
....235
....895
-1,7-7
235
.400
.400
rrueworthy.
Zebulon
Gilmantown— signers . .
Gilmore, .lames
John, 735, 737; rep.
Jonathan
Robert 5io- j""
Gilsum— signers
Glass, James
Glasgow— schooner
Gleason, Timothy
;\r :, ,:;.: , i_, 1 1 314.45c. re,
426,526,701.
Goflstown , ■ ■ "
Goldsmith. Josiah. Capt., S40; rep.,
923, 935.
Goodwin, Robert.
Goodwin, Simeon ...
Gordon, Daniel, 738; rep <8''!^
Josiah 6<£
Thomas ;■,,
William ■••514
Goodale, Ezekiel, Capl '- « «
Goodenau, Adonijah ■■•■'-
790
.53;
(1) By error Nath'l.
62
994
INDEX.
Gorham, Mr • •• • • . 980
Gosport 33, 34, S43
(Joss. Nathan, rep., 15, 78, 319, 393, 413
428, 738, 787.
Gould, Lt 392
Daniel "63
Government civil, taken up, 2; dissent
to, 14; established, 103.
Gove, Jona 636, 636
Nathaniel 245
Winthrop 139,174,561
Jrafton, 340 ; County 450, 463
iraham, John 140, 175
Jrandy, Nathaniel 917
Jrantham 443, 900
Stray, James, Capt 513, 531 I
Jreeley, Moses 140
Samuel, Dr 150
Greenland 33, 150, 163
Greenleaf, Benj 322
Green, Ebenezer 422, 918, 972
John 857 '
Green, Peter, Esq 580, 583
Peter, Dr 435
(Jen 71
Capt 552
Greenwood, Joseph, 139, 174, 223, 430;
rep., 430.573.605.
Gregg, John, Lt., 460 ; Capt 550, 828
Joseph 906
William. Lt. Col 339, 486, 07.». V5
Griffith, John 137, 823
Griffin, Eliph 532
Joseph, Lt. Col 556
Griswold, John 110
Grout, Eliiah, 79; rep.. 82, 110,114, 145,
150, 155. 320, 347, 399, 465, 467,504,
507, 514, 530, 549, 830, 837.
Gummer, Ezekiel 695
( hinnison, Sam'l 283, 820
(Justin, Samuel 143, 175, 424, 805
Gutterson, Samuel 176-
Gwinnett, Butler 203
H
Hackett, James, Maj., 21, 48, 101, 108,
137, 140, 142, 155, 156, 193.
Hadley, George, rep 682
Nehemiah 296
Hadlock, James, 154; capt 193
Haight, Solomon 498
Hains, Joshua, 428; rep 738, 787, 819
Haise, Alexander 498
Hall, Benajah 331, 554
Daniel 327,329,331
Enoch 379
Jacob, Dr 852
John 019
Samuel 703, 864
Thomas 762
William 279
Hale, Aaron and John 350
Eliphalet 580
Enoch, 11; justice, 60; col., 141,
142,149,155, 175, 186, 320; rep.,
399, 415, 5o3, 54:;, 569. 626. 638, 713,
841,921,970,977, 934.
Jonathan, 172, 180, 336, 367, 624, 660,
777; rep., 911.
John, Col., 157, 158, ISO, 413, 440,
568, 855, 893, 894, 923.
Moses 143,175
Nathan, Lt. Col., 391, 526, 527, 529,
532, 640, 672.
Paul 502
Samuel, Maj 609, 756, SOS
Hammond, Joseph, 139,174; Col., 415,
503, 510; rep., 573, 723, 770, 792,
828,799,903.
HamjOon, 85; signers 236, 560
Hampstead— signers 237
Man. <kk, .Toils-, 2, 39, 41, 72, 122,124,
12S 145, 151, 154, 165.202.305,351,
361, 373, 439, 460, 478, 495, 050, 704.
Eben'r 488
Hanover 115, 140, 297, 340, 421
Hanson. Charles 763
Join. B 409,419,605
Hardie, Thomas 785
Harford, Paul 93
Harpum, William 93
154
Harriman, Stephen, Capt., 22;
rep.,
79. 36, 142. 163, 169, 180, pat
190, 320. 324, 354, 399, 402, 738
777,
807, 934, 936.
532
Harrington, Thomas
863
Harrison, Benja
203
Hart, Benj
702
James and Thomas
834
John, 203 ; Capt
606
John, Jim 1
3, 14, 500
Richard
102
William
.563,569
Haitford
297
181
741
Jonu
898
.Matthew
878
425
287
331
319
857
Hatch, Jabez, Col
872
594
347
.114, 879
.415. 474
Haverhill 162, 172, 180, 317, 897
, 927, 946'
114
668
F:uil
...29, 62
Hayward, orHeywood, Joshua. . .
834.^
142
Thomas, Jim
205
William. 139, 174, 363, 719,
739 :
rep., 77<. 7^, 820.
Hawke, 133 : sinners
239
Hawkins. \\ m
466
Havnes, Joseph
331
Hazard, Ebenezer
815
Hazzen, Joshua.
995
Head, Jetliro t:<.
James, Ma.i ut2, 587
Samuel 532
Heald, Oliver 289, 58S
The ma- 770, 783
Heath, Joshua 225,300,373
\* ., Gen 415, 648, 718,728, 790
Hedges, Silas, Dr., 546, 554. 694, 703,
734, 807.
Helme, R. J 463
Heudee, Joshua 703
nniker, '.'5, 104 ; signers 240, 332
rrick, Joseph 335
riiimlon, Uenjamin 780
wes, Joseph 203
key, James 514
•ke, John 565
Hickocks, I'.enj., 184; rep 715
Hibbert, Rev. Mr 532,804
or
Hihbard.
Hildreth, Sam'l 222
Hill. Charles 110
Elisha 14
.Tame- 145, 610, 959
John 857
Moses, rep 902
Robert 607
Hills, Samuel 21, 63
Hillegas, M 453, 487
Hillsborough— signers, 240 ; 353 '■
Hilton, Josiah 606 j
Joseph 937 |
Hinsdale— signers 241
Hitchcock, Joseph 448
David.. . .32, 415, 624; Col. 637, 670, 828
Hobart, Hezekiah 616 i
Hobart. Col. Samuel, 32, 57, 08, 70, 71,
96, 196, 470, 500, passim, 737, 757,
Hodgdon, Alex'r
Caleb, 94; Capt., 19
368, 369, 443, 454,
807, 934, 952.
Hodges, Nathan 837
Hodgkius, Francis •. 93
Hoffman, David 395
Hogg, John 29, 63, 229
Hoit, Daniel 579
Joseph 579
Micah, Lt 392
Nathan 518, 898
Stephen, Lt 529, 533, 587, 762, 804
Thomas 605
Hoisington, Col 189
Holbrook, John 893
Tim 596
Holderness 197, 950
Mollis ..HIO, 150, 518,515, 503, Old, s!7, S.»4
Hollon
or
Holland, John 187, 499, 703
Stephen, Col., 507, 508, 546, 582,
(Mrs.) 591; 030,0.59, 075.677,703,
732, 793. 824, 852, S53. 8:i3, 890, 899,
(Mrs.) 949; 952.900,965.
Jane ' 793
[aj., 345,
rep., 787,
324
Holtoi Jonathan '.'37
Hook, Moses 281
Hookset-falls 940, 963
Hooper, w m 208
Hopkinti lohn 14
Francis 2o:s
Hopkins, Stephen 21 3
Kopkintown— signers 241
Horn, .loin 29, 62
Ebenezer T 1 ' >
William 93
Houghton, Nehemiah, rep., 820, 841,
903,985.
House, John, ('apt., 338, 347, 892
522,515, 552,025,820.
Houston, Samuel 784
William Ch 567
Hovey, Dan'l 230
lvorv. Dr.! 541,573
How, Barzillai 448
[saac 668
Howe, Gen 85,86
Admiral, Richard 159
Bezaleel 909
William, 159, 818, 475, 496, 584, 673, 606
Howard, Joshua 335, 972
Howlett, Davis, Capt 715, 835
Hudson, signers 202
Hughes, Carr 826
Hull, Lyman 203
Hubbard. David 699
Ephr'm 223
John, rep 935,978
Leverett, 10: justice.... 61, 569, 878, 945
Richard 247
S 917
Humprev, William 294
Huntington, Col 547,549
President S50, 873
Samuel 2u:s
Hunt. Samuel, 11; sheriff, 63, 175, 303.
438, 405, 470, 535, 541, 027, 035, 657.
077. 01.1.701, sos. s:;7. K04, Svj. ■ .
970.
Stephen 449, 475
William, rep 902
Hunter, Daniel 735
John 137
Huntoon, Charles, 140, 175, 533, 820;
rep., S41.
Joseph 531, 830, 957
Nathaniel 210
Hukd, John, 6, 13,18,63,64,80, LO
139, 158, 101, 102, 108, 170, 298, 302,
306, 311, 314, 317, 331, 330,, l„i,<si,l,.
366, 550, 643, 700, 716.
Jethro 557
Samuel 283
Hutchins, Gordon, Lt. Col.. 339 ; rep.
429, 503, 505, 5(0.518,520, 020. 037,
693, 767.
Joseph, Capt 763
Samuel 107
Nathaniel. Lt 531
William. Lt 392
99(5
Indepexden'CE, declaration of, 139,
140. 149, 199. 200-203, 332.
Independence, Mount 371, 517
Ingalls, Caleb 016
Ingalls, Henry 578, 610
Nath'l GIG
Invin, Capt 80
Jackman, George, G3, 215, 5C3 ; Lt 910
Jackson, Clement 100
Daniel 53,55
Eleazer 829
Hall, Dr., 44, 47, 100, 110, 114, 121, 419
.Jagger, Lemuel and Win 519
■Taiivrin, George, Capt S00, 943
Wendum 3G9, 438
Jay, James Joshua 561
' JOHN, Hon 389,448,562
Jaffrev, George 531, 806
Jefferson, Thomas 203
Jeffrey 355
Jenkins, Stephen 80G
Jenness, Joiia 939
Joseph 277
Joshua 792
Richard 605, 7S4
Samuel, 139, 174 ; rep 934
Simon 837
Thos G05
Jennings, Elnathan 864
John 533
Jennison, John 950
Jewel, Daniel 414
Jewel, Mark 282
Jewett, Edward 274, 544
Jedediah, ,-84, 888 ; rep 933
Serj 61G
Johnson, Mr., Indian preacher 19, 22
Col., 297 ; Charles, 302, 334, 336, 367,
024, 700, 799, -00, 826, 834, 897, 910,
927, 928, 946.
Lt ...594
Sir John 369
Thomas, 105 ; Capt 698
Johnston, John 513
Robert, Capt 172
Jones, Asa 220
Daniel 605
John Paul 691, 692, 722
Josiah 523,722
Paul 941
Samuel 198,230
William 806
Jordan, Nath'l 347
Richard 721, 802
Judkins.John 094
Philip 852
Junius 27
K
Keen— signers 243, 515
Kellev, Joseph 263, 532
Moses, 11, 03 ; rep 79
Sam'l 401
Col., 130, 149, 192, 193, 320, 353, 399,
443, 494, 713, 738, 759, 703, 785, 835,
922.
Kendall, Ebenezer 828
Kendriek, Daniel 545
Kemiebeck river 373
Kenneston 309
Kensington 33
Kezer , Oieorge 853
Kidder, Samuel 579
Kielle, John, rep 902
Kimball, Abel, 840 ; rep 878
Abraham; 5 ; rep 819
Benjamin, Capt 537
John 188,701
Joseph 95
Moses 541
Nathaniel. Ens 392
Porter. Capt 710 ;
Samuel, 18, G3, 78, rep 145, 319, 39S
Kimball, William 95
King, George, 15, 61, 110, 195, 465,
000, 523, 024,531. 034, 643, 714, 717,
721,739, S32.
Elijah 593,597
Samuel 741
Kiiiirman, John 213
Kingsberv, Absalom, 208. 424. 595, 785,
788,' 795; rep., 935, 936, 939.
Abraham, rep 739
Daniel, 244; rep 935
Sanford 978'
Kingstown— signers ' 240
Kirkland, Mr. 7 480
Kitterv 303
Knight, William 195, 449, 718-
Knowles, .lames, rep., 15. 7S. S6,jius.<iiii.
112, 136, 139, 162, 174,193,320,346,
398,429,436., 405, 540,036.714,825,
913.
Samuel 561
Knowlton , James, rep 73S
Knox, Gen 7u4
Kynaston, Joseph E 843. 848
991
Labaree, Peter 678, 6! 8
Ladd, Daniel, Capt 114,139,174
Eliphalet, Capt 102
Ezekiel 331,989
James 939, 946
Siiii"..!i.:uT. 119. i;n,;; rep., 715, 795, 978
Timothy, 24, 62, 819; rep S33, 902
Lake, Daniel 719
Enos 016
Henry 616
Lamson, Joseph 41S
Lancaster 772
LandafE 009
Lane or Lavn, John, Capt 93
Oliver W 501
William \..237
Langdon, Col., 7; John, 29. 51, 72,
152, 157, 104, 308, 322, 309, 428;
rep., 407, 481, 499, 513, 517, 538,
548, 717, 737. 804, 919, 977.
William 270
Woodburv, 059, 805, 820, 832, 833,
879, 923; 944, 961, 907.
Lapish . Robert 800
Lamed, Abijah, Capt., rep., 20, 90
Lasell, John 273
Laskey, William 250
LAUBENS, Henry, Pres., 710, 728, 754, 801
Lawler, David, 703
Lawson, Ikijamin 335
John 457,947
Lawrence, David, 24, 02 ; Jr 615
John 400,488
Leathers, Vowel 201
Leavittstown— signers, 248 ; 592, 794
Leavitt, Jonathan 347, 012, 785, 829
John 62
Moses, Capt,, 29, 145, 415, 501, 770,
916 ; rep., 933.
Lebanon, 115 ; signers, 247 ;. . . . 297, 298, 340
Lee, Francis Lightfoot 203
Gen 77,406, 407,410, 491
Richard Henry 203
Wm 910
Lee — signers 249
Leitihton, George 829
Tobias 95, 309
Leigh, Joseph 183, 409, 836, 844
L'Eglize, Mons 409
Leman, Sam'l 541
Lempster— signers 209
Leonard, Thomas 457
Letter, a scurrilous 25
Lewis, Francis 203
Morgan 569
Tin una-. Capt 557, 564
Libby, ('apt 710
Light, Eben'r 392
Robert L84
Lincoln. Benj., Gen 672, 678, B97
Litchfield. . . .' 106, 150, 537, S42
Little, Benjamin 24,02
Margarel 355, 404,41s
Moses 17)
Samuel 24,02,239, 120: n p.. :*<n
Sarah 699
Livermore, Daniel, Capt 518, G15
Jonathan, Rev 409, 449
Samuel, 140, 175,772, 810, 822; rep.,
M'0, 834. 814, 887, 891, 908, 917,
923, 944, 972.
Livingston, Abra'm 498
James, Col 316
John 162
Philip 203
Livius, Peter (Mrs.) 309, 313
Lock, Jeremiah 143, 175
Londonderrv, 52; signers. 250 ; 554, 561,
585, 793, 949, 952.
Long. Pierse, 0; Capt., 7; rep., 14, 15,
18, 19, passim, 59, 78, 84, 94, 103,
111, 113, 114, 121 , 139, 157, 170, 174,
185, 192. 195,310,333,334,308,397,
443, 472, 805.
London — signers 253
Lovejoy, Hezekiah, Capt 830
Lovewell, Jona., just., 11, 18, 63, 79;
rep., 80, passim, 94, 141, 161, 168,
320, 333, 399, 403, 503, 584, 738.
Nehemiah 331
Noah, Lt. Col., 414, 770; rep., 820,
804, 894.
Lumkins, Joshua 173
Lutwvche, Sarah 113, 137
Lux, 'Win. 487
Lvford, Lt., 570 ; Thomas 847
Lyman, Abel 297
Lyme 185, 197, 297
Lynch, Thos., Jun 203
Lyndsborough 353
Lyon, David 978
M
Mabbitt, Joseph 498
Sam1! 498
Mack. Elisha, Capt 703
Robert 694
Magee, John 850
William 850
Malonev, John 585
Man, John 419, 441, 720
Mann. Benjamin, 828 ; rep 935
Mansfield, Isaac, Rev., 419, 520, 724,
838, 879, 818, 957.
March, Clement, 6, 78; rep., 94; Jun.,
1C0, 319, 398.
Elisha, rep 820
March, George 193, 194, 195, 332
Marden, Edward 173, 373
.lame-, rep 320, 39S, 738, 836
John 107
Marcy, John, Capt 418
Marlborough 254, 418, 517
Marlow 106, 107, 150, 516
Marshall, Andrew 334
Caleb 173
Lt 43S
Thomas 86
Marsh. Col 504, 507, 668, 818
Joel , 297
John 313,852
998
Marsh, Samuel 263, 906
Marston, Abraham 784
David 260
Simon, Capt., 93, 607, 770, 776; rep.,
902, 906.
Martin or Martyn, James ._. . .501
Jonathan 874, 882
Thomas, 465 : rep., 449, 455, 500, 503,
523, 541, 722, 771.
"William 532
953
Mason 81, 518, 598
Mason, Lemuel 962
Thadeus 93
Massey, Griffin 447
Matthews, Joel 642
Masters, John, Doet 676
Mathes, Valentine 139, 174
Mayhew, Peter 824
Meacham, Samuel 230
Means, Robert 175
Medar, David 404
Nicholas 93
Timothy 900
Measam, George 426
Medford 70, 523
Meeds, James 619
Mellen, John, Capt., 739; rep., 741, 784
805, 840.
Mepel? Nath'l 379
Meredith-signers, 254; 828
Meriam, Doct 359
Mrserve, George 925
Merrow, Joshua 569, 898
Merrill. Elinhalet, Capt., 738; rep.,
Ensign 521
Ezekiel 590
James, Capt 44
Jesse 175
Jonathan 939
Joseph 285
Joshua 313,984
Thomas 300; rep 860
Merritt, William 519
Merrimac 106, 156
Messer, Richard 279
Middleton, Arthur 203
(town) 592
Mifflin, Thomas, Gen 125, 492
Metcalf, S 316
Joseph 765
Miles, Capt 373
John 761
Millar. Heber, Dr., 79; rep., 139, 174,
292, 320, 399.
Mills, John, Lt., 607; Capt 943
James 804
Miller, Matthew 735
\fenes? Nathaniel 173
Miner, Thomas 173, 331
James 763
McAllister, Daniel 255
McCalley, Nath 392
James, re]) 840
McClary, Andrew 81, 113
John. 11.21; r. -p., ::.:. 51. ,..<>>,/», 53.
62, 78, 111, 168, 169, 31 I, 353, 398,
t03, 503, 510, 536, 584, 605, 738.
Micha •! 941
McClintock, Nath'l, 117; adj 391,530
Wm 822
McCoy, Capt 534
M.-('o'iui,-ll. Capt. Thorn** 470, 724
,. ivp..571, '■-:. til".".. 724.92s, 9,;4
MeClure, Mr., 6; James 97, 48u. 943
McCrellis, Lydia 150, 163
McDonald, John 400
McDonough, Mr 628
McDougall 704
McDuflee, Daniel, Capt 710
John, Col., 770, 7S9; rep 970
MeGaft'ee, Andrew 951
Neil 903
McGaw, Jacob, rep ..934
MeGray, Jonathan 530
McGregore, James 160, 354
Robert, 139, 174 ; rep 840, 902
Mcllvaine, Ebenezer 785
Mcintosh, Alex'r 271
Melntire, Neal 500
McKeen, John, 52 ; rep 794, 819. 834
Samuel 785
McMaster, James, 334. 335, 337, 345, 51C,
524, 541, 762, 784.
McMilleu, Andrew 300
Archibald, 516 ; rep 738, 788, 937
McMurphv, Archibald 933
Robert 52, 794
McLaughlin, Thomas, Capt 784
MeXee, William 265
McQuesten, William 158
Mistick , 157
Mitchell, Peter 335, 345, 400, 416
Mohawk Point 892
Moffatt, Capt 481
Moloney, John 630
Monadnock, No. 5— signers 254, 353
Montgomery, Gen. 36
M Iv, Josiah 92
Mrs 806
Moor, John, Jun 437, 554
Mooney, Hercules, rep., 15, 22, 52, 56,
78, 94, 114, 320, 334, 345 ; Lt., 359,
369, 398, 443, 699, 738, 805, 829.
Moore, Archelaus 62
Daniel 415, 556, 606, 037, 759, 802
John 507, 676, 732, 735
Robert 507
Thomas 140
Samuel, 21, 24; rep., 62, 63, 79, 157,
185, 186, 320, 355, 399, 429.
Mooretown 172
Mordogh. Nathan 188. 289
Morey, Israel, 8; rep., 9,10,13, 19,22,
ji'ts.iim, 46, 47, 63, 64, 69, 72, 79,
ST, 95, 105, 141, 163, 168, 189, 196,
320, 309. 415. 409, 624, 044, 666, 700,
727. 770, 888, 916, 927.
Morelv Matthew 58
Morgan Isaac 296
Morton, John 203
Morrill. Amos 391, 449, SOS
Benj 457, 497
Capt 521, 525
Jabez 290
Jesse 140
Oliver 615
Samuel 114
William 610,767
Morris, Louis 203
Robert 203, 403, 483, 942, 945
.Morrison. John 140, 175
Sam'l 296
Morse, Sti pli :n, 78; rep 319,397
Thomas 175
Motte, Jacob 449
Moi LT02T, Col., 10; rep., 21 ; Esq , 23
- 55 186, 115,587
INDEX.
niton, .1 si
h, Capt., 21, 24, 50; v. p.,
51, j
,78,96,109, 111,1:::., lis.
171, 195,;
l \ 824,344,398, 102,417,
4-J9.43:, -
59,503,536. 561,738.
Josiah, Jui
.. •■!, !::.»; 3d. . .lol, 5ol, ;> 1
Jonathan, 139, 102. 174.;
42! i ; rep., 435,501, 71:;, 714.
Noah 331
Willi uii 94
305, 135, ~>"~
Moylan, Stephen 70, 86
Munro. I.' :-'J
Josiah 830
Murray, Daniel 163
Murdough, Thomas 530
\ln— \. R< uben, rep 207,820
Muzzy. John 228
N
Nainby, Capt 905
Names of Representatives, 78-80, 130-
132, 350, 3iC-y.ni, 428-4:W, 571-573,
081-083, 737-73!i, 700-707, 787-78s,
810-S2O. 839-841, S!>S, 001-003, 013,
:i32, 033-935, 054,050. 060, 970.
of the Council, 80, 430, 788, S21,
841, 801, 800, 021, 035, 038, 958.
of signers of Articles of Confeder-
ation 753
of prisoners from N. Y 380-383
of British prisoners 470-477
of Keene soldiers 01G
of confiscated estates and of ab-
sentees 810-814
of sick or wounded officers and
soldiers 073-975
Nash, Samuel 173
Timothy 173
Neal, Hubertus 24, 02
Nealv, Andrew 114
John 93, 673
Negis, Wm 590
Nelson (town)— signers 203
Nelson, Lt 72
Thos 203
Nesmith, James 794
John 52, 735
Nevieau. Peter 161, 102
New Boston — signers 255
New bury, Vt 171, 172, 297
New Castle, 85, 92, 111, 130,102, 103, 104,
171,177, 100; signers, 255,338,345,
348, 768, 874, 923.
New Chester 185
New Durham 531
Newell, Timothy So
NEW HAMrsfilKK. State 332, 384
New Ipswich 667, 699
Newington, 20, 33 : signers 250
Newman, Eben'r. . . ." 616
New Marlborough 404. 519
Newmarket, 33, 57, 87, 96; signers, 257,
303,443,451,877.
Newport — signers 282
Newtown— petition 4, 33, 344, 353, 505
Nichols, Alexander 825
Andrew 857
Moses, 11; rep., 17, 18, 58, piissim,
03, 79, 82. 112, 145, 193, 320, 399,
414,415, 420, 550. 037, 070, 700, 719,
738, 820, 834, 804. 800, 022. 034,072.
Niccolee, Nicho 113, 162
Norris, Benj 718, 878
J a mes, Capt 391,625
Jonathan 794
Josiah 429
Northampton, 5, 33 ; signers 259
Northumberland 772, 837
North wood— signers 260
Norwich 115, 297
Nottingham— signers 260, 395
West— signers 262, 332
Nova Scotia 473, 789
Noves, Benjamin 941
' Cutting 215, 5G3
Enoch, 903; rep 913
Nathan 720
Nute . Paul 93
Lt 587
Nutter, John 02, 257, 401
Odell, Ebenezer 867 ; Omsted, Sim. .
Odiorne, Thos., 428; rep., 437, 458, 520, O'Neil, John. .
523, 527, 530,, 530, 570, 584, 084, 737, i One-mile Slip.
702, 702, 804, 810, 824, 857, 929. ' j Onion river. . .
Odin, John 108, 183 Orford
Odlin, Abigail, Mrs 417, 834 j Orme, Aaron-
Samuel 761 I
Woodbridge, Rev 417, 834
Olcutt, Col 297, 666 I 482, 484/
Rev. Mr 358 Osgood. Capt.
Oliver, Capt i 797
.330
.615
.89,95,104,182,185,
Orr, John, rep., 214 ; rep
Osborn. George Jerry, 108; Capt., 480,
72,89; James 104,105
1000
Paca, William 203
Packer, W., Capt 458
Thomas 877
Packersfield (Nelson)— signers 263, 515
Page, Benjamin 226
Caleb, Capt., 85 ; rep 180, 319, 398
Daniel 175, 605, 776
David. 140, 173, 175. 225, 800, 401,
829, 878, 895, 902 ; rep., 927, 934, 939,
946 949.
Enoch, 21, 84; Mai., 692, 784, 826,
913, 935; rep., 939.
Jeremiah, 11; just., 18, 63, 229, 590;
rep., 738, 70S, 820, 902.
Jesse 211
Lemuel 616
Moses 173, 379, 898, 977
Robert 226
Samuel, Maj 192, 781, 835
William 922, 924
Palmer, Lt., 72 ; Barnabas 189
Jonathan 879, 895
Pain, or Pavne, Capt 317
Elisha, 10 ; iustice 13, 63, 627, 826
John 115,579
Lemuel 115, 116
Robert Treat 203, 488
Samuel 207
Parker, James 395, 501
Jona 137,544,548
John 62, 505, 577,836, 925
Joseph 154, 158
Mathew S., 828 : rep 840
Obadiah 63
Oliver 347, 515, 821
Robert 74, 303, 444, 456, 500
Sarah E 501
William, 5, 12, 13, 23, 24; Jun.. 62,
150; rep., 428, 437, 470, 511, 542.
Parham, John 228
Parsons, Joseph, Capt., 343, 345, 607;
rep., 785, 819.
Moses 54,57
Thomas 29, 62 ; rep., 715, 833
Partridge, Sam'l 312
Parkhurst, Noah 857
Parry, Edward 541
Parr, Capt SOS
Pattex, Matthew, judge prob., 11,
17, 58; rep., 63, '79,' 83, passim,
96, 144, 154, 155, 193, 195, 320, 344,
399, 526. 637, 739.
Samuel. Capt., 738; rep 78S, 902
Patterson, John 266, 826
Col., 153; Brig 649
Pattinson, Joseph 257
Pavson, Jonathan 452, 771
Peabody, Nathaniel, 211,429; rep.,433,
437, passim, 459, 45"., 159, ."<>;;, 55i;,
579,584,603, 637,672,738,757,934,
961, 971.
105; Sf",h.-n. 11"., W.625, 636,
637, 758, 780, 823.
Thomas 610
Pearse, Peter 563, 569
Pearson, Isaac G 33 1
Joseph 841, 844,881, 959, 980
Pease, Pelatiah 236
Peasley, Amos 763
Peirce, Benjamin 292
Daniel 795
Peirce, George 361
John 563, 569, 584
Joseph 23, 62, 143
Pelham 136, 332, 523
Pembroke— signers, 263 ; 526. 565
Pemigewasset river 176
Pennyman, Adna, Capt 898
Penhallow, John, 15, 17, 301, 5S1, 771, 816
Penn, John 203
Samuel 24, 61, 1S2. 190, 194
Perkins, Abraham, 94. 232, 36s, 454, C15,
837.
Jonathan 506, 509, 780
Perley, Robert 63
Perry, Ebenezer 94
Peters, Col 330
Richard 587, 728
Peterborough— signers, 265 ; 355
Peterson, VVillet 762
Pettingale, Matt., 429; rep 536, 590, 604
Peverlv, Joseph 19, 64, 173, 470. 826
Capt 75
Thomas, 173: Jun 379
Pevster, A. W. D 379
Phelps, Bezaleel 115
Davenport 983
Philbriek, Joseph 600
Sam'l, 78; rep., 107, 149, 164, 170,
183, 193, 319, 398, 412, 429, 437,
(Mai.) 443, 455, 530, 534, 541, 73S,
783, 805.
Phillips Acad 895, 977
Pickering, Dorothy 579
Ephraim, 160, 169, 257, 343; rep.,
901,934,955.
John, 17, 33, 184, 194; rep., 428, 437,
503, 964.
Thomas 10S, 703
Timothy 872
Piermont, 182, 185; signers 265
Pike. Nicholas 568, 577
Robert, Lt 467, 607, 784
Pinkerton, John, 738; rep 819
Mai 415,470
Pinkham, Capt 444
Joseph 607
Piper, Jonathan 724, 763
Samuel 867
Piscata.pia port, 433 ; batteries 440, 929
Piseataquog 184
Pittsiield... 938
Place, David, Capt 524
George 346
Plaintield 353,443,960
Piatt. Joseph, jun 616
Pliarne, Penet & Co 385
Plimouth ISO, 181, 184
Plainer, Bedlield 825
John 2S, 62, 569
Pomroy, Josiah 835, 836
Elezor 741
Poor, Martha, Mrs 950
Col., 6; Enoch, 391,439, 507, 517;
Brig. Gen., 527. 528,529,530,535,
5 is, 576,649,735, 770.
Pope. William 341,530,719
Poplin 312,323 966
Pote, Jeremiah 801
Porter. A*:i, Col., 324, 331, 335, 344.400,
">.. lis l:;c,. 5.;s."77,57S,585,
612, 717.
INDEX.
1001
Porter, John 3;S1
Nathaniel. Rev 531
Portsmouth, 12. 16, 16: remonstrance,
17,8;;. 07, HO. 111. passim, ir,;.,
171; signers, 200, 801,529,580,558,
581, i'lt. 962.
Potter. Kbcnezer, 429; r,.j.., 480. 150,
580. 718, 78s. 778. 803. 825,933.
Jerre 492,508
Joseph 955
Samuel 668
Pottle. Win 580
1W. II John 458
Powers, Sampson 835
Prattsburg 310
■uiiah 763
Prentice, Capt., 9 ; rep.. 10, 19, 20, 21,
57, passim .- Xath. S., 79, 82, 91,
los, 139, 157, 158,161, 102,174,183,
195, 320, 338, 3.39, 399, 795, 938.
rreseoit, Henry, 24, 82,78; rop., 819,
848, 39
Joseph 610
Joshua 282
Brig. Gen 646
William, Capt 64
Price, Win 579
Prichard, Paul, 668; rep 820
Proctor, Edward 812
Joel 965
Protectworth (town) 143, 924
Proclamation Eoi b ITaat 90
establishing government 103
lor Thanksgiving i'or peace 984
Putnam, Philip 702
Stephen 694
The-.., 209, 428,578; <ien., 052, 653,
727.
Putney, John, 082; rep 719
Q
Quakers 073, 694, 773 i Quimbv, Aaron 163, 719
Quebec 30, 49, 72, 105, 152, 313, 310 1 >avid 239
I Moses 379
Raby (Brookline)— signers 271
Raleigh (ship) 321, 480, 483, 490, 574
Rand, Capt., rep 894, 902
Nath'1 277
Read, Daniel, 272; rep 707, 788
George, 203; Maj., 391, 520,528; Lt.
Col., 040, 960.
Reed, James, Br. Gen 835, 892
Reid, Abraham 675
Robert, Lt. Col 158
Relhan ( now Enfield) 340
Remington. Samuel 703
Rendall, Miles 29, 62
Rensilaer, Rob't Van 390
Henry John 537, 541
Henry Van 581
Representatives, list of [see "Names"],
78, 80, 180, 132, 318, :._>!, 350, 397,
399, 42,8, 4:10, 571, 578, 081, 083, 737,
739, 700, 707, 7S7, 788, 819, 820, 839,
841, 901, 903, 018, y32, 933, 935, 938,
959, 969.
Rhode Island, 402, 406, 432, 468, 474, 479,
604, 645, 768, 800.
Rice, Ebenezer 331
John 140, 174, 419
Richardson, Anna 348
Bradbery, 305 ; rep 738, 788, 878
James, Maj 88
Josiah, 244', 840 ; rep 902
Ma..., 546, 587 ; Col 946
William 829
Richmond— signers 271
Rider, James 850
Riggs, Thos 254
Rindge, Isaac 503, 509
D 628, 659
Rindge— signers 273
Roacn.Capt 309
John 621,845
Thomas 313
Roberts, Joseph 139, 174
Timothy 93
63
Robertson, Archibald 418
James 741, 785
John 137, 4-18, 454, 742
Robinson, Amos 297
Archibald, rep 79, 149, 320, 399
Caleb, Capt 392,898,955
Ephraim, 452, 931 ; rep 933, 942, 94G
James 93,217
Jedediah 217
Jonathan 286, 414
Moses 623
Peter 510, 851
Samuel 857
Capt 394
Robie, or Robev, Henry, 429; rep., 713, 738
John 139,174, 290
Sam'l 137
Walter, rep 819
Bobbins, David 616
Jonathan 300, 851, 807, 955
Rochester, 21, 33, 188 ; signers 274
Rogers, Daniel, Rev., 324, 419, 520, 579,
724. S3S, 879, 918, 957.
Elizabeth, Mrs 701, 776
Nathaniel 826
Richard 694
Robert, Maj 1 13, 185
William 590, 605
Rockwood, Elisha 741
Rolf e, Nath'l, rep 820
Rollins, or Rawlins, Ichabo.1,28,29, 4S,
rep., 51, 53, 58, passim, 02, 79,
82, 103, 108, 820, 824, 355, 39S, 11-,
763, 980.
Rodney, Casar 203
Rosbrook, Eliezer 178
James 173
Rose, Elisha 449, 498
I loss, Geo., 203 ; Maj .498
Rounseval, Joseph, rep., 320, 399, 430,
573, 578. 083, 719, 739, 903.
Rowe, Benjamin 24, 61
Rowell, Thomas, rep 820
1002
.2! >7,
.K">.
Rowell, William
Rawlings, Nich
Rovaltoii
Royce, Jonathan
Rules of the House
Rumney
Rundlett. Charles, Capt
James 419, 470, 542, 61:::,
Runnells, or Reynolds, Daniel, Capt.,
007,760,778, 785, 829, 895; rep.,
901, 905, 933, 945.
Samuel 829, 807, 869, 928,
Winthrop and Eunice
Rmh, Benja
Rust, Henry 139,
Russell, Aaron, Capt 518
Edward 24, 02
Eleazer 194, 317, 363, 805, 941
Jason 466
Josiah 336, 443
Mr 366
Nathaniel 543
Reuben 616
Samuel 616
Rutledge, Edward 203
Rye, 33; signers 276
Ryam, William J 850
Ryan, James 404
Rysam, Mrs 703
Salem— signers 277, 452 j
Salisbury, 185 ; signers 279, 353
Salter, Capt., 5; Titus, 08, 81, 92, 101,
114, 119, 137, 1*3,338, 34S, 369, 440,
523, 697, 758, 795, 797, 955, 984.
Richard! !!".'.!.!!! 557, 564
Sampson, Capt 473
Sanborn, Aaron
Caleb 561
Capt 710
Daniel 174
David 139
Jethro, 429; rep 580
John 231,331
Nathan 226
Sanbornton— signers 280
Sanderson, Mr 596
Sandown, 81, 132; signers 280
Sandwich— signers 282, 353, 435, 971
Sanger, Abner 596, 597, 627
Sargeant, Lt., 311 ; John, rep 934
Sartell, Win 392
Sartwell, John 616
Simon 540
Saunders, Daniel 828
Savage, Sam'l Phipps 486
Saville (Sunapee), — signers 283, 896
Sawyer, Dill 173
Enoch, rep 934
John 173
Joseph 402
Scammell, Alexander, Col., 413, 439,
482, 498, 513, 516, 517, 537, 560,
852.
Schuyler, Gov. Phillip, 42; Gen.,
122, 151, 154, 155, 161, 1*8,417,460,
469, 480, 486, 493, 494, 504, 534, 581,
614,641,640,647,649,658.
Scollav, John 86
Scott , Alexander 347
Waitstill 763
Win., Capt 392, 466, 586
Seavev, Amos 139, 174
Stephen 184, 806
Seaward, Shackf ord 369
Secomb, Simonds 24, 62, 247
Seeleys, Abner 297
Senter, Joseph, 29, 02; Col., 587, 607,
692, 728, 840; rep., 864,. 935.
Severance, Eph'm 068
Sewal, Jonathan M., 450, 470,541,771,798
Seward, George, rep 902
Shae!. t'nrd. Samuel 257
Shannon, Mary 114
Richard Ciitts 601, 636
Mrs 806
Shattuek, Benj 271
William, 79; rep 145, 320, 399, 506
Shaw, Francis 44-1
Sheal'e, Jacob 513, 570, 579
James 563
Shepard, Amos 936
James 154
John 595, 791
Shelburne 772
Sherburne, Daniel 500
Samuel, 10; rep., 14, 15. 19, passim,
44, 78. S3, 90, 95, 110, 135. 139, 174,
Col., 193, 319. 323, 353. 397, 500.
Maj 705,863
Shebman, Roger 203
Sherwin, Jonathan 274
Sam'l 616
Shirley, Alex'r 162
John 163
Bias, Benja., Capt 770, 784,836
Joseph, 62, 429 ; rep 714
Silsby, Henry 140, 175, 209
Simes, Joseph 270
Simonds. Joseph, Capt., 79; rep., 163,
168, 320, 399, 430, 433. '
Col 669, 739, 935
Simmons, Thomas 455
Simpson, John 137, 139, 174, 8u6
Thomas 335. 418, 419, 466, 557, 564
William. Col 88, 163
Lt 552
Sinclair, James, Capt 93
Richard, Capt 93, 878
Sinkler, Nath'l 513
Skeene, Col 058,605
Skinner, Joseph 110, 960
Slack, Win 457, 497
Slapp, John 110, 248, 297
Sloane, John 21, 143, 175, 703
Smiley, William, 739; rep 788, 840, 935
Smith, Aaron 605
Asahel 949
Christopher 200
Co. .nrad 4-18, 519
Daniel 457
Ebenezerr29, 62,79; rep., 320, 398,
420, cis, 037, 714, S7S.
Edward 141,234
Elijah 594
Francis 18, 63, 043
Gideon 379
James 203, 242
INDEX.
1"0:;
John, Smith.
.173,370
John, 3d, 78; rep., 84, 106, I!
164. nassim, 170. 101, 19B
164, pewswn
186, 144,
196, 320,
...966,979
H24
.498
392,499
,...150,514,528
501
:ui, 3ns, 429, 466, r.27..r,;?i-..t";x.<-.s!,
714, 737, 7*0, S25, 919, 959.
Jonathan, 424; rep *»>
Joseph '!.,
Joshua S*«
Melancton ™|
ItTnaAQ --"
Robert"'.*..... 735, 868, 876, 893, 896, 899
Samuel.. .
Simeon. .
Wadleigh...
William ■-183' },',*
Suedeker, Richard
Snow, Benja., Ens.
Society-land
Sole, Ezekiel
Somersworth
Soper, Joseph
Southampton, 15; signers. ........... .^ot
Sparhawk, Thomas, 11; .md-o. ob, Od,
180, 46,",, 540. 7H12, 799. 805, 013, 9.1.
Spaldin, or Spaulding, Daniel
Levi, Capt., 902; rep
William
Spencer, Jeremiah
Col. Oliver
Spinney, John
Spofford, David
Eleazer
Thos
Springfield, Mass
Squam Pond
Squires, David
St. Francis. .
Stacev, Joseph
St. Clair, Arthur, Gen.. . .
STARK, JOHX, Col., 32, E
stcvcns, Abel, Capt, ...
Eben'r
Blihu, 130,678; rep
Enos
Ezekiel
B79
24,63
7:;:', 786, 7s^
363
Josiah
John
Di
Joseph
Simon
Willard
William
Stebbins, Joaiah
Sterling, Lord •■
sti.-knev Ci>1 , ls,;; Thomas,
414; 514 w,..w..-,s...ra.s..a.:,..i:i7.
..140, it:,, j- ;
...680,
868, 721
719
.698, 382
329, 330
806
; 594
713
. 360,
...935
...516
...829
...704
...263
...710
.'.'.629,636
070
530
311
.". 355,433
ilS, G31, 647,649
.70,96.310,
i39, '505,507, 516-520, 525,
526 540, 630, ,;;;5,o:;s. 64o, 645, 648,
050 654, 657, 662-664, 069-6,2, 6,6,
079, 6s>.6Sl,7no. 702, ,lN ,2,,,3,>,
806; 885. 8S3, 891, 898, 930, 931.
Elizabeth. Mrs 8°6
William. Col £?
Stanhope, Joseph g*
Starbird, John ; '
Starrett, David *g°
SteSlr' Stuart, Adam', 22','3i; '£& ,52
Alexander 00'
Robert ^ha I
William 8"J '
670,722; rep., 738, 784, 787,
Stiles, Ezra, Rev ..••••• ••!•■ '^
Stills,,.,, Win 94. 533,5)8,, 804
Stta8on,John ■.•V.'.'.'.".ob5,629,890
VV 111 ,-., ,-,.
StockweU, Emmons »«. *'"
Stockton , Richard -'«
Thomas -_''
Stone, Abel " '
Abner,rep qVtto
Benj., Capt • • • ;;';;■ .'„'
Kliphah-t, 79 ; rep ...... 2o4, 320, 30.)
Kphr;,im,S29;867; Capt., rep 903
Matthias iii'rm
Nath'1,739; rep ™4»'»°
Salmon 616, 715
Stoodly, James slB< * '
Storm, David • • • • !Ki
Storrs, Aaron, 115 ; Capt '-•
Stow, Jonah £7,
Stowell, Israel • • • 'fZZ
Strafford ""'til
iSh^m,n33Vib3,'i9nV;8igne™;'28iV
SulliTaV Jons, Gen., 22 !, 2S J, 36, 38,
49 4S 55, 92. 04. 10", H,, 1,2, lso,
ti?315',:;10. 4,0, 517.53S 549, 550.
5^3, 609, 049. 013, 051, ,n., ,0.,, ,»...
S05;S19.S51,S6S,SS7,S91>91S,92N
931, 045, 949,_952, 965.
Surry— signers, 287 ; ' ' ''
swain. Benjamin • ■ • fa
Jonathan ' »- '~.r.
Swan, Eben'r l80> g*
Swalisejr rnn
Swartwout, Jacobus ' .
Sweeney, Brion "'
Taggart, Archibald.
" Joseph
Thomas
John
Robert, Dr s7,(;
Talford, Joshua m'382
Tallant, Hugh 136' gg
Tamworth. ^ 330
Taplin, Col • R8fi Saa
Tarbell, Samuel «J«g
Eas-. 763
Reuben
. 241 Tasker, John,
530 Tarlton, John
...253 Tash, Maj., 51
...530
ri8; rep.
rep.
...738,788
806
56, 78, 87, 00. 95,
i067'i407l55;819, 339, 387, 398;
Tho's, 738. rcC) R7R
Tavlor. Chase, Capt ' '-'*''
' David,430; rep .';;,:,
George \\\..t-t
■lames -;;,,
Nathan "'294
Richard "1096
Dr., 533; rep OOT
1004
INDEX.
Tebbetts, Eben'r 29, 02, 276
Temple, Rob't 569
Temple— signers 287, 353
Templeton, James 265
Thanksgiving, public 355, 984
Thetf'ord 297
Tiling, Samuel 470
Thomas, Elisha 443
Anne 891
Joseph 761, 783, 891
Lt 616
Thomson, Charles, Secr'y, 2, 124, 126,
202, 203, 205, 370, 396, 976.
Benjamin 954
Ebexezer, Sec'y, 5, 6, 9; rep., 64,
80, 111, 139, 176", 195, 330, 344, 458,
470, 500, 522, 536. 584, 638, 717, 739,
761, 792, 831, 842, 969, 977.
Joshua, Lt 437
Robert 724
Silas 143,175
Thomas, Cant., 444, 482, 484, 496,
574, 690.
Thorn, Isaac, Dr 137
Stephen 498
Jonathan, 498
Thorndike, Joseph 939
Thoextox, Matthew, 5, 6, 9; Jus-
tice, 10, 22, 54, 61, 80, 82, 134, 144,
155, 160, 162, 163, 168. 176,186, 195,
203, 314, .333, 343, 348, 437, 445,634,
832, 945, 952.
Capt. Matthew, 65, 700, 792, 800, 826,
829, 831.
Mr 800
Thornton (town) 180, 184, 906
Thorpe, Josiah 489
Thurber, Benj 283
Tilton, Jacob, Capt 22
David, 738 ; rep 787, 819, 878, 934
Ticonderoga, 354, 355. 363, .'Ni, 438, 441,
451, 461, 467, 468, 480, 496, 504, 505,
507, 514, 516, 522, 528, 530, 534, 551,
553,611, 615,620,633,647.
Titcomb, Benjamin 391, 529
Toppan, Col 112
Tony, Wm 563, 569
Torr, Simon 93
Towle, Bracket 701
Daniel 334
Jeremiah.. . 941
Robert S 334
Tour, de La,Mons 877
Town, Capt., 87, 88*105 ; Francis 541
Tracy, Joseph 466
Treadwell, Jacob 500, 559
Mehitable 966
Trenton 444, 526
Tripe, Samuel 613
Trott, Samuel. 18, 03; Mr., 310, 314, 605,
608, 611, 635, 637.
Trowber, Ichabod 141
Trumbull, Gov., 406, 407, 479, 490,
497, 547, 508, 622, (iun.) 654, 703,
727, 789.
Wm 498
True, Reuben 239
Tufts, Stephen 93
Tucker, Benja., 254; rep., 739, 788, 820, 838
Caleb 838
Lemuel 857
Turner, Capt., 67; George 101,500
Trundv, William 806
Trussell, Reuben 937
Tryon, Gen 556, 568
Tuttle, Andrew 174
George, Capt , 710
Tweedy, Samuel, Doct 5^9
Twitchell, Eleazer 263
U
Underbill, John, Capt 770, 784, 933 I Underwood, James, 11, 19, 63; rep.
Unity— signers 209, 532 | 738, 768, 788, 798, 799, 864, 900.
V
Vance, William 636, 675
Van Cortlandt, Pierse 648
Vandelmrgh, John 435, 498
Vaudreviil, Count de 960, 961
Vaugn, Mr 70"
Veasey, Eliphalet 971
Veritas— anonymous 12
Vinard, William 806
w
Wads-worth, Fenn 801
Jeremiah 862
Sam'l 240
Wait, Jason, 391, 780; Maj 898
Capt., 20; rep.. 33; Lt. Col., 42, 45;
Col. 46, passim, 69, 87, 20; Jo-
seph, 103,310,317.
Wakefield, Thomas 207
Wakefield, 187, 197, 289— signers 347
Walcot, Col 508
Waldo, Beulah 595
Edward 723
Waldron, George 93, 301
Join;, Col., 93; rep 934
Tuns. W., 6, 28, 29, 02, 80, 501, 799, 907
Wm 361
Waldron and Chesley, Capts 55
Walker, Abel 936
Abiel 763
Joseph B 936
Samuel 616
Seth 438, 593
Col. Timothy, 7; rep., 9, 10,13, 18,
19, 21, passim, 22, 24, 50, 54. 02,
78, 82,84, 95,10,8, 113, 136, 138, 144,
155, 157, 101, 175, 194, 195, 319, 323,
324,331,333, 338, 3.-,3, 398, 402, -118,
429, 40.'!, 473, 523,520, 577, 008, 609,
626, 717, 739, 780, 789. 912, 929, 957.
Wallace, James 794
Joseph 842
Richard 941
INDEX.
1005
35, 794
532, 735, 794
518
618
832
.179,418,517
203
Wallace, Thomas, job .
Weymouth
Wm ■
Wallingford, David —
Sara'l, i apt
Walmsley, Mr
Walpole.
Walton, George. • • • •• • • • • •,;_• • ■„■ •
WAsiiiNcinN. (ieneral, 22.2!) .... ,..\
42. r,l, 54, 08, 85, 91, 105, 178, 36m
387.403. 118,427,428,441,16,, ,,,
485,4SD. i!,o,53s, 553, 019,031,04.,
650, 652, ooo, 704, 72(1,809,875,886,
904. ,,<,
Washington (town) • • • • • • • • • -*i0
WAKD.Gen., 11'). Aktkmas, 120, 1,8,
368, 370, 440, 462, 485, 623, foto.
ttaSaniei ,;^;g^
"6, 641
310,
.114
Jona.
Seth
Col. (of Vermont), 36, ,2
632,666. „
Warren, (town) 1!3J' •»"
Warren, Mai.Ci en ■•■»»
wlTOen.s^Ky;coi:.\\\v:::/4ibV534;543
Wav.John '<*>
Weare, (town), signers f"
^i'i-:!; 'S:1"! 10 ; Chief j^;-8bv
42, 46,61,66,;wr.s-xim,80, !>1 ; Com-
mittee of Safetv, 111, 114, 119,
188,178. 1S4, 195.204, 344. 394,418,
420,450,458.515,523,536,584,629,
691,881,942. 561
Nath'l ififi'470
Richard ibb> 1$
Samuel. 185; rep *»
Weaver , Adam ^
Johan George °H
Richard r,6G
W^uer!cn^;r;436;VeP:;430;M5; 610V"
723, 767, 788.
Ebenezert0Cap9t'.f*21, 63, 145, 280,
760, 82<J ; i-T.,S29, 836, 902,909,
913,916,056.
John, 62. 186; Col., 338, 415; rep.,
428, 587, 637, 738, 828.
Stephen.. °"
Wedgwood, James *""
Weed, David -y™
weS David::.::::::::::::::.'::.. 326, 329
Francis • ■••• „v
John,Lt.,414; Capt V786IO
Welcnfjo^'eph; 24, 62;"Mai."389;388, 457.
Wells Joseph, Capt it 'iTC
Wendall, John '329
Oliver
WeS^Co;-?&;627,659,822,853,
855, 860, 80S, 915, 937, 950.
Hunking. 24, (.1,270, 309, 31,, 361,
A-x pf)\ 702
Mark H.,'500, 677. 823. 857 ,894, 912
John, Esq., 28, 29, 61, 02, 739.
John, Capt., rep • • • -
John (of Dover) -*>*-
Wentworth, Lt. Col.. .... .... ^••i^^98,
,,::i:;J:;',:K:»::^>'.s5 100.311,
771, 799,816,876,912,918-
Michael ;'<,:,"-',■ ,"-.'.s'-^7
Paul, 42!); rep 533, ,14
Wentworth, (town)
Wesson, Bphraim
Weston, Eben'r
West mi Ireland— signers .
West, Noah ■■■_■••
Wetherhee, Samuel, lo4, — , „-,—
Wheaton, Joseph, Lt • • • -'°Jj
W1,,,;,ley,A1,,hew.....;i.;).i..i.:;^:^
Wheeloek, Eleazer, Rev. Dr 19, 604
tthamar Vr0
Wheeler, Ephraim ■ • • • • •*£
Stat, S4 Sv'iiBj WiA&M.
319, 398.
Jona., 429; rep.
Solomon °'J<<
Whidden, Ichabod
Moses X ' 850
WuTlAME.!:! K.,;CL83..12im *
129, 147. lsii. 203.:^. ::.... :«•,«..
479, 15011,612, 035, 68 1. (ill, .01.. 0b,
746, 75o| 778, 781), 790, 800,932,961,
.533,714, ^
......... 881, 426
18?
291
:.:::: 524
(.'apt...
.452, 503
.250
Whitcomb, Benja |' t
Capt 85-
Major „p>
White, John Al c2
PMmPs!7-'repV,13V2l\-23,'2iV;»;;.s"'
„515s,01l, 78, 111, 17(», 191,195,
319:344, 397, 402, 434, 442, 522, 950
Robert 806,894
Leonard.,
lei.
.156
.595,97
.353, 35 4
.15, 114
711
Whitney, Joseph.
Whittier, Beiy ••**" SS
John, rep.- £g
Whittemore, Aaron °S?
Wiear, John ,' -,
Wiggin, Ben] 2g9
Jacob 286
Jonathan ...v. ....••••••-— -9S
M^rk:ii5S:69V,Vf6:784,805;844,
918,933. ono „. ,,o
Simon, 143, 175,286; rep., ,o8, ,43,
819. , a" «n
Wiggleworth, Sinnnel.. . . . ■■■■ ■■■■ ■ •« ' .• 8'
Wilcox, Obadiah, 139, l,4,28,,430,o,J,
rep., 683. o/v)
Wilkins, Sam'l, 207 ; rep j«j
Willar.l, Caleb ^%
Elijah §£f
Levi r'0'r' 'cor
Prentice oJO,477
Willis, Richard •"££
Williams, George
Dea., 114; Isaac...
'542,613,724
wuiiam :;:.62i;648
Lt
1006
INDEX.
Wilson, Alexander 296
Jacob 101
James 203
Robert, 24 ; rep., G2, 78, 111, 13C, 148,
319, 398, 42s, 4;;i;. 4.".;:, 4i;7, 526, 738,
787, 933.
Wilton— signers, 292 ; 409, 449, 874
Winchester— signers 294
Windham— signers, 295 ; 523
Wingate, Col 19, 100, 193, 196, 308
Joshua, Capt., 359 ; rep 902, 913
Wing, Abraham 720
Winn, James 162
Winnipisiokee river 892
Witherspoon, John 203
Wodley, Thomas 239
Wolcott, Oliver 203
Wood, George, Dr 404, 724
Richard 962
Woodbury, Peter 429, 723
Woodman, Joshua 93
Woodward, Bezaleel, 13; just., 19, 63,
64, 115, 117, 642, 818, 826, 911.
Woodward, David, 115, 117, 297, 302;
Capt., 315, 317, 327.
James 939
Moses 361
Woolwich 591
Wootunnock pond 824
Worcester, Francis, 21, 64, 499, 503,
520; passim, 573, 1183, 716, 767, 778,
788, 826, 841, 848.
Noah 545, 610, 847
Worthen, Ezekiel, rep., 15, 47, 64 ; Maj.
07, 78, 86; passim, .inn., 106, 114,
140, 155, 104, 175, 190, 319, 335, 348,
398, 418, 492, 829.
Jacob, Lt 697
Worth , John , 79 ; rep 320 , 399
W orster, Gen 556
Wright, Samuel 531, 716
Lt 5G0
Wvman, Isaac, Col., 139, 150, 174, 302,
529, 792.
Wythe, George 203
Yankees 491 | Young, John.
Yeaton, Richard
.420,826
Younkhouse, Hendrick, 448, 519
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